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Congratulations to our members who participated in the Toastmasters Area Contests. Such contests help members to break out of their comfort zone as they get more and more comfortable speaking in public.
Would you like to know more about how Toastmasters can help you step out of your comfort zone and be more at ease speaking in public? Come visit us!
Here is the programme for the Toastmasters meeting of February 27, 2018.
Last week we held our Toastmasters club’s International Speech and Table Topics contests. Congratulations to everyone who participated!
For the results, feel free to consult the programme for the St-Lawrence Toastmasters meeting of February 6, 2018.
Nous avons eu les concours de discours et d’improvisation à notre club Toastmasters la semaine dernière. Félicitations à tous les participants !
Les résultats sont disponibles dans notre programme pour la réunion Toastmasters du 6 février 2018.
Ce mardi 30 janvier, nous aurons une réunion spéciale à notre club Toastmasters à Montréal. En effet, nous organiserons un concours de club (c.-à-d. un concours de discours préparé et un concours d’improvisation).
La soirée aura un format différent de nos réunions hebdomadaires, mais c’est toujours très intéressant d’y assister. Par exemple, voici comment se déroule habituellement la partie du concours d’improvisation :
Au début du concours, tous les concurrents sont invités à quitter la salle. À tour de rôle, chaque concurrent est escorté à nouveau dans la salle, et devra donner un discours non-préparé pour répondre à une question qu’ils entendront pour la première fois. La question (le sujet d’improvisation) sera lue par le président du concours, et tous les concurrents auront la même question.
La durée de chaque discours sera de 2 minutes. (Les discours moins de 1 minute et plus de 2 minutes 30 secondes seront éliminés.)
Les juges évalueront les discours en se basant sur plusieurs objectifs, notamment: le contenu (développement du discours, efficacité), le rendu du discours (présentation physique, voix), et le langage (justesse, exactitude). Si vous voulez en savoir plus, veuillez consulter le Guide et bulletin de vote des juges pour le Concours d’improvisation).
Enfin, ce qui peut surtout intéresser les membres de l’auditoire, c’est de voir les styles différents d’improvisation qu’il peut y avoir. Cela nous permet aussi de noter les points forts de chaque concurrent, et de comparer mentalement à comment nous aurions répondu à la question si nous aussi avions été sommés à y répondre.
Voici le programme pour la soirée Toastmasters du 30 janvier 2018.
Bonne chance à tous les participants!
A big congratulations to our member Nadine, for having won first place at the English Humorous Speech Contest that was held at the Toastmasters District 61 Fall Conference. This is the highest distinction given for this category within Toastmasters.
As our club president put it:
“So glad for you!!
You were so great yesterday! Extremely well earned!”
Indeed, all of us at the Saint-Lawrence Toastmasters Club in Montreal are extremely proud of your accomplishment Nadine!
We are proud to cheer on our member Nadine Champagne, who will be representing the Saint-Lawrence Toastmasters Club in Montreal as she takes part in the English Humorous Speech Contest this weekend at the District 61 Fall Conference.
Would you like to cheer Nadine on in person? Here are the conference details:
District 61 Fall Conference 2017
November 10-12, 2017
Sheraton Laval Hotel
Laval, Québec
http://www.toastmastersconference.com/fall/2017/
According to the conference schedule, the contest will take place from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM on Saturday November 11.
We’ll all be thinking of you. Go Nadine Go!
We’d like to congratulate Nadine Champagne, proud member of St. Lawrence Toastmasters Club in Montreal, for having won the first place in the Toastmasters Division F English Humorous Speech Contest.
Nadine (standing second from the right) at the Humorous Speech Contest.
Congratulations as well to Martina for having participated in the French Evaluation Contest. (From what we hear, she have an excellent evaluation but may have slightly exceeded the maximum time limit. Better luck next time!)
Martina (shown standing in the middle) at the Evaluation Contest.
The St-Lawrence Toastmasters Club in Montreal would like to congratulate everyone who participated in the Toastmasters Area 54 Evaluation and Humorous Speech Contests.
A big thanks to the contest organisers, all the contestants, and everyone who came to cheer them on.
Here are the contest results:
English Evaluation Contest
1st place: Gregory Fine (Westmount Toastmasters)
2nd place: Alex Chan (St-Lawrence Toastmasters)
Concours d’évaluation en français
1ère place: Martina Kugler (St-Lawrence Toastmasters)
2e place: Alex Chan (St-Lawrence Toastmasters)
English Humorous Speech Contest
1st place: Nadine Champagne (St-Lawrence Toastmasters)
2nd place: Jinghui Ding (NDG Leader Toastmasters)
The first-place winners will go on to represent our Area during the Toastmasters Division F contests, which will take place on October 14, 2017.
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If you’d like to see photos with the other contestants, please feel free to consult our weekly programme. Here is the programme for the Toastmasters meeting of Tuesday October 10, 2017.
La réunion du mardi 3 octobre sera une soirée spéciale à notre club Toastmasters à Montréal. Nous organiserons le Concours Toastmasters du secteur 54 (division F, district 61). Ce concours est composé de concours de discours humoristiques et de concours d’évaluation.
Bien que la soirée ne sera pas dans le format standard de nos réunions hebdomadaires, c’est toujours très intéressant d’y assister. Par exemple, voici comment se déroule habituellement un concours d’évaluation de discours :
- Il y aura un orateur cible (c’est à dire quelqu’un qui donnera un discours, et cette personne aura été choisie secrètement à l’avance pour préparer un discours pour ce concours). Tout l’auditoire aura l’occasion d’entendre le discours, incluant les concurrents (les évaluateurs) qui évalueront tous ce même discours.
- Ensuite, les évaluateurs seront invités à quitter la salle et à prendre quelques minutes pour préparer leurs notes d’évaluation.
Bravo à tous les participants!
Congratulations to all the participants!
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Want to know more about Toastmasters? Feel free to come visit us! Here is the programme for the St-Lawrence Toastmasters Montreal meeting of June 13, 2017.
Congratulations to our members who competed and did amazingly well as the Division F contests.
Jessica-Ruth Racine won first place for the French International Speech Contest.
Charles Deschênes won first place for the French Table Topics Contest.
Pietro di Benedetto came in a close second for the English International Speech Contest.
For the English Table Topics contest, unfortunately there was one disqualification due to timing. We believe that Alex Chan went overtime by literally just a couple of seconds, or otherwise he would have surely been at the podium as well. Best of luck next time around!
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The winners will go on to compete at the District level:
The Ultimate Journey Begins
Toastmasters District 61 Spring Conference 2017
April 28-30 2017 Château Montebello