Nous aimerions souhaiter la bienvenue à notre nouveau membre Tommy, qui a décidé de se lancer dans l’aventure Toastmasters à Montréal pour améliorer ses capacités de s’exprimer en public.

 
Michel (président du club) accueille notre nouveau membre Tommy.

Voici en ses propres mots : « J’ai choisi de me joindre au Club St. Lawrence Toastmasters pour l’expérience, l’accueil et la détermination d’amélioration continue présente chez chacun de ses membres. Mon but est d’améliorer mes compétences en communication et leadership afin d’augmenter ma confiance en moi et d’utiliser ces compétences de manière accrue dans le cadre de mon travail. »

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Voulez-vous en savoir plus sur Toastmasters?  Venez nous rendre visite.  Voici le programme Toastmasters pour la soirée du 25 février 2014.

Are you looking for ways to help you organize your speech and communicate more effectively in public?

Find out how St. Lawrence Toastmasters Montreal can help you.  Come visit our club!

Here is the Toastmasters programme for the evening of February 18, 2014.

Êtes-vous intéressé à améliorer vos habiletés de vous exprimer en public?  Cherchez-vous à devenir un leader plus efficace?

Découvrez comment Toastmasters à Montréal peut vous aider à atteindre vos objectifs. Venez nous visiter!

Voici le programme de la réunion St. Lawrence Toastmasters du 11 février 2014.

Here is a note from Nadine Walicki, Contest Organiser of the Speech and Table Topics contests that were held at our Toastmasters club on Tuesday February 4, 2014.

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Dear fellow Toastmasters,

I would like to congratulate all of the participants from our contest last night.  I think it was a big success and, as Italo said, showcased the progress many members have made. Thanks to everyone who helped make the contest happen.

Here are the results:

Table Topics Contest
1. Pier-Luc Rouleau (French) et Carmel Grace (English)
2. Michel Gadbois (French) et John Brown (English)

Table Topics Contest – Winner: Carmel Grace

Table Topics Contest – 2nd place: John Brown

Table Topics Contest – 3rd place: Ann Bailey

International Speech Contest
1. Michel Gadbois (French) et Pietro di Benedetto (English)
2. Nicholas Kepper (English)

International Speech Contest – Winner: Pietro Di Benedetto

International Speech Contest – 2nd place: Nicholas Kepper

We will confirm the details of the next contest and inform you as soon as possible.

Have a great week!

Nadine

Voici une note de Nadine Walicki, organisatrice des concours de discours qui ont eu lieu à notre club Toastmasters le 4 février 2014.

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Chers collègues Toastmasters,

J’aimerais féliciter tous les participants de notre concours hier soir. Je crois que c’était un grand succès et, comme Italo a dit, le progrès de nombreux membres était évident. Merci à tous et à toutes qui ont assisté à la réunion.

Voici les résultats:

Discours improvisé
1. Pier-Luc Rouleau (français) et Carmel Grace (anglais)
2. Michel Gadbois (français) et John Brown (anglais)

Concours d’improvisation – Gagnant : Pier-Luc Rouleau

Concours d’improvisation – 2e place : Michel Gadbois

Discours inspiré
1. Michel Gadbois (français) et Pietro di Benedetto (anglais)
2. Nicholas Kepper (anglais)

Concours de discours – Gagnant : Michel Gadbois

Nous allons confirmer les détails des prochains concours et vous informer dès que possible.

Bonne semaine!

Nadine

Come attend the St-Lawrence Toastmasters meeting of Tuesday February 4 as it will be a special meeting not like our usual weekly meetings. We will be holding a club contest (i.e. International Speech contest and Table Topics contest).

Although it won’t be in the standard weekly Toastmasters meeting format, it will nevertheless be quite interesting to check out. For example, this is how the Table Topics contest usually unfolds:

Table Topics is about developing your ability to organize your thoughts quickly and respond to an impromptu question or topic (as described on the Toastmasters International website).

In this contest, the contestants will have 1 to 2 minutes to provide an answer to a topic given to them “on the spot”.  Here is an excerpt of the rules:

1. All contestants shall receive the same topic, which shall be of a general nature.
2. The topic shall be of reasonable length, shall not require a detailed knowledge, and shall lead to an opinion or conclusion.
3. Contestants will receive no advance knowledge of the topic until the moment they are introduced by the contest chair.
4. When the contest begins, all contestants except the first shall leave the room.
5. Introduce each contestant by announcing the contestant’s name, the topic, the topic, the contestant’s name.
6. At the conclusion of each speech, the next speaker shall be invited into the room.

What makes it interesting for us as audience members is that we get to hear different answers to one same topic question.  We will perhaps imagine, “If I had been asked that question, how would I have answered it?”, which can lead to an ever greater appreciation of how each contestant answers the question.  We’ll probably also pick out the common points between each contestant’s answer, as well as marvel at hearing any specific or particular points that make each answer stand out.  This is a great learning experience because it allows us to, in a sort of indirect way, “learn through osmosis”.

Here is the program of the evening.  Good luck to all the contestants!

P.S. And for the contestants, here is a useful post on Tips for preparing for Toastmasters Table Topics.

Venez visiter notre club Toastmasters à Montréal pour voir comment vous pouvez améliorer vos capacités dans l’art oratoire et en leadership.

Toastmasters offre un programme de projets de communication et de leadership conçu pour aider ses membres à apprendre l’art de parler efficacement, d’écouter attentivement et de raisonner.

Voici le programme pour la réunion Toastmasters du 28 janvier 2014.

The videos of the St-Lawrence Toastmasters 65th anniversary celebration are now available for viewing. 

The evening was an occasion for us to celebrate our club’s 65th anniversary in a nice dinner setting, surrounded by members, family and friends. 

Of course, this was an excellent opportunity for our members to put to use what they learn at Toastmasters, such as being master of ceremonies of the evening, giving toasts, giving entertaining speeches, and welcoming some new members to the Hall of Fame.

Video 1: Robyn Croll, Italo Magni, Ilya Morozov.

Video 2: Joseph Sohmer

Video 3: Elodie Magni

Video 4: Gilles Pelletier

Video 5: Jacques Lamontagne

Video 6: Jacques Lamontagne (suite)

Video 7: Martina Kugler, Christian Turianskyj

Video 8: Mathieu Savage

 

A big and sincere thank you to everyone who helped to make the evening a great success, especially to the chief organisers Jacques Lamontagne and Gilles Pelletier! And as a memento, here is the programme of the St-Lawrence Toastmasters 65th anniversary celebration which includes the names of all the participants.

Thanks as well to Jean-François Hayeur for filming the videos.

Cherchez-vous des conseils pour savoir comment mieux vous exprimer en public, comment préparer un discours plus efficace, ou comment devenir un meilleur leader?  Venez visiter notre club Toastmasters à Montréal.

Voici le programme Toastmasters de la soirée du 21 janvier 2014.

Here is an invitation from the Dorval City Toastmasters Club, one of our fellow Toastmasters clubs in Montreal.