We would like to welcome Joëlle to our Toastmasters club.

(Our club president Martina welcomes Joëlle as a new member.)

As she had put it, “I got this new job where I have to animate crowds/committees in urban planning, and I have a bit of stage fright, and tend to lose my line of thoughts while speaking, but I want to overcome this obstacle.”

Well Joëlle, you’re at the right place and we can certainly help you achieve your objectives of being more comfortable speaking to a large group.

We would like to extend a warm welcome to our new Toastmasters member Carmel.  She has come to visit us on a couple of occasions last year as well as this year, and feels this is a good time to join St-Lawrence Toastmasters for all that Toastmasters has to offer.

Carmel being welcomed by our club president Martina.

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Are you interested in finding out more about Toastmasters?  Come meet us!

Here is the meeting agenda for Tuesday December 4, 2012.  Please note that exceptionally this week we are meeting in a separate room down the hall from where we normally meet. (Normally, we meet in the conference room that is located just beside the Restaurant L’Ambroisie. However, they are having a special function that evening and this is why we are meeting down the hall in a smaller room.)

NOTE: The last meeting of 2012 will be on Tuesday December 11.  Then we return after the holidays on January 8, 2013.

Dear members and guests: 
Please note that for the St-Lawrence Toastmasters Montreal meeting of November 20, we will be organizing it in a slightly different format that our regular meetings. If you are familiar with the typical Toastmasters meeting format, there are three components to the educational portion: Table Topics (to help members to think on their feet), Prepared Speeches (to help members to hone in on their speaking skills), and Speech Evaluations (to help members improve their listening and feedback-giving skills).  At the November 20 meeting, we will be have a triple Table Topics session and shall therefore drop out the Prepared Speeches portion that evening.

Interested in visiting us? Here is the Saint-Lawrence Toastmasters programme for the evening of November 20, 2012.

Félicitations aux membres des autres clubs Toastmasters qui ont gagné les concours en français qui ont eu lieu lors de la Conférence d’automne 2012 du district 61 Toastmasters, aussi connue sous “Ça va brasser”.

Voici les gagnants :

Concours de discours humoristique en français

– 1ère place : Jean Bourque

– 2e place : Benoit Ménard

– 3e place : Diane Lanteigne

Concours d’évaluation de discours en français

– 1ère place : Jean Bourque

– 2e place : Paul Bourgeault

– 3e place : Stephen Gagné

Des photos suivront sous peu.

We would like to congratulate our fellow members from other clubs who won in the English contests that took place at the the Toastmasters District 61 Fall Conference 2012, aka “ROCK YOUR WORLD”.

Here were the winners:

English Humorous Speech Contest

– 1st place: Vitaly Terekhov

– 2nd place: Paul Baker

– 3rd place: Phil Method

English Speech Evaluation Contest

– 1st place: Stephen Gagné

– 2nd place: Craig Senior

– 3rd place: Leona Hamel

And big congratulations to our member Nicholas Kepper, who participated in the the English Speech Evaluation Contest.  Unfortunately there were some microphone problems (i.e. microphone did not work) that made it hard for the audience (and judges) at the back of the large conference room to hear.  Nicholas humbly told us that this was a great learning experience nonetheless.  We look forward to you competing next year!

Photos to follow shortly!

We would like to welcome our new members Ilya, Monica, and Carlo (shown left-to-right in the picture below with our club president Martina).

Monica would like to get a better grasp of public speaking, and also learn to not be shy when giving presentations.

Ilya thinks that public speaking is tremendously important (for example, he saw the value that public speaking can have during the recent US elections).

Carlo is already very keen to get started in the Toastmasters adventure.  He already received his Toastmasters New Member Kit.  (This includes, among others, the Competent Communication manual, a workbook of 10 speech projects, to help members develop their Public Speaking Skills.  Also included is the Competent Leadership manual, with projects to help members develop their Leadership Skills.)

As a matter of fact, all three members will be giving their Ice Breaker speeches at our next meeting. 

Are you interested in Toastmasters?  Find out more by coming to one of our meetings.  Here is the evening programme for our Toastmasters meeting of November 13, 2012.

Êtes-vous intéressé(e) à en savoir plus sur Toastmasters?  Venez nous rencontrer.  Nous sommes un club Toastmasters bilingue à Montréal (nos réunions hebdomadaires se déroulent en français et en anglais).

Congratulations to Christian Turianskyj and Nicholas Kepper, who both came in 1st place in the Toastmasters District 61 Division F Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contests.

Christian won the French evaluation contest, while Nicholas won the English evaluation contest. They will proudly be representing our club at the District contests, which will take place at the Toastmasters District 61 Fall Conference 2012, aka “ROCK YOUR WORLD” in mid-November.

The fall conference will also feature workshops and special guest speakers like Jim Key, World Champion Public Speaking 2003, who will be keynote speaker.  Find out more and register for the Fall Conference by going directly to the website.

Nous aimerions chaleureusement accueillir nos nouveaux membres Geneviève, Amit et Marck.

Geneviève, Martina (présidente du club), Amit, Marck

Geneviève s’est joint à nous d’un autre club Toastmasters.  Le fait que nous soyons un club bilingue n’à fait qu’ajouter à son intérêt de se joindre à notre club.

Amit est venu nous visiter à quelques reprises et a décidé de faire le saut et de se joindre à l’aventure.

Marck a vu le potentiel que Toastmasters pourra lui apporter dans ses plans professionnels de leadership.

Êtes-vous intéressés à nous visiter?

We would like to encourage and wish all the best to our two contestants Christian Turianskyj and Nicholas Kepper as they participate in the Toastmasters District 61 Division F Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contests.

Venez vous joindre à nous!

Concours d’évaluation & de discours humoristique Toastmasters
Vendredi 19 octobre, 2012
18 h 30 à 23 h
Frais d’entrée :  $10
 
Centre Communautaire Sarto Desnoyers
1335, chemin Bord du Lac
Dorval (Québec) Canada
H9S 2E5 

Click on the image for directions

If you would like to attend the event, consult the program of the evening.