Our current club president Mathieu Savage recently read an article from the famous Harvard Business Review about oral and written communication.  He highly recommends as it offers some useful advice and explains different styles and approaches to communicating (public speaking, one-on-one, email and written documents).

From Mathieu:

I also want to point out that the book they recommend, I Can See You Naked, has already been highly suggested in the club by Italo Magni, one of our most experienced speakers. It is written in a series of one-page cues on how to improve your public speaking skills. It is easy to read and one can make it a good habit to go through a few pages as review before a presentation.

Nous souhaitons tout le meilleur aux membres de notre club qui participeront au Concours Toastmasters de secteur 53.

Quand:

Le concours se déroule le vendredi soir, le 8 octobre entre 18h00 et 22h00

Où:

Club Ville Marie Toastmasters

1 Place Ville Marie, La Banque RBC, dans la salle de conférence, Mezzanine 2 (M2) du Club Ville Marie.

Coût:

Frais d’entrée de 5 $.

Pour plus d’information sur le Concours Toastmasters de secteur 53, veuillez contacter Nicolas Schultzé, VP à l’éducation, Club Ville Marie, au 450 464-1942.

We would like to wish the best of luck to our club members who will be participating in the Toastmasters Area 53 Fall Contest.

When:

The contest will take place on Friday, October 8, 2010, 6 pm to 10 pm

Where:

Ville Marie Toastmasters Club

1 Place Ville Marie, Royal Bank Building, in the conference room Mezzanine 2 (M2)

Cost:

Entrance fee is $5.

For more information on the Toastmasters Area 53 Fall Contest, please contact Nicolas Schultzé, VP Education, Club Ville Marie. (450) 464-1942.

Félicitations aux gagnants des concours du club St-Lawrence Toastmasters Montréal, qui ont eu lieu la soirée du 21 septembre 2010.

Voici les heureux gagnants des concours français :

Concours de discours humoristique Toastmasters:

1. Mathieu Savage

2. Michel Gadbois

Concours d’évaluations en français Toastmasters :

1. Italo Magni

2. Alex Chan

Les premiers gagnants iront donc au Concours du secteur 53.  Si un premier gagnant ne peut être présent à ce concours, le deuxième gagnant participera alors à sa place.

Congratulations to the winners of the English contests which were held at the St. Lawrence Toastmasters Montreal club on September 21, 2010.

The happy winners are:

Toastmasters English Humorous Speech Contest:

1. Charles Cron

2. Mathieu Savage

Toastmasters English Evaluations Contest:

1. Alex Chan

2. Chantal Lamontagne

The first winners will go on to participate in the Area 53 Fall Contest.  Should a first winner not be available for the contest, then the second winner can compete instead.

Si les membres du club ont apprécié le concours tenu au club St-Lawrence Toastmasters à Montréal le 21 septembre dernier, la juge en chef en a tiré également beaucoup de satisfaction.  Marie-Paule Gagnon, présidente sortante, nous partage son expérience :

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Tout a commencé par la lecture des règlements du concours. Puis, avec l’aide de Véronique et d’Italo, il s’agissait de déterminer qui exercerait chacune des fonctions et de préparer les documents nécessaires : juges de concours d’évaluation, juges de concours de discours, bris d’égalité, scrutateur, huissière, préposés aux chronomètre, et ce, en anglais et en français! Aussi, envoyer un petit mot à l’animatrice de la soirée.

Ce que je retiens de l’expérience :

• J’ai eu la collaboration de tous (c’est merveilleux!).
• La prochaine fois : j’enverrai une copie électronique à chacun d’avance. Et je fixerai une heure précise pour la séance d’information.

Merci encore pour un concours passionnant!

Marie-Paule Gagnon

Here is a note from Pietro di Benedetto, one of our members who recently competed in the Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking .

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Last Thursday Sept 23^rd and Friday the 24^th , I was in Toronto.  When I’m in Toronto my routine is very simple: See as many clients and prospects during the day. Then I have dinner by myself and stay in my hotel room, watch TV and eat Doritos all night.

I decided to keep away from the TV and Doritos and break away from tradition. I decided to attend a Toastmasters meeting in T.O.  After all my research  in District 60, I finally found an advanced TM Club which met on a Thursday night.  They were called the ”Top of Toronto Select Speakers” Toastmasters Club .

They were so accommodating and had me as a guest speaker.  I recited my District winning speech and in I must say in all humility, they were impressed, and very happy I attended.

Most importantly, they were true Toastmasters: Welcoming, Warm, Friendly and made me feel as though I’ve known them for years.

I think it’s a good idea to write about this in our Website and Thank the “Top of Toronto Select Speakers ” for their hospitality and to tell them (as I did) they are always welcome to visit St. Lawrence Toastmasters club in Montreal whenever any one of them is in La Belle Province.