Happy Holidays!

Dear members and guests, 

Lambs to Lions Toastmasters would like to wish you Happy Holidays!

Looking forward to see you in the new year with more wonderful and inspiring speeches!

- Best regards.

Meeting Recap: December 15, 2012

We welcome the last meeting of the year - a time to celebrate the end of the year and holidays, and a time to reflect our accomplishments - with a Christmas Potluck. (Is it really the end of 2012 already?) Guests and members had a fun meeting while trying out a variety of dishes.

Elizabeth, the meeting chair, started the meeting by talking about the theme "Connection" and how we need to do our best to connect with our relatives and friends- even those who we're not too fond of. Bhushan, the toastmaster of the meeting, introduced our speakers of the day.

SPEAKERS

We had two prepared speeches and an informative video session in this meeting.

Surekah spoke about the many different ways a person can be assertive in different situations in her speech "The Art of Assertiveness".(Speech no. 3 from the Competent Communication Manual)

Kenny gave a speech filled with tips on how to drive safely in the Winter, titled "Winter Driving". (Speech no. 2 from the Competent Communication Manual)

After the speeches, we had a short break to enjoy the food that members brought.

Thank you to everyone who brought food and made our Potluck a success!

Later, during the video session, Issa played two clips from the official Toastmasters website. "Finding Speech Topics" and "5 Public Speaking Skills".

For the Table Topics Session of the meeting, Mike asked a wide variety of Christmas/Winter themed questions such as, "What's your favourite winter sport?" to "What makes you happy?".

BUSINESS SESSION

Since there is still some time until the next meeting in the new year, Elizabeth made sure that members signed up for all the roles for next meeting.

Meeting Invitation: Dec 15, 2012 - Christmas Potluck Meeting

For information about our meeting location, please visit the "For Guests" page. 

Hope to see you there!

Meeting Recap: December 1, 2012

What a great way to start the month of December!

Pearl, the chair for the meeting opened the meeting by elaborating on the meeting's theme of "Preparation" and how preparing can lead to success. Bhushan, the toastmaster of the meeting, introduced our three speakers of the day.

SPEAKERS

We had three prepared speeches in this meeting.

Jacque gave a personal account of her past and spoke of her future aspirations in her Icebreaker Speech, titled "Who am I?".(Speech no. 1 from the Competent Communication Manual)

Tiffany gave a thought-provoking speech on how she learnt to converse with strangers and ask them questions in her speech, titled "How should I ask?". (Speech no. 4 from the Competent Communication Manual)

Raj inspired everyone in the audience when he gave a captivating speech about how change (going out of your comfort zone) can help you become successful in his speech, "Are you successful in life?" (Speech no. 4 from the Advanced Communication Series -Speech by Management)

For the Table Topics Session of the meeting, Elizabeth called two members to the front for each turn and made them debate on an impromptu topic. The audience laughed, giggled and actively participated in the session (even the guests).

BUSINESS SESSION

Elizabeth encouraged each member to do more to help our club to grow and gain points for the Distinguished club program.
There are a few ways to help our club achieve points by June 30th 2013:
1. Complete all ten speeches in you Competent Communication manual
2. Bring in new members to the club.

Tiffany gave out more details about the "Potluck" meeting on December 15th- the final meeting of the year. Members are asked to pay attention to their emails for all the necessary information.