MR: Crazy Ma and Food Banks

Tiffany opened the meeting with the quote, “Even if you are on the right track, you can still get run over”. She used this quote to remind the audience that it's easy to remain in your own field of expertise and get overtaken by others if you don't improve yourself and keep moving forward.

PREPARED SPEECHES

Connie- “The Story of Crazy Ma”

For a project from the “Entertaining Speaker” manual, Connie regaled the audience with the story of the founder of the internet site Ali Baba. It served as a story of persistence that she used to encourage the audience not to give up in the face of failures.

Mike - “Food Banks and Food Insecurity”

Giving a serious talk about the history and necessity of food banks, Mike educated the audience on the topic of food insecurity in Canada. Using statistics, he gave the audience a clear picture of how much food insecurity existed. He also gave recommendation on how the issue should be handled.

TABLE TOPICS

Pearl, the Table Topics Master chose to have the table topics revolve around words. Participants were given a word and told to speak about it for at least a minute.

Some examples:

• Lavish
• Awkward

MR: Exploration, Toasting and Mind-Mapping

With the meeting theme of “Exploration”, Mike opened the meeting by telling the audience how Toastmasters makes it's members improve by having them explore their communication skills.

Exploration is important because it

1. Takes you out of your comfort zone.
2. Puts you in least expected place.
3. Makes you feel a sense of achievement at the end.

PREPARED SPEECHES

Mike- “Toast to Ralph Smedley”

For his first project of the Special Occasion Speech manual, Mike chose to give a toast to Ralph Smedley the founder of Toastmasters.

Susan - “Mind-Mapping”

Giving a presentation , Susan chose to speak on the topic of Mind-mapping and how it could be used to do all sorts of projects but more specially to write and give speeches.

Using a speech that she used to get to the semi-finals of the Toastmasters International Speech contest, Susan showed the audience how she came up with the core idea of the speech and then expanded on that with the help of mind-mapping.

TABLE TOPICS

Pearl, the Table Topics Master chose to have the table topics revolve around crime. Participants were asked to “Tell us about the time you got arrested for...”

Some examples:

• Hacking into Facebook
• Selling fake brand items

STATS FOR THE MEETING

Word of the day “Plenteous” was used 1 time.

MR: Commitment, Garbage and Mentoring

With the meeting theme of “Commitment”, Mike opened the meeting by telling the audience how commitment is a big part of the education process especially in Toastmasters.

 

We are all part of the education process and there are two ways that we can make the most of each meeting.

• Be proactive.
• Don't be afraid to ask questions.

PREPARED SPEECHES

 

Connie- “Let's Talk Rubbish”

For her “Demonstration talk” from an advanced manual, Connie chose to do a speech about garbage and how we can reduce the amount of garbage we produce.

Everyone knows about the three R's.

1. Reduce- Buy and use less items
2. Recycle- Don't just toss anything in the bin.
3. Repurpose- Find new and interesting ways to use 'garbage'

Connie concentrated on the 'Repurpose' method for paper garbage because of the limited speaking time that she had. With the help of props, Connie was able to explain how to make each item.

Take flyers and turn them into usable trash bins.

Cut cereal box to use as magazine or document organizers.

 

Convert a toilet roll into a gift box for small items.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jocelyne - “Mentoring”

Giving a presentation from the “Successful club” series, Jocelyne chose to speak on the topic of mentoring in Toastmasters.

She covered a variety of topics such as

• What is mentoring?
• What qualities does a mentor have? And what qualities does a mentee have?
• What are the benefits of mentoring?
• What are the first steps to starting a mentorship?

TABLE TOPICS

Parimal, the Table Topics Master chose to have the table topics revolve around careers and how they could benefit the community.

Some examples:

• If you were a lawyer, what would you do to improve your community?
• If you were an athlete, how would you change things in your community?

STATS FOR THE MEETING

Word of the day “Gratifying” was used 9 times.

Welcome to the New Toastmasters Year of 2015-2016

Our club ended the last Toastmasters year with 9 out of 10 DCP, earning us the recognition of being a President's Distinguished Club.

We hope that our members will do their best (by finishing manuals etc.) to help us get points and achieve our DCP goals this year as well.

What's coming up this year?

• Special themed meetings (Christmas Potluck, Murder Mystery, etc.)
• Helpful and educational blog content with posts on how to prepare for meeting roles, etc.
• Club Speech Contests (watch and learn from experienced speakers)
• and so much more.

If you are a guest interested in learning more about Toastmasters- what we do at meetings, etc, please read our “For Guests" Page. It will give you a brief explanation and also tell you where you can find our club.

 

If you have any specific questions, feel free to fill in this submission form.

We hope to see you at one of our club meetings in the future.

Congratulations to our area contest winners

Both winners from Lambs to Lions' own club contest are the winners of Area 85 contest held on Thursday, February 26. Congratulations to Tony and Susan! They both will represent Area 85 at the Division D contest, please come out and cheer them on.

Evaluation Contest:
1st Place: Tony Digba

International Contest:
1st Place: Susan Lamb-Robinson 

Tony and Susan will compete at the Division D contest. 

Date: March 23 , 2015
Time: 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Location:  Clarke Memorial Hall - 161 Lakeshore Road West, Mississauga, ON

For more information, please visit: http://www.toastmasters86.org/district-86-contacts/division-d/44-division-d-international-speech-and-evaluation-contest

Area Contest: Thursday, February 26, 2015

Club Open House Invitation: Saturday, January 17, 2015