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Posted in Meetings on Aug 22nd, 2011
Hello everyone.
Theme for August 25: road rage. What causes it? Are some of us born with the ability to be calm and collected while driving? Or do we all have it in us to become crazed, bird-flipping, anger-prone, Mad Max maniacs?
The first part: what is road rage? (It’s not as clear-cut as you might think…..)
The […]
Posted in Meetings on Aug 15th, 2011
This week’s meeting theme is ‘A Toastmasters Meeting’.
High meeting quality is always the primary reason of a successful TM club, and every meeting role contributes to the success of a meeting. With our large membership and the further growth that our new venue allows, I think it’s time for both new and experienced members to […]
Posted in Meetings on Aug 5th, 2011
Hey Gang
This meeting is our ‘All Speeches & Evaluations’ night. We’ve got 6 eager speakers all signed up and ready to go. We’ve also got 6 crack evaluators ready to provide their insights and observations. It’s going to be a great night, please join us if you can!
Scott
Posted in Meetings on Aug 2nd, 2011
Have you ever heard a song on the radio and thought to yourself “that’s terrible”, but when a different artist makes their own arrangement of that same song it becomes one of your all-time favorites? Let me tell you, this has happened a lot to me over the past few months after listening to […]
Posted in Meetings on Jul 23rd, 2011
The theme this week is personal productivity. Let’s face it, many
of us are overburdened with difficult tasks at work or at school.
There are just so many things that one wants to accomplish, but we are
often limited by time. So how can we get all these things done? The
answer of course is to be more productive!
There […]
Posted in Meetings on Jul 17th, 2011
What’s so funny? Why are we laughing? Sense of humor. The Humorous Speech contest is coming this Fall. One of our guests last Thursday commented on how much laughter there was during our meeting. We have some hilariously funny members in our club. As the Toastmaster chair of the meeting, Thursday, I’ll look at humor, a little deeper:
The first part: […]
Posted in Meetings on Jul 10th, 2011
Have you ever had a feeling that you just knew something, but you weren’t sure how you knew what you knew? This week, we will be exploring the theme of intuitive guidance.
Your inuition is the small voice that tells you go, stop, act or wait. It’s the voice that always answers the question, “What do […]
Posted in Meetings on Jul 3rd, 2011
The theme of this week’s meeting is ‘A Sense of Purpose’. How important do you feel it is to have a sense of purpose? Is it the motivator that drives you in life? Or do you feel it’s better to be carefree and go where the wind blows you? Let’s discuss this on Thursday night!
Scott
Posted in Meetings on Jun 19th, 2011
There is a school of thought in education and child development that is taught in many training programs for teachers that states that IQ is flexible and that intelligence is not an inherent trait.
Carol Dweck is the leading proponent of this view, and in her book Mindset she discusses the disturbing trend of gifted children […]
Posted in Meetings on Jun 12th, 2011
Hey All!
The theme for this week’s meeting is the Guinness World Records (enough with the Canucks already, right??)
Not long ago, I read an article in the Globe and Mail about a Filipino man who recently broke the world record for being the smallest man alive, standing a minuscule 23.5 inches tall at 18 years old. […]