b393f96b15d1efde65b735a7570fe9a2 Facebook Syndication 2012-01-17T22:13:04-08:00 http://www.facebook.com/favicon.ico https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-xat1/t5.0-1/41597_118527838153_3650_n.jpg 6c18cc7b1a8c27411e8dd3e25559d00a 2012-01-18T07:13:04+01:00 2012-01-18T07:13:04+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters Best Table Topics: Bob
Most Improved: Anna
Best Evaluator: Krishna
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What is Leadership?

by Linda Li Linda Li gave an interesting speech about leadership and its potential misconceptions. She used her earliest concept of leadership (learned from her family) and showed, using specific examples from her own life, the process by which she shifted her perception to the l]]> f9ffafe07ed9e39c5c4136cfc690db18 2011-04-12T22:33:48+01:00 2011-04-12T22:33:48+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters
Division Contest
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Richmond Fosters Excellence

Toastmasters gets a lot right. They know how to encourage, motivate, and teach members to find their best speaking voice. Contest season highlights these strengths with a bang. On April 5, 2011, the 17 clubs in Division E, covering all of Richmond and Delta BC, met to battle it o]]> 11b75ae762a5e979f54894371ed70416 2011-04-04T00:38:40+01:00 2011-04-04T00:38:40+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters
Four Minutes from the Area 50 Speech Contest, March 29, 2011
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Awesome Contest Night

by Patrick McCrea On the 8th of March, Richmond Toastmasters had two dazzling contests. The first was the Evaluation Contest. Each evaluator had two minutes and thirty seconds to evaluate a guest speaker. We were lucky to have Linda as our guest speaker. She talked about her late]]> df57f33ef5f6bfe51072ee14efae5794 2011-02-26T17:46:18+01:00 2011-02-26T17:46:18+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters
How Smart Is Your Right Foot

by May Soo-Tveita If you’re hosting an event, you might find yourself with some down time. Maybe it’s because of a technical glitch; maybe a scheduled speaker hasn’t shown up yet. It’s your job as host to keep the show going on. Here’s how Richmond Toastmasters‘ VP Membership, Ma]]> bb6f4be955c3edef183ad6beab854107 2011-02-11T01:49:30+01:00 2011-02-11T01:49:30+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters
Bizz Comm Event
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UBC Students

  On Tuesday, February 8, Richmond Toastmasters was given a cool opportunity: The SauderSchool of Business (UBC’s Business School) asked if we would help coach their students and give them tips to improve their speeches for their upcoming public speaking competition.   We abandon]]> eb2ae367e0940828ac3662afa56998a3 2011-02-03T02:02:08+01:00 2011-02-03T02:02:08+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters
Best of the Best

by Freddy Irani Here’s a cool first for Richmond Toastmasters’ blog – an audio recording of a speech. Instead of writing his speech out in words, Freddy wrote down bullet points and practiced with his iPhone until he got it right. The audio clip above is his best practice run. Th]]> f4f2c8e4c44df53c5da1ba7b975c7dcc 2011-01-25T03:41:13+01:00 2011-01-25T03:41:13+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters
Only A Mother Would Know

contributed by Dona Matthews One day my mother was out, and my dad was in charge of me. I was maybe 2 1/2 years old. Someone had given me a little ‘tea set’ as a gift, and it was one of my favorite toys. Daddy was in the living room engrossed in the evening news [...]]]> b825c4c4258259553d11c6b7c3a6b113 2010-12-15T20:18:44+01:00 2010-12-15T20:18:44+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters
Peruvian Purgatory

by Sylvia Orellana Each Richmond Toastmasters meeting has a Jokemaster – someone whose role is to give us some laughs – but they have to be clean ones. For many members, finding clean jokes can be a challenge. Sylvia, our club president this year, found one that meets both criter]]> 78a4b81b064af10c0a0395a28c8a338c 2010-12-09T20:25:31+01:00 2010-12-09T20:25:31+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters
Taking It Live

by Robin Spano November brought a series of public speaking challenges relating to my mystery novel, Dead Politician Society. I haven’t aced them all – but I’ve learned from them. In this meeting with David Miller, the former Toronto mayor who inspired me to write a book that ope]]> 95abf98d4c608c598ce6669eb4a0b719 2010-12-03T17:04:44+01:00 2010-12-03T17:04:44+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters
Remembering Dad…”Swinging on a Star”

by Lorna Boyle Lorna delivered this moving speech from the CC Manual at Deltones Toastmasters, November 24th, 2010. She is a favourite guest at Richmond Toastmasters – both in real life, and here on this blog. Lorna has her own blog, and you can find her on Twitter pretty much an]]> c32fdfb86da5f5fff44bcd2cdef6819c 2010-12-02T21:39:11+01:00 2010-12-02T21:39:11+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters
How Presidents Relax

by Andrew Scallion Every meeting has a Jokemaster to add some levity – Andrew had us laughing with this one. George Bush, Boris Yeltsin and Fidel Castro had a summit meeting on a cruise ship. Toward the end of the day, they adjourned and went onto the ship’s deck. Boris pulled op]]> 2714190659e6a6081e96f55b201ec322 2010-10-28T19:29:54+01:00 2010-10-28T19:29:54+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters b36b1ad369151279ebe8eec2d213b3eb 2010-10-27T06:26:35+01:00 2010-10-27T06:26:35+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters
Hallowe'en 2010
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Richmond Toastmasters Mentor UBC Business Students

On Friday, October 8, several Richmond Toastmasters members converged on UBC’s Sauder School of Business to help 1st year students get over that first public speaking hurdle: fear. We heard a wonderful talk from Geoffrey Lane, a professional speaker and a key force behind Vancouv]]> 6ebcff1db069ffbc94bb6baed75ca183 2010-10-05T09:55:16+01:00 2010-10-05T09:55:16+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters
Okay, I’m Picturing You All In Your Underwear – Now What?

I believe that whatever I have to say to a crowd, there are at least a handful of people that really need to hear it. I'm speaking to those people.]]> 0fbb758aa87373250cf4293d9fc36c89 2010-10-02T00:15:48+01:00 2010-10-02T00:15:48+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters
The Liquor Store

by Doris Wong Every meeting has a Jokemaster to add some levity. Doris had us in stitches with this one. I was leaving the liquor store after buying some wine, and I saw a bum sitting outside beside the door. “Can you give me a dollar?” he said. I shook my head. “No. If I [...]]]> 961d5f60707a7172a8c4eea38840fc76 2010-09-27T05:33:31+01:00 2010-09-27T05:33:31+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters
Word From The Street

by Robin Spano Speaking in public is a tough mountain to climb. Maybe some people are naturals, but not me. Just over a year ago when I signed my first book contract, I couldn’t stand in front of a group of people without freezing up. And I’m not alone – it’s estimated that 75% o]]> d27f067124bb07bdcd18a4ee0f8a7b16 2010-09-22T22:59:39+01:00 2010-09-22T22:59:39+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters

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ADD Age

by Mike Rozen Help Mike polish his speech by leaving feedback in the comment section. He’s just won the club level with this humorous speech, and he’d like to kick it up a notch when he takes it to the area level to compete on our club’s behalf. You are sitting on the skytrain, l]]> 2b7ff126b4672c1a2ee4f85c3872fbed 2010-09-14T03:50:19+01:00 2010-09-14T03:50:19+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters
Author’s Readings

by Marian Allen When elderly priest of Micah, “Aunt” Libby, goes on a Final Wandering, she’s accosted and then befriended by an amphibious mugger. The area known as The Eel is infested with worse than minor criminals–it’s under the thumbs of a coalition of greedy, brutal priests.]]> 79141435f5fafb4eb6e0e56f75b8afbf 2010-09-10T22:37:06+01:00 2010-09-10T22:37:06+01:00 Richmond Toastmasters
Nelson Mandela Inspiration

by Gordon Fleming At each Richmond Toastmasters meeting, someone plays the role of Inspirator. (Some clubs call it an Invocator.) The objective is to make people feel good; to share a brief, positive message that inspires people to find the best part of themselves. Gordon share t]]>