Hi Fellow Toastmasters,
Competition time is here on us again. Get ready to be the club’s flag bearers . Make the club proud and etch the name PD Toastmasters Club on the mind of everyone in the Area than the Division than the World!
Blur for the new guys........? Ok, let me explain. Every year Toastmasters International carry out two major contests to give the opportunity to members to show how much they have learned in all aspect of toastmastering; giving humour speeches, speech evaluations, prepared speeches and table topics. The first contest is the Humour and Speech Evaluation Contest which is the present one. The next contest (about 5/6 months time) will be the International Speech and Table Topics Contest.
We will announce the rules and regulations in the coming meeting (13th July) to keep the new members in the loop. In meantime I strongly urge all members to dig into their memory banks and think of funny stories or incidents that you can share with everyone in 5-7min. You may also use your past speeches (advantage because it is already evaluated and you know the strength and weakness). Start preparing now!
Since the Committee do not have the chance to meet until a week or so, let me propose that we carry out the contest at the club level either on the 10th August or latest on the 24th August. I proposed that we will make following meeting after the contest a special ‘competition grooming’ meeting. I will put forward my proposal to the Committee in the coming round table talk. So you will have about at least a month of practise.
I strongly urge all members to participate in the contest. It might not be the glory you want to seek but this will definitely be a good place to assess how far you have gone in this journey of Toastmastering.
“Growth Starts from Within”
Regards,
Soo Guan
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