International Speech and Table Topic Contest

Port Dickson Toastmasters club organized its International Speech and Table Topics Contest on the 28th February 2012 at Sg. Ujong Club . The turnout for this event was excellent for a club level contest.
There were a total of 3 participants for the International Speech Contest and a total of 7 participant for the Table Topic Contest.

International Speech and Table Topic contestant were looking calm before the contest

Our DTM Robert Tan who was also a International Speech contestant was looking cool while getting ready for the contest.

Both TM Ong Guan Leong and Andrew were showing their best smile to the photographer.

Area Governor cum Chief Judge Rosa Phua with the Organizing chair Chua Eu Chieh , Contest Chair GT Singam and Time Keeper Donna were busy with the preparation for the contest

Timer Donna Kat showing her serious but sweetest smile

Our season SAA for contest was none other than our TM Krishna Kaladevi

Contest Chair GT Singam was excited about reading out the rules of the contest to the audience


A short interview with the contestant. ACG Lee Kar Toh was asked on how he manage to answer the table topic question

DTM Robert Tan was question on how he prepared himself for the contest. As usual he said it was a last minute preparation. What a fantastic talk on SMILE!

TM Irene shared her story on how she prepared her speech on TIME MANAGEMENT


International Speech Contest 2nd place winner was Koh Siow Peng with the title IT DOES NOT MATTER

The Winner of the International Speech Contest club level was DTM Robert Tan


Table Topic 2nd place winner was ACG Lee Kar Toh

Table Topic winner Club level was ACS Amy Siew. Congratulation !

Contest Chair was giving his closing speech


The contest end with the closing address by the President. She thanked the participants , role players and the audience for a wonderful International Speech and Table Topic Contest.

World Champion 2010/2011 - Jock Elliott

Australian Wins World Champion of Public Speaking Title

After 36 years and 380 contests, Jock Elliott captures the coveted title.

By Paul Sterman

Persistence paid off for Jock Elliott, who on Saturday, August 20, won the 2011 World Championship of Public Speaking. The resident of Bongaree, Queensland, Australia, has participated in nearly 380 Toastmasters speech contests in his 36 years as a member. This was his sixth time competing in the world championship finals—the most ever for a Toastmaster. For Elliott, the sixth time was a charm.

“Thank you for more than a lifetime of challenge, opportunity and friendship,” he said in accepting the first-place award in front of a capacity audience of nearly 2,000 people from 50 countries.

Elliott won the judges over with a speech that reflected on relationships with family, friends and romantic partners. In his case, the latter referred to his wife, Robyn (also a Toastmaster). Laced with insights and eloquence, Elliott’s presentation, “Just So Lucky,” took a jab at society’s infatuation with social media. He emphasized the need for human connections over online connections, noting that we count on people closest to us to be there in times of trouble.

Appreciate these “ties that bind,” Elliott urged. “If we treasure these ties, nurture these ties, then we’ll have all the luck we’ll ever need—and we won’t need Facebook.”

Second- and third-place winners in the contest—which was held during International Convention at Bally’s hotel in Las Vegas—were Kwong Yue Yang of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, with his speech “Fortune Cookie,” and Scott Pritchard of Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., with his speech “Roscoe’s Words.” The 2011 Taped Speech Winners (a category for members of undistricted clubs) are: First place, Rozmina Rana; second place, Okoth Okombo; third place, Sonali S. Shah. All three are from Nairobi, Kenya.

A Long Journey

The last round of the World Championship capped a contest that began six months ago with 30,000 participants from 116 countries. The finalists came from places ranging from Hollywood, California, to Berlin, Germany, to Rotorua, New Zealand. As always in this annual event, the performances were outstanding, with speakers touching on a wide range of topics. Olivia Schofield (from Berlin) spoke about overcoming a speech impediment. Phil Barth, of Batavia, Ohio, told of how a roller-coaster ride solved his midlife crisis. Several of the finalists talked about the powerful impact of their mothers.

In his own presentation, Elliott offered several nuggets of playful humor. He said he and his siblings had their differences over the years—like most brothers and sisters—but that hadn’t dimmed their love for each other. “Blood is thicker than water,” said Elliott—“and nobody is thicker than my brother.”

For this Australian speech coach, it was indeed a long road to victory in the World Championship of Public Speaking. But the path he took was part of the ultimate prize, says Elliott, noting that if he had won the title years ago, “I might have been a richer speaker, but not a better speaker.”

Division C Humorous and Speech Evaluation Contest 2011

On 1st Oct 2011 , the division C organized the Humorous and Speech Evaluation Contest at UMW Toyota. It was a successful event and the turn out for this contest was excellent.

From our club Rosa Phua and Vallie went all the way to Shah Alam to support Division C in the organizing of the event.

Rosa receiving Certificate for Evaluation Contest Chair role from Yvonne the Organizing Chair!

Vallie is receiving her certificate from Yvonne for taking Registration task

Vallie and Shirley Bak at the Registration desk

Winners of the Evaluation Contest

Division C Humorous and Speech Evaluation Contest 2011

I believe we have enjoyed the laughter brought to us by the humorous contestants from the clubs & areas, over the past 1 month. 14 humorous & evaluation contest winners from area C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6 & C7 are now marching to the battleground to determine the Division C champion soon.

It’s an opportunity for you to witness the birth of the champion of champions in Division C clubs. Please join us to support Area C6 Champion Emil Anthony for both Humorous and Speech Evaluation Contest !

You are cordially invited to the Division C Humorous Speech & Evaluation Contest:

Date: 1st October 2011 (Saturday)

Time: Registration – 1.00pm

Contest – 2pm-5.30pm

Venue: UMW Auditorium,

Jalan Utas 15/7,

Shah Alam

See you there!!

Area C6 Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest

Area C6 Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest was jointly organized with Area C5 under the leadership of our Area Gov. Rosa Phua and Sarah Abedi. The contest was scheduled to start at 1.30pm. However due to heavy rain many toastmasters were not able to find the Intec UITM location and therefore the contest started a bit late.

The contest began with the Humorous Speech for Area C5 and followed by Area C6. Our members arrived just in time to witness the Area C6 humorous contest.

We adjourned for a short break after the Humorous Speech Contest. The contest started again with Speech Evaluation contest for Area C5 followed by Area C6.

While the chief judge busy counting the ballots the Toastmaster of the Day entertained us with a topic called the garbage day.

The winner for the Humorous contest was Emil Anthony from Mas Cargo. The 1st runner up was Vallie from Port Dickson Toastmasters Club.

Our contestant for Evaluation contest DTM Robert Tan was the 2nd runner up.


The supporters as well as the contestant had a great time during this contest. At the end of the day the thing that matters the most is not about winning a contest but participating and enjoying the whole experience . For those who were not able to attend due to your busy schedule you have missed a fun filling and food filling experience at Intec UITM lecture hall.

Congratulation to the winners !

Area C6 Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest

Our Area Gov Rosa Phua will be jointly organizing the Ares C5 and C6 Contest. Come and join us to witness the funniest speakers and top evaluators of these clubs.

DATE : 10th SEPTEMBER 2011

TIME : 1.30 PM- 5.30 PM

VENUE: BLOCK U LECTURE THEATHRE

INTEC, UiTM SEKSYEN 17, SHAH ALAM

Humorous Speech and Speech Evaluation Contest

PD Toastmasters Club organized its Club Level Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest on the 23rd August 2011 at Sg.Ujong club.

The following are the attendees for the contest:-

Contestants for Humorous Speech
1. Vallie
2. Indra G
3. Donna Kat
4. Robert Tan

Contestants for Evaluation Contest
1. Robert Tan
2. Ku Choy Ha
3. Lee Kar Toh
4. Rajah

Organizing team
1. Organizing Chair - Yeoh Lian Geok
2. Contest Chair - Chuah Eu Chieh
3. Chief Judge - Rosa Phua
4. Ballot Counter- Kenneth Gong
5. Time Keeper - Amy Siew
6. SAA - Tan Soo Guan
7. Test Speaker - Shannon ( Alam Club )

It was a good time as all speakers entertained the audience with their humorous speeches. The following are the winners for the humorous speech contest:-

Champion – Robert Tan
First runner-up – Indra G
Next was the speech evaluation contest. The test speaker Shannon presented her speech on “Money” with all the contestants evaluating her speech.

The following are the winners for the speech evaluation contest.

Champion – Robert Tan
First runner-up – Ku Choy Ha

Congratulations to all the winners !

Humorous Speech and Speech Evaluation Contest

It’s the time of the year again, a chance for you (Yes, YOU!) to polish the skills you’ve learned so far in Toastmasters and show them to the world! (or perhaps, just PD Toastmasters and other clubs in the region). What is that time, you may ask?

It’s time for PD Toastmasters’ Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest!

Details of the contest:-

Date: 23rd August 2011, Tuesday

Time: 7:45pm

Venue: Sg. Ujong Club , Seremban

So it will be just like our usual meetings, except, even better! Contesting is open to all members of PD Toastmasters.

If you are not contesting, be a role player for this event as it meets the requirement of Project 6 of your CL Manual, i.e. Help organize a club speech contest. As contests do not frequently occur, this is a great opportunity for you to be one step closer in achieving your CL title!

Do join us for the contest!

We wish all contestants the very best in delivering their Humorous Speeches and Speech Evaluation. We also express our heartfelt appreciation to all role players led by our hardworking Organizing Chair – Yeoh Lian Geok !

All are welcome!