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Author The cream of Area 14 will be competing for top honours in International Speech and Evalution Contests. Come out and hear some great speeches and evaluations, plus support your club’s contestants!
DATE: February 22, 2011
TIME: 6.45 pm Contestants, Judges, other officals
(please don’t be late!
7:30 pm Contest begins
COST: $2.00 / person – applies to all attending
CLUBS: Court of Blarney, Simcoe Shores, Speak for Success, TROY
For more information contact Stephen Dow – steve@area14.empowerment.ca
LOCATION: Music in Motion Performing Arts Studio
150 Artesian Industrial Pkwy
Bradford, ON L3Z 1E8
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A lot of people asking about the date for the Division M contest.
Please arrange for at least two judges to be available from your club so that we can have a balanced judging team. Judges can only be from clubs that are not competing so we don’t know yet which clubs we will call on. Other officials such as ballot counters and timers will also be needed. This is a great way for members to add to their CL manual completion.
Contest Details:
Toastmasters Division M Spring Speech Contest
Saturday, March, 2011 – 11:00 AM start (Registration by 10:45 am)
York Region Admin Building- Seminar Room (main floor)
17250 Yonge Street
Newmarket, Ontario, L3Y 6Z1
The Area 14 Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest was held at Simcoe Shores Toastmasters, Belhaven Hall, on Wednesday, October 20.
It was a great contest – very well attended by 38 expertly entertained people!
The Winners are:
Humorous Speech Contest:
1st – Martin Fennell
2nd – Tim Norton
3rd – Mary Coates
Table Topics Contest:
1st – Tim Norton
2nd – Mary Coates
3rd – Brian Parrott
Are you up for a challenge? Something that would help you and your club? Can you help us set a record for the most CL awards in any District worldwide? District 86 tops in the world?
Unless you read the CL manual very carefully you may miss that often you only need to do a few of the assignments in order to complete a project. In order to simplify the CL completion tracking there is a new CL Award application which includes how many assignments each project requires. The new form can be downloaded here: CL Award Application.
This is a great idea to focus on the overall Toastmaster opportunity for growth. Completing a CL (Competent Leader) gets you and your members involved in all aspects of building a great Toastmasters club. The challenge is for eacg club to get at least 5 CL this year. Compared to last year where one club earned 16 CL, and 5th place earned 8 CL, this is very doable.
Start by ensuring that each person doing an agenda role has someone completing their CL manual for that activity, as well as the other contributions they make towards building a successful club. Everyone should always have their CL manual with them!
A brand new version of the CL manual has just been released. Most of you are already working on the previous version and that’s fine. It still counts! However the new manual has been made easier to follow. All the pieces for putting Area 14 at the top of the CL list!
More details can be found at the District 86 website by clicking here.
The District 86 Fall Conference at the beautiful Sheraton on-the-falls Hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario from November 19 to November 21, 2010.
If you have never attended a Toastmasters conference this is a great one to start with. If you have attended tehn I know you will want to be there – these are great events!
The location is world class, the opportunity to meet and mingle with 100′s of other Toastmasters – newcomers and seasoned speakers, and experience one of the best events Toastmasters has to offer.
The District Humorous Speech contest as well as the Table Topics contest are held at this conference, which also includes a wide range of seminars and fun events.
More details can be found at the District 86 website click here.
