Speechcraft 2013!

Do you:

-have friends or relatives who want to communicate better?

-know of anyone who's afraid of public speaking?

-wish your circle of contacts had better leadership skills?

If so, we have the right program to help overcome that. Introducing :

Speechcraft 2013

-learn to communicate better, speak more fluently and with more confidence

-learn to overcome the fear of public speaking. Stare the fear in the face and do it anyway!

-learn to be better leaders by Listening, Thinking and Speaking better, getting involved in organizing activities and events, and by contributing.

What you will learn: 

-controlling your nervousness

-controlling your voice

-doing our Competent Communication Projects: 1- The Ice Breaker, 2- Organize your Speech and 3- Get to the Point all within 1 month!

What are the Speechcraft dates?

1st November (Friday) 7pm to 10pm

8th November (Friday) 7pm to 10pm

15th November (Friday) 7pm to 10 pm

21st November (Thursday) 7pm to 10pm (chapter meeting)

29th November (Friday) 7pm to 10pm

(this is an integrated programme and you have to attend all sessions)

How much will it cost?

$180, including 6 months' free membership to Toastmasters International. If you've already joined us at Tampines Changkat Toastmasters, you can get a special price of $100 because you're already a member (ie you won't get the membership, you already have that)

EXCITED? How sign up, or sign up your friends and relatives? You can print out the flyer I've attached to this mail, email me, or call/Whatsapp me at 9775 9719 (Carl Wong).

460th Chapter Meeting (19th Sep 2013)

Meeting recap:

Best Prepared Speech: Joe Wan, P3: "What I Learned From Driving"

Most Improved Toastmaster: Ronnie Wang

Best Evaluator: Ng Kin Foong, CC

Best Table Topics: Jack Chu

Word of the Day: SPUR

Her Royal Highness Chong Cheng Lee, DTM, graced us with her presence as Toastmaster of the Evening. Having HRH as TME always ensures that the meeting is fun and lively.

Our Club President Gurmit Singh kicked off the meeting with his version of "The Starfish Story", which I first heard about a long, long, loooong time ago (from Stephen Covey's book "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" I think). I understood it as "you can't save everyone, but you can save this one" however Gurmit's take on it is that we don't concentrate on completely overhauling ourselves, only change one bit at a time.

First-time Language Evaluator Gladys Tye shared with us the Word of the Day: "SPUR" which means the sharp, star-shaped thing on the heel of a cowboy's boot, used to make his horse go faster. Used as a verb, it means to jolt someone into action, or to act impulsively ("spur of the moment")

The first speaker, Ronnie Wang, talked about the coincidence in his life where he had an English Oral Exam a few days after his speech. What was unusual about his speech was that our VPE Kin 'volunteered' him when someone pulled out at the last minute. And that speech helped Ronnie's Oral Exam.

Next up was Shaun Li, ACS, ALB, who also talked about a coincidence of a different kind- how a girl he used to like, met and married another guy. But it was because he didn't go out with her on Christmas Eve, and she went out with someone else, and married that guy instead. Could it also be that Shaun told her, "I'm sure you'll find someone to date you" that day?

June Tan, CC, our third speaker, did an Advanced Project from the Persuasive Speaking Manual. She was playing the role of a Sales Promoter, and our very own Mr Tan (Coen) was her prospect. He said he would want to buy the product, Happycall Double-sided Pans from Korea, for his wife and in-laws. June managed to close the sale, selling 2 pans to Coen, I mean, Mr Tan.

Joe Wan talked about his lessons learned from driving:  Focus on the Positive and  Evaluate Quickly. I liked Joe's speech because of the personal stories and wisdom I have gained.

Matthew Er's P5 Speech about the experience of being jobless and eventually finding a job after months, was something that I could relate to, having been jobless myself once. It's strange because you're in a funk and nobody wants to hire you, unless you make a stand like Matthew did, and he got hired!

The Table Topics was about the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was appropriate for the occasion, because the day of the meeting was on the Mid-Autumn Festival. Table Topics Master Christina Ho chose a new format: reveal the first 3 questions for the first 2 Table Topics, and subsequently, the others would be as per normal Table Topics, ie we wouldn't know what the questions would be.

Best Prepared Speech: Joe Wan, P3 "Lessons I Learned From Driving"

Most Improved Speaker: Ronnie Wang

Best Evaluator: Ng Kin Foong, CC

Best Table Topics: Jack Chu

459th Meeting on 5th September 2013

Meeting Recap:
Best Prepared Speech: Tan Mingjian "Take The Next Step" CC P10
Best Evaluator: Roger Yap, CC
Best Table Topic: Jack Chu

Word of the Day: Ecstasy

President Gurmit Singh, CC, kicked off the meeting by talking about "The Power of Words", and he illustrated this by telling the story of a motivational speaker who could make a member of his audience angry or calm, just by using the right words.

Toastmaster Richard Jia did his P1 from the CC manual, "The Ice Breaker", by talking about how he came to Singapore, studied in NUS and how he got to his present job. He also explained about his personality profile.

Toastmaster Gladys Tye did her P8 ("Get Comfortable With Visual Aids") with her speech entitled "Law of Attraction", showing how grateful she is to have her parents and sibling, colleagues and us Toastmasters at Tampines Changkat. Aww. Also our brains eliminate the word "not", so if I keep saying "I do not want moths flying into my mouth", guess what I'll get? Moths flying into my mouth!

Toastmaster Carl Wong, CC, told the story of George Eliot's "Silas Marner", about a man preoccupied with gold and obssessive saving, who lost it all one day, but he instead got a child with golden hair, who brought much joy into his life, some unexpected happiness.

Toastmaster See Shunwei did his P6 (Vocal Variety) and talked about how laughter can boost our immune system, and reduce stress. Most fascinating of all, is his ability to laugh spontaneously!

Toastmaster Tan Ming Jian did his P10 (Inspire Your Audience) entitled "Take The Next Step", which is about stepping out of his comfort zone, and how he broke through his limitations to participate in the International Speech Contest a few months ago.

Table Topics Master Linda Huang, CC, gave "interview questions" as Table Topics, the likes of "Why are you leaving your current position of Project Manager?" and "What makes you a good telemarketer?"

September Baby: Desmond Ang, CTM

Best Prepared Speech: Tan Mingjian

Best Evaluator: Roger Yap, CC

Best Table Topics: Jack Chu

2013 Humourous Speech and Evaluation Contest

Humorous Speech Contest

Champion: Ted Chong, ACB, CL

1st Runner Up: Gurmit Singh, CC

2nd Runner Up: Joe Wan

Speech Evaluation Contest

Champion: Coen Tan, ACS, ALB

1st Runner Up: Shaun Li, ACS, ALB

2nd Runner Up: Ted Chong, ACB, CL

Best Evaluator: Coen Tan, ACS, ALB (right) with Division Governor Eliya Narasinghan, DTM (left)

Best Humourous Speech: Ted Chong, ACB, CL (right) with Division Governor Eliya Narasinghan, DTM (left)

Speech Evaluation 1st Runner Up: Shaun Li, ACS, ALB

Humourous Speech 1st Runner Up: President Gurmit Singh, CC

Speech Evaluation 2nd Runner Up: Ted Chong, ACB, CL

Humourous Speech 2nd Runner Up: Joe Wan

Certificate of Participation: Joe Wan

Certificate of Participation: President Gurmit Singh, CC

Certificate of Participation: Shaun Li, ACS, ALB

Certificate of Participation: Richard Lam, ATMB, CL

Certificate of Participation: Ng Luan Eng, CC

Certificate of Participation: Yew Run Bin, ACS, CL

Certificate of Participation: Coen Tan, ACS, ALB

Chief Judge K Raj, DTM

Tokens of Appreciation to SAAs, Tally Counters and Contest Chair

458th Meeting 15th August 2013

Wesley gets his Golden Gavel

Best Prepared Speech: Jane Yeo

Best Evaluator: Roger Yap, CC, CL from Anchorvale TMC

Best Table Topics: Christina Ho