toastmasters
My notes from the Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI) for District 1
I attended the TLI on July 8, 2011 at California State University, Dominguez Hills. As usual, I stayed for the whole day, first attending president’s training (I’m president this year for WLE Toastmasters club) and the advanced leadership training afternoon session. As usual, I took notes in my iPhone – here’s what I came away […]
January 15th, 2011 by alephnaught
Pictures: Toastmasters Leadership Institute and some others
I attended Toastmasters leadership training last Saturday – all club officers try to attend training twice a year; clubs get credit towards their goals by having at least 4 officers training twice in the year. We also had an offsite meeting for work to talk about offshoring; I took a picture of a cool flowering […]
May 9th, 2010 by alephnaught
The Savvy Presenter: 100 Tips for Mastering Presentations
Title: Savvy Presenter: 100 Tips for Mastering Presentations Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Images Publishing Group Pty. Ltd.; Pap/DVD edition (February 15, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 186470361X ISBN-13: 978-1864703610 I saw this book in an independent bookstore in LA; I wanted to give them some business so I bought it. The book is a sparse collection […]
January 26th, 2010 by alephnaught
Table topics: Toasts
Today I was once again Table Topics Master (my club likes that I pick themes for the questions and often pick things they didn’t expect). Since this was my last meeting with Navigators Toastmasters (I’ve taken a job that makes it impossible for me to make their meetings any longer), today was my last meeting. […]
January 19th, 2010 by alephnaught
Table topics: What is your favorite…
Today I was once again Table Topics Master for my Toastmasters club – I love this role because I get to ask my club members questions and therefore learn more about them. I love using themes for my Table Topics – today’s theme was, “What is your favorite…?” and here are the items I planned […]
May 26th, 2009 by alephnaught
I won table topics!
This week I won Table Topics at the Navigators Toastmasters meeting! My question was, “What will your summer vacation be?” – since we went to Italy in March we aren’t going anywhere this summer special, but we are doing a lot of things (and a short trip to San Diego for ComicCon, I’m a ComicCon […]
April 28th, 2009 by alephnaught
Grammarian
The grammarian function at Navigators Toastmasters has four major tasks: Pick two words for the day, Describe their function during the introduction, Listen for incorrect grammar, and Report on usage of the words of the day and any grammar issues during the meeting I wanted to suggest a way to pick words of the day. […]
April 2nd, 2009 by alephnaught
I like to make things – my Toastmasters speech
Our local Toastmasters club selected me to compete in this year’s International Speech Competition. So, I got up early one Saturday and competed. My speech was entitled, “I Like to Make Things,” and I hope it captured how important creativity is to me; I talk about building a theatre organ from a kit when I […]
April 2nd, 2009 by alephnaught
For Toastmasters: Table Topics
Toastmasters is a structured program to learn how to give good speeches. One section of a meeting is called “Table Topics,” which is an opportunity for people to speak extemporaneously. It can be hard to develop good Table Topics questions, so I’d like to suggest two that worked (very well, I got a lot of […]
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July 9th, 2011 by alephnaught