UM Masters Meeting - 30th July 2014 - Birthdays

 

Nicole was our Toastmaster today and chose “birthdays” as the theme of the meeting, due to her recent birthday.  Happy birthday Nicole!  Because she was Toastmaster today, June reprised her role as Sergeant-at-Arms to open and close the meeting.

 

Nora took on the role of grammarian for the first time.  Her choice for word of the day was “hubristic,” which was well-received and well-used.  She did an excellent job, noting not just the use of her chosen word but also commenting upon other word use she liked.

 

Some last-minute schedule shuffling was in order as one of the scheduled speaking slots was left open, with Mouna stepping up to give a speech with only twenty minutes or less to prepare.  Despite this, she spoke clearly and knowledgably about how best to manage your money for a mortgage.  For having taken on the challenge of delivering a speech with no prep time for the second time in a row, Mouna was awarded the gold star for the meeting.  Charith evaluated her speech.

 

Dinesh completed his fifth speech, and is now halfway to getting his Competent Communicator.  Congratulations, Dinesh!  He spoke on the topic of money, telling a great story about the anxiety of losing his debit card.  Dianne was Dinesh’s evaluator, offering constructive feedback.

 

Bev provided a thorough ah-counter report, tailored to each member individually, and Chiamaka kept time for us today.

 

Blog by Amy Whitmore

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If you would like to take part in a UM Masters meeting, we’re located in Winnipeg at the University of Manitoba. Our meetings are held every Wednesday from 12:05 –12:50 PM in Room 111 at St. John’s College (which is part of the University of Manitoba).
If you're in Winnipeg and interested in sitting in on a club meeting to see if Toastmasters is right for you, please feel free to contact Catherine Plouffe at Catharine.Plouffe@umanitoba.ca    

UM Masters Meeting - 2nd July 2014 - FIFA World Cup

For our UM Master Toastmaster meeting on July 2 2014. The meeting had a lot less people than anticipated however, our members showed great initiative and took on multiple roles during the meeting. The theme of our meeting was FIFA World Cup 2014 taking place in Brasil. Mohsin was the Toastmaster for the meeting, (his first time fulfilling the role) and the Grammarian. The Word of the day was Stalwart, which means someone that is loyal and dedicated or physically strong. Bev filled in for humor and told a great joke about a group of friends on a hot air balloon trip. Maimouna showed great leadership skills and filled in as a speaker at the last minute and spoke about her initial reluctance to move to Canada. Bev was her evaluator. Bev also conducted the Table Topic session and designed as a debate between Amy and Mohsin arguing for and against the FIFA Wrold Cup. Maimouna evaluated the Table Topic session. Amy was the General evaluator for the meeting. Overall, the meeting was a lot of fun. We added a new member Nora to our club and we looking forward to seeing her in our future meetings.


Blog by Mohsin 

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If you would like to take part in a UM Masters meeting, we’re located in Winnipeg at the University of Manitoba. Our meetings are held every Wednesday from 12:05 –12:50 PM in Room 111 at St. John’s College (which is part of the University of Manitoba).

If you're in Winnipeg and interested in sitting in on a club meeting to see if Toastmasters is right for you, please feel free to contact Catherine Plouffe at Catharine.Plouffe@umanitoba.ca    

UM Masters Meeting- 25th June 2014 - Year End Party

Today was our last Toastmaster meeting of the year! Dianne, as our Toastmaster for the day, presented several awards to our executive board and introduced our speaker for the day. Bev presented a speech titled “A Salute to the Tinman,” which turned out to be about Dianne and how she has been a pillar in UM Toastmasters since the club was founded.  Bev wrapped up her speech by leading us in a salute to Dianne’s positivity, perseverance, and friendship. We concluded our Toastmaster year by celebrating with food and good conversation.

We’ll miss you Dianne!

Blog by:  Danielle 

Try Toastmasters – the proven way to grow your communication and leadership skills.

If you would like to take part in a UM Masters meeting, we’re located in Winnipeg at the University of Manitoba. Our meetings are held every Wednesday from 12:05 –12:50 PM in Room 111 at St. John’s College (which is part of the University of Manitoba).

If you're in Winnipeg and interested in sitting in on a club meeting to see if Toastmasters is right for you, please feel free to contact Catherine Plouffe at Catharine.Plouffe@umanitoba.ca