Welcome to West Coast Toastmasters Club!
Our club believes in developing and enhancing one's communication, public speaking and leadership skills through building upon one's confidence.
To do this, we not only provide an atmosphere filled with genuine support and encouragement, but also comfortable environment so one can feel at ease.
If you have the 2nd or 4th Saturday afternoon of the month free, pay us a visit!
Meng Hau
Club President
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Gabriel Yee
Secretary
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Details of Club Officer Training
It was a sunny Saturday at Zhenghua CC where Division B held its Club Officer Training for all new club officers. West Coast Toastmasters Club sent out 4 representatives : Club President Yew Meng Hau, Vice President (Membership) Deepak Bhaskar, Vice-President (Public Relations) Daniel Tan and Secretary Gabriel Yee.
Besides learning about the responsibilities, the club officers were also able to pick up tips from Distinguished ToastMaster John Sih and Distinguished ToastMaster Kan Kin Fung for our speeches. Here are some of them :
1. Prepare! Prepare! Prepare! Practice! Practice! Practice.
You start off first with a purpose, then you research before preparing, and practicing.
2. Own your speech.
A good speech is a part of you, something you share from your heart.
This then leads to credibility. Walking the talk and "how am I inspired to inspire you".
Content and delivery of a good speech comes to together.
A little gesturing will make a lot of difference.
He comments that Singaporeans lack a certain drama in their speeches.
So he encourages to watch Ortis Williams Jr, Les Brown and other champions to learn what is good gesturing, good body language, good content delivery and good vocal variety.
3. Using props and anecdotes.
THE PARABLE OF THE PENCIL
The wood on the Pencil represents our chronology.
The lead depicts the actions we do in our life.
After some time, we become 'blunt out' and that's when we need to sharpen ourselves once again.
In our lives, we sometimes we create bad memories, so we use the eraser to remove these marks in our lives.
Sometimes, not all the marks go away, but are marks bad? No. Unless you don't learnt anything from it.
So at the end of the wood, when your lead is used up and your eraser is half used, what have you done with the markings you've made?
There are 3 types of people in the world:
The Smartest : Learn from Other People's Mistakes.
The Smart : Learn from your own mistakes.
The Silly : They do not even know they have made a mistake.
What do you want to be ?
Use props to make messages come alive
Sincerity is everything
Lastly, memorise quotations, you never know when you'll need them.
5 steps to be a great leader
Goals
Responsibility
Encouragement
Action
Teamwork
Furthermore, the club received a special mention for the Past District Governor Distinguished ToastMaster Poh Kim Siong for contributions to the District. All in all, the members were able to pick up many invaluable tips that will definitely serve the club well in the future.
Besides learning about the responsibilities, the club officers were also able to pick up tips from Distinguished ToastMaster John Sih and Distinguished ToastMaster Kan Kin Fung for our speeches. Here are some of them :
1. Prepare! Prepare! Prepare! Practice! Practice! Practice.
You start off first with a purpose, then you research before preparing, and practicing.
2. Own your speech.
A good speech is a part of you, something you share from your heart.
This then leads to credibility. Walking the talk and "how am I inspired to inspire you".
Content and delivery of a good speech comes to together.
A little gesturing will make a lot of difference.
He comments that Singaporeans lack a certain drama in their speeches.
So he encourages to watch Ortis Williams Jr, Les Brown and other champions to learn what is good gesturing, good body language, good content delivery and good vocal variety.
3. Using props and anecdotes.
THE PARABLE OF THE PENCIL
The wood on the Pencil represents our chronology.
The lead depicts the actions we do in our life.
After some time, we become 'blunt out' and that's when we need to sharpen ourselves once again.
In our lives, we sometimes we create bad memories, so we use the eraser to remove these marks in our lives.
Sometimes, not all the marks go away, but are marks bad? No. Unless you don't learnt anything from it.
So at the end of the wood, when your lead is used up and your eraser is half used, what have you done with the markings you've made?
There are 3 types of people in the world:
The Smartest : Learn from Other People's Mistakes.
The Smart : Learn from your own mistakes.
The Silly : They do not even know they have made a mistake.
What do you want to be ?
Use props to make messages come alive
Sincerity is everything
Lastly, memorise quotations, you never know when you'll need them.
5 steps to be a great leader
Goals
Responsibility
Encouragement
Action
Teamwork
Furthermore, the club received a special mention for the Past District Governor Distinguished ToastMaster Poh Kim Siong for contributions to the District. All in all, the members were able to pick up many invaluable tips that will definitely serve the club well in the future.
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