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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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Highlights of Club Meeting on 12th July 08
It was a warm and sunny afternoon as the club convened for another fantastic meeting. The meeting was kicked off by our newly-promoted Competent Communicator Liu Lie, who served as the Sergeant-At-Arms. Following which, our club president gave us an inspirational opening address on leadership and planning. The language evaluator, Advanced Communicator Silver/Competent Leader Lim Seh Leng gave us the word of the day : HORIZON.
The prepared speech session was kicked off by Toastmaster Arunachalam Sathappan, who gave a speech on minimizing worries, afterwhich, Toastmaster David Wang, showed that he was still able to give an impactful speech after his debut return to the club. His speech on being an unreasonable man was very well-received by the audience. Toastmaster Yew Meng Hau introduced a portion of Game Theory to the audience as he proposed a solution to end nuclear weaponry. Toastmaster Amelia Chang (from NUSS TMC) spoke about lighting up the fire in our life and discovering our passion. Last but not least, Competent Leader Mike Lian rounded up the session with a speech on saving the environment, reminding all of us to A.C.T.
The evaluators went on to give precise and advice to the respective speakers. The advice not only benefitted the speakers but also to the audience as well, who learn many useful tips for jazzing up their speeches and craft it to greatness.
The theme of the Table Topics was : Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire and what a fun time the participants had, as they all tried to out-lie one another to prove that they were the biggest liars. The topics ranged from lying to your parents to lying to the police for traffic offences. It was surprising that guests, who had NO prior experience in giving impromptu speeches were able to deliver a short 2 minute speech on the spot. It was no surprise that the audience lapped it up.
The language evaluator, Advanced Communicator Silver, Lim Seh Leng, delivered her evaluation on our usage of the language and provided many useful feedback for everyone to spice and jazz up their speech.
The General Evaluator, Advanced Communicator Bronze, Wong Kok Wah, gave us crucial and concise feedback on how to improve the club meeting. At the same time, he gave high praises to the Timer, Toastmaster Deepak Bhaskar, Ah-Counter, Toastmaster Tan Hong Yue, Toastmaster of the Day, Toastmaster Kenneth Tham, for a job well done. However, he mentioned that the club have a lack of writing papers and that some of the Table Topics question were tricky. He praised the Club President for giving an inspiring speech, one which he has not heard from Club Presidents for some time.
The meeting ended on a high note as the Club President encouraged everyone to take action and to learn and be inspired from the speeches spoken that day. The Club also sucessfully signed up a new member, Miss Loo Lin Jy. We welcome her on board the club. Due introduction will be posted shortly.
The Club would like to thank the following for their contributions as guest evaluators : Competent Leader Cindy Ang, Competent Communicator Gabriel Chen, AC(B) Wong Kok Wah (Open Alumni Toastmasters Club) and AC(S)/CL Lim Seh Leng. Our next meeting will be on the 26th of July. So do remember to come on down for another fun-filled meeting !
The prepared speech session was kicked off by Toastmaster Arunachalam Sathappan, who gave a speech on minimizing worries, afterwhich, Toastmaster David Wang, showed that he was still able to give an impactful speech after his debut return to the club. His speech on being an unreasonable man was very well-received by the audience. Toastmaster Yew Meng Hau introduced a portion of Game Theory to the audience as he proposed a solution to end nuclear weaponry. Toastmaster Amelia Chang (from NUSS TMC) spoke about lighting up the fire in our life and discovering our passion. Last but not least, Competent Leader Mike Lian rounded up the session with a speech on saving the environment, reminding all of us to A.C.T.
The evaluators went on to give precise and advice to the respective speakers. The advice not only benefitted the speakers but also to the audience as well, who learn many useful tips for jazzing up their speeches and craft it to greatness.
The theme of the Table Topics was : Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire and what a fun time the participants had, as they all tried to out-lie one another to prove that they were the biggest liars. The topics ranged from lying to your parents to lying to the police for traffic offences. It was surprising that guests, who had NO prior experience in giving impromptu speeches were able to deliver a short 2 minute speech on the spot. It was no surprise that the audience lapped it up.
The language evaluator, Advanced Communicator Silver, Lim Seh Leng, delivered her evaluation on our usage of the language and provided many useful feedback for everyone to spice and jazz up their speech.
The General Evaluator, Advanced Communicator Bronze, Wong Kok Wah, gave us crucial and concise feedback on how to improve the club meeting. At the same time, he gave high praises to the Timer, Toastmaster Deepak Bhaskar, Ah-Counter, Toastmaster Tan Hong Yue, Toastmaster of the Day, Toastmaster Kenneth Tham, for a job well done. However, he mentioned that the club have a lack of writing papers and that some of the Table Topics question were tricky. He praised the Club President for giving an inspiring speech, one which he has not heard from Club Presidents for some time.
The meeting ended on a high note as the Club President encouraged everyone to take action and to learn and be inspired from the speeches spoken that day. The Club also sucessfully signed up a new member, Miss Loo Lin Jy. We welcome her on board the club. Due introduction will be posted shortly.
The Club would like to thank the following for their contributions as guest evaluators : Competent Leader Cindy Ang, Competent Communicator Gabriel Chen, AC(B) Wong Kok Wah (Open Alumni Toastmasters Club) and AC(S)/CL Lim Seh Leng. Our next meeting will be on the 26th of July. So do remember to come on down for another fun-filled meeting !
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Details of Club Meeting on 280608
In our last meeting, 2 toastmasters stood out for their 'firsts': Niole - serving as Acting President and Hong Yue - serving as a Timer. Liu Lie and Nicole achieved the status of Competent Communicator (CC), ensuring that the club attains the status of President Distinguished Club. Two members from other clubs (AIA Changi, Chua Chu Kang) also achieved CC.
It was indeed an inspiring meeting with 5 inspiring speeches given. Song Lang gave a speech about himself. Nicole spoke about the need for proper time management and why some people are always busy, while Liu Lie touched on the connection of Kung Fu Panda and Asian Values. Rubel spoke about dealing with our fears and Mohamad motivated us with his speech on why the pursuit of materialism is meaning less.
And it was not just about the speeches. The evaluators also gave us a very insightful and useful evaluation on improving the speakers speeches.
The word of the day is Zest, and it was with full of zest that the speakers used the word, making the meeting full of zest and energy.
The general evaluator Fernando Young felt that the speeches are not inspired enough, so he gave some tips how to make a speech inspired:
1. what is your dream
2. how to oversome obstables
3. what will life be if we do not fullfill how dreams
4. what will life be is we succeed
5. call for action
6. give words for encouragement: you can do it, everybody can do it
7. inject more vocal variety and body language
On the whole, the meeting was very interesting and exciting. To top off such a fantastic meeting was the views and comments provided by our Language Evaluator, Advanced Leader (Silver) Rebecca Lee and General Evaluator, Advanced Leader (Gold), Fernando Young. The club would like to congratulate all the speakers who have attatined the rank of Competent Communicator and would also like to express our gratitude to the following evaluators : James Keok, Stanley Chen, Delia Wong, Jave Zhou, Lim Chung Wei for their help. Our next meeting will be on the 12th of July. So come on down for another meeting !
It was indeed an inspiring meeting with 5 inspiring speeches given. Song Lang gave a speech about himself. Nicole spoke about the need for proper time management and why some people are always busy, while Liu Lie touched on the connection of Kung Fu Panda and Asian Values. Rubel spoke about dealing with our fears and Mohamad motivated us with his speech on why the pursuit of materialism is meaning less.
And it was not just about the speeches. The evaluators also gave us a very insightful and useful evaluation on improving the speakers speeches.
The word of the day is Zest, and it was with full of zest that the speakers used the word, making the meeting full of zest and energy.
The general evaluator Fernando Young felt that the speeches are not inspired enough, so he gave some tips how to make a speech inspired:
1. what is your dream
2. how to oversome obstables
3. what will life be if we do not fullfill how dreams
4. what will life be is we succeed
5. call for action
6. give words for encouragement: you can do it, everybody can do it
7. inject more vocal variety and body language
On the whole, the meeting was very interesting and exciting. To top off such a fantastic meeting was the views and comments provided by our Language Evaluator, Advanced Leader (Silver) Rebecca Lee and General Evaluator, Advanced Leader (Gold), Fernando Young. The club would like to congratulate all the speakers who have attatined the rank of Competent Communicator and would also like to express our gratitude to the following evaluators : James Keok, Stanley Chen, Delia Wong, Jave Zhou, Lim Chung Wei for their help. Our next meeting will be on the 12th of July. So come on down for another meeting !
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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