Inspiring Igniters!

What a year end Celebration!  Educational Awards - our members went after their goals! Mary finished her Effective Coaching Path. The first one in our club to do this!! Dermot, Jessica Diane, Trevor, Mona, Marvin, Drew, Tracy, Gil, Ksenija, Yvonne, Lorenzo, Vicky, and Nandini all achieved credit for different levels in their Paths.

Why do our members succeed? We have a strong mentoring program. Also the support and encouragement is a cornerstone of Igniters and Toastmasters.

Leaders Rising!

Toastmasters - "Where Leaders Are Made!"

Marcus the incoming Area Director inducted the new incoming Executive for July 1, 2021 - June 30 2022.

Pres: Vicky

VP Education: Chris

VP Membership: Nandini

VP PR: Cat

Treasurer: Drew

Secretary: Tracy

Sergeant at Arms: Jeff

Highest Recognition for a Club

Guests are welcome all year round. 

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Awards, Awards, Awards...

Brenda - Public Relations of the Year

Mona - Advanced Communicator Silver

More Area Awards were presented by President Marion on behalf of Area Director Kathy.  Our members are enthusiastically completing their roles and goals with support from Igniters.  Brenda received Public Relations of the Year and Mona was acknowledged for completion of Advanced Communicator Silver.  We can't wait until next year to see who is called to the podium to celebrate their success!

Area Awards Ceremony

Area Director Kathy presented awards to Igniters for individual contributions and Igniters accomplishments in 2015-2016. President Marion accepted the club ribbons for Open House and Go Getter awards.

Malcolm - Humorous Speech Contest

Anne - Rookie of the Year

Diane - Competent Communicator

Marion - Competent Leadership

Glen - Crown Pin for Sponsorship

Marvin - Crown Pin for Sponsorship

Mona's stunt double - Advanced Communicator Silver

PRESIDENT'S CHOICE "HELPERS" AWARD

When Chris G talked about the President's Choice Award, he acknowledged the support he received from many Igniters and he shared with us the contribution each made to the club and how they helped him throughout the year. 
Left to right:
Marvin, Marion, Chris G, Brenda and Stephen.  Missing from the picture - Clemens

PRESIDENT'S CHOICE AWARD

PRESIDENT'S CHOICE AWARD

Chris choose Mona for the President's Choice Award because of her total involvement in Igniters.  She worked tirelessly to start and maintain a Mentoring Program by  arranging conference calls and organizing mentoring groups.  This in turn helped encourage new members to set goals quickly. Mona was also able to achieve the ACS  (Advanced Communicator Silver) while helping others succeed.

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SPIRIT OF SUCCESS SPEECH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

SPIRIT OF SUCCESS SPEECH  ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Chris said that Brenda recently completed her CC after giving several inspiring speeches. She competed in the Area contest in table topics and grew in many ways both inside and outside the club.  This award is given to a member that continually encourages other members to improve and hone their skills.

MENTORING TEAM

AWARDS NIGHT

Our mentoring team was congratulated and given Awards and Toastmaster Mentoring Pins for all the support they gave to Ignitor's throughout the year. Their guidance helped each of us work through our Competent Communication Manuals.
Thanks to Nandini, Chris G., Stephen, Mona (Mentor Leader), Marvin, Marion, Chris C.,  Glen and Diane for all the energy they have put into Igniter's  and the time you have spent with our new members. 

SPIRIT OF SUCCESS NEW MEMBER AWARD

                                                                          


SPIRIT OF SUCCESS NEW MEMBER AWARD

Margaret was an enthusiastic contributor to our meetings.  She completed six speeches towards her CC and represented Igniter's in the Area contest. Chris talked about how her achievements, participation and enthusiasm represents the spirit of Igniter's club and defines our mission statement.

SPIRIT OF SUCCESS COMMUNICATION AND LEADERSHIP AWARD

SPIRIT OF SUCCESS COMMUNICATION
         AND LEADERSHIP AWARD

Chris was excited to present Diane with this award for her upbeat and happy way of showing us what to do to become a "Distinguished Toastmaster". She achieved her DTM this year by working hard to succeed at her goal.  Diane has actively promoted Igniters for several years by sharing her knowledge and joy of Toastmasters with us .

Year End Celebration and Awards Night

Igniter's held their Year End Celebration and Awards Night at June 20, 2016 at Mona's house. 
As usual our pot luck dinner was delicious right from the appetizers  though the main course and including the deserts.  I have concluded that our food options are as varied as our speech presentations. 
We would like to thank Mona and Ted for their hospitality .

Igniters is excited to have reached the PRESIDENT'S DISTINGUISHED STATUS
We have many people to thank for helping us achieve the 10 goals set out by Toastmasters International.
1 & 2.  Ellen and Julie successfully completed their 10 speeches and obtained their CC award
3.  Nandini completed her ACB (Advanced Communicator Bronze)
4.  Mona  achieved her ACS (Advanced Communicator Silver)
5 & 6.  Diane added our second ACS and her DTM (Distinguished Toastmaster)
7 & 8.  This goal is to add 4 new members to our club twice.  Our plans to get 8 members was almost tripled as we had a total of 22 new members joined Igniters'.
9.  Required that we have 4 executive members trained in each of the two sessions
10. The last goal is administrative in nature and we completed it easily

GREAT YEAR FOR IGNITERS.  Thanks to our President Chris G. for his guidance, for the executive for the work that was completed, to the founding members for everything they have taught us by allowing us to fill positions and learn through their experience and to all the members that helped us have fun while we shared the Toastmaster Experience.

SPIRIT OF SUCCESS IGNITING SPIRITS AWARD

SPIRIT OF SUCCESS IGNITING
SPIRITS AWARD

Chris presented Brenda with this award for her contribution to Igniters in a variety of ways.  She completed her CC, entered a speech contest and helped to plan Diane's DTM party.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD

As Rookie of the Year, Anne not only gets recognized at our club level but she moves on to Area .  She   completed many speeches as well,  she also acted as a test speaker at a different clubs evaluation contest and  a judge at a few contests. She also  served on the executive and helped out in several of our contests.  Chris presented Anne with a plaque.

TOASTMASTER OF THE YEAR AWARD

TOASTMASTER OF THE  YEAR AWARD

Chris kept us in suspense as to who would be the Toastmaster of the Year and the last award he presented was to Nandini.  During the year she completed her ACB (Advanced Communicator Bronze), spoke several times outside the club, helped with officer training, and mentored us.  Nandini also found time to represent Igniters and win at the District 42 final for table topics. Her hard work is an inspiration to all of us and we thank her for all that she does for our club. 

PUBLIC RELATIONS OF THE YEAR

PUBLIC RELATIONS OF THE YEAR

As VP of Public Relations, Brenda was nominated for this award.  She worked on the blog to share Igniter's exciting special events and their meeting information. Chris mentioned that she also helped with special events and other areas of the club's life.   

2016 Area 41 Context Awards Plaques

Poorna,  the J46 Area Director,  attended the May 10th  Igniters'  meeting to  present two of our members with  the spring 2016 Area 41 Award plaques.


Ellen received  first place in the Area 41 International Speech Contest

Glen received  first place in the Area 41 Evaluation Contest

Congratualation to Ellen and Glen 1st Place Award Winners

Kathy, the contest chair, for the Evaluation Contest, Area 41, Division J, District 42 presented Glen with the first place award for his assessment of an amazing test speech


Chris, the Toastmaster for the International Speech contest and Helen the Toastmaster of the Evaluation   contest assisted with the presentations.

Kathy, the contest chair, for the International Speech Contest, Area 41, Division J, District 42 presented Ellen with the first place award for her speech "You Can't Always Get What You Want"

TABLE TOPICS AWARD DISTRICT 42

Carolyn Kaldy, DTM, and the Program Quality Director (South), attended our meeting on Jan. 5th to present Nandini with her trophy for winning the Table Topics Award for District 42.
With her usual altruism, Nandini asked us a question about how “one new member can inspire others and what happens if you try. If you jump in and act spontaneously with a smile, imagine the ripples that you can make in a year.” She talked about what each of us have done to make Igniters a great club. 
               Congratulations Nandini – you are an example for the rest of us.
 

Spirit of Success Award

Nandini presented our Spirit of Success award to Michael.  Michael represented the awards criteria  by being energetic and enthusiastic in all the roles he was willing to take on    His five CC  speeches were entertaining and passionate, as were his evaluations.  His friendlyand keen manner made guests comfortable and relaxed.

Congratulation Michael, we are excited to have you in the club and look forward to hearing more speeches.

1st Place -Table Topics Contest

We would like to congratulate Nandini for placing first in the Sept. 22,  2015 Table Topics Contest. She accepted the award from Mona the Awards Presenter and Marvin the Chief Judge.
 

Table Topics Contest

We had eight Igniters step up to compete in the Table Topics Contest on Sept. 22, 2015. Nandini, Anne, Bren, Mark George, Chris C., Chris G. and JianLi answered Mona's question regarding a Gallop Poll relating to the Canadian workforce.  Each of the contestants drew on their experiences to give a variety of two minute presentations.  Thanks to Marvin the Chief Judge and Mona the Table Topics Toastmaster for  guiding the large group through the contest.  Also a huge thank you to Michel the Contest Chair, Marion for organizing the food, and Stephen and Edward our timers. 
Let also thank our ballot counters and SAA Margaret, Mamadou, Lisa and Julia