Igniting Holiday Spirits!

What a fun and festive gathering! Ho ho ho! Great to have guests visit once again. Do you want support and mentors to help reach your goals?  You have come to the right place! We have welcomed six new members - to our club Yujin, Ellen, Petra, Jeff, Sylvanus and Mohammed!

Our last meeting before the holiday season was full of stories of childhood memories, memorable gatherings, family traditions and festive cheer.

Jessica gave a wonderful speech which reminded us all to be kinder to ourselves in times of stress. Vicky our President had a fun game where most of us found ourselves on the naughty list! Ellen as our Table Topics Master challenged us with questions about Christmas traditions, and all of the role assistants kept the meeting engaging and fun.

Next meeting: Tues Jan 4. What skills do you want to develop in 2022? Come to a meeting - build on your talents. 

Happy holidays and warm wishes from all of us at Igniters!

Mentoring Matters!

What are the advantages of joining Igniters? You can get get to your goals faster with the help of others. 

⭐ support ⭐ feedback ⭐ growth

How can we help?

Mentoring Coordinator Mona ✅

Mentors ✅ 

Mentoring Teams ✅ 

Meeting Mentor Buddies ✅

Mentor Moment Tips ✅

Specialty Mentors ✅

Mentoring Resources ✅

* Go to Member Resources - Mentoring to find out more!

A warm welcome to 3 new Igniters Sylvanus, Ellen, Petra! Its been terrific to have guests visit. 

We have been having many educational, inspiring, and creative speakers. Jessica (Hybrid Meetings), Mona (Mentoring Conversations & Leadership) Diane (Ice Breaker & yes how she broke her shoulder) Mary (Body Language), Dermot (History of Toilets Who knew?!)Trevor (Communication Styles). Evaluators for every speaker - developing their analytical skills Jey, Yvonne, Marvin, and Chris. Join us and develop your skills.

Contests & Circle of Gold 

We are very proud of Glen and Tracy for their efforts in competing in both the Tall Tales and Table Topics (Impromptu) How we laughed at their stories!! How Glen met his wife and what Tracy caught while fishing. Oh the tales!

Circle of Gold - peer Mentoring for contestants across 6 Divisions to raise their speaking level. Nandini and Trevor along with other evaluators offered ideas to help the speakers grow.

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Celebration Time!

Just like the song, Celebration - we have alot to celebrate at Igniters! 

Area Contest

 A fun night on Fri Oct 29.  Ksenija was helping on tech, anonymous Igniters were judging, Diane, Vicky, Nandini were in the audience supporting our contestants. A huge thanks to all the Igniters who wrote congratulation notes.

Tall Tales Contest 

1. Tracy 

2. Glen

3. Amanda

Table Topics

1. Pearl

2. Samantha

3. Glen

Woo hoo!! Both Tracy and Glen will be competing for Tall Tales at the next level -  Division Contest Nov 19. Come cheer them on! 

Area Of the Year Awards

Awesome Igniters! 

Toastmaster of the Year - Mary 

Rookie of the Year - Tracy

Public Relations - Spoken Word 

Best of luck at the Division level

Halloween Meeting Oct 26

Trevor led a fun meeting with his beautiful locks of raven black and white hair! Word of the Day was mask and the challenge word disguise. Our guest also answered an impromptu topic and shared what she thought about scary movies.  Dermot gave a speech from Humorous Pathway and was good to know no animals were harmed in making this funny speech! 

We learned alot in Table Topics (impromptu speaking) hearing stories about scary movies, costumes, spirits, and favorite Halloweens. 

• Where does a ghost go on vacation? Mali-boo

When you are not on vacation, come zoom with us  any Tuesday evening!

Summer Fun!

Last night we had a fun meeting on zoom sharing our summer memories. We have had lots of entertaining summer meetings. Great to have a guest.

Yvonne our dynamic Toastmaster encouraged us to use the word musings and Glen as grammarian gave anticipate as the challenge word. Igniters were anticipating to see who used the words the most!

Educational Goals Achieved!

Dermot gave an inspiring speech reflecting on his growth in Toastmasters and finishing his educational Path Presentation Mastery. Fantastic! He joins Mary who finished Effective Coaching and Marvin achieved Dynamic Leadership.

Way to go Igniters! What skills do you want to learn?

Tall Tales Contest

Contests are an excellent way to step outside of your comfort zone and grow your skills. Many of our members have stepped up with the help of mentors and greatly benefited.

Nandini shared tips from helping as a Circle of Gold evaluator at a Tall Tales Workshop. 

* Take an ordinary situation (getting stuck in traffic, getting lost) and write your personal story.

* Make it into a Tall Tale - add lots of exaggeration! Alliteration. Puns.

Eg ran 1 mile. Change to ran 1000 miles. Make everything much bigger! 

* Tall Tale Timing 3 - 5 minutes. Must be mostly an original story.

* Enter club Tall Tale Contest in the fall

More Resources: 

How to Win A Tall Tales Contest

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. 

Contact: info@igniterstm.ca

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Find out how you can achieve your goals - with the Igniters Advantage!!

Stay tuned for more Awards