Celebrate good times, come on!
(Let's celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on!
(Let's celebrate)
I know you know this song by Kool & the gang so hum along with me. At Igniters,
we view celebrating members as an important and fun part of Toastmasters. Recently
we’ve had a lot of reasons to celebrate. During our August 25th in-person
meeting, we celebrated birthdays, anniversaries, and icebreaker speeches.
Yvonne’s
birthday was August 25
Marvin’s
birthday was August 20
Mona’s
birthday was August 18.
Nandini
delivered an Icebreaker speech in her new path, Presentation Mastery, where we
learned we all have a little lion within us – ROAR!
2 of our
members celebrated 10 years with Toastmasters – Ksenija and Yvonne. Both have
been active members within our club, taking on meeting roles, delivering
speeches, and being Club Officers. Yvonne is our current President and Ksenija
is Treasurer. Both have also been active outside the club through roles such as
Area Director.
The celebrations actually began a few days earlier when 4 Igniters (Nandini, Marvin, Emma, and Ali) attended the in-person Division E Leadership Training on August 22 hosted by our Division E Director, Lina.
The training was my first event as part of our new District. District 208 came into existence on July 1, 2026, and encompasses all of Alberta and Montana. Unfortunately, we said good by to our Saskatchewan Toastmasters but hopefully our paths will continue to cross occasionally.
The training kicked off with speaker Val, sharing how great clubs don’t happen by accident. Instead, they participate in key activities such as the living club success plan, holding moments of truth, and using the Distinguished Club Program, DCP to measure your club’s health. By all accounts Igniters is a healthy club. We are about to submit our Club Success Plan ahead of schedule, have held a Moments of Truth session and earned 3 DCP points already with 24 members and multiple guests recently.
Then we
broke into our individual club officer sessions. I learned and made connections
in the VPPR session lead by Vesna, while Nandini lead the VP Membership
training with Marvin’s assistance and Ali lead the VP Education session. Things
were learned, connections were made, and fun was had.
Toastmasters
is not only a place to learn communication and leadership skills. It’s also a
place where friends celebrate the good times.
Celebrate good times, come on!
(Let's celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on!
(Let's celebrate)
Come celebrate with us at our next meeting, which is on zoom
on Tuesday September 1, 7-8:30pm. Nandini is our Toastmaster and she is hosting
a fun games night. Email our club at info@igniterstm.ca
to get the zoom link. I hope to see you there!
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