First Speeches of the Summer

Malcolm was the first speaker during our summer meetings during which we were intrigued by his CC#1 for the timeline of finding a career to be passionate about. Igniters has meetings throughout the summer and we welcome visitors from other clubs including Deepika who presented "Spain, the 2.0 Way."

COMPETENT COMMUNICATOR SPEECH 1, 6 and 10

It is always exciting to hear an Ice Breaker from a new Toastmaster, and Paul did an excellent job of his speech called "Has Paul Made a Difference.  He shared some very interesting parts of his work and volunteer life. 

Our second speech, CC # 6, Vocal Variety was presented by JianLi and his passion was obvious in "A Little Girl - A Big Difference", as he shared the story of a young girl who worked to save children from getting malaria  by supplying nets to their villages in Africa.

To conclude our trio of speeches a Julie presented her CC#10th,    "Do Something Different- Make The Change", you could see the confidence she has gained completing the Competent Communicator.

30 People - Excellent Turnout

Eggcellent turnout for our Easter themed meeting as we had 30 individuals, 24 Igniters and 6 guests on March 22, 2016. 

Rick, our first speaker did an awesome job of his CC #1, Icebreaker speech, titled “It’s About Time”.   Speaker two, Julie presented great visuals and great enthusiasm for her CC #8 speech “Chinese Characters” that taught us the meaning and how to write a few Chinese characters.  It was great to hear Ellen’s club competition winning speech ‘What You Want, What You Get”.  We are very lucky to have such a variety of presenters and splendid evaluators to share their skills with us. 

Icebreaker Speeches



Our Toastmaster Stephen did an awesome job of keeping our Sept. 1st meeting running smoothly.  With three speeches, table topics and a surprise celebration it was not an easy task. 

 

Congratulations to Edward and Lisa for accomplishing their first speech, the Icebreaker.  Edward's talk was called The Traveller Beneath the Tree and used the analogy of travellers meeting under a tree during a storm and then parting when the weather improved.  It was an excellent comparison of a person moving through life touching different people. 

Lisa spoke about her lifelong love of reading, which definitely encouraged each of us to grab a book and settle into a comfortable chair.  

Thank you both for sharing these excellent speeches with us.