Igniters Welcomes 2 New Members

Welcome to the club - Henry & Somayeh

Marion, past club President and co-VP of Education, stands with our banner and new members Henry and Somayeh as they were inducted into the Igniters Toastmaster club.

Club Contest Time!

Club Contest Time!

Igniters will be hosting a club level contest for the International and Evaluation Club Speech contest. This will take place Tuesday, March 13 at the special start time of 6:30 pm for refreshments and contestant and volunteer briefings.  The actual contest will begin at 7:00 pm.  Winners will proceed on to the E6 Area contest on Thursday, March 29.

You are very welcome to join us to hear some great speeches and cheer on the participants!

Voice Lesson with Iris Talbot

Voice Lesson with Iris Talbot


Igniters were treated to a special presentation by Iris Talbot on how to improve and develop our voice.
We were given many great tips on how to properly project our voice as well as use and develop its full register.
See the hand-out she left with each Igniter member for more voice tips.
Thank you Iris!

Igniting Celebrations during the Holiday Season

As a Toastmaster club our bonds as a group extend beyond our weekly meeting and the support we provide to each other there.
Igniters got together over the December holidays to connect and celebrate the season with each other in a fun and festive way.
Here are a few pictures from the event
Than you to Glen & Diane for hosting, for everyone attended and especially organizers who made it a special evening!

Scrumdiddlyumptious Chocolate-filled Meeting

Spirits were high during our last Igniters meeting as everyone in attendance was treated to several different kinds of scrumptious chocolate!
Thank you to the evening Toastmaster Malcolm, and to birthday girl Ksenjia, for both bringing in chocolate to share which definitely ignited the fun, community and creativity of our meeting.

Pictured here is guest Natalie holding our trophy given as award for winner of Table Topics as well as  Igniter member Nandini holding a special kind of trophy, a cacao pod! This dried cacao pod is where the cacao beans come from, which is what makes chocolate. As a chocolate-lover you can see how happy Nandini is!

Area Awards

Our Area Director, Ken visited our club in November to present some awards. 

Margret received her plaque for 1st place in the Area Humorous Speech Contest, Nandini received her plaque for 1st place in the Area Table Topics contest. The Club also received a certificate for 76% retention. 

Way to go Igniters!

Igniters at District Conference

Several members of the Igniters club had a fabulous time at the District Conference in Medicine Hat. 

They saw great Keynotes by World Champion of Public Speaking, Lance Miller as well as Monique Levesque-Pharoah who is International Director. 

They reported that the contests were excellent and the event was full of amazing people to meet.

I am sure we will be hearing about some of the gems and wisdom received over the next few meetings - looking forward to it!

In contest updates, at the conference Nandini gave a fabulous Table Topics Speech.

The Table Topics contest winners were:

3 - Jocelyn Hattie, High River Toastmasters 
2 - Anthony Sanni, MVP Advanced Toastmasters 
1 - Brad Smart, UR Toastmasters

Congratulations to all the competitors.

Congrats to 3 New Competent Communicators

During our meeting on November 7th both the current and past Club President of Igniters honoured 3 members with ribbons for completing the Toastmasters Competent Communicator manual.
This involved completing 10 speeches, which each of our 3 members had been working on over the last year in their own time and pace.

Congratulations to Malcolm, Yvonne and Margaret for completing this milestone in Toastmasters.

Igniters at Division Contest Nov 2017

Igniters did fantastic at the Division Contest! Nandini won the Table Topics contest. Ksenija won Rookie of the Year and Ellen won Toastmasters of the Year. Margaret was entertaining at Humorous Speech contest.  Several members attended the contest sharing the excitement. Nandini, Ksenija and Ellen will represent us at the District Conference,  let's all cheer them on.

November 10 - November 12

in Medicine Hat

Back to Basics – District 42 Fall Conference

Igniters on Facebook

Igniters Toastmasters now has a Facebook Group page.

You can search Igniters Toastmasters in Facebook or simply follow the link here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1299367036859797/?source=create_flow

This page is a public page and we hope will offer our club more exposure to new guests and help grow our membership.
Anyone can use this page to share information, stories, video's speeches, testimonials related to Igniters Toastmasters.

Join the group if you are part of the club.

Igniting Winners

Igniters celebrated the success of many of club members during the Area contest

Congratulations go to: 

Margaret who won the Humorous Speech contest. 
Nandini who won the Table Topics contest. 
Ksenija who won Rookie of the Year.  
Ellen who won Toastmasters of the Year for 2016-2017. 

We had 8 club members attend the Area contest to cheer them all on. 

Margaret & Nandini will go on to represent us again at the upcoming Division Contest.
Good Luck Igniters!

Competitions are a great way to increase your public speaking and leadership skills not just as a contestant but also a volunteer and even as an audience member, because watching and listening to other speakers helps you learn. 

Thank you to all those who attended, volunteered and competed!


Details for the upcoming Division contest are:

Division E Humorous and Table Topics Contest

Monday October 27, 6 - 9pm  

Meadowlark Park Community Hall | 623 – 58 Ave SW, Calgary, AB 

Click link to register https://d42tm.org/event/division-e-humorous-and-table-topics-contest/ 

Welcoming A New Member to Igniters

Igniters welcomed new member Judsen to the club!

Marion conducted a welcoming induction ceremony and Ksenjia shared the bio and story of our new member.

As a club we look forward to supporting Judsen in his speaking endeavours and hearing all his speeches to come.

Please give a BIG - virtual - round of applause to all our contestants who participated in Igniters Club Contest. You did an amazing job! Your personal stories made us laugh and ponder life in new ways.

 

Congratulations to our winners!

 

Humorous Speech Contest

1. Margaret 
2. Nandini 

Table Topics Contest

1. Nandini 
2. Rob 
3. Diane D.

Margaret and Nandini will move on to represent Igniters at Area E6 Contest on October 12.

 

 

Thank you to everyone who helped with the contest: all our volunteers and those who came out to support our contestants! Your contributions are very much appreciated.

 

Come and show your Igniters Spirit at the Area Contest! Cheer on Margaret and Nandini, and volunteer. 

Area E6 Contest

Thursday, Oct 12, 6pm - 9pm

Alastair Ross Technology Center (U of C Research Park)

Biggest thanks of all goes to Ksenjia who was a major force in organizing the entire event from start to finish!
Thank you!

Goal Setting

Our current VP of Education Yvonne, is connecting with Igniters to invite each of us to take the time to think about our goals for Toastmasters. 

Remember why you joined Toastmasters...

Think about what you wish to achieve this year in Toastmasters, and write it down. For example: finishing the CC manual, or learning and filling different roles at the club, completing CL, or working on advance communicator bronze, silver or gold, and higher goals.  

"The danger lies not in setting our goals too high and falling short, it is aiming too low and achieving our mark".  In other words, are you aiming too low and playing it small and safe?

What are your goals?

Connect with Yvonne, share with other Toastmasters, and together we can help each other!

High Spirits

Our August 22nd 2017 meeting was well attended and everyone seemed ignited in high spirits!
3 guests joined us, 2 speeches were given and an extra lengthy but enjoyable round table of introductions was shared by all.
Our Toastmaster for the evening Nandini Venkatesan offered those who were inspired by extra 'creativity' (word of the day) and found themselves sharing such wonderful stories during the round table introduction to develop out those stories further into a speech - great idea!
Our table topics winner was the friendly Marvin Henry who pictured here happily shows his prize statue.
Thanks to Rob Morris for brining in the statue that he said he 3D printed at home. Rob did a wonderful job sharing the back story on the Venus de Milo which he had learned about while visiting the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.
Looking forward to more great meetings to come...

Learning about Vocal Variety

We had a fun meeting in a new temporary location next door while they are renovating the Nifty Fifties. Always good to shake things up a bit, speak in a new venue or location. See what comes up for us! This week both our speakers were focussing on Project #6 Vocal Variety. We learned about the Power of Pause, Rate of Speaking, and the importance of Tone.

Marvin was our enthusiastic Toastmaster spoke on the Theme of Festivals and Food and all the delicious foods he had at the Taste of Calgary. Mmm!  Ayanna gave an inspiring speech about the "The Powerful, Formidable, Terrifying Midnight Robber". This is a character in the Trinad Carnival who is a legendary storyteller using very descriptive language. She also challenged the members to embody the best vision of yourself you can imagine and keep working on your goals. Mona shared funny stories"Going Euro" of her trip to Europe and how she almost missed boarding the Eurostar. We leaned about making an impact by using luggage as a prop to get the audience's attention!

Great having two guests and our members recieved feedback from evaluators who helped them become better speakers. If you were not there, we missed you! Hope to see you this week!!

Toastmasters Can Help You in Your Personal & Professional Life

Benefits of Toastmasters from an Igniters Member
Listen in on the story of one of our members who in fact has moved away and no longer part of our club because he used the skills and confidence he gained through Toastmasters to land a job... Way to go!
https://youtu.be/JdrWn24UzFI

More Year End Awards & New Board Induction

Our July 4th meeting was celebratory with awards for 

Spirit of Success New Member

Spirit of Success Speech Achievement  

Member Making Difference 

and there was also an Executive Induction 

Igniters Party

What a fun night it was, full of laughters and fun!

Check out some of the photos of Igniters Toastmasters Year End Party at Mona's home where we also celebrated Canada 150 and gave out club awards.