New Member Induction - Vicky

On Tuesday July 24th, 2018 Ksenija our VP Membership led the Induction Ceremony for Vicky. 

Vicky is from Vietnam and has been in Canada for 3 years. 

Vicky is currently a Project Coordinator and working on figuring out her life purpose and education and career plans. She has a BBA Diploma in Automotive Management. She may pursue a career in project management and seek the PMP certification or she is also considering an MBA in Japan. Vicky would love to bring her parents to Canada.

Vicky loves hiking in the mountains. She speaks 6 languages including Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien (Chinese dialect), Japanese and English.

The Induction Ceremony celebrates the beginning of a new Toastmaster's journey with the new member committing to the Toastmasters' Pledge (or Promise) and our club members commit to support the new member.

Please join me in welcoming Vicky to Igniters!

Toastmaster’s Promise:

As a member of Toastmasters International and my club, I promise:  

·       To attend club meetings regularly

·       To prepare all my projects to the best of my ability, basing them on the Toastmasters education program

·       To prepare for and fulfill meeting assignments

·       To provide fellow members with helpful, constructive evaluations

·       To help the club maintain the positive, friendly environment necessary for all members to learn and grow

·       To serve my club as an officer when called upon to do so

·       To treat my fellow club members and our guests with respect and courtesy

·       To bring guests to club meetings so they can see the benefits Toastmasters’ membership offers

·       To adhere to the guidelines and rules for all Toastmasters education and recognition programs

·       To act within Toastmasters’ core values of integrity, respect, service and excellence during the conduct of all Toastmasters activities

End of the Year Party Photos, Awards Winners, New Executive Induction and thank you

Thanks to everyone who was able to make it to our End of the Year Party on June 26th at Mona and Ted Cooley's.  For those who missed it here is a quick recap: 

 - Rookie of the Year - Diane Devonshire

 - Toastmaster of the Year - Yvonne Heerema

Igniting Spirits Club Awards:

 - Spirit of Success New Member: Sherry Wilson McEwen

 - Spirit of Success Speech Achievement: James Frail

 - Spirit of Success Communication & Leadership: Diane Fox

 - Spirit of Success President's Choice - Yvonne Heerema

  - Spirit of Success Igniting Spirits Award - Yvonne Heerema

  - Spirit of Success Mentor Award - Marion Butcher

For the new executive:

 - President: Yvonne Heerema

 - VP Education: Marvin Henry

 - VP Membership: Ksenija Crnogorac

 - VP Public Relations: James Frail

 - Secretary: Nandini Venkatesan

 - Treasurer: Anette Madsen

 - SAA: Henry Mattos

Additional thanks goes to Ksenija for helping present the awards and providing me with this list.

Good Luck to the next executive and having a fantastic year.

Chris Crooks

District Director Visits Igniters

 

 

 

John Bauer, District Director visited Igniters to give his speech to complete his High Performance Leadership. He shared his learnings and lesson. Diane F gave a management speech about praise and encouragement. James shared stories about his bicycles. His favourite bicycle was called orange crush! 

We had a full house with two guests and one joined!

Welcome & Farewell

Sherry and VP Membership, Marion during a formal induction of our new Member Casey. 

Igniters and guests can look forward to more exciting stories from Casey!

We also celebrated as Ayanna inspired us with her 10th speech for her Competent Communicator. 

Igniters will miss her as she moves to Ontario for a new adventure in her nutrition career. Best of luck Ayanna!

Area Contest

Igniters had fun at the E6 Area Contest. Marion was a great Contest Chair. Chris as SAA, Anette timer, Somayeh ballot counter, Marvin Chief Judge and other Igniters cheering.  

Yvonne and Ksenija did us proud!

Next up is the Division Contest

Friday April 13 2018

Winston Mountain view Community Centre 520 27 Ave NE

 

 

 

Pathways

Pathways Ambassador Darlene and Guide Andre, Ignited our spirits for the new Pathways education program. We all opened with our new beginnings and showed enthusiasm as this was theme and word of day. Lots of questions and a great evening of learning!

New Members 01/18

Welcome to New Members
Pictured here is an Igniters membership induction for James, Sherry, Anette and Judson facilitated by Marion the past club president

Congratulations to the winners of our club contest for both the International Speech Contest as well as the Evaluation Contest. Everyone who participated and competed are winners in our eyes. 

It takes a lot of courage to publicly put yourself out there, especially for the first time.  

 

Here were the results

Evaluation Contest

1. Ksenija Crnogorac
2. Chris Crooks

International Speech Contest

1. Yvonne Heerema
2. Diane Devonshire

 

Thanks again to all the volunteers, especially Margaret who spearheaded this all as Contest Chair. 

We want to thank you to everyone who brought food, and Sherry who coordinated this portion of the night. (Noteworthy mention goes to the Brazilian buns made out of cassava flour that Henry made).

You are invited to come to the next level of competition which is the Area contest, the evening of Thursday, March 29 to cheer on Igniters representatives: Yvonne in the International Speech contest and Ksenija in the Evaluation contest.

 

Details:

 

Area E6 International Speech and Evaluation Contests

Thursday, March 29

6:00pm – 9:00pm

Alastair Ross Technology Centre

3553 31 St NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

 

 

Thanks again everyone for a fun night and everyone that helped put the event on by participating.

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.