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Si vous cherchez un club Toastmasters à Montréal, nous vous invitons à assister à une de nos rencontres.
Voici le programme de la rencontre Toastmasters du club St-Lawrence pour le 12 octobre 2010.
If you are looking for a Toastmasters club in Montreal, feel free to come visit us for one of our weekly meetings.
Here is the St. Lawrence Toastmasters program for October 12.
Congratulations to the winners and runners-up of the Montreal Toastmasters Area 53 humour and evaluation contests!
We are proud of all our club members who participated in the contest, and who had the privilege of ranking high:
- French Humour: Mathieu Savage (1st place)
- English Humour: Chantal Lamontagne (1st place)
- French Evaluation: Italo Magni (1st place)
- English Evaluation: Alex Chan (2nd place)
And special thanks to our members Véronique, Marie-Paule, Martina, Colette, and Pietro who came to encourage us, as well as friends and family who also came to this event.
Now on to the next levels of competition:
- (DONE — Club-level Toastmasters Contest)
- (DONE — Area-level Toastmasters Contest – each area consists of 5 to 7 clubs)
- Division-level Toastmasters Contest (each division consists of 5 to 7 areas) – October 22
- District-level Toastmasters Contest (All Quebec and few clubs from Ontario and the United States)
A big thanks to Shirley Damant (Area 55 Governor and VP Public Relations for Ville Marie Toastmasters) for sending us pictures of the evening.
(Click to view all the pictures of the evening…)
Félicitations aux premiers et deuxièmes gagnants des concours français et anglais de discours humoristiques et d’évaluation de discours!
Nous sommes fiers de tous nos membres qui ont participé au concours Toastmasters de secteur 53 qui a eu lieu à Montréal. Chacun de leurs résultats était exceptionnel :
- Discours humouristique français :
Mathieu Savage (1ère place) - Discours humouristique anglais :
Chantal Lamontagne (1ère place) - Évaluation de discours français :
Italo Magni (1ère place) - Évaluation de discours anglais:
Alex Chan (2e place)
Et merci aussi à nos members Véronique, Marie-Paule, Martina, Colette, et Pietro qui sont venus nous encourager, ainsi qu’aux amis et membres de famille qui étaient aussi présents.
Les gagnants passent donc à la prochaine étape de compétition Toastmasters :
- (FAIT — Concours Toastmasters au niveau du club)
- (FAIT — Concours Toastmasters au niveau du secteur – regroupement de 5 à 7 clubs)
- Concours Toastmasters au niveau de la Division (regroupement de 5 à 7 secteurs)
- Concours Toastmasters au niveau du District (tout le Québec ainsi qu’une partie de l’Ontario et quelques clubs américains)
Et un grand merci à Shirley Damant (Gouverneur du Secteur 55 et VP relations publiques de Ville Marie Toastmasters) pour nous avoir envoyé des photos de la soirée.
(Cliquez pour voir les photos de la soirée…)
Here is something new that we’d like to put in place for our web site: a summary for the evening, so that our members and guests can keep up to date with our Toastmasters club activities.
This week, the “reporter of the evening” was Mathieu Savage, who writes the following.
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Another great evening at St. Lawrence!
The October 5 meeting was full of emotions.
Among other things, we had three memorable speeches.
Rebecca Rodrigues shared with us her experience with many types of air transport: Chinook, Ultra Light, Boeing, Helicopter, etc.
Then Lisa Chandler took us by surprise and shared with us some most wonderful news in a very special speech entitled “Creating a meaningful life”. Congratulations Lisa!
Finally, Chantal Lamontagne made us laugh with her speech “L’ennemi du piéton”. Chantal will participate in the Montreal Area 53 Toastmasters humourous speech contest on Friday October 8 (replacing Charles Cron who will unfortunately not be available).
I also want to mention the high-caliber evaluations we had tonight by Adrian Thorogood (in French, congratulations!), Italo Magni and Marise Chabot. Finally, the grammarian of the evening, Jacques Lamontagne, pointed out many good uses (and some misses) of both the English and French language.
Thank you all for this awesome evening.
Voici une nouveauté que nous aimerions instaurer sur notre site web. Un rapport de chaque soirée pour permettre à nos membres et visiteurs de rester au courant des activités de notre club Toastmasters.
Cette semaine, le « reporter de la soirée » était Mathieu Savage. Voici son rapport :
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Une autre belle soirée à St. Lawrence!
La réunion du 5 octobre a été bien forte en émotions.
Nous avons entre autres eu droit à trois discours mémorables.
Rebecca Rodrigues nous a d’abord parlé de ses expériences passées dans toutes sortes de transports aériens (Chinook, Ultra-léger, Boeing, hélicoptère, etc.).
Lisa Chandler nous a ensuite tous pris par surprise avec une très heureuse nouvelle lors d’un discours qui lui tient beaucoup à cœur intitulé « Creating a Meaningful Life ». Félicitations Lisa et merci d’avoir partagé ce beau moment avec nous.
Finalement, Chantal Lamontagne nous a fait bien rire dans un discours « L’ennemi du piéton ». Chantal participera au concours Toastmasters humoristique anglais à Montréal le vendredi 8 octobre pour remplacer Charles Cron qui ne pourra assister.
Il faut définitivement souligner les évaluations de grande qualité faites par Adrian Thorogood (dans sa deuxième langue, félicitations!), Italo Magni et Marise Chabot.
Finalement, le grammairien de la soirée, Jacques Lamontagne, nous a pointé plusieurs québécismes, françicismes et anglicismes que nous avons utilisés à tort. Nous pourrons ainsi continuer de nous améliorer. Merci à tous pour la belle soirée.
What better way to learn to speak more effectively in Montreal than to attend a Toastmasters meeting.
Come visit us and check out one of our meetings. Here is the program for October 5.
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Quoi de mieux qu’un club Toastmasters pour apprendre à communiquer plus efficacement à Montréal.
Venez nous rencontrer pour assister à une de nos rencontres. Voici le programme du 5 octobre.
Our current club president Mathieu Savage recently read an article from the famous Harvard Business Review about oral and written communication. He highly recommends as it offers some useful advice and explains different styles and approaches to communicating (public speaking, one-on-one, email and written documents).
From Mathieu:
I also want to point out that the book they recommend, I Can See You Naked, has already been highly suggested in the club by Italo Magni, one of our most experienced speakers. It is written in a series of one-page cues on how to improve your public speaking skills. It is easy to read and one can make it a good habit to go through a few pages as review before a presentation.
Nous souhaitons tout le meilleur aux membres de notre club qui participeront au Concours Toastmasters de secteur 53.
Quand:
Le concours se déroule le vendredi soir, le 8 octobre entre 18h00 et 22h00
Où:
1 Place Ville Marie, La Banque RBC, dans la salle de conférence, Mezzanine 2 (M2) du Club Ville Marie.
Coût:
Frais d’entrée de 5 $.
Pour plus d’information sur le Concours Toastmasters de secteur 53, veuillez contacter Nicolas Schultzé, VP à l’éducation, Club Ville Marie, au 450 464-1942.
We would like to wish the best of luck to our club members who will be participating in the Toastmasters Area 53 Fall Contest.
When:
The contest will take place on Friday, October 8, 2010, 6 pm to 10 pm
Where:
1 Place Ville Marie, Royal Bank Building, in the conference room Mezzanine 2 (M2)
Cost:
Entrance fee is $5.
For more information on the Toastmasters Area 53 Fall Contest, please contact Nicolas Schultzé, VP Education, Club Ville Marie. (450) 464-1942.