The St. Lawrence Toastmasters Club in Montreal would like to warmly welcome its new member Xenia.

Club president Tommy welcomes Xenia to St. Lawrence Toastmasters

We like to ask our new members to share with us the reasons they joined our club. Here is what Xenia has to say:

Toastmasters, in my opinion, is not just a place to develop skills, but also to share perspectives, grow a little every time and cultivate a richer emotional world. It’s all about the journey, not the destination and I am truly happy to have started my journey with the St. Lawrence Toastmasters family.

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Would you like to know more about how Toastmasters can help you grow as a communicator? Come visit us!

Here is the programme for the meeting of January 30, 2018.

Le club St-Lawrence Toastmasters à Montréal est fier d’accueillir deux nouveaux membres Catherine et Raphael !

Tommy, président de notre club, accueille Raphael et Catherine

Nous avons l’habitude à notre club de demander à nos membres de partager avec nous les raisons pour lesquelles ils se sont joints à Toastmasters, ou les buts qu’ils aimeraient se donner.

Voici de Catherine :

The reason I joined Toastmasters is because I believe it is necessary for me to improve my communication skills and master public speaking. My core purpose in life is to help and inspire others. Since I want to be successful and make a difference, I know I have to

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The St. Lawrence Toastmasters Club in Montreal would like to warmly welcome its new member Henry.

Henry visited us on a couple of occasions, and then decided that he indeed wanted to become a member of our club.

Club president Tommy welcomes Henry to St. Lawrence Toastmasters

We like to ask our new members what goals they would like to set for themselves.  Here is what Henry has to share with us:

I’m a multilingual Montrealer, but my presentation skills in French were lacking.  I was made aware of St. Lawrence Toastmasters’ reputation for developing exceptional bilingual speakers, and after a few visits, I saw why. And so, I joined this club as part of my effort to become a good public speaker in French. I have no doubt I’ll attain that goal here!

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Would you like to know more about Toastmasters? Come visit us!

Here is the programme for the meeting of November 28, 2017.

À l’occasion de la réunion du 14 novembre 2017, les membres du club St. Lawrence Toastmasters à Montréal ont pu célébrer les 69 ans du club.

En fait, notre club est le club Toastmasters le plus ancien à l’est de Windsor. (Nous aimons nous vanter amicalement et à la légère que puisque nous sommes le plus ancien club, nous sommes naturellement le club le plus expérimenté. )

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Voulez-vous en savoir plus sur notre club?  Venez nous visiter!

Voici le programme pour la réunion du 21 novembre 2017.

A big congratulations to our member Nadine, for having won first place at the English Humorous Speech Contest that was held at the Toastmasters District 61 Fall Conference.  This is the highest distinction given for this category within Toastmasters. 

As our club president put it:

“So glad for you!!

You were so great yesterday! Extremely well earned!”

Indeed, all of us at the Saint-Lawrence Toastmasters Club in Montreal are extremely proud of your accomplishment Nadine!

We’d like to congratulate Nadine Champagne, proud member of St. Lawrence Toastmasters Club in Montreal, for having won the first place in the Toastmasters Division F English Humorous Speech Contest.

Nadine (standing second from the right) at the Humorous Speech Contest.

Congratulations as well to Martina for having participated in the French Evaluation Contest. (From what we hear, she have an excellent evaluation but may have slightly exceeded the maximum time limit. Better luck next time!)

Martina (shown standing in the middle) at the Evaluation Contest.

The St-Lawrence Toastmasters Club in Montreal would like to welcome its newest member Kit.

Our club president Tommy welcomes Kit to St-Lawrence Toastmasters

We like to ask our new members to give us a quick overview of some of the goals they have given themselves or some of the reasons they have decided to join our club.

Here is what Kit has to share with us:

I joined Toastmasters because it is a place where people come to grow and give each other the opportunity to expand their voice and enhance their skills. It is a unique place, and an important one. I am looking forward to this adventure, this new pathway, and St. Lawrence Toastmasters has an inspiring group of Toastmasters to be on this voyage with.

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Are you interested in finding out more about how you can enhance your public-speaking skills?  Come visit us!

Here is the programme for the meeting of October 17, 2017.

The St-Lawrence Toastmasters Club in Montreal would like to congratulate everyone who participated in the Toastmasters Area 54 Evaluation and Humorous Speech Contests.

A big thanks to the contest organisers, all the contestants, and everyone who came to cheer them on.

Here are the contest results:

English Evaluation Contest

1st place: Gregory Fine (Westmount Toastmasters)

2nd place: Alex Chan (St-Lawrence Toastmasters)

Concours d’évaluation en français

1ère place: Martina Kugler (St-Lawrence Toastmasters)

2e place: Alex Chan (St-Lawrence Toastmasters)

English Humorous Speech Contest

1st place: Nadine Champagne (St-Lawrence Toastmasters)

2nd place: Jinghui Ding (NDG Leader Toastmasters)

The first-place winners will go on to represent our Area during the Toastmasters Division F contests, which will take place on October 14, 2017.

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If  you’d like to see photos with the other contestants, please feel free to consult our weekly programme.  Here is the programme for the Toastmasters meeting of Tuesday October 10, 2017.

The Saint-Lawrence Toastmasters Club in Montreal would like to welcome Caroline.

Tommy (our new club president for 2017-2018) welcomes Caroline to the club

We always like to ask our new members to share with us the reasons they decided to join our club.

Here is what Caroline writes:

I recently decided to join Toastmasters (for a second time and this time with the intention of being totally engaged) for several reasons :

Communication is a way to show what we are about and who we are.  With that regards, Indians talk about developing the 5^th chakra. I feel this is something in my life that needs improvement.  In the past, I have tested myself with running marathons, my studies and getting a black belt in karate.  Now my new challenge is public speaking.  Why public speaking?

• To develop leadership skills
• To inspire
• Personal growth
• Use the audience as a lab for feedback for work related discussion topics (products and services)

I have decided to join the St-Lawrence Toastmasters Club mostly because I see the group as being very diversified culturally, professionally and age-wise.  There is also a family atmosphere that I like and this distinction made me adopt the club as my new household where I can grow to give and to receive.

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Would you like to find out how you can develop your leadership skills and inspire people? Come visit our club!

Here is the programme for the Toastmasters meeting of Tuesday September 25, 2017.

Nous aimerions féliciter deux de nos membres du Club St-Lawrence Toastmasters à Montréal pour avoir complété avec succès les 10 projets de leur manuel du Communicateur Compétent.

Ceci veut dire qu’ils ont chacun donné des discours (et ont accompli les objectifs) dans tous les projets suivants:

1. Briser la glace
2. Être convaincant
3. Organiser son discours
4. Faire parler son corps
5. Développer ses qualités vocales
6. Travailler avec les mots
7. Mettre ses habilités en pratique
8. Augmenter l’impact de son discours
9. Être persuasif
10. Stimuler son auditoire

Nous sommes très fiers de votre cheminement!