Monthly Archive for January, 2009

Warwick John Fahy DTM leading CAT’s Summiting Session

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Dan Smith, DTM
on 23 January, 2009
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The Godfather of Toastmasters in China, Warwick John Fahy DTM, will lead CAT’s Summiting Session.

Effective presenting in a short attention span world.

19:10 – Thursday 12 February – Theme: The Fast Food Generation

  • Speech: Improve Your Images Emily Minor CC ALS
  • Speech: Spike Gu ACB CL
  • Speech: Dao of Love Wendy Wang ACB ALB
  • IE Jenny Ni CC CL
  • TTM Phoebe Chen

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Tom Peters describing a great speech…

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Dan Smith, DTM
on 20 January, 2009
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Clear and compelling theme. Perfect pitch. Connection with the immediate and distant audience. Humor and self-deprecation. Memorable stories. Phrases that uplift.

How does your next speech stack up?

Speaker to Trainer is full!

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Dan Smith, DTM
on 15 January, 2009
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Thanks to an overwhelming response, we are pleased to have filled all places for Success Communication module, Speaker to Trainer. Special thanks go to Spike Gu ACB CL for getting the word out to our clubs and doing a fabulous job in handling our registrations.

For those of you who have registered, Emily, Wendy and I look forward to seeing you Saturday at 1pm sharp.

If you’re interested in coming along next time, please fill in your details below:

And remember, next Thursday, we’re welcoming NLP Trainer Jeff Tan ATM-B to CAT for our training session…

Grammarian at PS TMC

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Emily Minor, CAT VPE
on 14 January, 2009
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Last night People’s Square TMC let me be the grammarian at their meeting. I really like language and words. Unfortunately, I am not good at words in any other languages than English :-)

Their VPE, XiaoXiao, asked me to share a written report so other members could learn from it. I also decided to post it here. I hope you find it helpful!

The Word of the Day was “invincible”. You might use the word like this: “I’ve dropped my camera at least five times, but it still works perfectly. It is invincible!”

Words and phrases I liked hearing:

Joe – Regarding …

Roawin – Fantastic, structure and organization, “love someone, love her mother!”

Alex – recently, hinder, ordinary

Paula – conquered, getting hired or getting fired?

Linda – straightforward, divert, input and output (you had to hear the story that went with it)

The most common mistake was saying “make a huge progress.” It should be “made progress” or “made a lot of progress” or “is making great progress.”

Don’t say audiences when referring to all of the people in the audience. You will always use audience, if you are talking about only the people you are standing in front of. Plural would only be used if you were referring several groups. “The audiences in PS, Leadership and CAT really like the trainings I gave their clubs.”

“You need to sell yourself out” should be “You need to sell yourself.” (Selling yourself is great. Being a sellout is not.)

Other things to improve on:

Here is it. Here it is.

What it is? What is it?

Give feedbacks Give feedback. (Feedback is always singular.)

Make people entertained Entertain people

Louder your voice Raise your voice or speak louder

She is a great sales. She is a great salesperson. or She is in sales.

I am very envy of… I am very envious of…

Will you give a try? Would you like to try? or Will you try?

How many time left? How much time is left?

Insights from an Area Training

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Dan Smith, DTM
on 11 January, 2009
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This afternoon, I attended an Area training conducted by CAT’s Secretary, Wendy Wang ACB ALB. Aside from having the privilege of watching another person (Wendy) deliver the Successful Club program, Moments of Truth, I made the following observations:

  • We all have challenges. As an officer, we have an array of experiences that give us the opportunity to learn and grow. Sometimes these experiences are painful and frustrating. Sometimes they are scary but wonderful. But they are always there. By accepting where we are now and embracing those opportunities to learn and grow, we are able to expand and move forward.
  • Those around us are inspiring. From the VPE who is single-handedly driving her club forward to the inexperienced Secretary looking to help make a successful club even better, we can find people in Toastmasters who can inspire us with their determination, their courage and their tenacity.
  • Make it meaningful – to you. While we might start talking about how we are performing our duty for our club, because we agreed to do it, or because we “have to”, we can also focus on how taking on such roles and responsibilities can help us. Tackling great challenges can help us grow, expand and become more. Look for how you can use one of the best training and development systems – and one of the best development-focused peer groups – in the world to help your own development.

There were many great lessons for me this afternoon aside from these, and I appreciated the opportunity to share some time with Area 41…