Monthly Archives: August 2009

Shanghai Education Day

In a little over three hours on Sunday afternoon, more than 100 Shanghai Toastmasters were treated to a valuable Education Day. We were led most eloquently by David Yang CC (Microsoft No. 1) and Jackie Zhao CC (Lighthouse), our hosts … Continue reading

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Revisiting The DTM Track

In early 2008, as one of my last speeches before I completed the DTM requirements, I presented a speech at Pudong Toastmasters. This speech explained how you can achieve your DTM, and explored the challenges and steps that you can … Continue reading

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Congratulations Mark Hunter – World Champion of Public Speaking 2009

I remember meeting Mark Hunter when he was preparing for a speech contest in around 1999. My cousin told me that he “had a voice like chocolate” – apparently in contrast to my own. Ten years have passed, and Mark … Continue reading

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Speech contest!

Contests for English Evaluations and Humorous and Table Topics for Chinese. From 19:10,  2009-08-27

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Eliminate your mannerisms

It’s always a challenge to weed out our distracting mannerisms. Sometimes it’s a gesture. Or a phrase. And sometimes it’s a facial expression. Last week, I saw an experienced speaker who would poke his tongue out at his audience! It … Continue reading

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Joint meeting with Synopsys: Speech Contest Summiting Session

We’re having a joint meeting with Synopsys this week. Start Time: 19:00 TME John Ng CC Summiting Session on Speech Contests from Susan Zhou DTM Speech from Wendy Wang ACB ALB Speech from two Synopsys members IE’s Spike Gu ACB … Continue reading

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