Author Archives: Dan Smith, DTM

Meeting #92: The Art of Listening

Posted on 7 September, 2011 by Dan Smith, DTM

14 September, 2011, from 7pm Summiting Session Yingdan Liu DTM – The Art of Listening (see more below) Speeches – Daniel from Dell TMC – Ken Zhuang CC – David Xie CC – Daniel Smith DTM Toastmaster of the Evening: Minnie Li … Continue reading →

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Turning Evaluations Upside Down

Posted on 1 September, 2011 by Dan Smith, DTM

Delivering an Evaluation is challenging. You are expected to give useful feedback to different individuals, often with very different needs, from events across a two-hour or more period. While perhaps interesting to the person receiving the feedback and useful for … Continue reading →

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Visiting Global Communicators in Beijing

Posted on 1 September, 2011 by Dan Smith, DTM

Global Communicators (#620500) meets in Beijing and is home to some leading Toastmasters. Last night (31 August, 2011) I dropped in an enjoyed a lovely meeting. One of the sessions that they had that I really liked was what they … Continue reading →

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Regular meeting

Posted on 13 April, 2011 by Dan Smith, DTM

With speeches from: Andrew Wong ACS ALB Andy Guo ACB ALB Wednesday 27 April, 2011

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13 April meeting – with Super Table Topics

Posted on 7 April, 2011 by Dan Smith, DTM

Summitting Session: Spike Gu ACS C Super Table Topics: Minnie Li CC CL And speeches from Gregory Ernoult ACS Anne Wang CC Oscar Kwun CC Jenny Ni ACB ALB Wednesday 13 April

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Vocal Variety: Awareness. Your Voice is Your Image

Posted on 28 February, 2011 by Dan Smith, DTM

Attached here is a slideshow created by Krishna Murthy U on the importance of vocal variety. Whether you use it to develop your emphasis, pitch, tone, rate, or pause, we hope that you enjoy it! Vocal Variety: Your Voice is … Continue reading →

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Timer, Ah-counter, Grammarian (TAG) Ah! Boring, is it?

Posted on 21 February, 2011 by Dan Smith, DTM

This is another post from our g Timer, Ah-counter and Grammarians (TAG), oh! God the same stuff, meeting after meeting, nothing new, just boring roles! New members take—Timer, Ah counter and, may be, Grammarian roles. Dear Toastmaster buddy, answer honestly! … Continue reading →

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A LATA: Active Learning At Toastmasters Meetings

Posted on 13 February, 2011 by Dan Smith, DTM

How can you get the most of your time in Toastmasters? After all, if you’re going to spend so much time attending Toastmasters meetings, it’s a good idea to get something out of it. In his time in Shanghai, Krishna … Continue reading →

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27 January CAT meeting

Posted on 14 January, 2011 by Dan Smith, DTM

Title: CAT meeting Location: Rm.505, #1 Building, No. 355 Huanghe Road. 黄河路355号1号楼505室 Description: Regular meeting Exit #5, Xinzha Road Station, Subway #1 地铁1号线新闸路站5号出口 Start Time: 19:00 Date: 2011-01-27 Highlights: Daniel Smith DTM China Advanced Toastmasters Daniel Smith DTM, first attended … Continue reading →

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13 January CAT meeting

Posted on 24 December, 2010 by Dan Smith, DTM

Title: CAT meeting Location: Rm.505, #1 Building, No. 355 Huanghe Road. 黄河路355号1号楼505室 Description: Regular meeting Exit #5, Xinzha Road Station, Subway #1 地铁1号线新闸路站5号出口 Start Time: 19:00 Date: 2011-01-13 Highlights: Summitting Session “Evaluation” from Jack Guo. Jack was President of Shanghai … Continue reading →

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