Author Archives: Dan Smith, DTM

10 September meeting

Posted on 9 September, 2009 by Dan Smith, DTM

TME – Jenny Ni, CC & CL Summitting Session – Carlo Wolff, ACB & CL on “Creating the Best Club Climate” Table Topics Master – Marco Meng, CC & CL Speeches * Spike Gu, ACB & CL with “The Patriot” … Continue reading →

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Shanghai Education Day

Posted on 31 August, 2009 by Dan Smith, DTM

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

Posted on 22 August, 2009 by Dan Smith, DTM

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

Posted on 18 August, 2009 by Dan Smith, DTM

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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Eliminate your mannerisms

Posted on 10 August, 2009 by Dan Smith, DTM

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

Posted on 7 August, 2009 by Dan Smith, DTM

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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Regular meeting

Posted on 13 July, 2009 by Dan Smith, DTM

23 July at The Carpark TME: Bill Wang ACB TTM: Raf Verheyen

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The trouble with suggestions

Posted on 30 June, 2009 by Dan Smith, DTM

I’ve been hearing so much of the word “suggestions”. One very senior General Evaluator last week used the word at least every minute during their evaluation. “If I could make a suggestion…” “One suggestion that I would have…” “Now onto … Continue reading →

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New Directions: 9 July

Posted on 26 June, 2009 by Dan Smith, DTM

The start of a new Toastmasters year begins with our first meeting on 9 July! TME Joyce Hu CC CL TTM Linda Ma CC Special visitor from Australia, Andrew Smith, will deliver his C10 speech Organisational Growth by Entering New … Continue reading →

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Spike Gu ACB CL with Summiting Session on Presentation with Power Point 25 June

Posted on 12 June, 2009 by Dan Smith, DTM

Theme: Power 25 June, 2009 from 7:10pm TME Dan Smith DTM TTM Jenny Ni CC CL Speech: John Ng CC HPLP Launch speech: Carlo Wolff ACB CL General Evaluator: Susan Zhou DTM Individual Evaluator: Emily Minor CC ALS Individual Evaluator: … Continue reading →

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