Andrew Wong ACB CL will deliver the Summiting Session on Motivating People.

We have a very full roster of speakers this meeting!

Jackie Xu will be giving his C8 “Snap It With Your Soul.”

Joyce Hu CC CL will be giving her A9 “Better City, Better Life” from the Speaking to Inform manual.

KC Loh CTM will be givng her A10 “Tzu Chi Foundation” from the Speaking to Inform manual.

Spike Gu ACB ALB will be giving his A22 “Be Passionate” from the Humourously Speaking manual.

Evaluators include Dan Smith DTM and Jack Guo CC from IDEAL TMC.

Andrew Wong ACB will share “Be a CAT Exco Member!  Be a Real Toastmaster!” in the Summitting Session and we’ll have time to discuss and ask questions.

Join in the fun of speaking off the cuff as guest Franklin Zhang (PS & 5A+) leads us in Table Topics.

Prepared speakers Carlo Wolff ACB ALB and Emily Minor ACB ALS will be speaking from the Storytelling manuals.  We should hear some creative speeches!

General Evaluator Bill Wang ACB will lead the IEs of Phoebe Chen CC and Minnie Li CC.

Hope to see you there!

Throughout the world, metaphors are powerful tools for conveying meaning and moving audiences. How well are you using metaphors now? In this 20 minute session we will learn from NLP Trainer and experienced speaker Daniel Smith how we can make metaphors work for us in our speaking.

Also starring this week we have speeches from:

Susan Zhou DTM delivering her C4, evaluated by Jenny Ni CC CL
KC Loh delivering her A7, evaluated by Aky CC
Carlo Wolff ACB ALB delivering his A16, evaluated by Joyce Hu CC CL

Table Topics will be led by Minnie Li and our General Evaluator will be Andrew Wong

Speaker: Carlo Wolff ACB ALB

General Evaluator: Susan Zhou DTM
Evaluator 1: Aky (Oemer Akyazici) CC
Evaluator 2: Andrew Wang ACB

TME: Aky (Oemer Akyazici) CC

Timer: Minnie Li CC

Table Topics Master: Spike Gu ACB CL

Speeches

Jenny Ni CC Fall in Love With Yourself
Manual: Humorously Speaking | Project: keep them laughing (A6)
Objective 1: Prepare a speech that opens with a self-deprecating joke;
Objective 2: String together two or three related jokes in the speech body;
Objective 3: Close the speech with a humorous story.

KC Loh CC The Secret
Manual: Speaking to Inform | Project: The Abstract Concept (A6)
Objective 1: Research and organize the thought of experts on an abstract concept, theory, historical force, or social/political issue;
Objective 2: Present the ideas in a clear and interesting manner.

Andrew Wang ACB Smoking Should Not Be Allowed in Any Restaurant
Manual: Persuasive Speaking | Project: Addressing the Opposition (A19)
Objective 1: Prepare a talk on a controversial subject that persuades an audience to accept or at least consider your viewpoint;
Objective 2: Construct the speech to appeal to the audience’s logic and emotions.

And we will enjoy a senior evaluations team led by President Carlo Wolff ACB ALB as General Evaluator, and supported by Joyce Hu CC CL, Bill Wang ACB and Yingdan Liu DTM.

Thursday night, 25 February, from 7pm.

Hope you can make it!

Summiting Session – Carlo Wolff ACB ALB on Non-Verbal Communication

SUPER Table Topics will be held again! Listen to these members give a 5 to 7 minute speech, speaking off the cuff. Super TT speakers are Bill Wang ACB and Joyce Hu CC & CL. Super TT evaluator is KC Loh CTM.

Prepared Speakers:
– Andrew Yuk Ho Wong ACB
– Raf Verheyen CC
– Jack Guo CC & CL

Individual Evaluators:
– Aky (Oemer Akyazici) CC
– Jenny Ni CC CL

Participate in the interactive training by Aky (Oemer Akyazici) CC “Saying No (Positively!)”.

Ask questions to Andrew Yuk Ho Wong ACB after he speaks about “How We Run an Advanced Toastmasters Club” in Hong Kong.

Watch as Spike Gu ACB & ALB performs his A20 speech from the storytelling manual, and as Yingdan Liu ACS & ALS gives her A30. (It’s her final speech to receive her DTM!)

REMEMBER, we are at our new venue. Please scroll down for the map and detailed directions!

We will be meeting in a comfortable training room a two-minute walk from the Xinzha Road metro station, which is just one stop from People’s Square on Line 1.  Click on the map below to make it bigger.

From Speaker to Trainer on January 3rd will also be held here.

CAT's new venue!

TME Susan Zhou, DTM, will lead the meeting.  Jenny Ni, CC & CL, will facilitate a discussion on compassion.

Two of our speakers will be reaching a milestone in their Toastmasters journey.  Spike Gu, ACB & CL, will be giving his A20 speech and Emily Minor, CC & ALS, will be giving her A10 speech.  Joyce Hu, CC & CL, rounds out the prepared speakers.

GE Jack Guo, CC from IDEAL TMC, will give us the fresh perspective of a sister club member.  IEs include Carlo Wolff, ACB & ALB and Irene Zha, CC guest from Leadership TMC.

Guest Anna Zhou, from 5C+ TMC, is supporting CAT by timing our meeting.

Remember to email attend@ChinaAdvancedToastmasters.com if you’d like directions and a map to our venue!

The venue will be provided by Microsoft:

• Room 073, 10F, No. 2 Building, Grand Gateway, 3 Hongqiao Road. (港汇大厦2号楼10F.073 Seminar room.) You can go into the building from the gate at Hongqiao road.

CAT members will focus on our speciality – evaluation!  Please see below for the role takers from all three clubs.