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Congratulations, Yingdan Liu, Wendy Wang and Bill Wang

Dan Smith, DTM — Sun, 09 May 2010 14:47:12 +0000

Yingdan Liu DTM was elected District Governor-elect for District 85 at the District Conference this weekend.

Later in the afternoon, Wendy Wang ACB ALB was elected Division Governor for Division D, and Bill Wang ACB was elected Division Governor for Division L, the new Division for CAT. No doubt many other CAT members will be taking on other leadership roles within the District, and we look forward to their success.

Congratulations!

CAT meeting 25 February: Introductions

Dan Smith, DTM — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:09:04 +0000

This Thursday night, 25 February, LDG(E&T) Yingdan Liu DTM will be leading a Summitting Session on Introductions. Also on the starring:

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!

CAT Meeting January 14th

Emily Minor, CAT VPE — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:13:23 +0000

Come watch Susan Zhou DTM perform SUPER Table Topics. Think Table Topics are hard? Watch Susan give a 5 to 7 minute speech on a topic chosen by her evaluator!

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!

Speaker to Trainer Photos

Emily Minor, CAT VPE — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:39:34 +0000

Congratulations to everyone who completed the From Speaker to Trainer module today! Also, congratulations to Yingdan Liu – as she successfully gave this training, she is just ONE speech away from receiving her DTM!

Speaker to Trainer with Yingdan: 3 January 2010

Dan Smith, DTM — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:00:53 +0000

You can entertain, inform and inspire, but can you train?

3 January, 1-5:30pm: Learn how to be a trainer…

Our facilitator: Yingdan Liu ACS ALS
District 85 Lieutenant Governor for Education and Training
Certified Simultaneous Translator and Senior Toastmaster with great experience delivering dozens of workshops and training sessions.

Speaker to Trainer is the Toastmasters International program specifically designed to help you become a trainer – to bridge the gap between public speaking and delivering effective trainings. Through delivering this session, Yingdan will be completing a requirement towards her Advanced Communicator Gold.

In this program you’ll discover the five steps involved in preparing and presenting a training program using adult learning principles. You’ll also learn the role of trainers and the difference between public speaking and training. Along the way, you’ll learn how to make learning experiences enjoyable, how to handle difficult audiences, creating learning activities, using visual aids and designing the training itself.

Our last event sold out…

Sunday 3 January – 1pm-5:30pm

150RMB or 100RMB until 25 December for Toastmasters

(download flyer here)

Please register here – no registrations will be taken on the day.

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Shanghai Education Day

Dan Smith, DTM — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:29:33 +0000

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 who provided engaging interactions through the afternoon while linking the various sessions.

You will find videos from parts of the session here.

All up, we enjoyed six training sessions over the course of the afternoon, mostly based on the Leadership Excellence, Better Speaker and Successful Club Series’ Toastmasters training programs:

Plan Your Toastmasters Journey: Rebecca Hong DTM
Impromptu Speaking: Sam Ng ACG CL
Selecting Your Topic: Suhail Nasir ACB ALB
Evaluate to Motivate: Daniel Smith DTM
Mentoring: Yingdan Liu ACS ALS
Resolving Conflict: Andrew Shih ACS ALS

Also, we had speeches from:

Flame Li CC CL,
Cheng Zhiyuan CC CL,
Michelle Lee ACB ALB,
Cindy Mi CTM,
Mollen Wang CC CL, and
Michelle Lv CC

Complimented with CAT-style evaluations delivered by our own Carlo Wolff ACB CL, Wendy Wang ACB ALB, and Spike Gu ACB CL.

Congratulations to our Division Governor, Susan Zhou DTM, for bringing this event together, along with the other Division Governors, Joseph Hu CC ALB, and Louie Lu ACB CL.