When you first joined Toastmasters, what did you want to get out of it?   Has the club met your expectations?  

In my experience Toastmaster, especially CCTM, has the tools for us to become better speakers and leaders.  It has not failed me.  And as the president of the club, I will not fail you, and we will not fail each other.

Last night we held out Officer Elections who will take the helm of the club starting July 1.  Congratulations all!

President: Hubert
VP Education: Charly
VP Membership: Laura
VP Public Relations: Mary
Treasurer: Lisa
Sergeant-At-Arms: Bill
Secretary: Connie
Librarian: Snow
Scheduler: Jennifer
Web Master: Yann

Congratulations Sally!

At the Spring Conference over the weekend, Sally Li was elected as our Division Governor.   For many years, Sally has been a dedicated member, mentor and leader at our CCTM Club.  There is no doubt in my mind that she will do an outstanding job of growing the division, bringing substance, quality, value to the areas and clubs under her leadership.  And I also have no doubt, that she can count on all of our support to make her one-year term successful.  

It is fitting that I write this the day after Obama's inauguration speech, which is an inspiration for me to write and deliver better speeches at Toastmasters.  For this TM club, the officers also have a common vision, which was discussed thoroughly at last week's ex-com meeting. 

The club will have a renewed focus on evaluation, to make sure that all the speakers can take home something of value.  Stagetime is great, but constructive feedback is just as important for your development as a speaker.  We have begun taken action to realize our vision.  I hope that all the members attending the meeting this Thursday will begin to see the difference.   

So, it is also appropriate that the next meeting's General Evaluator is one of our club's best evaluator: Yann B. We will also have another very experienced evaluator, Inez, to evaluate a speaker’s #9 speech.   If only I had these two during my last performance review at work……

Enjoy the meeting, everybody.

Stop the Press!!!  There is a new section on the website.  CC Chatter.

This is a new blog by yours truly, the webmaster, that focuses on nuiances of speech writing and delivery.  It may include reflections on specific points in the speeches in the past meetings, or summary of what I have read and how it applies to my speech delivery.  I may also blog about the process of my speech writing and preparation.  The objective is to give the readers additional insight and perhaps feedback, on how they can improve their public communications. 

Check back often for new contents.  You just might find that extra idea for your next speech.

  On Thursday 11th of December, we held our club elections for the next term's officers. Here is the new list of officers:
  President: Chris Drumgoole
  VP Education: Yann
  VP Membership: Kevin Lee
  VP Public Relations: Joanne
  Treasurer: Jessica
  Secretary: Selina
  Sergeant at Arms: Ben
  Scheduler: Connie
  Webmaster: Hubert
  Librarian: Sally