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What We Can Learn from last CCTMC meeting |
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Thursday, 21 January 2010 |
Dear CCTMC members,
I am writing to share a few reflections I have about the club meeting last Thursday.
As I mentioned earlier, I would like to promote the culture of thinking and applying what we learn at Toastmasters to our life and career. Here are a couple of things I picked up at last meeting:
1. Give a summary at the end of our talk
In oral communications, people often only remember what you said at last. Therefore it will be helpful to have a recap (summary of key ideas or messages you have covered) in the end. This will not only leave people the impression that you can speak in an organized way, but will also make listeners remember your points deeper and longer. |
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New Year Message (By President Nathan Zhang) |
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010 |
Dear members of CCTMC,
Happy New Year!
First all, I want to say ‘thank you’ to each of you for choosing to stay with CCTMC during the recent club split. As new president of CCTMC, I am grateful for your decision and I appreciate your faith and confidence in CCTMC.
At the start of a new club term (January to June 2010), I have a few messages for you...
A strong membership base
CCTMC is a club well known for its member’s quality. Although half of the members will move to CHIC club in January, we still have a highly passionate, professional, diversified, and strong membership base. |
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What I have observed about every CCTMC Member (by Nathan Zhang) |
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010 |
| 1 | Abby Liu | Well organized, considerate and understanding, a good dancer | | 2 | Allen Wan | Very talented in public speaking. Has an aspiration to become an outstanding public speaker. Have a good sense of humor | | 3 | Anne | A great listener, very empathetic, caring and professional | | 4 | Ben Wu | Highly committed to TM, generous and unselfish, always ready to help, has grown from a member to a leader who is able to inspire people | | 5 | Benjamin Tien | Extremely amiable and friendly, having a wealth of experience in training and developing people | | 6 | Bill She | Has great humanity, full of passion, having a great voice, a master of using the stage when speaking and has developed from a serious speaker into a humorous speaker |
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Good Jokes are Re-Written |
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Friday, 18 December 2009 |
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This past Thursday, Dec. 17th, I delivered the speech #5 of my Advanced Humorously Speaking Manually. I completed this fun manual in a short 8 weeks span. Ever since I entered and lost the humorous speech contest in Fall of 2008, I began to take interest in enhancing the humor in my speeches, and slowly becoming more analytical with process of making people laugh. But it is during these 8 weeks of writing hundreds of punch lines and failing in half of them, that I have begun to grasp some of the basics of developing humor. In this article, I will elaborate on one of my key reflections. |
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Open Vs. Closed Body Position |
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Wednesday, 25 November 2009 |
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It is not just my opinion. There is a study on this. I found this article during my normal bedtime reading. "The Influence of a Communicator's Body Position on Opinion Change in Others", Hugh McGinley, Richard LeFevre, and Pat McGinley, Journal ol Personality and Social Psychology, 197S, Vol. 31, No. 4, 686-690 Abstract: Investigated whether, while discussing his or her views, a communicator who exhibits limb-outward or open body positions would effect greater opinion change in an addressee than a communicator who exhibits limb-inward or closed body positions. 96 female college undergraduates whose attitudes were premeasured perused an attitude questionnaire of a female student and then viewed pictures that were taken of her while she discussed her beliefs. Some Ss viewed open body position pictures of the communicator, while others viewed closed body position pictures. Results: |
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