Monthly Archives: December 2007

Prepared Speech – We Miss YOU! Our Dear DFM…

Prepared Speech: We Miss YOU! Our Dear DFM…(By Yetti Chiu)
Advanced Project 3: The Roast (from the Special Occasion Speeches Advanced Manual)
Objectives:

  • Poke fun at a particular individual in a good-natured way
  • Adapt and personalize humorous material from other sources
  • Deliver jokes and humorous stories effectively
  • Time : 3 to 5 minutes

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Good evening! Fellow Toastmasters and Friends.

Welcome to our chapter meeting cum Christmas Party!

In the past few months, I really missed someone who is very important to our club.
Mrs. Ganesan, I missed you! I think most of our members may have the same feelings.
We missed you and we missed your food!

Mrs. Ganesan cooks delicious food for us from time to time without asking for any returns. She is a person with a big heart!
Kamalam Ganesan is the DFM, our Distinguished Food Master. Toastmasters from other clubs are very willing to come to our club to do project evaluations. Why? It is because they enjoy Ganesan’s delicious food. We all know about her famous curry puff, chocolate cake and her tasty rice spaghetti!

I remember Ganesan told us about how she developed her expertise.
When she was a teenager she needed to prepare dinner for her younger sisters. Her parents were busy earning a living. However, her sisters didn’t enjoy her food as it didn’t taste good. After that, the little Kamalam made up her mind to learn the art of cooking. She read a lot of cook books, studied recipes and won the stomachs of her sisters. Now everyone would say Wow to her cooking!

Mrs. Ganesan is very determined! She learned how to swim in her 50’s.
A child asked her “Auntie, why are you learning swimming? You are so old already.”
Do you know what Mrs. Ganesan said? “When I was a child, I never got the chance. I want to learn now. It’s never too old to learn anything. I am happy I can swim now!”

Mrs. Ganesan is very friendly. She smiles a lot! She is very popular. She has helped our toastmasters club to recruit many new members. Mrs. Ganesan wins the hearts of others with her smiles and her food!

That wonderful woman doesn’t only love cooking. She also has a passion for public speaking. She used to be shy and was afraid of going on stage. Since joining our club, she got over this fear and became a competent speaker. She has represented our club in many contests. She was the 2005 Division U Humorous Speech Contest first runner up.

Due to her husband’s health conditions, Mrs. Ganesan has not been able to attend our chapter meetings recently. Today, we are very lucky that we can enjoy her food again after starving for so long!

Our Dear Distinguished Food Master, Mrs. Ganesan, we are hungry for you and for your food!
We miss you and hope that your husband will get well soon!

Toastmasters of the Evening!

Yetti
Club President 2007-2008
Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club

P.S.
You are very welcome to leave your comment to me!

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Opening Address – Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

On behalf of our Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club (KSTMC), I wish you have a fun-packed Merry X’mas and a Happy 2008!

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Opening Address – 22 Dec 07 chapter meeting cum Christmas Party

Good Evening!
Fellow Toastmasters and Friends!
Welcome to Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club!

I’d like to keep my opening address short and sweet.
It is because we will only have one hour and thirty minutes for this meeting. After that, we will hold our Christmas Party.

Today is a special chapter meeting. Why?
This time we do not conduct our meeting at Kowloon Club.
Instead, we hold our chapter meeting cum Christmas Party at Mak’s home.
Mak, thank you for your everything! Aspen Heights is such a nice place!

Five of our members including myself are going to deliver their prepared speeches.
This is a very special event! Why? We have family members here to support us as we give our speeches, including my husband Alex.

Among all the festivals, I like Christmas the most!
How about you?
I think Christmas is a time for joy, a time for sharing and a time for gathering!
Christmas is a special occasion for fun and fellowship!

I hope we all have fun today, giving speeches, listening to presentations and making new friends!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to You!
May All Your Dreams Come True!

Yetti
Club President 2007-2008
Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club

P.S.
Click here to view photos taken at the meeting cum X’mas Party.

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Public Speaking Tips by Wekie Tay

There are great postings on Wekie Tay’s Blog about “Proven Tips To Boost Your Public Speaking And Presentation Skills”.

You can click the below links to view the original postings. 

Wekie shares the following tips in the Part 1:

1. Give life and characters to the people in your speeches.

2. Explore depth rather than breath.

3. Trust yourself, no matter how unprepared you are.

4. Speak with your audience, than merely to your audience.

Here are the tips from the Part 2: 

1. Keep the speech generally positive if your purpose is to uplift the spirit.

2. Let us know what happened to the characters in your story.

3. Expand your body language with a purpose rather than to distract.

Wekie shares the following tips in the Part 3:

1. Harness the anticipation.

2. Shift the focus of your conclusion to your original purpose.

3. Cater your content to the audience.

Enjoy!

Yetti
Club President 2007-2008
Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club

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Powerpoint Presentation Tips

These days, powerpoint slides are very common for business or sales presentations.

How to conduct effective powerpoint shows?

Here are some powerpoint presentation tips as stated in the Toastmaster International website:

“Keep your visual aids:

  • Visible
  • Simple
  • Colorful, but don’t let them upstage you
  • Justified by the content — not too many or too few slides

For effective PowerPoint shows:

  • Don’t read the slides to your audience!
  • Make your text large.
  • Choose colors that make the text easier to read.
  • Use bullet points instead of full sentences.
  • Don’t let the text or graphics fly around too much.
  • Avoid charts and diagrams that are hard to see.

Most Importantly – Remember, you control the presentation; don’t let it control you. PowerPoint should be a “visual aid” – not the entire show.”

In the Basic Competent Communication Manual by the Toastmaster International , there is a project helping you to “Get Comfortable with Visuals Aids”.

Just join a toastmaster club and learn how to conduct effective powerpoint presentations.

Yetti

Club President 2007-2008
Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters Club
“Helping You To Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking and Speak With Confidence!”
Website: http://public-speaking-singapore.com
Blog: https://blog.public-speaking-singapore.com

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