Founded more than 60 years ago in 1948, St. Lawrence Toastmasters Club is the oldest (hence the most experienced) Toastmaster club in Eastern Canada.
Our club is bilingual (English-French) and we are renowned as one of the best clubs in the area, with an inviting atmosphere where people can openly participate and have fun productively.
Our members are made up of a wonderful mix of talent, which adds greatly to our meetings. We are fortunate to have, among such inspiring members, several long-standing members and speech contest winners who offer mentorship to regular members and newcomers alike.
Our meetings include impromptu speaking, prepared speeches, oral evaluations of speeches, toasts, quotes and humorous stories. Well-organized manuals help us prepare and deliver our speeches.
Our experienced evaluators offer sincere advice to help newer members improve quickly; their evaluations are based on focused analysis and listening skills and include specific suggestions and warm encouragement.
A meeting will generally have 15-20 attendees, including several guests. Each meeting is built around a “theme of the evening”.
This year executive for 2009-2010 is as follows :
President: Marie-Paule Gagnon
VP Education: Italo Magni
VP Membership: Véronique Sangin-Gagnon
VP Public Relations: Alex Chan
Treasurer: Colette de Moscovaki
Secretary: Pietro di Benedetto
Sergeant-at-arms: Mathieu Savage
Webmaster: Véronique Sangin-Gagnon