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	<title>St. Lawrence Toastmasters Club</title>
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		<title>Relâche d’été (reprise des rencontres le 7 sept)</title>
		<link>http://www.ToastmastersMontreal.com/2010/08/relache-d%e2%80%99ete-reprise-des-rencontres-le-7-sept/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chers amis et collègues,
Veuillez noter que le club est présentement en relâche d&#8217;été et que nous reprendrons nos activités régulières à partir du mardi 7 septembre.
Cela nous permet de profiter au maximum des belles activités qui ont lieu à Montréal durant l&#8217;été, telles que le Festival de Jazz de Montréal, l&#8217;International des Feux Loto-Québec, les [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #ff6600;">Chers amis et collègues,</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;">Veuillez noter que le club est présentement en relâche d&#8217;été et que nous reprendrons nos activités régulières à partir du<strong> mardi 7 septembre</strong>.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;">Cela nous permet de profiter au maximum des belles activités qui ont lieu à Montréal durant l&#8217;été, telles que le <a title="Festival de Jazz de Montréal" href="http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/default-fr.aspx" target="_blank">Festival de Jazz de Montréal</a>, l&#8217;<a title="International des Feux Loto-Quebec" href="http://montrealfeux.com/fr/" target="_blank">International des Feux Loto-Québec</a>, les <a title="Francofolies de Montréal" href="http://www.francofolies.com" target="_blank">Francofolies de Montréal</a>, le <a title="Festival Juste pour rire" href="http://hahaha.com/fr" target="_blank">Festival Juste pour rire</a>, et tellement plus!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;">Pour en savoir plus, nous vous invitons à consulter <a title="Répertoire événements festivals Montreal" href="http://www.toile.com/guides/evenements/festiv_ete" target="_blank">le Guide d&#8217;évènements Festiv&#8217;été du site La Toile du Québec</a>, ou <a title="Répertoire événements festivals Montreal" href="http://www.bonjourquebec.com/qc-fr/repertoire-evenements/fete-festival-evenement/montreal/" target="_blank">le répertoire des festivals et événements à Montréal du site Bonjour Québec</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;">Au plaisir de vous voir en septembre!</span></p>
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		<title>Taking a summer break (Next meeting 7 Sept)</title>
		<link>http://www.ToastmastersMontreal.com/2010/08/taking-a-summer-break-next-meeting-7-sept/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends and members,
 
Please note that our club is currently in its yearly summer break.  This allows us to enjoy the wonderful things Montreal has to offer during the summer, such as the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the Montreal International Fireworks Competition, the Just for Laughs Festival, and many more!
 
For other suggestions of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Dear friends and members,</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Please note that our club is currently in its yearly summer break.  This allows us to enjoy the wonderful things Montreal has to offer during the summer, such as the </span><a title="Montreal International Jazz Festival" href="http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/default-en.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Montreal International Jazz Festival</span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;">, the </span><a title="Montreal International Fireworks Competition" href="http://montrealfeux.com/en/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Montreal International Fireworks Competition</span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;">, the </span><a title="Montreal Just for Laughs Festival" href="http://hahaha.com/en" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Just for Laughs Festival</span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;">, and many more!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">For other suggestions of activities in Montreal this summer, we suggest </span><a title="Festivals Events Montreal" href="http://www.bonjourquebec.com/qc-en/events-directory/festival-special-event/montreal/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Bonjour Québec&#8217;s comprehensive list of upcoming special events in the Montreal area</span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;">.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Our club will be back to its regular Toastmasters meeting schedule starting on </span><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Tuesday September 7</span></strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">See you again in September!</span></p>
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		<title>Pietro competing at the Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking</title>
		<link>http://www.ToastmastersMontreal.com/2010/08/pietro-competing-at-the-toastmasters-world-championship-of-public-speaking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We would like to strongly encourage our St-Lawrence Toastmasters member Pietro di Benedetto, who will be competing at the upcoming Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking competition that will be held on Thursday Aug. 12, 2010 at the Toastmasters International Convention in Palm Desert, California. 
 
To make it this far, Pietro has won at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #333399;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">We would like to strongly encourage our St-Lawrence Toastmasters member </span><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Pietro di Benedetto</span></strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">, who will be competing at the upcoming </span></span><a title="Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking competition" href="http://www.toastmasters.org/Members/Convention/2010Events/ConventionSpeechContests.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking competition </span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;">that will be held on Thursday Aug. 12, 2010 at the </span><a title="2010 Toastmasters International Convention" href="http://www.toastmasters.org/2010Convention.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Toastmasters International Convention</span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;"> in Palm Desert, California. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">To make it this far, Pietro has won at the club level, the area-level, the division-level, and the </span><a title="St-Lawrence Toastmasters is part of District 61 Toastmasters" href="http://toastmastersdistrict61.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">district-level</span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;"> Toastmasters contests.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">His next challenge will be t</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">he semifinal contest that will take place Thursday Aug. 12. </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"> That day, there will be nine contests, each with contestants from nine different districts (Pietro di Benedetto will be competing  in Contest 1), and the nine winners will advance to the final round, which will be held on Saturday Aug. 14, 2010.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> The winner of the final round will become the </span><a title="Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking" href="http://www.toastmasters.org/Members/MemberExperience/Convention/WorldChampions.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">2010 World Champion of Public Speaking</span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;">.  This is our Toastmasters equivalent of winning the gold medal at the Olympics!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Pietro, may you continue getting all the success you deserve!</span><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
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		<title>Article in Panoram Italia Magazine - Speaking his Passion</title>
		<link>http://www.ToastmastersMontreal.com/2010/08/article-in-panoram-italia-magazine-speaking-his-passion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to our St-Lawrence Montreal Toastmasters club member Pietro Di Benedetto, who is featured in an article appearing in the latest issue of Panoram Italia Magazine.
 
In it, we learn more about what brought Pietro to Toastmasters, what public-speaking means to him and how this montreal native will be competing in the upcoming  Toastmasters [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Congratulations to our St-Lawrence Montreal Toastmasters club member Pietro Di Benedetto, who is featured in an article appearing in the latest issue of </span><a title="Pietro St-Lawrence Toastmasters Montreal featured in Panoram Italia Magazine" href="http://panoramitalia.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Panoram Italia Magazine</span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">In it, we learn more about what brought Pietro to Toastmasters, what public-speaking means to him and how this montreal native will be competing in the upcoming </span><span style="color: #333399;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></span><a title="Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking competition" href="http://www.toastmasters.org/Members/Convention/2010Events/ConventionSpeechContests.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking competition </span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;">in Palm Desert, California. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">A truly inspiring journey for a truly inspiring Toastmasters member.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Click to see </span><a title="Pietro St-Lawrence Toastmasters Montreal featured in Panoram Italia Magazine" href="http://panoramitalia.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">the latest issue of Panoram Italia Magazine</span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;">.</span><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Otherwise, you may click on the following image to see the </span><a title="St-Lawrence Toastmasters Montreal member Pietro Di Benedetto featured in Panoram Italia Magazine" href="http://www.sltoastmasters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/article-pietro-di-benedetto-panoram-italia.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">article on Pietro</span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;">.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a title="St-Lawrence Toastmasters Montreal member Pietro Di Benedetto featured in Panoram Italia Magazine" href="http://www.sltoastmasters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/article-pietro-di-benedetto-panoram-italia.pdf" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1323" title="Panoram Italia Magazine article on Pietro Di Benedetto" src="http://sltoastmasters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/thumb-panoramitalia-article.jpg" alt="Panoram Italia Magazine article on Pietro Di Benedetto" width="331" height="242" /></a> </span></p>
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		<title>Dernière réunion avant la relâche d&#8217;été (22 juin)</title>
		<link>http://www.ToastmastersMontreal.com/2010/06/derniere-reunion-avant-la-relache-dete/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nous aurons notre dernière réunion avant la relâche d&#8217;été le mardi 22 juin.
 
En effet, à chaque année de notre club Toastmasters prend une pause pour profiter au maximum des belles activités qui ont lieu à Montréal durant l’été, telles que les innombrables festivals à Montréal et les environs.
 
Venez donc nous rendre visite pour [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #ff6600;">Nous aurons notre dernière réunion avant la relâche d&#8217;été le mardi 22 juin.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;">En effet, à chaque année de notre club Toastmasters prend une pause pour profiter au maximum des belles activités qui ont lieu à Montréal durant l’été, telles que les innombrables </span><a title="Festivals à Montréal durant la relâche d'été du club St-Lawrence" href="http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/Quoi-Faire/Evenements" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff6600;">festivals à Montréal et les environs</span></a><span style="color: #ff6600;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;">Venez donc </span><a title="Directions pour le club St-Lawrence Toastmasters à Montréal" href="http://www.sltoastmasters.ca/notre-club/info-rencontres/" target="_self"><span style="color: #ff6600;">nous rendre visite</span></a><span style="color: #ff6600;"> pour notre dernière réunion Toastmasters avant la relâche.  Voici le </span><a title="St-Lawrence Toastmasters Montreal programme June 22 juin" href="http://sltoastmasters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/st-lawrence-toastmasters-programme-montreal-june-22.pdf"><span style="color: #ff6600;">programme préliminaire de notre rencontre prévue pour le 22 juin</span></a><span style="color: #ff6600;">.  Parmi autres, nous aurons un discours avancé de Christian Turianskyj sur les techniques efficaces de préparation d&#8217;un discours.</span><span style="color: #ff6600;"> Au plaisir de vous voir!</span></p>
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		<title>Two more meetings before summer break</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a note to mention that we will have two more meetings before adjourning for the summer.  Indeed, this will allow us to enjoy many of the wonderful things that Montreal has to offer, such as the large selection of festivals in our city, such as the recently completed Montreal Grand Prix.
 
We will have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Just a note to mention that we will have two more meetings before adjourning for the summer.  Indeed, this will allow us to enjoy many of the wonderful things that Montreal has to offer, such as the large selection of</span><a title="Festivals in Montreal, one of the reasons St-Lawrence Toastmasters takes a summer break" href="http://www.montreal.com/tourism/festivals/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;"> festivals in our city</span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;">, such as the recently completed </span><a title="Montreal Grand Prix - St-Lawrence Toastmasters loves Montreal" href="http://www.circuitgillesvilleneuve.ca/formula-1.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Montreal Grand Prix</span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">We will have a meeting on June 15, and the last one of the season will be on June 22. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Feel free to </span><a title="St. Lawrence Toastmasters Montreal - Come visit us" href="http://www.sltoastmasters.ca/about-us-notre-club/meeting-information/"><span style="color: #0000ff;">come visit us</span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;">.   Here is the preliminary programme for our </span><a href="http://sltoastmasters.site40.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/st-lawrence-toastmasters-programme-montreal-june-15.pdf"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Toastmasters Montreal meeting of June 15</span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;">.</span></p>
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		<title>Herzlich willkommen! Nouvelle membre Martina</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nous sommes fiers d&#8217;accueillir à notre club Toastmasters un nouveau membre qui  s&#8217;est joint récemment.
 
Martina a entendu parler de Toastmasters d&#8217;une amie qui est membre d&#8217;un club Toastmasters à Berlin.  Elle a donc fait la recherche d&#8217;un club Toastmasters à Montréal, et nous sommes ravis qu&#8217;elle nous a trouvés.
 
Non seulement elle s&#8217;exprime clairement [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #ff6600;">Nous sommes fiers d&#8217;accueillir à notre club Toastmasters un nouveau membre qui  s&#8217;est joint récemment.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;">Martina a entendu parler de Toastmasters d&#8217;une amie qui est membre d&#8217;un <a title="Clubs Toastmasters à Berlin (site de Toastmasters International)" href="http://reports.toastmasters.org/findaclub/searchresults.cfm?Country=Germany&amp;State=&amp;City=Berlin" target="_blank">club Toastmasters à Berlin</a>.  Elle a donc fait la recherche d&#8217;un club Toastmasters à Montréal, et nous sommes ravis qu&#8217;elle nous a trouvés.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;">Non seulement elle s&#8217;exprime clairement en anglais ainsi qu&#8217;en français, sa langue maternelle est l&#8217;allemand (à la joie de quelques uns de nos membres germanophiles qui ont donc la chance de pratiquer un peu leur allemand en jasette).</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em>Herzlich willkommen Martina!</em></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"> </span></p>
<p><div id="attachment_1294" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 425px"><a href="http://sltoastmasters.site40.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/martina.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1294" title="Bienvenue Martina" src="http://sltoastmasters.site40.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/martina-415x311.jpg" alt="Martina joins St-Lawrence Toastmasters Montreal" width="415" height="311" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Martina joins St-Lawrence Toastmasters Montreal</p></div></p>
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		<title>Changements au format de la soirée</title>
		<link>http://www.ToastmastersMontreal.com/2010/06/changements-au-format-de-la-soiree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nous avons récemment apporté des changements intéressants au format de la soirée Toastmasters.
 
Le but de notre club Toastmasters étant d&#8217;encourager les membres à améliorer leurs capacités de communiquer effiicacement, nous voulons donc que chaque membre présent puisse avoir la chance de s&#8217;exprimer au courant de la soirée.  Un deuxième but est aussi de pouvoir [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #ff6600;">Nous avons récemment apporté des changements intéressants au format de la soirée Toastmasters.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;">Le but de notre club Toastmasters étant d&#8217;encourager les membres à améliorer leurs capacités de communiquer effiicacement, nous voulons donc que chaque membre présent puisse avoir la chance de s&#8217;exprimer au courant de la soirée.  Un deuxième but est aussi de pouvoir respecter le temps alloué pour une rencontre.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;">Puisque nous sommes en moyenne une vingtaine de membres présents lors de chaque rencontre, nous avons donc décidé de couper dans certaines parties qui étaient potentiellement redondantes, afin de consacrer plus de temps sur les activités qui sont utiles à plus de membres, telles que les sessions d&#8217;improvisation (Table Topics).</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;">Voici donc un bref sommaire de certains des changements:</span></p>
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<li><span style="color: #ff6600;">Les fonctions du rôle de </span><a title="Président de la soirée - St-Lawrence Toastmasters Montreal" href="http://www.sltoastmasters.ca/ressources-pour-les-membres/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff6600;">président de la soirée</span></a><span style="color: #ff6600;"> sont dorénavant absorbées dans celles de </span><a title="Animateur de la soirée - St.Lawrence Toastmasters Montreal" href="http://www.sltoastmasters.ca/ressources-pour-les-membres/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff6600;">l’animateur  de la soirée</span></a><span style="color: #ff6600;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #ff6600;">L&#8217;animateur anime donc la séance des affaires, qui sera  limitée à 5 minutes (validation par chronomètre).  Le but une fois de plus est d&#8217;alléger le format afin de pouvoir passer plus de temps sur les allocutions des membres.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #ff6600;">Dorénavant, durant la session des improvisations, chaque impro sera suivie immédiatement d&#8217;une mini-évaluation de 45 secondes. Non seulement est-ce plus vivant, mais cela donne la chance à plus de membres de participer à la soirée Toastmasters.</span></li>
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<p><span style="color: #ff6600;">Donc théoriquement, grâce à ces changements, cela donnerait la chance à 23 membres de pouvoir s&#8217;exprimer durant la soirée : huissier, secrétaire, responsable du toast, responsable de l’humour, chronométreur, animateur, évaluateur général, 3 orateurs, 3 évaluateurs, 5 improvisateurs et 5 évaluateurs  = 23 participants</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;">Venez-voir comment se déroulent nos soirées nouveau-format.  <a title="Visitez St-Lawrence Toastmasters Montreal" href="http://www.sltoastmasters.ca/notre-club/info-rencontres/" target="_self">Visitez St-Lawrence Toastmasters Montréal</a>.</span></p>
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		<title>The theme this week: Life Lessons</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every week we have a different theme of the evening.  The theme helps to give somewhat of a connecting thread to all the activities that take place during the meeting.
 
For example, when the Sgt-at-arms begins the meeting or when the Toastmaster first speaks, talking about the theme is a nice way to break the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Every week we have a different theme of the evening.  The theme helps to give somewhat of a connecting thread to all the activities that take place during the meeting.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">For example, when the Sgt-at-arms begins the meeting or when the Toastmaster first speaks, talking about the theme is a nice way to </span><a title="Breaking the ice - one of the things we get to do at Toastmasters" href="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/break-the-ice.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">break the ice</span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;"> and warm up the atmosphere for the evening.  The theme is especially useful for the Table Topics session, since the questions that the Table Topics Master will ask will be based on the theme.  (Table Topics is part of the meeting where members practice impromptu speaking, thereby improving their ability to quickly &#8220;think on their feet&#8221;.)</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Come meet us for a Toastmasters meeting in Montreal!</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Life Lessons: View our </span><a href="http://sltoastmasters.site40.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/tm-programme-june-1.pdf"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Toastmasters programme</span></a><span style="color: #0000ff;"> for this week.</span></p>
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		<title>Learn how at Saint Lawrence Toastmasters</title>
		<link>http://www.ToastmastersMontreal.com/2010/05/learn-how-at-saint-lawrence-toastmasters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 05:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Building a hockey rink? Applying to business school? Trying to streamline your meetings? Learn how at St. Lawrence Toastmasters. 
Indeed, one of the great &#8220;perks&#8221; of being a Toastmasters member is that we not only learn how to improve our ability to communicate effectively and how be a better leader, but we also get to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Building a hockey rink? Applying to business school? Trying to streamline your meetings? Learn how at St. Lawrence Toastmasters.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Indeed, one of the great &#8220;perks&#8221; of being a Toastmasters member is that we not only learn </span><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">how</span></strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"> to improve our ability to communicate effectively and </span><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">how </span></strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">be a better leader, but we also get to learn fascinating new things every time one of our members gives a speech, like </span><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">how </span></strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">to get something done (such as <a title="Building a hockey rink - one of the speech subjects presented at our Toastmasters club in Montreal." href="http://www.canadianwinter.ca/?page=making_a_canadian_winter_skating_rink" target="_blank">building a hockey rink</a>).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">For example, three veteran speakers took the podium recently to dazzle us with their speech craft.  They gave us a few delights to take home: insight, information, and inspiration.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0000ff;">Its nights like these – the ones that not only give you tips to improve your public speaking but also your </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">life</span></em><span style="color: #0000ff;"> – that keep the room packed at St. Lawrence Toastmasters.  Even on a hockey </span><span style="color: #0000ff;">playoff </span><span style="color: #0000ff;">night!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Are you interested in <strong>how </strong>you can learn from a Toastmasters club in Montreal?  Feel free to <a title="Visit the St-Lawrence Toastmaster club in Montreal" href="http://www.sltoastmasters.ca/about-us-notre-club/meeting-information/" target="_self">come meet us</a>.</span></p>
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