Category: News
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Upcoming Crouton Challenges
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Celebrate Our Croutons!
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New Weekly Awards for Online Meetings
One thing we’ve missed in our online and hybrid meetings is the opportunity to hand ribbons to speakers who have won weekly awards such as best speaker or best Table Topics impromptu speaker. Thanks to VP of Membership Tricia Jervis, we now have new virtual certificates to share. Here they are, along with Tricia’s explanation [Read More]
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Hybrid Meetings Workshop with Club Awesome’s David F. Carr, DTM
This District 47 workshop was presented by Club Awesome past president and production manager for our hybrid meetings, David F. Carr. Club Awesome is now holding its regular Friday morning meetings with a combination of in-person and online attendance. The workshop was based, in part, on our early experience and also David’s research for the [Read More]
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Storytelling: a Compelling Story Makes Any Speech Better
A compelling story makes any speech better. Lorraine Campbell shows how it’s done. About the Speaker Lorraine Campbell currently serves as an active board member for the Customer Involved Government Committee with the City of Coral Springs. She has served on the board since 2005 and has been a member of The Youth Voting committee [Read More]
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The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback (Replay)
“Feedback” is so much more than that special section of our Toastmasters meetings where we receive an immediate evaluation of our speech. If only it worked like that in “real life” too! Throughout both our personal and professional lives, we are often faced with giving, as well as receiving feedback. At work, for instance, you [Read More]
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Replay: Let your voice (and your accent) be heard in your next speech
Thanks to Edith Oliva of Communicating Cultures, a former Club Awesome President, for this program on how those who speak a second language can learn to communicate more effectively. This was a Club Awesome community event held March 20, 2021. An interruption in the program caused by technical difficulties has been edited out.
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Social Media Shareables: Help Spread the Word About Our Club
Share these posts wherever you mingle online: Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc. Inspire your friends, acquaintances and business connections to join you in the awesome! These also posted on Dropbox. Click on any of the images to download it to your computer and repost with one of these messages (or your variation on it) These are just [Read More]
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Video: How to Deliver an Elevator Pitch
Club Awesome’s Madalina Iordache presented this tutorial on how to deliver an Elevator Pitch at our August 7 meeting. Her presentation introduced a program where two members per week will be challenged to deliver a concise but compelling introduction.
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Video: “Speak to Win!” by Justin Marguriet, District Humorous Speaking Champion
Justin Marguriet, the Toastmasters District 47 Humorous Speaking Champion for 2020, was our guest speaker on August 14. Hear what he has to say about why you should compete in the humorous contest, his tips on speaking on Zoom, and how you can write a winning speech in less than a week. For inspiration, watch [Read More]