Do butterflies attack your stomach whenever you’re asked to speak before a group? Can you confidently express your thoughts and ideas? Do you have the nerve to ask your boss for a raise? Whether you’re speaking to one or one thousand, a Toastmasters club can help you speak clearly and confidently. At home or on the job. Toastmasters will provide you with the confidence you need to get ahead.

Toastmasters International: The proven way to
become a better speaker.

What’s in it for you?
Toastmasters will give you the skills and confidence you need to effectively express yourself in any situation. Whether you are a professional, student, stay-at-home parent or retiree. Toastmasters is the most efficient, enjoyable and affordable way of gaining great communication skills. By learning to effectively formulate and express your ideas, you open an entirely new world of possibilities. You’ll be more persuasive and confident when giving presentations, and you’ll improve your one-on-one dealings with others.

How does it work?
Don’t worry! Everyone in a Toastmasters club was once at the level you are now. The environment is friendly and supportive, and the self-paced program allows you to build confidence with each speaking assignment. And you’ll love the applause! Constructive evaluation is the heart of the Toastmasters program. Each time you give a prepared speech, an evaluator will point out strengths and suggest improvements. At first you’ll be applauded for your effort; later you’ll be applauded for your skill.

-copied by jny @ www.toastmasters.org-  8))

Friends,

We invite you to join us on January 11, 2007 6:30PM at the Function Hall of Mandarin Restaurant, Lopez Bldg., Session Road, Baguio City. Just above CID Bookstore..

Please email me prior to the date, so we know the number of peeps to get by.

Let's make oral communication a world wide reality. Let's expand in our opportunities to get beyond.. bring out that brilliance in you.

See you.  8)

The Vision of Toastmasters International


Toastmasters International empowers people to achieve their full potential and realize their dreams. Through our member clubs, people throughout the world can improve their communication and leadership skills, and find the courage to change.

The Mission of Toastmasters International


Toastmasters International is the leading movement devoted to making effective oral communication a worldwide reality.

Through its member clubs, Toastmasters International helps men and women learn the arts of speaking, listening and thinking – vital skills that promote self-actualization, enhance leadership, foster human understanding and contribute to the betterment of mankind.

It is basic to this mission that Toastmasters International continually expand its worldwide network of clubs, thereby offering ever-greater numbers of people the opportunity to benefit from its programs.

The Mission of the Club

The mission of a Toastmasters club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth.


The Mission of the District

The mission of the district is to enhance the performance and extend the network of clubs, thereby offering greater numbers of people the opportunity to benefit from the Toastmasters educational program by:

    * Focusing on the critical success factors as specified by the district educational and membership goals.
    * Insuring that each club effectively fulfills its responsibilities to its members.
    * Providing effective training and leadership opportunities for club and district officers.

The Values of Toastmasters International


Toastmasters International’s core values are integrity, dedication to excellence, service to the member and respect for the individual. These are values worthy of a great organization, and we believe we should incorporate them as anchor points in every decision we make. Our core values provide us with a means of not only guiding but also evaluating our operations, our planning and our vision for the future.

A Brief History of the Toastmasters Program

Since Toastmasters began, more than four million men and women have benefited from the organization’s communication and leadership programs.

            In October 1924, a group of men assembled by Dr. Ralph C. Smedley met in the basement of the YMCA in Santa Ana, California, U.S.A., forming a club “to afford practice and training in the art of public speaking and in presiding over meetings, and to promote sociability and good fellowship among its members.” The group took the name “Toastmasters.” Soon men in other communities and states asked for permission and help to start their own Toastmasters clubs. By 1930, a federation was necessary to coordinate activities of the many clubs and to provide a standard program. When a speaking club in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, expressed interest in forming a Toastmasters club, the group became known as Toastmasters International.

            For many years the “Home Office” of Toastmasters International was based in a series of rented office spaces. In 1962, the Toastmasters International staff moved to its first World Headquarters building in Santa Ana, California, not far from where the first club began. By the late 1980s, however, this building could no longer adequately house the increased staff needed to provide services to the growing number of Toastmasters. In 1990 World Headquarters relocated to a new building in Rancho Santa Margarita, approximately 20 miles south of Santa Ana, designed to accommodate Toastmasters International’s expected growth well into the 21st century.

            Toastmasters International’s success and growth is due in large part to the continued development of its educational programs. The organization has come a long way since the first speech manual, Basic Training, was developed more than 50 years ago. The current manual, now called Competent Communication, was most recently updated in 2006. After members of Toastmasters complete all 10 speech projects in that manual, they may apply for their Competent Communicator (CC) award and then choose from any combination of 15 advanced manuals.

            Additional educational materials include the Success/ Leadership and Success/Communication Series, The Better Speaker Series, The Leadership Excellence Series, and the High Performance Leadership program. Toastmasters International’s education system includes both a communication track and a leadership track. The communication track award progression features the CC, Advanced Communicator Bronze (ACB), Advanced Communicator Silver (ACS) and Advanced Communicator Gold (ACG); the leadership track award progression includes Competent Leader (CL), Advanced Leader Bronze (ALB) and Advanced Leader Silver (ALS). The Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) is the highest award.

            In addition to the various educational materials available through the Toastmasters International Supply Catalog, members receive the monthly publication, The Toastmaster magazine. Club and district officers receive via e-mail a bimonthly publication, TIPS, and district officers receive the District Newsletter each month.

            Toastmasters International enters the new century as the undisputed world leader in public speaking training,  with over 10,500 clubs and more than 200,000 members in approximately 90 countries. In the years to come, more people than ever will benefit from Toastmasters leadership and education.

-for more information visit www.toastmasters.org-  8))

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! PUTUKAN NA NAMAN!!! :sex:

H A P P Y  N E W  Y E A R!!!
mAtAG0-tAg0 tAk0 O0

"Yesterday ended last night."
"I may sound trite, but today is the only time you have. It's too late for yesterday. And you can't depend on tomorrow. That's why today matters."
- John Maxwell :angel:

:police: Bonjour! A bombastic, inspiring, electrifying, and sensational 2007 to everyone! Be Bon vivant! Godspeed!
O0

[color=darkblue]HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!![/color]

Allow me to present an introduction of myself.. Ahehehe.. Im just new here...

Bonjour! Moderators, Ladies and Gentlemen…
I love to be a salesperson.  I have more freedom and practically the master of my time.  As they say: in selling, the sky’s the limit to what you can achieve.  You are limited only by how much you yourself are willing to work to achieve your goals.  Truly, in today’s fiercely competitive sales arena, I am still working to become a professional sales person.  Everyday, I have all the sharks running after me and the strong winds of rejections and problems arising in front of me. I not very much comfortable but it makes me run, it has become an everyday challenge.

Failure is never final unless we end it. I do business at daytime and an irregular law student at night.

Liz Murray said: There’s always a way trough things if you work hard enough and look close. It all depends on your level of determination. 

I motivate myself everyday that life is not about medals, achievements, accomplishments, and earning a better status but that life is about networking to discover, learning to be more unbound, and developing the right character to the point where you’re as good as you can be.

Hilarious day ahead fellows and friends..

Dear Friends,

Toastmasters International Area 61 invites you to a Speech Festival with the theme:

Delight Your Audience - Be A Captivating Speaker!

Witness excellent educational sessions, participate in engaging practice sessions and learn by doing the suggested tips and techniques in:

Organizing for Power and Impact: The Mind Map
The Fear Factor - Manage Your Stage Fright
The Grammar Factor - Tips and Tricks
Verbal and Non-Verbal Festival
Humor Factor - The Good Laugh
The X Factor - Charming Your Audience

The Speech Festival will be held on Saturday, April 14, 2007 at the Prince Plaza Hotel, Legarda Road . Registration starts at 730am and the program will last from 800am - 1230pm.

Investment is P350 to cover seminar kit, certificate and snacks.

Prizes will also be raffled off at the end of the program. Undegraduate students will have a special price of P250 (please bring school id).

For early registration, please call or text LIN 0917-5060-030; LOIDA 0919-8891-625; TEENA - 0919-5014-427.

Discover how you can be a more captivating speaker !!!  icon_thumright

Have you ever faced a situation where you were trying to make your point during one of these informal discussions and a verbal bully constantly interrupted you?

A man was asked how he was doing and he responded, "Pretty well, under the circumstances."

How are you doing? 

Hi Jenny...

See you again at the red ranch of the lions -- let's tame horses... hehehhe...

peace --  a'rab'u!!

A 'rab 'u too cool lolah!

Yes, see you soon! Heheh!

April na Jny... kelan punta ni Badjao? :

O0 Cool Lolah,

Weeey! Hindi ko know. Yahee! Kelan daw? Anong friendster account niya ta email natin. Hehehe.

O0 Everyone wants success. What that looks like may differ from person to person. Having a clear idea of what success means to you makes it easier to focus in on what you need to be doing on a daily basis to make that success happen for you. In our fast-paced life we rarely take the time to stop and think about values. What is really important to you? And are you consistently (daily, weekly, monthly) doing activities that support those values? In class you will start the process of prioritizing what is important to you, your values, and then aligning your behaviors so that they support those values. If you are too busy just doing the urgent tasks that life throws at you, and never deliberately doing the tasks that take you closer to your desired results, then you end up frustrated and overwhelmed. Truly meaningful time management is more than checking off tasks on a list. It is making sure that every day you are choosing tasks that take you closer to your desired result.

Hi 

do visit: jeanniemay.multiply.com

Think of the internet as the agar medium, and virtual communities, in all their diversity, as the colonies of microorganisms that grow in petri dishes! This is an experiment that nobody planned but that is happening nevertheless!

Interacting with other people on a completely novel level! Havin' to argue, make friends, share emotional support, make plans, brainstorm, etc.. on the net and then makin' it real meeting them face-to-face is truly one chuckling and fun experience!

:2funny: Havin' to meet this fellows last night and watch their performances, wow! Awesome!
Kunam met ah no adda reunion you ket dun lang naman kayo nagkita kita ng personal!

;D Ayna! Kaano ti sumaruno? Yahee!

...to be continued...

 

yahoo...nice one jny keep up the good works...hehehehehehe O0 O0

First EB Experience is always the best nga talaga.