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Keystone Speakers – Learn to Market your Speaking Skills – Monday December 21

Tired of all the holiday prep? Tired of all the crowds out shopping? Hope you never see a mall for at least a year? Want something different?

Come out and meet some normal people, hear professional speakers present and learn marketing skills from an established professional.

Our next meeting, is on Monday December 21 6:00 – 9:00 at the Millennium Library. During the open session we’ll finalize our web site design. We will have a speaker presenting a 45 minute speech they are scheduled to do in the new year. This will give us practise in giving professional level evaluations.

In our closed, members only session, we have a special guest via Skype. Accredited Speaker Sheryl Rousch will led us through basic marketing we can use to promote ourselves.

How can you attend the closed session, get listed on the web site and learn how basic marketing? Simple, join Keystone Speakers Toastmasters (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1571088479808368/?ref=bookmarks) on the 16th and plan to stay for the entire evening.

Want more information? Call Michael Bayer at 204-237-9257 or email michael@qapi.guru

Michael Bayer, MBA
Administrator D64 Blog

Live Via Skype – The Anatomy of a Keynote with Accredited Speaker Bob Hooey

Just a reminder, our next meeting is Monday night, Oct 26 @ 6 pm!

Get involved in the Toastmasters Accredited Speaker program (https://www.toastmasters.org/Resources/Contests/Accredited-Speaker). Learn how to earn a professional speaking designation, he only one offered by Toastmasters. Only 67 people of over 300,000 Toastmasters world wide have earned this prestigious designation.

How? By joining Keystone Speakers (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1571088479808368/?ref=bookmarks), the only Toastmasters club in District 64 focused on developing the professional skills necessary to successfully apply for the Accredited Speaker designation and succeed as a professional speaker. There is no manual. We will be helped by top level professionals.

Our second meeting is tomorrow Monday October 26 at the Millennium Library Downtown Branch from 6:00-9:00PM. Bring your check book. Its time to make a commitment.
Normally our educational session is open to members only. Tomorrow everyone is welcome! The focus is on keynote speeches. We will have a special guest speaker via Skype. Accredited Speaker and club sponsor, Bob Hooey will present, “The Anatomy of a Keynote”. In this one hour session we will learn how to structure a keynote that will captivate our audiences and make the accredited speaker judges say “YES!”

This club will take you to a new speaking level!

Not sure if this is for you? Come out and check us out.

Want more info? Call Michael Bayer at 204-237-9257.

Administrator D64 Blog

One Stop Shop for Speech Contest Info

Who won the Voyageur Club Contest?  When are the Division Contests scheduled?  I need a contest script; where can I find one?

The answers to these questions can be found on the District 64 Website Speech Contest portal (http://www.district64.ca/index.php/events/speech-contests).   There is also a Google Docs based contest tracker where you can update the location, cost, date and time for your Club, Area and Division Contests.

Good luck to all the Humorous and Evaluation Contest contestants this round!

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Could you get paid to speak? Yes You Can! Here’s how…

Do you want to take your speaking skills to an entirely new level? Get involved in the Toastmasters Accredited Speaker program (https://www.toastmasters.org/Re…/Contests/Accredited-Speaker).

Join Keystone Speakers, the only Toastmasters club in District 64 focused on developing the professional skills necessary to successfully apply for the Accredited Speaker designation and succeed as a professional speaker.

We have started the journey to become professional speakers. Our second meeting will be held on Monday October 26 at the Millennium Library Downtown Branch from 6:00-9:00PM.

Our educational session will focus on keynote speeches. We will have a special guest speaker via Skype. Accredited Speaker and club sponsor, Bob Hooey will present, “The Anatomy of a Keynote”. We will learn how to structure a keynote that will captivate our audiences and make the accredited speaker judges say “YES!”

Come out. Kick the tires. What have you got to lose?  This is a Toastmasters experience not to be missed!

Join us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1571088479808368/, or email Michael Bayer (michael@qapi.guru) for more information.

Administrator D64 Blog

Rap It Up! We’re All About The Growth!

If you were at the District meeting on Saturday, October 3, you were witness to my first rap performance. I explored my potential as a rapper. Drake and K-os don’t have anything to worry about.

If you want to try your hand at motivating your fellow members to get out there and find new members (or you just want a taste of the fun), here are the words to my Club Growth rap.  It’s a parody of Meghan Trainor’s song, All About That Bass. Before you try to perform it, I suggest you listen and sing along – lots!

Chorus:

We’re all about that growth, ‘bout that growth, no shrinking! 

We’re all about that growth, ‘bout that growth, no shrinking! 

We’re all about that growth, ‘bout that growth, no shrinking! 

We’re all about that growth, ‘bout that growth!

Yeah its pretty clear; you can’t run with too few

Let’s find new members, members like we’re supposed to do

We’ve got those great skills that employers embrace

All the right clubs in all the right places

If leadership skills are your end and all

We know our Toastmasters is the right call

If you’ve been searching, searching, just look us up!

And we’ll work on speaking skills from the bottom to the top

Yeah, a member she told me, don’t worry about our size!

When it comes to Toastmasters, that message is nothing but lies!

You know, Charter strength (20) or increase your members by five

For it’s not enough to keep a club barely alive.

Chorus: say it with me!

If you are a true sucker for punishment, there’s a little more but I spared our District leaders at the meeting.

I hope to see you all next time, November 21 at the semi-annual meeting.  A better reason to come is to find out what’s happening, how you can benefit and best of all, to hear Mike Storkey, TI’s President Elect deliver a keynote (free for all members of District 64).

Remember: growth is good.