Now the ball is rolling and ReadSoft Toastmasters is on its way to becoming an active participant in the greater Toastmasters community. With more clubs in the the greater Stockholm area and in Sweden, we all benefit. Thanks again – and you are still very welcome at upcoming meetings in Kista!

And special congratulations to the winners:

1st place in the International Speech Contest: Joli Riley
2nd place in the International Speech Contest: Lyndelle Palmer-Clarke

1st place in the Evaluation Contest: On-Yee Fung
2nd place in the Evaluation Contest: Joli Riley

Amazing job! The first-place winners will represent our club in at the upcoming Division Conference and then (hopefully) at the District 59 conference (Continental Europe).

• The International Speech Contest. At this contest, each contestant presents an original 5– to 7–minute speech on the subject of their choice (similar to a Competent Communication manual speech).

  To be eligible, you must be a member and you must have completed at least six speeches from the Competent Communication manual prior to the club contest.

  The International Speech Contest is judged according to this ballot.

• The Evaluation Contest. For this contest, everyone listens to an example speech. Then each contest participant performs an evaluation of that speech. None of the contestants are in the room when the others are presenting their evaluation.

  To be eligible, you must be a member of SITM.

  The Evaluation Contest is judged according to this ballot.

The winner of each contest will advance to the area contest. The area contest winner advances to the Division 59 contest. The division winner advances to the district contest…. Onward and upward!

You can enter both contests, or take a role at the meeting, participate in the judging, or simply attend the meeting and be part of the excitement.

If you are interested in serving as contest chair (counts as credit for project 8 in your Advanced Leadership manual), please let us know ASAP. (But don’t fret if you can’t; members may also help out in the Area Conference/Contest in late March.)

More information about contests is available here.

To attend the contest or take a role at the meeting, sign up as usual on EasySpeak, or email vpe@sitm.se.

I’ve scheduled many extra meetings in order to accommodate the demand, and now there are so many scheduled that we have meetings on our calendar every Wednesday until the summer break (and thereafter as needed).

This is a really great development! It means that you are more likely to get a speech date soon after you request one. It means that if you miss a Toastmasters meeting, you won’t have to go four weeks between meetings. It means that we can accommodate even more members. We all benefit from membership in a larger Toastmasters club, with many members who can provide feedback, demonstrate different speaking styles, and develop their speaking and leadership skills.

Check out our calendar on EasySpeak, and sign up for roles at upcoming meetings. And as always, request speeches by clicking Request a Speech in the left menu on EasySpeak — or by emailing me at vpe@sitm.se.

See you at an upcoming meeting!

Toastmasters Scandinavia Division Conference & Humorous Speech Contest

22nd-23rd OCTOBER in Stockholm

Theme: “GOOD HUMOUR WINS HEARTS …and BUSINESS”
Discover how Voice, Movement, Storytelling, Improvisation and Humour can radically improve your speaking, presentation skills and personal charisma… in all areas of your Life!

A totally full-on, hands-on Weekend of Humour, Performance, Warm-Up, Storytelling, Improv, Stand-Up and Microphone techniques & tips with Expert Guest Presenters & Workshop Leaders… A weekend of discovery and learning to help you become a more confident, charismatic, relaxed, energised, humorous speaker, storyteller and presenter.

A workshop weekend like this on the open market would normally cost 3000-4000 SEK … Toastmasters Scandinavia Division G is offering this for just 525 SEK.

Sign up here !

And special congratulations to the winners:

1st place in the Humorous Speech Contest: Priyadarshan Patil
2nd place in the Humorous Speech Contest: Benjamin Garzon

1st place in the Table Topics Contest: Daniel Belovic
2nd place in the Table Topics Contest: Benjamin Garzon

Amazing job! The first-place winners will represent our club in at the upcoming Division Conference and then (hopefully) at the District 59 conference (Continental Europe).

Update: The workshop has been postponed a few weeks. New date will be announced here later

Congratulations to Lyndelle Palmer-Clarke, Joachim Hartman and Elin Svensson for achieving the Competent Communicator award. Also, congratulations to On-Yee Fung on her the Advanced Communicator Silver award!

See you all back at the first club meeting on August 24!

You can register via the link www.toastmasters.org.pt/conference

The rates for the conference are:

Full package (includes full conference and gala dinner)

110€ if you register and pay by 30th November
130€ if you register and pay by 31st December
145€ if you register and pay by 31st March
155€ if you register and pay by 21st May

Small Package (International Speech Contest & Gala Dinner only)
80€ up until 21st May.

The conference itself will take place at Lisbon university. The hotel Sana Metropolitan hotel, where the Gala Dinner will be held, is recommended as the conference hotel. Sana Metropolitan is a 4 Star Hotel, located within a few minutes walking distance from the Conference Venue.

We have negotiated a very special room rate:
Single Room: 74 Euros
Double Room: 79 Euros

This price includes all applicable taxes and breakfast. PLEASE NOTE there are limited rooms available at this price.
The hotel is also giving a 5% discount during the extra early bird period (30/11/2010)!

To make your reservation, just send an e-mail to reu.metropolitan@sanahotels.com with your arrival and departure dates and include the Group Code ‘Toastmasters’.