JIm K Toastmasters Saint John

We heard an interesting speech today at Harbourside Toastmasters club (http://harbourside.toastmastersclubs.org/) Member Alain Bilodeau was working on a project requiring him to incorporate props to enhance his message.   He's become interested in overall health so he spoke about the health benefits of lemons. It seemed surprisingly easy to come up with seven minutes of material. The speech focused on health benefits such as reducing cholesterol, and perhaps combating and preventing cancer.    And the topic made it easy to use a lemon as a prop.  He incorporated a flip chart as well. This was a good example of how we can take a simple topic that is familiar to us, and deliver some new information to an audience, while exercising the skill that the Toastmasters project requires. The entire speech was based on three points.  An easy and pertinent five to seven minutes.

I'm starting this blog to write about my Toastmasters experience in Saint John. Toastmasters International is an amazing organization that enables people to develop their communication and leadership skills in friendly, supportive environments.     I currently serve as Second Vice-President for the organization and I'm interested to enable more awareness and knowledge of what we do and how we enable people to develop their skills. I'm a member of Saint John Toastmasters club #1479 but a frequent visitor to Harbourside Toastmasters club #1843.    Harbourside Toastmasters meets every Wednesday from 12:15-1:15 in the Brunswick Square office tower.     Today I attended and was impressed with the Table Topic led by  +Joanna Boniecka-Grzelak  .    Table Topics are impromptu speaking opportunities where someone introduces a theme, a conversation, and invites members to answer a question related to the theme.   Joanna is taking an free...