JIm K Toastmasters Saint John

I've not been diligent keeping this up to date mainly as a result of some significant not for profit business travel. I have the privilege of serving all of our Toastmasters International members as their International President for 2015-2016 and this is quite a busy volunteer position involving quite a lot of travel. In recent months this has involved the Bahamas and Florida, Wisconsin, Korea, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Our Saint John club, founded in 1954, is doing well.  We've had about 10 guests since we returned from summer break. Guests are always welcome to visit and observe. New members are doing well.  On Monday a member who joined in the winter completed his 5th speech to the group and I see his progress.  Often it's difficult for one to recognize progress in themselves, but much easier for someone else to see and recognize the advancement. We all desire at least a little bit of recognition. We had three speeches Monday and the impromptu speaking session, ...

Saint John Toastmasters Monday May 4 2015  I started this blog to provide a view to what happens each week from September until mid-June.  I have fallen out of practice of updating this. Tonight we had three speeches, one on basic photography techniques, one on travel complications and challenges in the Netherlands, and one on public relations approaches.   The impromptu speaking session, Table Topics, challenged us to present imaginary gifts to the real people around the table.  The skill exercised in organizing a mini-speech and delivering it effectively in two minutes or less. We've had 11 new members this year and hope to add a few more before we wrap up in June. http://saintjohn.toastmastersclubs.org/directions.html