CIMA & DKC Joint HumorousSpeech & Evaluation Contests

Dear Club Exco Officers,

Greetings to you.

Please be informed that there will be "Double Bonus Contest" because CIMA Malaysia Toastmasters Club & Deloitte KassimChan Toastmasters Club will have their Joint Contest for Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest! That's simply "WOW"!

Details are as follows:

Date: Tuesday, 16th August 2011

Time: 7.00pm (SHARP!)

Venue: CIMA Malaysia, KPMG Tower 1st floor, Bandar Utama

Please come and give them your double support!

Calvin Lim, ACS

Division B Public Relations

2011/2012

D'Utama TMC Humorous Speech & Evaluation Contest

Advanced Communicator Series

As Toastmasters progressing with our speeches beginning with our 'Competent Communicator' speeches and progressively to our Advanced Communicator speeches, it is important to know what we are getting ourselves into when selecting our advanced manuals.

Hence this post is to provide a list of links to provide useful information (i.e. Overview, Executive Summary, Objectives, and Notes to Evaluators) about the Advanced Communicator (AC) series manuals;

1. The Entertaining Speaker
2. Speaking To Inform
3. Public Relations
4. Specialty Speeches
5. Speeches by Management
6. The Professional Speaker
7. Technical Presentation
8. Persuasive Speaking
9. Communicating on Video
10. Storytelling
11. Interpretive Reading
12. Interpersonal Communication
13. Special Occasion Speeches
14. Humorously Speaking

Personally when I attempt the advanced manuals, I will select one manual which I feel to be easy to complete, and another manual which I personally feel will be a challenge to me. I will attempt these two manuals concurrently.

The benefits of this approach are;

• In the event I get discourage with the 'challenging manual', I can pick myself up by doing a project from the 'easy manual'.
• It ensures that I continue my speeches and it brings flavor in attempting two different manuals. (e.g. one can be a serious manual like 'Speeches by Management' and the other is lighthearted like 'Storytelling'). Personally, 'Speeches by Management' is the 'easy manual' for me while 'Storytelling' is the challenging one *wink*.

It was definitely an enjoyable journey attempting the manuals I've done thus far, and I'm still continuing my journey by attempting the other manuals (and repeating some that I've 'bomb-ed' before *hehehee*).

Always have fun, and continue the lifelong journey of continuous improvement with Toastmasters.


Yours truly,
Johnson Yike
www.dutm.org

Supplementary COT (I) by Division C

Dear Club Excos

(those who are yet to meet the minimum 4 officers attendance in COT 1)

Good news! Division C is bringing you a supplementary COT 1.

This is going to be the last "boat" for the Club Excos who have yet to join the Club Officers Training (COT) (I), which were held by numerous divisions earlier this term. By achieving the minimum 4 attendance per club in COT 1, besides earning the 0.5 point for the DCP points, your club is qualified for the Passion Drive 1 Campaign too!

Most importantly, you and your club will benefit from the COT session.

Kindly refer to the attached flyer for further details:

Humorous and Evaluation Speech Contest

Come and join us. Have a good laugh !! We love to see you there ........................... 

UNIRAZAK Toastmasters Humour Speech & Evaluation Contest

Revised Toastmasters International Membership Fee

Dear members and friends, kindly transfer and spread the information in regards to the revised dues for the Toastmasters International Membership Fee. Please refer to the official write up below for further information. To download the PDF format of this message, please click on the link provided at the end of this memo.

August 3, 2011
Dear Toastmaster member,

As directed by policy, the Board of Directors periodically reviews membership dues to ensure that the organization can satisfy member needs while continuously enhancing their experience and the services and programs provided. After a review of the organization's five-year financial forecast of activities compared with forecasted revenue, the Board has voted to increase membership dues.

As a result, on October 1, 2011 Toastmasters' annual membership dues will increase from $54 (U.S. dollars) to $72 (U.S. dollars), payable in increments of $36 (U.S. dollars) every six months.

Several factors drive this increase:
Member needs are greater than ever.
Since 1995, membership has grown nearly 55%, from 169,330 members in 1995 to 262,000 in 2010. In this same period, annual dues increased only once in 2005 from $36 (U.S. dollars) to $54 (U.S. dollars).
Toastmasters has passed the economy of scale established a decade ago; its support services must expand in order to better serve its ever-expanding member base.
The increased funding will be used to enhance member support and services, and enable the implementation of the five-year Strategic Plan that was developed by the Board of Directors in 2010.

If you have any questions, please review the Frequently Asked Questions document available at www.toastmasters.org/2011duesincrease. If you have further questions, please email duesincrease@toastmasters.org.

Sincerely,


Pat Johnson, DTM Daniel Rex
2010-2011 International President Executive Director




cc: Board of Directors