SPOT On Advanced Online Toastmasters Club

08/28/2024

Club Members and former members - This week - a very special guest presenter at our meeting. Small group format. Invitation only for club members. Please do not forward this outside the club.

04/28/2024

Hope all is good with you and your enjoying the weekend. Many of my family members and friends have been affected by heart disease / stroke.
I’m fundraising for the 2024 Heart & Stroke Ride for Heart throughout the month of June, by getting active in support of critical heart disease and stroke research. You can make a difference, too! By donating, you’re funding the next big breakthrough, fueling the scientific discovery and collaborations needed to save lives. Vikas Ramrakha | Heart & Stroke Ride for Heart

Heart & Stroke Ride for Heart

03/14/2024

Thu 21 March 2024 - 6:30pm-8:30pm EST

“Please tell us a story”

The backbone of a successful speech, join us for a fun filled evening to practise your skills, or help provide helpful evaluations, another form of storytelling.

*** Please email if you would like to give a speech: [email protected] ***

Please pre-register via the following Eventbrite Link: https://SO-weekly-meeting-2023-2024.eventbrite.ca

03/07/2024

Today, 6:30pm, Thu 7 March 2024

Join us for a fun filled evening, commemorating International Women's Day (Inspire Inclusion), and simultaneously develop your leadership and communication skills.

If you would like to give a speech, please let the TM of the Day know.

Please pre-register via the following Eventbrite Link: https://SO-weekly-meeting-2023-2024.eventbrite.ca

03/01/2024

Thank you to everyone who came yesterday 29 February 2024.

We had an incredible introduction to Improv. It was so much fun learning what improv is and participating in the games, igniting interest in having another session. Stay tuned for Part 2 of Improv at .

Which Zoom background would you have chosen?

02/23/2024

6:30pm EST - Thu 29 Feb 2024

'Leap' into Eventbrite and register to join us. After all, 'It's a leap year! Anything can happen...'

Test your ability to mentally think on your feet.

You are welcome to bring a friend or two. Laughter when shared, brings people closer together.

You can pre-register: https://SO-weekly-meeting-2023-2024.eventbrite.ca to receive the Zoom link

02/14/2024

Happy Valentine's Day, to our members, past and present, and our members. Wishing you a love filled day.

Be sure to pre-register for our meetings, for the Zoom link (1st, 3rd and 5th Thursdays)

https://SO-weekly-meeting-2023-2024.eventbrite.ca

02/10/2024

Happy Chinese New Year to our members, past and present, and to our supporters.

Flying Dragon 2024 - Singapore, Marina Bay
(1,500 synchronised drones)
The photos is a snapshot of the footage of this majestic, incredible drone light show was shared with us by one of our supporters, who is Singaporean, for which we are immensely grateful.

If you would like to know more about the background to the drone light show, please see the link in the comments section.

(No claims to copyright are intended.)

02/06/2024

Do you agree?

Let's and help build a world free of discrimination and prejudice.

During and every day, join us to spread Martin Luther King, Jr.'s message of peace, justice and tolerance.

02/02/2024

When is the last time you went to bed with a grin on your face? Tonight, I definitely will be. What a fun evening!

Thank you so much to our members and guests who joined us. Absolutely well done to the debaters, one of whom stepped out of her comfort zone to be a debater due to a debater having to unfortunately cancel. One thing being a member of Toastmasters certainly does, is... makes us comfortable with stepping out of our comfort zone.

The debaters clearly took the topic seriously and had very informative responses. By the end of the debate, I certainly felt like practising to be more ambidextrous.

One 'food for thought' I left the meeting with:

"Is someone successful, 'top of their game' because they are ambidextrous? Or, is it because they have the determination and drive to succeed irregardless of which is their dominant side? What about persons who do not have full use of their limbs, yet develop alternative ways to move through daily life?"

We also learnt that, "Why aren't we equally capable with our left and right sides? Wouldn't this have given us a survival advantage?" was an actual question and response in the New Scientist magazine.

As an attendee pointed out, we are all likely to be ambidextrous, to a point... isn't that what touchtyping is about? Trust me. I certainly could not get through life without being a competent touch typist.

As for table topics. Well! The questions/situation was posed to encourage us, as an advance club to really use our storytelling, and listening skills. The question incorporated a variation of the word of the day, plasticity. The question? "The day I dropped my plastic trousers." The inspiration for the question was from one of the Club Officer Training sessions, where a facilitator shared that whilst on stage, her trousers did drop!

(Some people view club officer training as a necessary evil. Not this evening's Table Topics Mistress. She saw it as an opportunity to receive ideas for our club meetings.)

02/01/2024

The Great Debate

Today - Thu 1 Feb 2024, 6:30pm-8:30pm EST

"Be it resolved that ambidexterity is important for survival, creativity, and has other advantages"

You are welcome to join us as a debater, evaluator, or as a guest.
We look forward to welcoming you.

Please pre-register: https://SO-weekly-meeting-2023-2024.eventbrite.ca