Rainbow Toastmasters Toronto

06/04/2026

✨ Meeting Recap – June 1 ✨

We had 18 attendees at our Toastmasters meeting — an energetic evening full of humour, indulgence, and tons of learned moments!

Tristan did a fantastic job serving as Toastmaster for the first time and leading the meeting with the fun and engaging theme: “Guilty Pleasures” 🫦

We welcomed guests Benny, Dave, Bashiyr, and Lilie — thank you for joining us, we hope you had fun!

Role Highlights:
🔤 Grammarian: Brian — Word of the Day: indulge
⏱️ Timer: Mohammad
🗣️ Ah-Counter: Averra, 23 filler words
🔍 General Evaluator: John, who reminded us to fill the podium, speak to the back row, and members to get involved in Toastmasters because it’s your “money honey!” 💰

Speeches:
🎤 Jamie delivered “How the Guy Named Jamie from Salisbury, New Brunswick Became Mr. Price in Toronto,” and did such a great job that not even BonHomme could convince us otherwise ⛄❄️, evaluated by Shane.
🎤 Akeylah shared “Crowdsourcing Mentoring,” with her novel take on being a protege evaluated by Derek.

Table Topics:
Hosted by Wei, leading to a wide variety of entertaining and creative responses from participants.

🏆 Awards:
The Table Topics Award went to Dave for his unforgettable “raw meat” answer 🥩

Grammarian Award was earned by Akeylah for her excellent comedic timing — congratulations! 🎉

📅 Next Meeting: Monday, June 8 — we hope to see you there!

06/03/2026

06/02/2026

Winners of Table Topics (Guest Dave) and Grammarian (Akeylah) June 1, 2026

05/29/2026

Meeting Recap – May 25 ✨
We had 17 attendees at our Toastmasters meeting — a fun evening filled with lots of energy, laughter, and cleaning puns!
Akeylah did a fantastic job serving as Toastmaster for her first time and leading the meeting with the very timely theme: “Spring Cleaning” 🌸🧹
We welcomed guest Danial — thank you for joining us!
Role Highlights:
🔤 Grammarian: Jim — Word of the Day: jettison
⏱️ Timer: Averra
🗣️ Ah-Counter: Derek -- who counted 45 filler words 🫦
🔍 General Evaluator: Jamie
Speeches:
🎤 Keith delivered “When in Roam,” evaluated by Brian.
🎤 Emily shared “Why Didn’t I Write This Speech Yesterday,” evaluated by Mohammad.
Table Topics:
Hosted by Tristan, who brought great energy and thrilling questions all to do with the theme of spring cleaning and decluttering our homes, lives, bad habits, and minds!
🏆 Awards:
The Table Topics Award went to Wei for his relatable “spring clean your romantic life” response, while the Grammarian Award was earned by Keith for the unforgettable phrase “Cat-ineau” — congratulations! 😺🎉
🌠Notable Moment:
We inducted Angela as our newest member and were thrilled to have her join the fold. Welcome (officially) to Rainbow Toastmasters!
📅 Next Meeting: Monday, June 1 — and please join us afterwards for our monthly social! 🎉

05/13/2026

✨ Meeting Recap – May 11 ✨

We had 17 attendees at our Toastmasters meeting — a high turnout with new and familiar faces participating throughout the evening!

Jamie did a wonderful job serving as Toastmaster and leading the meeting with the theme: “The Anxious Generation” 💭

We welcomed guests Angela, Spiro, and Lilly — thank you for joining us!

Role Highlights:
🔤 Grammarian: Averra — Word of the Day: happenstance
⏱️ Timer: Derek
🗣️ Ah-Counter: Tristan
🔍 General Evaluator: Jim

Speeches:
🎤 Akeylah delivered “My Communication Style,” evaluated by Shane.
🎤 Wei shared “My Anxious Public Speaking Journey,” evaluated by Brian.

Table Topics:
Hosted by Paul, inspiring a mix of reflective, humorous, and creative responses from participants.

🏆 Awards:
The Table Topics Award went to Averra and Tristan in a tie, while the Grammarian Award was earned by Akeylah — congratulations! 🎉

📅 Next Meeting: There will be no meeting next week as it's a long-weekend. Our next meeting will take place on May 25 — we hope to see you there!

05/05/2026

We had 17 attendees at our Toastmasters meeting—a great mix of members and guests bringing lots of energy and participation throughout the evening! Seven guests attended. We welcomed four new members fully registered . Welcome Tristan, Wei and Naida. Welcome back as a member Mohammad.
Brian was our Toastmaster with the theme District 60 Conference Review

We welcomed guests Guillherme, Bashiyr, Mortenza, Angela, Tommy and Romeo and Romeo's wife Alisa who was an Area Director in Vancouver—thank you for joining us! You all did a fantastic job.

After the meeting a group of 9 of us went to Bishop & Belcher for some food and socializing.

Role Highlights:
🔤 Grammarian: Mohammad— Word of the Day: Significant
⏱️ Timer: Emily- kept us punctual
🗣️ Ah-Counter: Averra we had a count of 30 filler words heard
🔍 General Evaluator: Shane
Speech:
🎤 Prakhyaat delivered a speech from a new pathway (Engaging Humour) where he talked about the smile on many national leaders around the world.
Table Topics:
Hosted by Shane, who brought the theme to life with a fun touch of thought provoking questions tailored for each volunteer.
🏆 Awards:
The Table Topics Award went to guest Angela with her excellent discussion on whether Toastmasters is a cult, the Grammarian Award was earned by Shane for his use of language in hosting Table Topics tonight.
See you next week where Jamie will be the Toastmaster and we will have two speeches made by member Emily and Akeylah

05/03/2026

Grammarian and Table Topics winners April 27th along with three new Rainbow Toastmasters members inducted.

We had 17 attendees at our Toastmasters meeting—a great mix of energy and participation throughout the evening! Seven guests attended
John was our Toastmaster with the theme First United Church of Trump (imagine the acronym)
We welcomed guests Naida, Wei, Danuta (Area Director) Danial and Tristan—thank you for joining us! You all did a fantastic job.
Role Highlights:
🔤 Grammarian: Victor— Word of the Day: Unfit (ness)
⏱️ Timer: Jamie - kept us punctual
🗣️ Ah-Counter: Pedro we had a count of only 11 filler words heard
🔍 General Evaluator: Brian
Speech:
🎤 Danuta delivered a presentation showing us the ins and outs of the Pathways on Base Camp at Toastmasters Int'l
Averra delivered her Toastmasters Ice-Breaker speec talking about bullying and her Journey Through Self-Acceptance
Table Topics:
Hosted by Daniel, who brought the theme to life with a fun touch of thought provoking questions.
🏆 Awards:
The Table Topics Award went to Tristan with his excellent Trump impersonation and the Grammarian Award was earned by Averra for her use of language in her Ice-Breaker speech well done both of you!
See you next week where Brian will be the Toastmaster and we will have two speeches made by member Prakhyaat and our Club Secretary Shane

04/21/2026

We had 18 attendees at our Toastmasters meeting—a great mix of energy and participation throughout the evening!
Prak did a superb job as Toastmaster, leading the meeting with the theme: “Running on Vibes & Delusion.”
We welcomed guests Naida, Bashiyr, Wei, Lily, and Angela—thank you for joining us! You all did a fantastic job.
Role Highlights:
🔤 Grammarian: Brian— Word of the Day: Sanity
⏱️ Timer: Keith (First time - job well done!)
🗣️ Ah-Counter: Jim we had a count of 84 filler words heard
🔍 General Evaluator: Shane
Speech:
🎤 Jamie delivered “Live Forever Really?" from the Persuasive Influence pathway
John delivered a Toastmasters better club series presentation on "Committments"
Table Topics:
Hosted by Akeylah, who brought the theme to life with a fun touch of thought provoking questions.
🏆 Awards:
The Table Topics Award went to a tie between two guests - congrats Wei and Angela, and the Grammarian Award was earned by Jamie for his phrases used in his speech tonight—well done!

See you next week where John will be the Toastmaster and we will have two speeches made by member Averra and our Area Director Danuta

Guest Wei has expressed an interest in joining as a member. 🎉

04/14/2026

We had 13 attendees at our Toastmasters meeting—a great mix of energy and participation throughout the evening!
Shanedid a superb job as Toastmaster, leading the meeting with the theme: “April Showers.”
We welcomed guests Krupali, Naida, Bashiyr, Wei, and Angela—thank you for joining us! You all did a fantastic job.
Role Highlights:
🔤 Grammarian: Akeylah— Word of the Day: efflorescence
⏱️ Timer: Jim (First time - job well done!)
🗣️ Ah-Counter: Brian only 28 filler words heard
🔍 General Evaluator: Brian
Speech:
🎤 Prak delivered “The Business of Making you Feel Incomplete,” evaluated by Averra.
Table Topics:
Hosted by Jamie, who brought the theme to life with a fun touch of silly questions -Jamie's words.
🏆 Awards:
The Table Topics Award went to Akeylah, and the Grammarian Award was earned by Jim—well done! 🎉