Nanjing Toastmasters

“Achieve Together”,  the 2010 Spring Conference, Toastmasters International District 85, will be held from  May 7-9, 2010 in Shanghai.

For more details see: http://achievetogether.blog.sohu.com/

Nanjing Toastmasters Rex and Jerel competed in the Division contest this weekend, with Rex getting a 2nd prize!

See http://newtmc.blog.sohu.com/148666882.html for details.

Dear all,

From the next meeting on, Tuesday March 22nd, we will meet at a new venue:

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Building A18, room #321

To get there, you can take the new subway line 2 to Mingugong station.

Alternatively, you can take bus no 17, 65, 173 to yudao jie that is just at the main gate of NUAA (nanhang da men) or you can take bus no 34, 49, 37, 306, 52, 25, 86, 7, 4…etc to ruijin lu and then walk towards yudao jie for about 5-10 mins.

Please click the thumbnails for a map:

You can also download the meeting Meeting Directions as a PDF file here

Welcome to the website of the Nanjing No.1 Toastmasters Club.  Toastmasters is a member-driven, non-profit organization with nearly 250,000 members in more than 12,500 clubs in 106 countries, offering a proven – and enjoyable! – way to practice and hone communication and leadership skills. To read more about Toastmasters and our Nanjing club, see the links in the menu above.

Our next meeting will be  upcoming Tuesday   from 1915 to 2045 at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Click for details) .  As always  guests are more than welcome. If you would like to have detailed instructions, send us an e-mail at info@nanjingtoastmasters.com

It was nice to see everybody at our workshop the other day! Attached to this post you can find Cheryl’s presentation on “How to Make a Speech” as a download;  So you want to make a speech

In the mean time, our regular meetings have started again, every Tuesday from 1915 to 20:45 at Kongzi Academy

Dear all,

Since our hosts, Kongzi Academy, will be on holiday on Feb 9th, there will be no meeting on Feb 9th and Feb 16th. We do have  a meeting on Feb 23rd, which will be our second workshop and topics will be “How to Make a Speech”/ “How to Prepare a Speech”, “How to Be a Time Keeper”, “How to Be the ‘Ah-counter/ Gender-Confusion’ ” !!

Since some of our members have signed for Feb 9th, we are going to postpone those roles till March 2nd!

We wish you a happy new year!! See you all on Feb, 23rd !!!

10  Tips for Public Speaking

Feeling some nervousness before giving a speech is natural and even beneficial, but too much nervousness can be detrimental.

Here are some proven tips on how to control your butterflies and give better presentations:

1. Know your material. Pick a topic you are interested in. Know more about it than you include in your speech. Use humor, personal stories and conversational language – that way you won’t easily forget what to say.

2. Practice. Practice. Practice! Rehearse out loud with all equipment you plan on using. Revise as necessary. Work to control filler words; Practice, pause and breathe. Practice with a timer and allow time for the unexpected.

3. Know the audience. Greet some of the audience members as they arrive. It’s easier to speak to a group of friends than to strangers.

4. Know the room. Arrive early, walk around the speaking area and practice using the microphone and any visual aids.

5. Relax. Begin by addressing the audience. It buys you time and calms your nerves. Pause, smile and count to three before saying anything. (“One one-thousand, two one-thousand, three one-thousand. Pause. Begin.) Transform nervous energy into enthusiasm.

6. Visualize yourself giving your speech. Imagine yourself speaking, your voice loud, clear and confident. Visualize the audience clapping – it will boost your confidence.

7. Realize that people want you to succeed. Audiences want you to be interesting, stimulating, informative and entertaining. They’re rooting for you.

8. Don’t apologize for any nervousness or problem – the audience probably never noticed it.

9. Concentrate on the message – not the medium. Focus your attention away from your own anxieties and concentrate on your message and your audience.

10. Gain experience. Mainly, your speech should represent you — as an authority and as a person. Experience builds confidence, which is the key to effective speaking. A Toastmasters club can provide the experience you need in a safe and friendly environment.

From:  http://www.toastmasters.org/tips.asp

Want to become a better speaker!? Visit a Toastmasters meeting!

It took a little while, but here finally some of the pics from our demo meeting, you can see them all on this page (you have to be a registered member on the site in order to see all photos)

To celebrate the upcoming new year, the establishment of Nanjing Toastmasters, and to let guests learn more about us and to help members get to know more about each other, Nanjing Toastmasters club has decided to hold a new year party on Dec 29 Tuesday nighty @ Studio 21 from 2100. So you are most welcome to join us!

Before the party, we will have our regular meeting at Kongzi Academy from 1915 until 2045. Agenda for this week`s meeting can be downloaded here: 091229Agenda

Tuesday december 8th it is time again for our weekly meeting, from 1915 to 2045 at the Kongzi Academy (click here for a map).  You can download the agenda here.  If you are not  a member yet but are interested, feel free to come and have a look!