Summary of the meeting 18th February
Another amazing Toastmasters meeting on this 18th of April, 2016 with great speeches, experienced members and more and more guesses. The session was chaired by Elisabeth and featured Chelo as general evaluator, Tonhu as time-keeper, Damien as word-of-the-evening master and grammarian, and David as stumble-catcher.
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Interview with the sector director: Wilfried Rouquet
Depuis es-tu membre de Toastmasters ?
C’est ma 3e année
Quelles ont été tes motivations à devenir membre?
Difficile à dire, ça semblait presque ‘logique’, mais je pense que c’était surtout pour devenir meilleur à l’oral
Quelles étaient tes attentes ?
De pouvoir faire des discours et… Continue reading
Summary of the meeting 21th January. Who is the author?
After one month of hollydays, I was really happy to realised that I have actually been missing some of the little details of my toastmaster meetings. I am talking about David’s cheeky smile, Carol’s enthousiasm, Chelo’s energy and all these non material things which makes my life rich.
It was… Continue reading
Interview with Leon RUBINSTEIN (President 2015 – 2016)
When did you become a member of Toastmasters ?
I joined in spring 2013
What did you motivated?
I was looking for an efficient way to learn public speaking skills
What Were Your Expectations for the club?
I was expecting to learn some tricks and techniques (T&T). As in… Continue reading
Summary of the meeting 7th January
Interview with Carol Bausor (member of our Executive Committee)
How long have you been a member of Toastmasters, and why did you join ?
I first heard of Toastmasters from an enthusiastic Parisian member who asked me to give a talk at a District Conference in Düsseldorf, for an Association she belonged to. I didn’t really know who… Continue reading
Summary of the meeting 17th December
That was it! The last Toastmaster meeting of the year 2015!
As I was heading back home I had this feeling inside of me, the feeling you have at the end of each meeting. Something that makes you happy inside and grateful about taking part in the meeting, the fact… Continue reading
Summary of the meeting 3th December
With the coming holiday season, our first meeting of December was around the theme of ‘Sharing’.
We welcomed three guests and a new member Yves who already accepted to take a role during the meeting.
Elizabeth, our toastmaster of the evening, introduced our three speakers: Nicolas, Anastassios and Alicia.
The… Continue reading
Summary of the meeting 19th November
We were absolutely thrilled to have the last meeting animated by Chelo, the “top banana”. The theme of the meeting was fruits and vegetables and the decoration of the room was according with that. Leon established the word of the evening: “Orange” which has plenty of meaning. Three interesting speeches… Continue reading
Entretien avec Etienne Bulidon
Cette semaine nous avons le plaisir de publier l’entretien avec un membre de Toastmasters, Etienne Bulidon, qui a donné sa première conférence ce mois-ci. Il partage avec nous un peu de ses motivations pour devenir membre de Toastmasters, les fruits de son effort quotidien au sein du club… Continue reading