Today, Kyle will be taking over the blog as the incoming VP Public Relations. He is dynamic, creative and full of great ideas about what he would like to do with the blog and the CTI website.
Please welcome Kyle to his new role and give him lots of great feedback and support and material for stories.
Over to you, Kyle ... have fun!
Friday, June 24, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Val and Linda Win "Of the Year" Awards
The meeting room was vibrating with energy for CTI's annual delicious potluck and "Parade of Champions". Excellent comraderie, great food, awards and inspiring speeches - it was all there! The creative collaboration of Val and Chris D H gave rise to lots of fun awards and laughter.
Congratulations to Val who was awarded CTI Techtalkers Toastmaster Of the Year and to Linda, our VP Education, who was awarded CTI Techtalkers Rookie Of the Year for their outstanding contributions and achievements in 2010-2011. Rosario presented the awards and spoke with enthusiasm about the achievements of both Toastmasters.
Mitch presented a powerful, inspiring speech titled "Get in the Game". He challenged us all to forget about waiting until everything is perfect, to get in the game of life now before it is too late. His speech was evaluated with insight, suggestions for improvement and encouragement by David.
Thank you to Toastmaster Val ---and to everyone who helped and participated -- for another very enjoyable CTI event. Congratulations once again to all the winners!
One of the big achievements this year was becoming a President's Distinguished Club - which Val, our Club President, said means that members are achieving their personal goals and getting value out of the club meetings. Val thanked members of her executive for their hard work and support by presenting each with a gift (roses or snickers bar - a story for another day).
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| Val (right) CTI Toastmaster of the Year Presenters: Rosario and Jean Francois |
"Of the Year" awards are awarded at club, area, division and district levels each year so nominations of Val and Linda have been forwarded to the next level, Area J41.
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| Linda (centre) CTI Rookie of the Year Presenters: Rosario and Jean Francois |
Mitch presented a powerful, inspiring speech titled "Get in the Game". He challenged us all to forget about waiting until everything is perfect, to get in the game of life now before it is too late. His speech was evaluated with insight, suggestions for improvement and encouragement by David.
Best Table Topics was awarded to Mary Jane who spoke to the question "Would you do renovations yourself or hire someone to do it?" Since Mary Jane has a contractor husband and been through more than 17 renovations, she spoke with authority and humour on the topic.
Thank you to Toastmaster Val ---and to everyone who helped and participated -- for another very enjoyable CTI event. Congratulations once again to all the winners!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Mentoring Transition Ceremony
Take some NHL signals, monkey bread and a guest speaker with spice and you have a room full of laughing CTI Toastmasters. Darlene was the Toastmaster for the meeting.
Val baked delicious monkey bread as a treat for this special occasion.
In his speech project #5, Chris E. H. explained the basic NHL signals so that we could truly understand the upcoming final Stanley Cup game. As he demonstrated the signals, he had the audience's rapt attention. Afterwards, Darlene led Quick Table Topics where speakers were asked to say everything they could about a topic in 45 seconds. Geetha presented her evaluation of Chris's speech.
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| Mona, Rosario and Val |
Our mentoring transition ceremony was ably led by Mona Cooley, the leader of the District 42 Mentoring Team.
Mona had gathered our comments prior to the meeting on how mentoring has benefited us personally and in our careers and then fed the highlights back to us so we could see the tremendous value of mentoring in our lives.
Val and Rosario inspired us with their thoughts on what mentoring means to the club and to us as individuals.
Mona presented certificates and mentor pins to the mentors and district pins with stars to the mentees with the enthusiastic help of our Club President, Val and our Area Governor, Rosario.
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| Chris was presented with his Mentor certificate for his work with Circle of Gold. |
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| Darlene and her "star" mentees: Val, Rosario and Mahdia (missing: Mary Jane) |
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| Mentor Kevin with presenter Rosario |
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| "Star" mentee: Frank (mentor Linda), "Star" mentees: Geetha and Linda (mentor Mary Jane). |
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| Val and her "star" mentees: Chris, Jean Francois, Lynne and Julie |
Present but no photo:-Rosario's "star" mentee, Helen
Absent "star" mentees: -Geetha's mentee David
-Mary Jane's mentee Kyle
-Rosario's mentee Jon
-Kevin's mentee Mitch
Another CTI event filled with warmth, learning and laughter!
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Celebrate
Many of the mentoring contracts have an end date in June which co-incides with the end of the Toastmaster year. It's a time to celebrate all the good things that have happened and how both mentor and mentee have grown. It's a time to decide whether to renew the mentoring contracts or transition on to new partnerships. It's a time to celebrate!
The CTI Techtalkers mentor/mentee transition ceremony and celebration on Wednesday, June 15 will be led by District 42 Mentoring Team Leader, Mona Cooley. Mona will help us acknowledge and celebrate the benefits and accomplishments of our mentoring program and those who make it a success - the mentors and mentees.
While the CTI formal ceremony is a great way for the club to celebrate, there are many additional ways to celebrate on a personal level. You might give a card or a token gift to your partner or simply write a heartfelt note. Depending on your interests, you may choose to go out for lunch or for a beer in the pub. Whatever you do, celebrate what you have accomplished together!
Some of the mentoring partnerships contracts will end; the mentor and mentee will transition on to new partners - to new adventures. Some of the mentors and mentees will decide to renew their partnerships and continue for another contract period because they believe there is still much to explore together. Whatever you decide - it's OK. Celebrate!
Plan to come on June 15 to hear two interesting prepared speeches and to participate in the mentoring transition ceremony and celebration.
The CTI Techtalkers mentor/mentee transition ceremony and celebration on Wednesday, June 15 will be led by District 42 Mentoring Team Leader, Mona Cooley. Mona will help us acknowledge and celebrate the benefits and accomplishments of our mentoring program and those who make it a success - the mentors and mentees.
While the CTI formal ceremony is a great way for the club to celebrate, there are many additional ways to celebrate on a personal level. You might give a card or a token gift to your partner or simply write a heartfelt note. Depending on your interests, you may choose to go out for lunch or for a beer in the pub. Whatever you do, celebrate what you have accomplished together!
Some of the mentoring partnerships contracts will end; the mentor and mentee will transition on to new partners - to new adventures. Some of the mentors and mentees will decide to renew their partnerships and continue for another contract period because they believe there is still much to explore together. Whatever you decide - it's OK. Celebrate!
Plan to come on June 15 to hear two interesting prepared speeches and to participate in the mentoring transition ceremony and celebration.
Sunday, June 05, 2011
Club Officer Training Valuable
The Club Officer Training (COT) on Saturday June 4 was attended by Frank, Mahdia, Lynne, Kyle and Val. By all reports, everyone enjoyed their sessions.
As always COT was energetic and informative. Aside from the valuable information learned at each session, there were many opportunities to meet new people and exchange ideas.
We were entertained by an advanced speaker, Judy Arnall, who has been in Toastmasters for 15 years. Judy has become a published author and professional speaker who gets paid --- a lot! That’s just another reason why Toastmasters is much more than the first 10 speeches of the Competent Communicator.
by Val, President CTI
As always COT was energetic and informative. Aside from the valuable information learned at each session, there were many opportunities to meet new people and exchange ideas.
We were entertained by an advanced speaker, Judy Arnall, who has been in Toastmasters for 15 years. Judy has become a published author and professional speaker who gets paid --- a lot! That’s just another reason why Toastmasters is much more than the first 10 speeches of the Competent Communicator.
by Val, President CTI
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