Upcoming Events

Workshop :
- Your Charisma - Uncover It !!
Date : 19 Feb 2008

The World’s Greatest Leaders Possess It!
So Do All Consummate Communicators!
And … All Likeable People In the World!!

Many people believe that Charisma is in-born ... Either you have it or you don't!
While John Sih believe that some individuals are born Naturally Charismatic, he is convinced that some traits of charisma CAN BE ACQUIRED!

OUTLINE:

- What Is Charisma?
- Is It Inborn Or Acquired?
- What Do People Mean When They Say “You Have Charisma”?
- Is It The Colours You Wear?
- Is It Your Face?
- Is It About The Shape Of Your Body?
-Is It The Way You Communicate?

Come And Learn:
- How To Exude Your Charisma.
- How To Nurture Your Charisma.
- What Is Physical Appeal.
- What Is Communication Appeal.
- What Is Sex Appeal.
- What Is Intellectual Appeal.
- What is Power/ Leadership/ Influential Appeal.
-How To Find That On/Off Switch.


DURATION: 3 Hrs

For Whom:

~ Employers, CEOs and Business Owners who wish to turn on his/her Charismatic-Leadership-
Respectable charm.
~ Recruiters who wish to identify the Charismatic trait of a job-seeker.
~ Individuals who wish to ace the job interview.
~ Sales professionals who wish to up his/her closing ratio.
~ Customer service professionals who wish to encounter more pleasant customer service experiences.
~ Singles who wish to learn how to “Turn On” his/her Charismatic Charm.
~ Anyone who wishes to Identify, Acquire and learn how to Exude the “Type/s” of Charisma
he/she possess.

Speaker : DTM John Sih

Time : 7.30 pm

Venue : 9 Penang Road #09-20/27

Park Mall

Singapore 238459

To sign up contact : Walter Lee

email : lishanliang@gmail.com

mobile : 93682001

Limited seats !! Hurry !

Club Calendar

DWG Toastmasters Club
(District 80/ Division U/Area U3/ Club No : 880753


Our next meeting is on 28 January 7 pm

To visit our club, can call :

• Walter Lee (Vice President of Education) Hp : 93682001
• Pearl Wong (Vice President of Membership) Hp : 97700952

Our Address

Our Club Located at :
9 Penang Road
#09-20/27
Park Mall
Singapore 238459

Nearest MRT Station : Dhoby Ghaut

What is Toastmasters?

What is Toastmasters?

Toastmasters is a proven way to improve your speaking & leadership skills.

By participating in a fun, engaging Toastmasters club like DWG Toastmasters, you will become a better speaker, gain crucial leadership experience and achieve more success in whatever path of life you’ve chosen.

• Deliver great presentations
• Easily lead teams and conduct meetings
• Give and receive constructive evaluations
• Be a better listener

From one club started in 1924 at the YMCA in Santa Ana, California, Toastmasters has grown to become the world’s leading organization helping people conquer their pre-speech jitters. Since that first club was organized by Dr. Ralph C. Smedley, nearly four million men and women have enjoyed the benefits of Toastmasters membership. The nonprofit organization now has approximately 211,000 members in 10,500 clubs in 90 countries.

How Does It Work?

A Toastmasters club is a “learn-by-doing” workshop in which men and women hone their skills in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere. A typical club has 20 to 40 members who meet monthly to learn and practice public speaking techniques. The average club meeting lasts approximately one hour. Membership is affordable; total annual fees are around S$200.

Those joining a Toastmasters club learn communication skills by working in the Communication Program manual, a series of 10 speaking assignments designed to instill a basic foundation in public speaking.When finished with the first speech manual, members can select from among 15 advanced manuals to develop speaking skills that are geared to specific interests. They are :

• Public Relations,
• Specialty Speeches,
• The Entertaining Speaker,
• Speaking to Inform,
• The Discussion Leader,
• Speeches by Management,
• The Professional Speaker,
• Persuasive Speaking,
• Technical Presentations,
• Communicating on Television,
• Storytelling,
• Interpretive Reading,
• Interpersonal Communication,
• Special Occasion Speeches and
• Humorously Speaking.

Members also develop and practice leadership skills by working in the Competent Leadership manual, the High Performance Leadership Program as well as serving as leaders at various organizational levels.There is no instructor in a Toastmasters club. Instead, members evaluate one another’s oral presentations and leadersip skills. This evaluation process is an integral component of the overall educational program. Toastmasters members also give impromptu talks on assigned topics, conduct meetings, serve as officers in various leadership roles and learn parliamentary procedure.

The effectiveness of this simple learning formula is evidenced by the thousands of corporations that sponsor in-house Toastmasters clubs. These clubs serve as public-speaking and leadership training workshops for employees. Every year, more and more business and government organizations are discovering that Toastmasters is the most effective, cost-efficient means of satisfying their communication training needs. Toastmasters clubs can be found in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as in a variety of community organizations, prisons, universities, hospitals, military bases and churches.

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

History - Toastmasters International

A basement brainstorm

When people hear the word “basement” they’re more likely to picture mold and spiders than the birth place of a global communication and leadership training organization. But a basement in a YMCA in Santa Ana, California, is exactly where, in 1924, Ralph C. Smedley held the first meeting of what would eventually become Toastmasters International.

Smedley began working as director of education for a Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) after he graduated from college. He observed that many of the young patrons needed “training in the art of public speaking and in presiding over meetings” and Smedley wanted to help them. He decided the training format would be similar to a social club. During the early 1900s the word “toastmaster” referred to a person who proposed the toasts and introduced the speakers at a banquet. Smedley named his group “The Toastmasters Club” because he thought it suggested a pleasant, social atmosphere appealing to young men.

When Smedley started the Toastmasters group at the YMCA in Santa Ana, California, members practiced speaking skills in a supportive, informal atmosphere. The seedling club blossomed. Word spread about Smedley’s YMCA experiment and soon people in other communities and even other states began asking for permission and help to start their own Toastmasters meetings. By 1930 the burgeoning clubs had established a federation to help coordinate activities and provide a standard program. Toastmasters became Toastmasters International after a speaking club in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, expressed interest in joining the organization.

A series of rented office spaces in Southern California served as Toastmasters International’s “home office” until 1962. That year the staff moved into its first World Headquarters building in Santa Ana, not far from the YMCA where the first Toastmasters club met.
Over the next three decades the number of Toastmasters grew, and so did the need for a larger staff to service them. World Headquarters relocated in 1990 to its new building in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, about 20 miles south of Santa Ana. See our timeline for a detailed account of Toastmasters' history.

The evolution of its educational programs and resources are a big part of Toastmasters International’s success and growth. Training has expanded from the 15-project manual Basic Training for Toastmasters, developed by Smedley, to include other materials to help members develop skills in listening, giving feedback, decision-making, delegating and mentoring.
With 11,300 clubs and more than 220,000 members in 90 countries, Ralph Smedley’s “basement brainstorm” continues to thrive in the 21st century.