HONG KONG TOASTMASTERS CLUB since 1954, Charter No. 1364 Strive for Excellence! Meeting No: 2121 http: www.toastmasters.org.hk hongkongtoastmastersclub @yahoo.com GPO Box 9384 Hong Kong Venue: New Venue : L’Hotel Causewaybay Harbour View, 6th Floor, 18 King’s Road. ( Tin Hau MTR Exit A1) Date: 25 September 2006 Time: 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. (We meet on the 1st, 3rd and 5th working Mondays) Theme of the meeting: “Unforgettable Moments” Club Officers 2006-07 President Elsa Law (9103-9213) elsalawl@yahoo.com VP Education Cherry So (6174-5645) cherrysst524@yahoo.com.hk Pamela Ho (6483-0927) pamela_ho115@yahoo.com.hk Rita Tsui (9277-9833) Gary French ( 9515-8682 ) VP Membership Belu Agarwal (6146-5235) belutmc@yahoo.com David Mooijaart (6338-0431) david_hktm@yahoo.com VP Public Relations Daffie Tang (9205-6741) Time Duration (minutes) 6:45 15 Gathering Time Members & Guests 7:00 3 Opening Remarks Elsa Law, President, CTM 7:04 4 Introduction of Programme Queenie Lam, SAA 7:09 3 Joke David Mooijaart, VPM Treasurer Daniel Chan (9045-4439) danielymchan@alumni.polyu.edu.hk Newsletter Team Josephine Lee (9177-2457) - (1 minute of silence between prepared speeches) 7:13 57 Project 2 – Annie Chan 7:21 57 Project 4 – Cherry So, VPE 7:29 57 Project 4 – The Outback Paul Breen, SAA Evaluations Rehearsal 7:37 7:45 7:53 7:57 8:01 8:14 8:18 57 5-7 3 3 12 3 10 Gary French (9515-8682) Past Presidents Lap Wong (2005-06) Arthur Ting (200405) Patrick Chau (1/03–6/04) Andrew Whitney (7-12/02) Christine Lau (200102) Time Signal Time Left Speeches TT & Eval Project 3 – Your Gift Project 6 For Teresa Lee, Secretary For Greg Hagen Table Topic Session Guest Introduction Break Teresa Lee, Secretary Greg Hagen Joanne Chuk Christine Lau, ATM Frances Lam SAA Evaluations - John Liang Webmaster Venice Lee (9728-1702) Participants Prepared Speeches Secretary Teresa SM Lee (9707-7198) Sergeant At Arms Queenie Lam (9832-5409) Paul Breen (9101-8816) Jenny Cheung (9516-5881) Activity 8:28 3 For Annie Chan Patrick Chau 8:32 3 For Cherry So Tina Wong, CTM 8:36 3 For Paul Breen Tiana Chuk, CTM 8:40 6 For TT Master and Speakers Arthur Ting, CTM Facilitator’s Reports 8:47 2 Time Keeper Pamela Ho, VPE 8:50 2 Ah-counter Rajesh Ahuja Green 2 mins 1 min 8:53 5 Grammarian Alice Tsang Yellow 1 min 30 sec 8:59 10 General Evaluation Edwin Lui, CTM 9:10 9:15 4 Club News and Closing Remarks Elsa Law, President,CTM Dinner - All welcome ( A2 ) Members & Guests(Optional) Vikking Seafood Restaurant Red Time is up Bell Every 15 sec overtime MTR Exit Speech Objectives Project 2 – Organize Your Speech – Select an appropriate outline, which allows listeners to easily follow and understand your speech. Your message should be clear with supporting material directly contributing to that message. Organize your speech with clear transition from opening to conclusion. Project 3 – Get to the Point – Select a speech topic and determine its general and specific purposes. Organize the speech in a manner that best achieves those purposes. Ensure the beginning, body and conclusion reinforce the purposes. Project sincerity and conviction and control any nervousness you may feel. Strive not to use notes. Project 4 – How to Say It – Select the right words and sentence structure to communicate your ideas clearly, accurately and vividly; use rhetorical devices to enhance and emphasize ideas; eliminate jargon and unnecessary words. Project 8 – Get Comfortable with Visual Aids - Select visual aids that are appropriate for your message and the audience. Use visual aids correctly with ease and confidence. 2