District contest in Amsterdam

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This weekend our club members Claude-Eugenie and Carol participated in the District contest in Amsterdam. The best speakers of Europe were there. We are sure that the experience was unique and special. Before their performances, they invested a lot of work and time preparing their excellent speeches. We are looking forward to meeting them again and listen to their experience.

We are delighted to share with you that Carol won the second place in the category of Table Topics. Congratulations!!

 

 

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Summary of the meeting 5th November

Against the grey and dark autumn days, the toastmaster meetings are a restorative moments for all of us. New challenges with different roles during the meetings, such as speakers, table topics, presenters help us develop our public speaking skills.

David, the toastmaster of the evening, shared with us a lot of “secrets” as his theme of the evening suggested. In addition, we passed a delightful moment discovering the talent of the new members, such as Anastassios and Sophie during their “Ice breakers”, their first public speeches. Well done!

At the end of the evening the winners of the ribbons were:

Anastassios was the winner of the best speaker.

Claude-Eugénie won the table topic ribbon thanks to her amazing improvisation.

Soraya with her irreproachable and constructive evaluation won the ribbon for the best evaluator.

Congratulations!!!

Did you miss the meeting? You can join us the next time on November 19th .

We are going to have a special visitor…. 🙂

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Summary of the meeting 22th October

Are you ready for a new exciting meeting in Toastmaster Lyon Unlimited?

IMG_20151022_204726The previous meeting Alicia conducted a delightful meeting with the theme “Autumn”!

We were delighted to welcome two new members Anastassios and Sophie!!!

Winners of the meeting were:

Etienne surprised the public talking about “The meaning of Live”.

Claude-Eugénie evaluated the excellent speech of Leon.

Tonhu presented her opinion about two different celebrations Halloween and All Saints Day in a table topic.

See you at the next meeting the Thursday 5 November 19h!!!

 

LTU club member Claude-Eugénie wins at the Division F Autum Conference – interview

Last saturday, October 24th, the Division F level Autumn Conference was held in Aix-en-Provence.
It was a great conference and our club member Claude-Eugénie won the English humourous contest!

Best congratulations, Claude-Eugénie!!

Here is an interview with her after her great performance:

Depuis quand tu es membre de Toastmaster?
Je suis membre ToastMasters depuis Octobre 2014.
-Quelles ont été tes motivations à participer au concours humoristique Français et Anglais.
J’ai voulu me tester au niveau competition et vu que mes proches me trouvent drôle je voulais me confronter à l’humour dans toute sa splendeur.
-Est-ce qu’il a été compliqué de trouver les sujets de tes discours? 
Pour le sujet en Anglais, VOICE IS POWERFUL, l’idée m’est venue immédiatement. Je suis chanteuse de JAZZ Gospel donc ca semblais évident.
Pour le sujet en Francais, plus compliqué! Ma vie étant comblé par l’humour, je suis partie me servir dans ma vie perso et en inventant le mot PROTIVATION, je voulais imaginer ce que serait un monde sans motivation et sans procrastination.
-Comment tu as préparé tes discours?
Quand je prepare un discours je cherche quand je le peux à respecter deux choses :
– La Structure
– Placer l’humour dans le dialogue
-Quelle a été ton expérience au concours de division?
En division j’ai rencontré plein de personnes intéressantes. Je pensais arriver dans une ambiance très académique mais il n’en fut rien! C’est dans une ambiance très amicale et familiale que j’ai été reçue, c’etait vraiment génial et inoubliable! On oublie pratiquement le stress du passage!
-Est-ce que l’expérience a été la même que tu avais imaginé?
Le niveau était vraiment bon, ce concours m’a permis de sortir de ma zone de confort et de tester mon discours sur des personnes qui ne m’avaient jamais entendu.
-Comment tu envisages la préparation du concours du District?
J’y pense beaucoup. A vrai dire je répète tous les jours mon discours dans la salle de bain, je veux le connaitre par coeur mais avant tout m’amuser un maximum pour transporter le public dans l’humour avec moi.
Est-ce que tu pourrais partager un conseil pour nous lors du prochain concours en avril (“Telling stories”)?
Il se passe des choses incroyables dans nos vies au quotidien, il faut prendre le temps de mettre pause pour extraire les meilleurs moment et les transmettre aux autres de manière claire et amusante. Le conseil que j’aurais à donner c’est comme à un enfant avant de dormir, racontez vous une histoire à vous même avant de dormir! Ainsi vous maitriserez l’art du Story Telling comme personne d’autre.. bien entendu si vous arrivez à ne pas vous endormir avant la fin!
Thank you very much, Claude-Eugénie and we wish you the best of luck for your next contest – the District conference in Amsterdam!

Summary of the meeting 24th September

Hi dear follIMG_20150924_210209_1owers, members and guest of Tostmaster Unlimited!!!

This is a summary of the last ordinary meeting in our club!

Our Toastmaster of the
evening Etienne delighted us with a funny meeting with the theme: “Razzle Dazzle”.

Do you know what that means?

Our ribbons were for:

*Damien: He gave his Ice Breaker!!! Bravo Damien and welcome!

*Carol, who won the title of the Best speaker! Well done!

*Elisabeth whose evaluation was very well appreciated by the audience! Congratulations!

And the winner of the table topic was Alex (a guest), with a funny and entertaining improvisation! Well done! We hope that you will gain the other ribbons in our club as a member Toastmaster.

It was a fantastic meeting. See you the next 22th October.

We hope to meet you there!

Results of (AREA) Humorous Speech Contest – (2015-10-10)

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On 10th October the speech contest represented an amazing moment to discover the various talents of our club as well as of the other clubs in our area.
The contest was held both in English and in French with humorous speeches as well as improvisations respectively.
Congratulations to all the participants and the Committee!!! Well done!
And here are the winners (members of our club are represented with an asterisk) :

 

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1-Claude-Eugénie I.* (LTU-Bilangual Club)
2-David D. (LET – English Club)

Humorous Speeches in French:
1-David P.* (LTU-Bilangual Club)
2-Claude-Eugénie I.* (LTU-Bilangual Club)

Table topics in English:

1-Elisabeth R.* (LTU-Bilangual Club)
2-David D. (LET – English Club)
3-Freka (LET – English Club)

Table topics in French:AAP1010619
1-Pierre P. (TGL –Francophone Club)
2-Chelo I.B.* (LTU-Bilangual Club)
3-David P.* (LTU-Bilangual Club)

The next contest is on Division level will be held in Aix-en-Provence on 24th October. See you there!

Results of Humorous Speech Contest (2015)

On 8th October the speech contest illustrated the energy of our best club speakers. The contest was held both in English and in French with humorous speeches as well as improvisations respectively.

The last contest was a funny and enriching experience for our entire club. Guests discovered one of the most hilarious moments of the year and members from other Toastmaster clubs also attended this important contest.

Congratulations to all the participants and the Committee!!!

Here are the winners:

 

Humorous Speeches in English:

1-Claude-Eugénie I.

2-Damian A.

 

Humorous Speeches in French:

1-Claude-Eugénie I.

2-David P.

3-Chelo I.B.

 

Table topics in English:

1-Elisabeth R.

2-Ginette T.

 

Table topics in French:

1-David P.

2-Chelo I.B.

3-Etienne B.

 

Next contest level Toastmasters, Lyon Oct.10th.
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Toastmasters Unlimited Club Contest: Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 18.45

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Dear visitors, we warmly invite you to discover Toastmasters during a special event, for example the 2015 Fall Club Contest. Indeed it will be a challenge for all the contestants for the best speech award. Speeches will be given both in English and French in two categories

  • Humorous Speech Contest
  • Improvisation Contest (Table Topics)

Entrance is free, so do take this opportunity to have a good time, and see what happens when Toastmasters get competitive!

C’est la rentrée !

Come and join Lyon Toastmasters Unlimited for the new season starting on September 10th at 18:45 at ILTC !
We’re looking forward to welcoming you next Thursday!

Lyon Toastmaster Unlimited is launching a special program for youngsters – Youth Leadership Program (YLP)

Youth Leadership ProgramThe program is fully designed and organized by Toastmasters International (http://www.toastmasters.org/Membership/Community-Based-Programs).

YLP is for youngsters (12-17 years old) who wish to develop their public speaking and leadership skills. It will take form of 8 weekly learn-by-doing meetings under the supervision of our Club. The YLP program will be held in ENGLISH and is absolutely FREE OF CHARGE for participants.

The participants will each get a Workbook in English to help them prepare themselves for the following meeting. They will receive the YLP Program Certificate at the end of the 8 weeks period.

The YLP Program will start after February vacations and will take place in Lyon.

An introductory meeting with participants, their parents and/or teachers will be programmed before the Program starts. All the registered persons will be invited for this introductory meeting.