Highlights of HOD Meeting Jul 21 2017: Bouncing Bobbie as Toastmaster.KL speech.President's Medallion.

The Mission statement read by a visitor to HOD

President Martin wearing his presidential ribbon. This adds dignity to the occasion, helps visitors identify the president, and ensures the President keeps the medallion to hand and doesn't have to scramble to find it when handing it over at the end of the year.

Mike Freedman taking notes.

Nike. (Left)

A visitor. (Right)

Toastmaster of the evening Bobbie.

Speaker Karl with slides he has prepared.

Denise announcing the objectives of the project, preparing to evaluate Dennis who is speaking on Evaluating.

Bobbie's quotations from John Green, the writer of books for teens.

Ade, Grammarian of the evening, whose word unflappable proved very popular.

Tony giving his speech about a leap in KL to evade pursuers.

Table topics speaker.

 Joanne, sister of member Peter, using table topic time to tell us about her fulfilling work in LA, USA.

Jen, short for Jennifer, answering a table topic question.

 Video of Mike evaluating Angela's speech entitled I Am The Silver Lining.

Ade, Grammarian.

President Martin.

Satya, our VPE, on this occasion the General Evaluator of the evening.

Elsa.

Nike, Mike, Ade, visitor, Karl.

 TME Bobbie presents ribbon for best speech to Mike.

 Bobbie, TME, proud of his evening as TME, has decided he loves the role of Toastmaster of the Evening. Perhaps he will take this up professionally.

Martin, President, wearing medallion.

Martin presents a ribbon.

The President, Martin, asked visitors what they thought of the evening. Joanne will visit Toastmasters when she gets back to the USA. Another visitor wants to join the club. 

Photos by Angela Lansbury of HOD Toastmasters.

Speakers Clubs I have attended including Singapore (50+), UK, Prague, Thailand, China

I am a member of two clubs in the UK and I have attended more than 50 in Singapore. Here's my alphabetical list by Country.

 CHINA (Club Meetings 7?) Shanghai

 CZECH REPUBLIC - Prague (2)

HONG KONG (2)

SINGAPORE (50+) Advancity AIA Barclays Braddell Heights Advanced Braddell Heights 1 Braddell Heights II Bukit Panjan Bilingual Emmaus TM Eurasian Association Filcom@Cairnhill Francophone Orange Tee Shell Toastmasters Club of Singapore (TMCS) Thomson TLCS (Tamil) Vietnam Toastmasters Club @ Cairnhill

THAILAND (1)

UK Harrovians HOD

USA Conference Las Vegas international convention (2011)

Member: Harrovians; HOD.

Participant:
Evaluation Contest;
Tall Tales Contest;
International Speech Contest.
Judge - numerous clubs and contests.
Chief Judge - Contest rules forbid judges from discussing or revealing where they were judges. As they say, and said in WW2: Loose lips sink ships. Contest Chair - HOD Tall Tales contest Glossary MRT - MRT means railway To find a club go to the website Toastmasters International Find A Club . Angela Lansbury, CL, ACG

Future Meetings - Note in your diary: HOD; LBS, London; Notts; Las Vegas, USA

NEXT HOD

Next HOD meeting is on Thursday 2nd April 2015, arrive after 7 pm, ideally about 7.30, for an 8 pm prompt start at The Bridge, beside Harrow Leisure Centre. (When leaving, avoid the bus lane which starts half way along a narrowing nearby road which becomes one bus lane only, because if you enter the bus lane you get fined, as four or more of us, including me, know, literally to our cost.) Tea/coffee milk and biscuits provide, £1 contribution and/or bring your food to entertain the group or celebrate a special occasion or theme.

We are still looking for Toastmasters of the evening.

Printing Help

Angela Hook says she has assorted machines which can help including a scanner. I suggest Toastmaster of the evening prints 4-6 copies of the preliminary agenda, just in case a printer runs out of ink or the person responsible for printing agendas forgets, falls ill, has transport trouble or has to work on the day of the meeting.

Sign up for speeches, evaluations, other roles if you are a member, or visitor/visiting GE (get a member to sign you in) on our HOD website on Toastmasters International EasySpeak.  

2015 UK TOASTMASTERS SPEAKERS EVENTS

LONDON March 28/29 weekend, Saturday and Sunday at London Business School, a walk from Baker Street Station. Speech contest Saturday, Evaluation Contest Sunday.

LONDON London Tower Hotel (?) conference weekend May 10-12 District 91.  

NOTTS As Coralie explained, we now have so many speakers in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland that Great Britain has been divided horizontally.

Scotland and the North of England have their conference in Nottingham, another opportunity to network and learn, at a city which is relatively easy to reach by car or train if you are in the south of England. 

 (No need for ferry, nor flying - unless you happen to have your own helicopter, airmiles, pilots license or are on expenses. The Nottingham conference is nicknamed The Robin Hood Conference.

LAS VEGAS, USA Toastmasters International, contest finals in Las Vegas.

Come back later for more text and photos of this HOD event and

 checked dates and venues of other meetings.