Kirsten Pearson
June meeting – A touch of Magic!
The next Peninsula meeting will be held on Thursday, 30 June 2011 at the German Club (previously called Tafelberg Tavern), Roodehek Terrace, Gardens from 5:30 pm until 7:45 pm.
The meeting theme is “A Touch of Magic!” Magician, Marcel Oudejans will be our guest speaker.
Marcel will be talking about adding “magic” to your presentations, including:
• How to add humour
• Using props
• Why you should include other skills
• Encouraging participation
• Timing and drama
• How and why you should ‘wing’ part of your presentation
The talk will include participation and demonstrations.
The cost of the meeting is R50, including light snacks after the meeting; a map and directions are here: http://www.peninsulatoastmasters.info/directions/ Guests are welcome!
ABOUT MARCEL OUDEJANS – CORPORATE MAGICIAN & INFOTAINER
Since 1999, Marcel Oudejans has been instrumental at creating successful events for over 150 corporate clients. His enthusiasm, charisma, passion for business & ability to leave audiences shocked, amazed & laughing has been internationally acknowledged & Marcel is therefore considered by his peers to be one of Africa?s leaders in the field of interactive corporate „Infotainment?.
He is an enthused „Infotainer? providing a tailor-made performance; a form of corporate entertainment cum inspirational speaking that generates a positive long-lasting message of self-empowerment. Marcel possesses an in-depth understanding of sustainable business practices and imparts his expansive knowledge earnestly. As a keen student of marketing & advanced sales techniques, Marcel has studied various methods of persuasion, psychology, neurolinguistics, hypnosis, human behaviour, body language & presentation from internationally recognized experts.
His performances have included keynote presentations, tradeshow lead generation, corporate dinners and product launches as a corporate event entertainment specialist with particular focus on making events unforgettable. He is also skilled at providing Customized Infotainment presentations for sales events, trade shows, product launches & product training. As well as offering “Flow Marketing” training – enabling delegates to market effectively & effortlessly. His Keynote Presentations, for team-building events, can be customized to each client’s selected message.
Apart from of his very busy performance schedule he also currently serves as the Vice President of the Cape Town Chapter of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa (PSASA) and sits on the Board of Directors for the Upliftment Programme.
Meeting Review – A Mad Hatter’s Toastmasters Party!
A wonderful evening was had by all on a cold and blustery Thursday night at the German Club!
The theme of the evening was a Mad Hatter’s Toastmasters Party – and Wow! The 18 people who attended really went all out to be crazy mad hatters!
There were a great variety of very interesting hats – from the weird take on the Top hat by our
Area governor Chris Callaghan to a wonderful Pirate hat worn by a guest, Chrisna, (who eventually won the Mad Hatter Prize – presented by a very unbiased Chris Callaghan!
The Toastmaster of the evening, Thomas Bowman, had many mad hatter quotes to
keep the gathering confused and downright mad!
There were 3 fantastic speeches delivered. Diana Kraak used her gestures to describe a marvellous journey, Chris wondered where all the best people had gone (possibly Peninsula Club?!) and Bill Russell from Ernest and Young Club presented a practice speech for his next day’s presentation and made us all believe we had just graduated and the future was full of LEADERS!
After some tasty Mad Hatter snacks, the Evaluators delivered their concise and thoughtful evaluations. Then it was the turn of Diana Kraak to present table Topics – our time to think on our feet. The idea was to draw an item from her little bag of tricks and we had to explain how we used the item. It sure was fun!
Kirsten Pearson peppered and twisted her grammarian slot with many well listened phrases!
Then our President elected the committee for the next Toasties year and the officers were duly chosen. Some brave souls agreed to take up our vacant positions and now we are ready for a very good year next year as Thomas Bowman (president) will lead his team to victory!
It was a fantastic evening full of fun, laughter, good education and everybody participating to make our club the special club it is.
Thank you to everybody for making it so great!
Our next meeting is the 30th June – and I know you will all want to be there!
Thomas Bowman
May meeting
The next Peninsula meeting will be held on Thursday, 26 May 2011 at the German Club (previously called Tafelberg Tavern), Roodehek Terrace, Gardens from 5:30 pm until 7:45 pm.
The meeting theme is “A mad hatters Toastmasters Party” Please come along wearing your favourite hat!
The cost of the meeting is R50, including light snacks after the meeting; a map and directions are here: http://www.peninsulatoastmasters.info/directions/ Guests are welcome!
February Club Contest
Please diarize the next Peninsula Toastmasters meeting – the Peninsula Toastmasters Club Competition!
It will be held on Thursday, 24 February 2011 at the German Club (previously called Tafelberg Tavern), Roodehek Terrace, Gardens from 5:30 pm until 7:45 pm. The cost of the meeting is R50, including light snacks after the meeting. Map and directions are on the website.
*** This is not a regular club meeting, but rather a Speech Contest. Members, it is a great way to achieve goals and improve your speaking skills. There are three areas in which to compete: Prepared, Impromptu and Evaluation Speeches. Please let Club Vice President: Education, Thomas Bowman know if you’d like to compete or participate as a timekeeper, Sergeant at Arms, Demo Speaker, Tally Counter or review the meeting. The winners will go on to compete at the area level and ultimately stand a chance of competing in the Toastmasters International Speech Contest in Las Vegas!
Happy Festive Season!
There will be no meeting in December 2010. Our next meeting is on Thursday, 27 January 2011.
Wishing all Peninsula Toasties and our Toastie friends happy holidays and a wonderful festive season.