The cost of the meeting is R50, including light snacks after the meeting; a map and directions are here: http://www.peninsulatoastmasters.info/club-meetings/ Guests are welcome!

Congratulations to the winners at our last meeting:

Best Speaker: Sandra Jacobs-Andipatin

Best Table Topics: Sandra Jacobs-Andipatin  and Marius Jordaan

Best Evaluator: Tim Wagner

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!

There will be two meetings for Peninsula in January, as we did not have a meeting in December. The second January meeting will be on Thursday, 26 January 2012.

Come along to Peninsula’s final meeting of the year. We are going to be having a year end celebration. Storyteller, John Little Bear will be our special guest and will entertain us with stories.

The cost of the meeting is R75, including a buffet Christmas meal and dessert. A map and directions are here: http://www.peninsulatoastmasters.info/directions/ Guests are welcome!

Congratulations to the previous meeting speakers who were voted:

Best Evaluator: Evadne Kortje

Best Table Topics: Evadne Kortje

Best Speaker: Lois Strachan

Kirsten Pearson and Evadne Kortje jointly received the prize for being scary in keeping with the Halloween theme of the previous meeting!

The meeting theme is “Halloween!” Come along to trick, treat or speak! Halloween outfits are welcomed.

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!

Congratulations to the previous meeting speakers who were voted:
Best Evaluator: Glenn Simpson
Best Table Topics: Jon Jon San Juan
Best Speaker: Craig Strachan

The meeting theme is “Spring into Action!” Come along and welcome in the vital energy of Spring.

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!

Congratulations to the previous meeting speakers who were voted:
Best Evaluator: Diana Kraak
Best Table Topics: Keren Ben Zeev
Best Speaker: Joy-Mari Cloete

The next Peninsula meeting will be held on Thursday, 25 August 2011 at the German Club (previously called Tafelberg Tavern), Roodehek Terrace, Gardens from 5:30 pm until 7:45 pm.

The meeting theme is “Hollywood: A night with the Stars!” Come along for red carpet treatment! Prepare to be dazzled!

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!

Please diarize the next Peninsula Toastmasters meeting – the Peninsula Toastmasters Club Humour Competition!

It will be held on Thursday, 28 July 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 Humour Contest. Members, it is a great way to
achieve goals and improve your speaking skills.

Dr Petro Janse van Vuuren will join us as a guest speaker. She will be speaking on the topic “Grow your Voice to Speak with Confidence”.

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GROW YOUR VOICE TO SPEAK WITH CONFIDENCE

Do you appear confident and competent as you speak?

Do you sound inviting and engaging?

Does your audience experience that you care both about your message and about them?

There are only two things that can interfere with your ability to answer yes to all three these questions: tension in your body and fear in your heart. When your body knows what to do, it can help you control your feelings and focus your mind.

As with training for a marathon, your body needs to unlearn bad habits and relearn new ones so that speaking invitingly and confidently becomes automatic.

Petro will share with you three basic principles for using your voice to invite rather than invade or worse, just fade:

· a good posture that helps you relax and communicate confidence

· using your breath to control your voice and your nerves

· producing a rich warm voice that invites attention and instils trust

Petro Janse van Vuuren (PhD) has been training and coaching voice work for the last 18 years, both as a trainer of actors and presentation-skills teacher. She honed her skills first as school drama teacher and then as actor and director at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

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Guests are very welcome to join us for some informative and uproarious Toastmasters fun! Email Club Vice President, Public Relations – Kirsten Pearson to rsvp. kirsten@lightyard.net

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.

• President: Thomas Bowman
• Immediate Past President: Craig Strachan
• VP Education: Kirsten Pearson
• VP Membership: Diana Kraak
• VP Public Relations: Kirsten Pearson
• Secretary: Diana Kraak
• Treasurer: Sandra Arendse
• Sgt at Arms: Kirsté Kriel

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!” Come along and see what we’ve got up our sleeves!

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!