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Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Friday, July 20, 2012
Way to go, Jack!!
Congratulations to our Best Speaker
Jack Huang, our newest member showed off his speaking skills in our last meeting (213) by smashing the ice with his C1 Ice Breaker Speech. We now know that he is a man of many talents just like his father. We wish him the best in his career and we look forward to another great speech as he prepares for his C2 project. Way to go!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
2011/07/19 C4 Speech - Sophia Lu (Best Speaker)
Title: Your Positive Words
Dear fellow members and guests, good evening!
Since my project in Competent Communicator manual this time is “How to say it!”, so before starting, I would like all of you to see the following film. Here you are!
~ (Film plays)
“Words are powerful to everyone. We can change our attitude by someone’s words with insight or be healed by someone’s words with comfort. It’s so obvious in this film.
We had this kind of experience since childhood and can see the same situation in the office or at home. Like a mother scolding the child “How can I have such a child as you?” or your boss yelling at you “Even the pig is smarter than you.”
Actually verbal violence, just like physical violence; will injure people. Perhaps it’s even worse, because damage to the body will heal, but damage to the mind lasts forever.
Now let me show you some pictures, they are:
Picture 1: very funny, is it? But if you are the employee, can you laugh comfortably? I doubt it.
Picture 2: Once my teacher told me that a row of bushes, if people walk cross the same place on it, what will that place become? The bush no longer will grow and it will turn to dirt slowly.
My boss likes to say “You only do office work, if even that you cannot do well, then you are really useless.＂Or my sister always says “How come our looks are like mother like daughter, but the words you say are so stupid.＂ It makes me feel like I am a loser and a total failure. But, I became the loser, because others “MAKE” me so.
Positive language can make us better
Looking at a boss scolding an employee, attacking him for a long time, the boss is indifferent, he does not care, but the verbal damage could have serious consequences. Being an employer, you must be very careful with the way you speak to the employee, do not insult or ridicule the person who is making money for you. Do not use the method of goading someone into action, as they may lack self-confidence, goading them will just make things worse.
Before you scold him with something like “even the pig is smarter than you”, please think twice, is he really that bad? If he will help your business and share sorrow for you, please do not scold him or call him a pig, because a pig cannot do these things.
The new officer team of ALE MAX can hopefully receive positive responses from our members; with your support we will be better and better. Your positive words will be the best gift this coming year.
Toastmaster
Dear fellow members and guests, good evening!
Since my project in Competent Communicator manual this time is “How to say it!”, so before starting, I would like all of you to see the following film. Here you are!
~ (Film plays)
“Words are powerful to everyone. We can change our attitude by someone’s words with insight or be healed by someone’s words with comfort. It’s so obvious in this film.
We had this kind of experience since childhood and can see the same situation in the office or at home. Like a mother scolding the child “How can I have such a child as you?” or your boss yelling at you “Even the pig is smarter than you.”
Actually verbal violence, just like physical violence; will injure people. Perhaps it’s even worse, because damage to the body will heal, but damage to the mind lasts forever.
Now let me show you some pictures, they are:
Picture 1: very funny, is it? But if you are the employee, can you laugh comfortably? I doubt it.
Picture 2: Once my teacher told me that a row of bushes, if people walk cross the same place on it, what will that place become? The bush no longer will grow and it will turn to dirt slowly.
My boss likes to say “You only do office work, if even that you cannot do well, then you are really useless.＂Or my sister always says “How come our looks are like mother like daughter, but the words you say are so stupid.＂ It makes me feel like I am a loser and a total failure. But, I became the loser, because others “MAKE” me so.
Positive language can make us better
Looking at a boss scolding an employee, attacking him for a long time, the boss is indifferent, he does not care, but the verbal damage could have serious consequences. Being an employer, you must be very careful with the way you speak to the employee, do not insult or ridicule the person who is making money for you. Do not use the method of goading someone into action, as they may lack self-confidence, goading them will just make things worse.
Before you scold him with something like “even the pig is smarter than you”, please think twice, is he really that bad? If he will help your business and share sorrow for you, please do not scold him or call him a pig, because a pig cannot do these things.
The new officer team of ALE MAX can hopefully receive positive responses from our members; with your support we will be better and better. Your positive words will be the best gift this coming year.
Toastmaster
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
09/01/2009 Roger Chen's C10 Speech
C10 speech ( Inspire Your Audience, 8 to 10 minutes)
Title: 805 Days
Speaker: Roger Chen date: 2009/09/01
Objective:
• To inspire the audience by appealing to noble motives and challenging the audience to achieve a higher level of beliefs or achievement.
• Appeal to the audience’s needs and emotions, using stories, anecdotes and quotes to add drama.
• Avoid using notes.
(Opening)
I didn’t have any idea when Julie called me last saturday night for asking about my speech title. Yes, I know I have to deliver my C10 speech today about 1 month ago, and it is very important to my toastmaster career. However, I didn’t know how to inspire you and this is my project objective- Inspire your audience.
So I found out all my Toastmaster things and turn my memory back to the first day when I joined Toastmaster meeting. It was Dragon Boat Festival in 2007, I received a phone call from Lillian Tseng for inviting me to attend meeting. I still remember our current president Jane made an Education Orientation in the meeting, I was impressive and I decided to become a member immediately after Lillian Chen’s introduction. Until now, it is 805 days since I signed up for a Toastmaster member. So, I want to review the changes happened in my life during the 805 days.
(Body)
My dear fellow members,
Why do you join Toastmasters? For improving your English ability? or you want to learn how to deliver a successful speech in public? maybe you just want to make friends. or you were cheated by a super Toastmaster sales like Jason. Whatever your answer is, how you feel now? Do you satisfy with ALE MAX?
The first time I knew Toastmaster club was from a book for business English learning. The author who is a senior Toastmaster and he suggests readers to join the club for keeping an environment to practice English and learn from each other. So, I surfed the information about Toastmaster from Internet and I found there were 4 Toastmaster clubs in Kaohsiung City at that time. I decided to contact Ale Max because: first I only available in Tuesday night, second, the former meeting venue: Magic Lisa is near my home.
After then, Toastmaster came to my life, of couse it changes my life a lot, especially when I need to deliver a manual speech. I used to rehearsed speech serval times and my children might see their father like a dummy because I always mumble to air and sometimes with strange postures. As I deliver more speech, I become more confident.
In Toastmaster, I also share about myself and my family with you, I told you how to cut off 20% weight, I told you how to find a good folding bike as well as how to protect from computer virus. Moreover, I let you know my son’s little bird story and maybe you all remembered, how can I have a son after 2 daughters, ya the secrete is up side down!
Because part of my job is to help business cost down so sometimes I have to fire unqualified employees. In order to protect my family, I rarely tell other people about myself. And actually I don’t have many friends, I tend to keep distance with others. However, since you are my friends so I can share with you.
To me, Toastmaster is a typical learning organization, which is an ideal organization type quoted by management textbooks and it is hard to find in real business world. People join Toastmaster not for degree, or to show off themselves. Most people join Toastmaster only for self improvement. The improvement might come from yourself and other members. So, I really like the evaluation session, our evaluators used to give speakers valuable and concrete suggestions to help us make speech better. Especially opinions from senior Toastmaster members they are all proficient speakers and kindly to share their experience.
(Conclusion)
My dear fellow members,
I think people should have different goals in every life stage. When you are 25, maybe your goal is to find a good job. And your life goal might change to find a person to get marry when you are 30 or over. Then you will have children and your career goal might change again. However, real life not always smoothly like story. But the worst thing to me is to lose goal. Because I will stop thinking and stop dedicate to growth.
What is your goal in this moment? Why are you set over here? You can stay at sweet home to watch soap opera like ‘mother’s home‘ or playing online games, even MSN with your friends. Yes, we are here because we want to help each other become better! That is what Toastmaster offers.
So, please setup your goal, schedule your progress just followed the Toastmaster’s two tracks. This is very important because you will keep energy in join regular meeting and never get tired. The more meeting we join the more improve we get! Just like the Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs told to the Standford graduate students:
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
We all know now is a tough time in Taiwan, the economy still bad and we have to face the impact from typhon and flood. Maybe you are not satisfy your job or your life now. However, the troubled times are the prime time for Toastmasters! Because we learn how to be both a good communicator and a good leader and that are essential for every work! Just be optimistic! The opportunity is for the person who prepare well!
In Toastmaster you don’t need to compete with others but yourself.
Thank you, Toastmaster of evening!
Title: 805 Days
Speaker: Roger Chen date: 2009/09/01
Objective:
• To inspire the audience by appealing to noble motives and challenging the audience to achieve a higher level of beliefs or achievement.
• Appeal to the audience’s needs and emotions, using stories, anecdotes and quotes to add drama.
• Avoid using notes.
(Opening)
I didn’t have any idea when Julie called me last saturday night for asking about my speech title. Yes, I know I have to deliver my C10 speech today about 1 month ago, and it is very important to my toastmaster career. However, I didn’t know how to inspire you and this is my project objective- Inspire your audience.
So I found out all my Toastmaster things and turn my memory back to the first day when I joined Toastmaster meeting. It was Dragon Boat Festival in 2007, I received a phone call from Lillian Tseng for inviting me to attend meeting. I still remember our current president Jane made an Education Orientation in the meeting, I was impressive and I decided to become a member immediately after Lillian Chen’s introduction. Until now, it is 805 days since I signed up for a Toastmaster member. So, I want to review the changes happened in my life during the 805 days.
(Body)
My dear fellow members,
Why do you join Toastmasters? For improving your English ability? or you want to learn how to deliver a successful speech in public? maybe you just want to make friends. or you were cheated by a super Toastmaster sales like Jason. Whatever your answer is, how you feel now? Do you satisfy with ALE MAX?
The first time I knew Toastmaster club was from a book for business English learning. The author who is a senior Toastmaster and he suggests readers to join the club for keeping an environment to practice English and learn from each other. So, I surfed the information about Toastmaster from Internet and I found there were 4 Toastmaster clubs in Kaohsiung City at that time. I decided to contact Ale Max because: first I only available in Tuesday night, second, the former meeting venue: Magic Lisa is near my home.
After then, Toastmaster came to my life, of couse it changes my life a lot, especially when I need to deliver a manual speech. I used to rehearsed speech serval times and my children might see their father like a dummy because I always mumble to air and sometimes with strange postures. As I deliver more speech, I become more confident.
In Toastmaster, I also share about myself and my family with you, I told you how to cut off 20% weight, I told you how to find a good folding bike as well as how to protect from computer virus. Moreover, I let you know my son’s little bird story and maybe you all remembered, how can I have a son after 2 daughters, ya the secrete is up side down!
Because part of my job is to help business cost down so sometimes I have to fire unqualified employees. In order to protect my family, I rarely tell other people about myself. And actually I don’t have many friends, I tend to keep distance with others. However, since you are my friends so I can share with you.
To me, Toastmaster is a typical learning organization, which is an ideal organization type quoted by management textbooks and it is hard to find in real business world. People join Toastmaster not for degree, or to show off themselves. Most people join Toastmaster only for self improvement. The improvement might come from yourself and other members. So, I really like the evaluation session, our evaluators used to give speakers valuable and concrete suggestions to help us make speech better. Especially opinions from senior Toastmaster members they are all proficient speakers and kindly to share their experience.
(Conclusion)
My dear fellow members,
I think people should have different goals in every life stage. When you are 25, maybe your goal is to find a good job. And your life goal might change to find a person to get marry when you are 30 or over. Then you will have children and your career goal might change again. However, real life not always smoothly like story. But the worst thing to me is to lose goal. Because I will stop thinking and stop dedicate to growth.
What is your goal in this moment? Why are you set over here? You can stay at sweet home to watch soap opera like ‘mother’s home‘ or playing online games, even MSN with your friends. Yes, we are here because we want to help each other become better! That is what Toastmaster offers.
So, please setup your goal, schedule your progress just followed the Toastmaster’s two tracks. This is very important because you will keep energy in join regular meeting and never get tired. The more meeting we join the more improve we get! Just like the Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs told to the Standford graduate students:
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
We all know now is a tough time in Taiwan, the economy still bad and we have to face the impact from typhon and flood. Maybe you are not satisfy your job or your life now. However, the troubled times are the prime time for Toastmasters! Because we learn how to be both a good communicator and a good leader and that are essential for every work! Just be optimistic! The opportunity is for the person who prepare well!
In Toastmaster you don’t need to compete with others but yourself.
Thank you, Toastmaster of evening!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
12/16/2008 Alex Sher's C7 Speach
C7: time: 5-7 minutes
Title: Morse code
Speaker: Alex Sher date: 2008/12/16
Opening
About 15 years ago l liked radio (walking talking) and l want to be a ham, not a sausage. Do you know what their different? That is if you have licenses, you can use it in the public, but if you do not have any license, you only use it in private and avoid the police to catch you. So today I will use the Morse code to introduce myself. (.. .- -- .- .-.. . -..- … …. . .-. )
that mean I am Alex Sher
Body
The Morse cord was invented by American ,in 1832 his name is 〝Samuel Morse〞it use two objects to touch together, and control the sound happen and touch
.time length expression .The short sound is “dit”. The long sound is “dah”. Then combine the two sounds and variety to express the number and English letter. the language is one of tools easily to be used in the human communication.
On special condition. It may not work. For example when you are Urgent .you can use the style of Mores code with sound or light to express your Situation. Wait someone to assist you. Now I teach you, one is .-,tow is ..-,three is …-,and so on .
( … - - - … … - - - … )
Does anyone know this mean？ It was in the early 19th Century. At that time a biggest ship of the world is Titanic. Before it sink into water, the operator typed the message for a long time but non person want to believe it, also they thought the message was a joke. Three hours passed, there was one ship passed through and found that was true. The situation was serious but that was too late, there were many people dead already, it was century’s disaster.
Conclusion
If you are possible to study the skill of the Morse code that is a good thing .you may save others and help yourself .For example when you are bullied by your girlfriend .you may strike the signal for rescue. The beautiful angel will appear to rescue you and help you to separate from your ugly girlfriend.
Finally my dear fellow members, I must strike this message expresses my heart to you. ( .. --- ..-)does anyone know？ That is, I love you everybody, I love you so much. Thanks Toastmaster.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
2008/11/18 Tina Chang's C1 Speech
Hi, everyone! My name is Tina. I’m now a senior in National Kaohsiung Normal University. I major in Chinese Literature. Talking about my personality, I think I am a brave girl and like to challenge things that people think I can’t do. I’ve joined Taiwanese speech competition even though I can’t make any Taiwanese sentence. I wrote down the speech in Chinese and then memorized by listening how my dad pronounce. When my friends heard I was joining a Taiwanese speech, they were surprised and said, “Tina! What are you doing? You should join English speech! Why are you joining in Taiwanese speech?” Well, I’ve already tried English speech when I was 13 and I won the first place. I just wanted to try something different.I have worked in summer camp in America with only one Taiwanese girl. The other co-works came from everywhere around the world. We worked together for almost 10 weeks. Also, I traveled alone to New York and Philadelphia by guide book. It was an unforgettable experience. I met a lot of nice people and got a lot of help from them. I remembered one time I was going down the road and suddenly came up a man. He asked me, ”where are you come from?” When I answered Taiwan, he was so exciting and said “OH! Cheng Ming Wang! Did you go inside Yankee’s stadium and watch the game?” Actually I was not that interesting on baseball so I answered “yes, I watched his game on TV!”
Besides of brave, I have a benevolent feeling towards all animals. Zoo is one of my favorite places. I can spend one day doing nothing but just looking at lions. There is a can with feeding stuff in my motorcycle just in case to feed stray cats. I once saved a 2-month big stray cat. He was so small and sweet. I helped him to find a new owner. The animal I am keeping now is a dog. Her name is Chapi. She was a stray dog. I found her few weeks ago. She’s nice and sweet. She doesn’t bark unless necessary. Stitch is her favorites. Her habits is to observe what everyone is doing just like an obason(歐巴桑). She follows me everywhere around my home and wants to join everything happened. It is good to have her as a companion. I feel warm when I see her waiting for me by the door.
There are still a lot of things that I can share with you about myself. However, I only get 4 minutes to share. It is nice to join Toastmasters. I hope I can be friends of every one of you. Thank you for your listening.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
2008/11/04 Fion Chou's C1 Speech
Good morning
You must be confused because I am saying good morning to you all. In our office, this slogan is our opening when ever we have a meeting. It means to say hello to your audience and catch their eyes. Now, from your faces, I am sure I have caught your eyes.
Dear fellow members,
Long time no see. My name is Fion. Actually, I was a member of Toastmaster’s in ALE MAX. So I am a recycled member as Mayna said before. Standing here, I still feel nervous, even though I have already been to several toastmaster meetings. Can you see, my feet are shaking and I feel like a girl going to see her mother in law; but I am also happy to introduce myself to your. Due to a change in my job position, I had to quit toastmasters temporarily. During the past time, when I occasionally met some of your members, it helped me remember the atmosphere whether it was nervous or funny. So here I am.
My hobbies are watching TV and traveling. I can relieve my stress through these hobbies. Through travel, I learn more interesting things. I am not a religious person but an experience I had was unbelievable. In 2002, I traveled to Egypt and we visited a grave under the ground. We saw a coffin with no body inside and the tour guide told us that if you touched the coffin, you would be punished. I did not believe him and I touched it. I didn’t care about this kind of thing and I also forgot what I had done. Unfortunately, something really happened to make me believe in the curse. After one month, I had a car accident with a poor man. I broke his leg and he needed to have an operation. Can you guess how much money I paid him in the end? “Three hundred thousand dollars”, so you can’t help to believe in the curse from Egypt.
I work for an animal nutrition company, which imports ingredients and produces animal feed for poultry and swine farms. You may know my company if you have been to the Dream MALL. My company, CARGILL, is located on Chen Kong road across from Dream MALL. If you look across Chen Kong road, you will see the plant over there. I have worked at our company for eleven years and I am the office administrator. My responsibility is to make sure the office runs smoothly. By the way, I would like to do a survey with you, if you don’t go to Dream MALL, please raise your hand. The survey question is: “ Do you smell bad air when you go shopping in Dream Mall? Do you smell bad air when you go shopping in Dream Mall? If you answer “yes”, CARGILL may be forced to move away from Kaohsiung city and my job will disappear. I am kidding!
To join ALE MAX toastmaster club again is an important decision for me. Until now, every thing has been wonderful and jointing these meetings enriches my life. Thanks to you all for giving me a happy environment to learn in with all of you. Toastmasters.
You must be confused because I am saying good morning to you all. In our office, this slogan is our opening when ever we have a meeting. It means to say hello to your audience and catch their eyes. Now, from your faces, I am sure I have caught your eyes.
Dear fellow members,
Long time no see. My name is Fion. Actually, I was a member of Toastmaster’s in ALE MAX. So I am a recycled member as Mayna said before. Standing here, I still feel nervous, even though I have already been to several toastmaster meetings. Can you see, my feet are shaking and I feel like a girl going to see her mother in law; but I am also happy to introduce myself to your. Due to a change in my job position, I had to quit toastmasters temporarily. During the past time, when I occasionally met some of your members, it helped me remember the atmosphere whether it was nervous or funny. So here I am.
My hobbies are watching TV and traveling. I can relieve my stress through these hobbies. Through travel, I learn more interesting things. I am not a religious person but an experience I had was unbelievable. In 2002, I traveled to Egypt and we visited a grave under the ground. We saw a coffin with no body inside and the tour guide told us that if you touched the coffin, you would be punished. I did not believe him and I touched it. I didn’t care about this kind of thing and I also forgot what I had done. Unfortunately, something really happened to make me believe in the curse. After one month, I had a car accident with a poor man. I broke his leg and he needed to have an operation. Can you guess how much money I paid him in the end? “Three hundred thousand dollars”, so you can’t help to believe in the curse from Egypt.
I work for an animal nutrition company, which imports ingredients and produces animal feed for poultry and swine farms. You may know my company if you have been to the Dream MALL. My company, CARGILL, is located on Chen Kong road across from Dream MALL. If you look across Chen Kong road, you will see the plant over there. I have worked at our company for eleven years and I am the office administrator. My responsibility is to make sure the office runs smoothly. By the way, I would like to do a survey with you, if you don’t go to Dream MALL, please raise your hand. The survey question is: “ Do you smell bad air when you go shopping in Dream Mall? Do you smell bad air when you go shopping in Dream Mall? If you answer “yes”, CARGILL may be forced to move away from Kaohsiung city and my job will disappear. I am kidding!
To join ALE MAX toastmaster club again is an important decision for me. Until now, every thing has been wonderful and jointing these meetings enriches my life. Thanks to you all for giving me a happy environment to learn in with all of you. Toastmasters.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
2008/09/02 Roger Chen's C6 speech
C6 speech ( Vocal Variety, 5 to 7 minutes)
Title: You are disqualified!
Delivered on 2008/9/2(AMTC)
Objective:
• Use voice volume, pitch, rate, and quality to reflect and add meaning and interest to your message..
• Use pauses to enhance your message.
• Use vocal variety smoothly and naturally.
(Opening)
Thinking the situation: you spent a lot of time to prepare your speech, you have written a script and revised it several times, you rehearsed again and again almost you can remember every word in you script. Finally you delivered your speech in meeting, thanks god, you didn’t forget to many sentences, but your evaluator said: you are disqualified! What do you feel in that time?
(Body)
My dear fellow members,
In our life, not everything is perfect, somethings we faced some unexpected situation like you fail a speech or test, you lose a big customer or even you are fired by your company. In that time, you might feel lost something in your mind especially when you put a lot of effort on the job. Yes, it is called as frustration. We used to face frustration in our life. How do you cope with frustration.
For most people, the first feeling is lose. Oh! I am a loser, I lose again like I use to be. I remember when I was 16 or 17 years old, I still desire love, but in that time I was fat so my friends called me fatty, and grils do not like to date with a fatty boy like you have been watched from movies. Therefore, I tried to make gril friends by mail, that means someone gave me a girl's name and address, and I wrote letters to her but we didn’t see each other in that time. Since I am good at writing, so I usually can got a chance to date with the gril. Because we never meet each other, so we usually select a public location such as train station or department store to meet (the old President department store is a good place to meet your ‘letter friends’) and we used to ask the other to bring something as a clue to identified each other. For example, I will bring a rose and the gril will bring a book. The time’s up and the answer is disclosed, we meet each other. But, almost every time, that gril said ‘sorry, I have to go because I have a urgent thing, bye’ or ‘sorry, I am not Miss Wu, you got the wrong person’ After then the girl disappeared, even I still write letter to her. Oh! I lose again! I fail again!
The second reaction to frustration is angry, you might feel angry to who makes you feel frustration, or even you feel angry to yourself. Angry is a normal reaction to frustration, you feel angry because you care about it. However, the point is your reaction after you feel angry, you become positive or negatieve. Once you have a negative thinking toward the frustration, you will become ‘withdraw’ that means you will try to escape, you don’t want to try again. So, I didn’t make ‘letter gril friends’ anymore, because my heart is broken. However, if you keep a positive thinking, you will review yourself and learning from the frustration, then you will have courage to try again and do it better.
We usually to talk about ‘EQ’ nowadays, and recognise EQ is a very important factor to make people more successful. The ability to cope with frustration is the key to elevate your EQ. In my opinion, Toastmasters is a very good place to help you improve the ability of deal with frustration. You have to deliver speechs and your evaluators will give you suggestions. Somethings, you are be disqualified and you should deliver speech again and again and you might feel frustration. You should say ‘thank you’ to your evaluator, because they also have to has enough courage to say ‘you are disqualified’! Moreover, Toastmasters is also a good place to let you try again and again and members always give you positive suggestions. I real business situation, people do not offer you too many chances to try!
(Conclusion)
My dear fellow members, no one is perfect, that is why we are here. We try to find out our unperfected part and learn how to improve it. So, please keep positive manner if your evaluator said ‘ You are disqualified’!, because they help you recognize your unperfected part and offer you a chance to do it again. So, Thank you Toastmaster!
Title: You are disqualified!
Delivered on 2008/9/2(AMTC)
Objective:
• Use voice volume, pitch, rate, and quality to reflect and add meaning and interest to your message..
• Use pauses to enhance your message.
• Use vocal variety smoothly and naturally.
(Opening)
Thinking the situation: you spent a lot of time to prepare your speech, you have written a script and revised it several times, you rehearsed again and again almost you can remember every word in you script. Finally you delivered your speech in meeting, thanks god, you didn’t forget to many sentences, but your evaluator said: you are disqualified! What do you feel in that time?
(Body)
My dear fellow members,
In our life, not everything is perfect, somethings we faced some unexpected situation like you fail a speech or test, you lose a big customer or even you are fired by your company. In that time, you might feel lost something in your mind especially when you put a lot of effort on the job. Yes, it is called as frustration. We used to face frustration in our life. How do you cope with frustration.
For most people, the first feeling is lose. Oh! I am a loser, I lose again like I use to be. I remember when I was 16 or 17 years old, I still desire love, but in that time I was fat so my friends called me fatty, and grils do not like to date with a fatty boy like you have been watched from movies. Therefore, I tried to make gril friends by mail, that means someone gave me a girl's name and address, and I wrote letters to her but we didn’t see each other in that time. Since I am good at writing, so I usually can got a chance to date with the gril. Because we never meet each other, so we usually select a public location such as train station or department store to meet (the old President department store is a good place to meet your ‘letter friends’) and we used to ask the other to bring something as a clue to identified each other. For example, I will bring a rose and the gril will bring a book. The time’s up and the answer is disclosed, we meet each other. But, almost every time, that gril said ‘sorry, I have to go because I have a urgent thing, bye’ or ‘sorry, I am not Miss Wu, you got the wrong person’ After then the girl disappeared, even I still write letter to her. Oh! I lose again! I fail again!
The second reaction to frustration is angry, you might feel angry to who makes you feel frustration, or even you feel angry to yourself. Angry is a normal reaction to frustration, you feel angry because you care about it. However, the point is your reaction after you feel angry, you become positive or negatieve. Once you have a negative thinking toward the frustration, you will become ‘withdraw’ that means you will try to escape, you don’t want to try again. So, I didn’t make ‘letter gril friends’ anymore, because my heart is broken. However, if you keep a positive thinking, you will review yourself and learning from the frustration, then you will have courage to try again and do it better.
We usually to talk about ‘EQ’ nowadays, and recognise EQ is a very important factor to make people more successful. The ability to cope with frustration is the key to elevate your EQ. In my opinion, Toastmasters is a very good place to help you improve the ability of deal with frustration. You have to deliver speechs and your evaluators will give you suggestions. Somethings, you are be disqualified and you should deliver speech again and again and you might feel frustration. You should say ‘thank you’ to your evaluator, because they also have to has enough courage to say ‘you are disqualified’! Moreover, Toastmasters is also a good place to let you try again and again and members always give you positive suggestions. I real business situation, people do not offer you too many chances to try!
(Conclusion)
My dear fellow members, no one is perfect, that is why we are here. We try to find out our unperfected part and learn how to improve it. So, please keep positive manner if your evaluator said ‘ You are disqualified’!, because they help you recognize your unperfected part and offer you a chance to do it again. So, Thank you Toastmaster!
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
2008/07/15 Tina Wen's C10 speech
C10 speech（Inspire Your Audience , 8 to10 minutes） by Tina Wen
Title: Try it! July 15 (AMTC)
(Opening)
I’d like to show you two photos. It’s the first one. I know what you’re thinking---beautiful. Then next one, delicious…I mean the beef. Can you tell the difference between them? It’s my straight teeth! Maybe it’s nothing to you, but it’s significant to me. Because my teeth were all messed up. I used to cover my mouth when laughing. I was so embarrassed. Last year, at 25 years old, I decided to wear the braces like a school girl. Why? The story should start with my mom.
(Body)
My mom thought her daughter could be the best in the world. So she tried to help me succeed by nagging me everyday. One day she said, “You come here! Twenty-five years ago, I gave birth to a fine healthy baby. And she was so beautiful. What’s wrong with you now? Look, your eyes are smaller, your nose is bigger, your teeth are crooked and you’re fat.. Your butt is bigger but your breasts are smaller. You’re taller but your mind is shorter!
I really didn’t listen to my mom, after all “like mother, like daughter.”
However, I still looked at myself in the mirror. Well, my eyes are smaller, but I have broader view. My butt is bigger, but then I can sit better. And my breast…(Cough). What we should really care about is their “Function!” But I knew I was really unhappy with my teeth. Maybe it was time to change and make myself better! People said that wearing braces is terrible. Before I went to see the dentist, it’d better get some advise from my consultants.
First, I went to meet my friend Patrick. He said, “No, you can’t! Wearing braces is terrible. You’ll look weird and ugly. You’ll feel pain and eat nothing! And when will it stop? If you have braces today, you’ll have double eyelid surgery tomorrow, then a nose job, facelift, bone reduction and skin whitening. Finally, you’ll become… “Venus?” I said. “No. Michael Jackson.”
Then I went to my friend Aileen. When heard this news, she was excited and said, “Wow! That’s cool! You’ll be a shinning star, and never feel hungry again “Why?”“Because everything you eat will all get stuck in your braces. Whenever you feel hungry can always have a snack.
At last, I turned to the fortune teller. He gave a mysterious smile, and said “Girl, you look pale. If you want to make yourself better, you need 3C’s. First, you need to “Change.” Then you need “Courage.” The most important thing is… “Cash!” His suggestions were practical. I made up my mind to change, and now I have built up the courage. As for cash…Can anyone help?
Finally I went to see the dentist. When I opened my mouth, he said that I didn’t need to wear braces. I was so surprised that the he refused to get money from my pocket! He asked me to stand up and turned right and left…then smiled! He was in deep thought. It seemed that he realized he still has three children to raise and mortgage to pay. So at last he said, “ok, you do need to wear it.” And these words changed my life. Once the braces were on, I found it was not as bad as people said. I didn’t become Michael Jackson. I ate everything… except corn! And it was easy to start a conversation with anyone because the braces were a good opening.
My fellow Toastmasters, I’m not telling you to have plastic surgery. I’m encouraging you to try things you want! We often stop doing what we want because of others’ different voices. We ignore the little voice inside our heart because others’ are too loud. But if you never try you’ll never know. Do you believe in yourself? Don’t hesitate to try even though people say it’s difficult. Give it a try. You’ll get two answers---“Yes” or “No.” The probability of being successful is at least 50%. But if you never try, it would be zero. So now, my dear Toastmasters, follow your heart! Chase your love! Send your money to my account…!
Title: Try it! July 15 (AMTC)
(Opening)
I’d like to show you two photos. It’s the first one. I know what you’re thinking---beautiful. Then next one, delicious…I mean the beef. Can you tell the difference between them? It’s my straight teeth! Maybe it’s nothing to you, but it’s significant to me. Because my teeth were all messed up. I used to cover my mouth when laughing. I was so embarrassed. Last year, at 25 years old, I decided to wear the braces like a school girl. Why? The story should start with my mom.
(Body)
My mom thought her daughter could be the best in the world. So she tried to help me succeed by nagging me everyday. One day she said, “You come here! Twenty-five years ago, I gave birth to a fine healthy baby. And she was so beautiful. What’s wrong with you now? Look, your eyes are smaller, your nose is bigger, your teeth are crooked and you’re fat.. Your butt is bigger but your breasts are smaller. You’re taller but your mind is shorter!
I really didn’t listen to my mom, after all “like mother, like daughter.”
However, I still looked at myself in the mirror. Well, my eyes are smaller, but I have broader view. My butt is bigger, but then I can sit better. And my breast…(Cough). What we should really care about is their “Function!” But I knew I was really unhappy with my teeth. Maybe it was time to change and make myself better! People said that wearing braces is terrible. Before I went to see the dentist, it’d better get some advise from my consultants.
First, I went to meet my friend Patrick. He said, “No, you can’t! Wearing braces is terrible. You’ll look weird and ugly. You’ll feel pain and eat nothing! And when will it stop? If you have braces today, you’ll have double eyelid surgery tomorrow, then a nose job, facelift, bone reduction and skin whitening. Finally, you’ll become… “Venus?” I said. “No. Michael Jackson.”
Then I went to my friend Aileen. When heard this news, she was excited and said, “Wow! That’s cool! You’ll be a shinning star, and never feel hungry again “Why?”“Because everything you eat will all get stuck in your braces. Whenever you feel hungry can always have a snack.
At last, I turned to the fortune teller. He gave a mysterious smile, and said “Girl, you look pale. If you want to make yourself better, you need 3C’s. First, you need to “Change.” Then you need “Courage.” The most important thing is… “Cash!” His suggestions were practical. I made up my mind to change, and now I have built up the courage. As for cash…Can anyone help?
Finally I went to see the dentist. When I opened my mouth, he said that I didn’t need to wear braces. I was so surprised that the he refused to get money from my pocket! He asked me to stand up and turned right and left…then smiled! He was in deep thought. It seemed that he realized he still has three children to raise and mortgage to pay. So at last he said, “ok, you do need to wear it.” And these words changed my life. Once the braces were on, I found it was not as bad as people said. I didn’t become Michael Jackson. I ate everything… except corn! And it was easy to start a conversation with anyone because the braces were a good opening.
My fellow Toastmasters, I’m not telling you to have plastic surgery. I’m encouraging you to try things you want! We often stop doing what we want because of others’ different voices. We ignore the little voice inside our heart because others’ are too loud. But if you never try you’ll never know. Do you believe in yourself? Don’t hesitate to try even though people say it’s difficult. Give it a try. You’ll get two answers---“Yes” or “No.” The probability of being successful is at least 50%. But if you never try, it would be zero. So now, my dear Toastmasters, follow your heart! Chase your love! Send your money to my account…!
Monday, July 7, 2008
2008/07/01 Roger Chen's C5 Speech
C5 speech (Your Body Speaks, 5 to 7 minutes)
by Roger Chen
Title: Like father like son
Delivered on 2008/7/1(AMTC)
Objective:
• Use stance, movement, gestures, facial expressions, and eye contact toexpress tour message and achieve your speech’s purpose.
• Make your body language smooth and natural.
• Focus on methods of delivery, but do not overlook speech content.
(Opening)
As you all know I am specialized in produce ‘babies’, but today I don’t want totell you how to ‘produce’ more babies. Because most of you are single, I’d liketo tell you how my son influences my live.
(Body)
Good evening, my dear fellow members,I have three children, two girls and one boy. Of course son is the youngest one.Some of you might criticize me ‘conservative’ because you might though that Iwant a son to inherit my property, but the fact is: it is an accident. My wife was33 when she found we might have a new baby, in that time my older daughter is9 years old and the younger is 5. Actually, I was not welcome the baby in mymind because I afraid I might have one more daughter that my house willbecome 3,000 kg. However, I told to my wife: you make the decision and I willalways support you, whatever you decide to keep or not. Thanks God, my wifedecide to keep the baby and finally we have a son.I found boy is totally different from girl and someone tell me son is the shadowreflected from father. I agree with. My son always do what I did in my childrenhood.He always make a lot of fun to our family, for example, one day he told us thathe is a magician and he will show a magic to us. Then he took off his pants toshowed his bird and said: look! It is a small bird, and he started to swing hisbird, and said: ‘See! It become a big bird! How powerful I am! Dad and ma, Ishowed this magic to my classmate, and the girls said I am a super hero. I willdo it again tomorrow! Oh! We were shocked! However, his grandma (of courseshe is my dear ma) told me, Don’t be shocked you did the same thing when youwere 6 years old!The younger boy always ask the same question, for example, when we tookshower together, he asked me ‘dad, why your bird is so big and has long hair?Why my bird is so small?
(Conclusion)
Is he funny? I believe each child is parents’ angel, it also a burden to parents.However, my children make power for me. Every time, I was inspired by themwhen I feel frustrated in my work. They are the energy that push me to goforward. So, do you admire me? If yes, please to look for your Mr or Miss Right,marry him or her, then you will have your baby. The angel for you send fromGod!Thank you! Toastmaster!
Friday, June 20, 2008
2008/06/17 Roger Chen's C4 Speach
C4 speech (How to say it, 5 to 7 minutes) by Roger Chen
Title: Oh! Virus! Delivered on 2008/6/17(AMTC)
Objective:
• 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. Use correct grammar.
(Opening)
One day, you turn on your computer, and you found the computer starts acting differently, it getting slow and slow or you can see a window pop up with messages that you don’t understand. Warming! Your computer might infected by virus.
(Body)
Good evening, my dear fellow members,
What is a computer virus? A virus is a program that "infects" files in a computer. When one of infected files is opened, the virus will start working on your computer. The intention of virus is to cause chaos and destruction to the computer. Some viruses are relatively harmless, and will only delete some files from your hard drive. However some viruses are very dangerous, and can do permanent damage to your computer.
In addition, some viruses will duplicate itself, which enables it to infect other computers. Once a virus starts to spread, it can very quickly infect a large number of computers - creating a big problem all around the world. How do viruses spread from one computer to another? The majority of viruses are spread through e-mail attachments.
So the most simple and basic way to keep away from virus is not to open any attachment that you are uncertain about, even the mail is from your friends. Because many viruses 'steal' e-mail addresses from your Outlook or Yahoo address book, and then send themselves to all your friends in your address book. I suggest you can try the ‘Google mail’, it is the most powerful mail server I ever used. The gmail can block virus mails as well as garbage mails through its novel filter system. And the most exciting function to me is that you can open most office files, such as word files or excel files, without download them to your computer. The gmail will show the file content in your browser windows, that means you can minimize the risk from download files to your computer. The action ‘download’ will make chaos to your computer if you open a file with virus, so please don’t download files as possible as you can.
Another way to protect your computer away from virus, in my opinion, is to execute virus scan before you plug-in USB flash drives (we used called as big thumb). USB Flash drives have become popular during recent times. It is a convenient way to copy files from one computer to another, we used to copy mp3 or office files through USB Flash drives. So it is a good media to computer viruses and the Windows always auto execute files in flash drives when you plug-in. As consequence, the viruses will infect your computer. So, please do not use the autorun function in Windows.
(Conclusion)
Almost every computer has antivirus software but we still face the risk from viruses. Because new viruses are produced everyday, no one antivirus software can block or kill all viruses. Therefore, to keep good habits in computer use are very important. Many friends usually ask me : what is the ultimately way to avoid virus infection? My answer is: backup your files frequently! Once virus destroys your system, you still keep your files!
Title: Oh! Virus! Delivered on 2008/6/17(AMTC)
Objective:
• 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. Use correct grammar.
(Opening)
One day, you turn on your computer, and you found the computer starts acting differently, it getting slow and slow or you can see a window pop up with messages that you don’t understand. Warming! Your computer might infected by virus.
(Body)
Good evening, my dear fellow members,
What is a computer virus? A virus is a program that "infects" files in a computer. When one of infected files is opened, the virus will start working on your computer. The intention of virus is to cause chaos and destruction to the computer. Some viruses are relatively harmless, and will only delete some files from your hard drive. However some viruses are very dangerous, and can do permanent damage to your computer.
In addition, some viruses will duplicate itself, which enables it to infect other computers. Once a virus starts to spread, it can very quickly infect a large number of computers - creating a big problem all around the world. How do viruses spread from one computer to another? The majority of viruses are spread through e-mail attachments.
So the most simple and basic way to keep away from virus is not to open any attachment that you are uncertain about, even the mail is from your friends. Because many viruses 'steal' e-mail addresses from your Outlook or Yahoo address book, and then send themselves to all your friends in your address book. I suggest you can try the ‘Google mail’, it is the most powerful mail server I ever used. The gmail can block virus mails as well as garbage mails through its novel filter system. And the most exciting function to me is that you can open most office files, such as word files or excel files, without download them to your computer. The gmail will show the file content in your browser windows, that means you can minimize the risk from download files to your computer. The action ‘download’ will make chaos to your computer if you open a file with virus, so please don’t download files as possible as you can.
Another way to protect your computer away from virus, in my opinion, is to execute virus scan before you plug-in USB flash drives (we used called as big thumb). USB Flash drives have become popular during recent times. It is a convenient way to copy files from one computer to another, we used to copy mp3 or office files through USB Flash drives. So it is a good media to computer viruses and the Windows always auto execute files in flash drives when you plug-in. As consequence, the viruses will infect your computer. So, please do not use the autorun function in Windows.
(Conclusion)
Almost every computer has antivirus software but we still face the risk from viruses. Because new viruses are produced everyday, no one antivirus software can block or kill all viruses. Therefore, to keep good habits in computer use are very important. Many friends usually ask me : what is the ultimately way to avoid virus infection? My answer is: backup your files frequently! Once virus destroys your system, you still keep your files!
Friday, June 6, 2008
2008/05/06 Jenny Hung's C7 Speech
C7 speech（research your topic, 5 to 7 minutes） by Jenny Hung
Title: turn off the light Delivered on 2008/05/06
What is the global warming? Recently, this is the hot issue. The news widely report it, the scientists extensively research it, and we, the human being, notice it. In short, by burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil and cutting down forests, we have drastically increased the amount of carbon dioxide on atmosphere and make the temperatures risen. This is the global warming, and it will causes climate change involving extreme weather, epidemics and so on beyond anything we have ever experienced
In fact, we’re already seeing the changes. The flow of ice from glaciers has more than doubled over the past decade to let sea levels rise by more than 20 feet with the loss of shelf ice in Greenland and Antarctica. More than a million species worldwide could be driven to extinction, and the number of severe storms and droughts is increasing. All of those things are just parts of the changes we can see, but still something beneath the gloss of the changes that we don’t know.
2004, the movie, “The Day After Tomorrow”, depicted the catastrophic effects of global cooling. How could we face the nature's revenge? At that time, somebody would still think it was impossible and incredible.
2006, “An Inconvenient Truth”, former Vice President Al Gore delivered his speech to show the facts, the truth about global warming. He focused on a last-ditch, and paid all-out effort to help save the planet from irrevocable change. So far, his words are still ringing in our mind.
Global warming is real, and it’s already happening. Nowadays, global warming is not only about science, it is a political issue. It is a moral issue and we have a responsibility to do something. There are lots of ways to reduce global warming. For example, take transportation or ride bicycle to replace drive cars, use the fan not air-condition etc. But now, how many members ride bike here? We still drive and have air-conditioner.
There is a simple change I think it’s easy to do and that will collectively make a difference – turn off the light as soon as you don’t need it. On March 31st 2007, Sydney made a powerful statement about the greatest contributor to global warming by turning off the lights for one hour. Over 2.2 million Sydney residents and over 2,100 businesses switched off, leading to a 10.2% energy reduction across the city. We call it as “Earth Hour”. Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a powerful message about the need for action on global warming.
It’s easy, right? Just turn off the light before we leave or when we are not using it. Do it now, we have the power to make a difference to solve this problem. In fact, we have moral obligation to do so. Small changes to our daily routine can make big differences by helping stop global warming. Now is the time. Take the action- Turn off the Light
Title: turn off the light Delivered on 2008/05/06
What is the global warming? Recently, this is the hot issue. The news widely report it, the scientists extensively research it, and we, the human being, notice it. In short, by burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil and cutting down forests, we have drastically increased the amount of carbon dioxide on atmosphere and make the temperatures risen. This is the global warming, and it will causes climate change involving extreme weather, epidemics and so on beyond anything we have ever experienced
In fact, we’re already seeing the changes. The flow of ice from glaciers has more than doubled over the past decade to let sea levels rise by more than 20 feet with the loss of shelf ice in Greenland and Antarctica. More than a million species worldwide could be driven to extinction, and the number of severe storms and droughts is increasing. All of those things are just parts of the changes we can see, but still something beneath the gloss of the changes that we don’t know.
2004, the movie, “The Day After Tomorrow”, depicted the catastrophic effects of global cooling. How could we face the nature's revenge? At that time, somebody would still think it was impossible and incredible.
2006, “An Inconvenient Truth”, former Vice President Al Gore delivered his speech to show the facts, the truth about global warming. He focused on a last-ditch, and paid all-out effort to help save the planet from irrevocable change. So far, his words are still ringing in our mind.
Global warming is real, and it’s already happening. Nowadays, global warming is not only about science, it is a political issue. It is a moral issue and we have a responsibility to do something. There are lots of ways to reduce global warming. For example, take transportation or ride bicycle to replace drive cars, use the fan not air-condition etc. But now, how many members ride bike here? We still drive and have air-conditioner.
There is a simple change I think it’s easy to do and that will collectively make a difference – turn off the light as soon as you don’t need it. On March 31st 2007, Sydney made a powerful statement about the greatest contributor to global warming by turning off the lights for one hour. Over 2.2 million Sydney residents and over 2,100 businesses switched off, leading to a 10.2% energy reduction across the city. We call it as “Earth Hour”. Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a powerful message about the need for action on global warming.
It’s easy, right? Just turn off the light before we leave or when we are not using it. Do it now, we have the power to make a difference to solve this problem. In fact, we have moral obligation to do so. Small changes to our daily routine can make big differences by helping stop global warming. Now is the time. Take the action- Turn off the Light
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
2007/12/18 Jenny Hung's C6 speech
C6 speech（Vocal Variety, 5 to 7 minutes）
Title: You wanna be on top?
On my C4 speech, I mentioned the show “One Million Star”. It leaded a tendency towards singing contest, as if we hold singing contest for Christmas party, right! We can see more and more similar shows on TV, “Sunday Happy Star” and “Super Idol”. People discuss it and go after the competitors, and the media cover it everyday. Why can the TV show cause such a big stir in entertainment, even in our life? They make the show so true to our life. Everyone needs a stage to present himself or herself.
All the competitors have the same hobby. They like singing. They attend the contest to show their great interests in singing and make their dreams come true. To achieve the goal, they practice once and once, rehearse again and again, lean experience from each competition and each judge’s words, and improve it step by step. Sure, someone will be eliminated in the early stage, and someone will stay at last. However, it’s just a beginning. It’s a chance and a way to stand on the stage.
“You wanna be on top?” It’s a slogan from American Next Top Model. It makes me immensely impressive. Yep, if we want to be on top, we should pay more efforts and have a try. In our life, we have a lot of opportunities. Sometimes we miss it, and sometimes we take it. So, it just depends on what we are going to do.
My fellow members, as Toastmaster, we are here because we like English. Toastmaster provides us not only a big stage to speak English, but also a chance to show ourselves and learn English. We write down the scripts to prepare, and do rehearsals once and once again. When delivering, we use the different skills we learn to enrich our speech. (eyes contact, body language, vocal variety) At last, evaluators will give some suggestions to make us become better and better. Also, language evaluator will correct our grammar, pronunciation and so on. How to find such a great club?
I still remember the first time I stood in front of you. It was Table Topic time. My mind went blank. I almost couldn’t say anything and answer the question. When I delivered C1 speech, I was shaking with nervous and afraid to see all of you. After more than one year, now I stand in front of you and deliver my C6 speech. I’m still nervous but I’m not afraid. I learn form everyone, every speech, and every meeting during these days. It’s a process to be close to top.
You wanna be on top? Snatch at every chance and learn from it. Toastmaster
Title: You wanna be on top?
On my C4 speech, I mentioned the show “One Million Star”. It leaded a tendency towards singing contest, as if we hold singing contest for Christmas party, right! We can see more and more similar shows on TV, “Sunday Happy Star” and “Super Idol”. People discuss it and go after the competitors, and the media cover it everyday. Why can the TV show cause such a big stir in entertainment, even in our life? They make the show so true to our life. Everyone needs a stage to present himself or herself.
All the competitors have the same hobby. They like singing. They attend the contest to show their great interests in singing and make their dreams come true. To achieve the goal, they practice once and once, rehearse again and again, lean experience from each competition and each judge’s words, and improve it step by step. Sure, someone will be eliminated in the early stage, and someone will stay at last. However, it’s just a beginning. It’s a chance and a way to stand on the stage.
“You wanna be on top?” It’s a slogan from American Next Top Model. It makes me immensely impressive. Yep, if we want to be on top, we should pay more efforts and have a try. In our life, we have a lot of opportunities. Sometimes we miss it, and sometimes we take it. So, it just depends on what we are going to do.
My fellow members, as Toastmaster, we are here because we like English. Toastmaster provides us not only a big stage to speak English, but also a chance to show ourselves and learn English. We write down the scripts to prepare, and do rehearsals once and once again. When delivering, we use the different skills we learn to enrich our speech. (eyes contact, body language, vocal variety) At last, evaluators will give some suggestions to make us become better and better. Also, language evaluator will correct our grammar, pronunciation and so on. How to find such a great club?
I still remember the first time I stood in front of you. It was Table Topic time. My mind went blank. I almost couldn’t say anything and answer the question. When I delivered C1 speech, I was shaking with nervous and afraid to see all of you. After more than one year, now I stand in front of you and deliver my C6 speech. I’m still nervous but I’m not afraid. I learn form everyone, every speech, and every meeting during these days. It’s a process to be close to top.
You wanna be on top? Snatch at every chance and learn from it. Toastmaster
Sunday, November 25, 2007
2007/11/20 Lillian Tseng's C8 speech
Many years ago, there is a man wants to dating with me. When he knew I can play golf, he tried to create a connection between him and me. He told me that he always went to driving ranch to practice. I was so happy and curiosity that we have same interest we can talk about. I ask him which golf club is his favorite golf club, he was speechless. He doesn’t know there are many golf clubs in one set. Actually, he doesn’t know anything about golf. Therefore, I never went out with him again.
Ladies and Gentlemen
When I first learn how to play golf, I started learning from how to hold my golf club and tied and feel comfortable. Then I start to learn how to swing my body from top to bottom, let it looks like a semicircle shape. Then try to aim and hit the little white ball. In the first month, I did the same practice over and over again. Due to the practice, the opportunity of hitting ball becomes grater from 10% to 80%. Are the entire ball well hitting by me? Of course not. Most of the ball I hit was ground ball. Next step I learn is to practice different # of golf club. I try to adjust my stand position little by little to suit the different golf clubs, because each clubs has different height and different angle. After I learn the skill of hitting ball, I started to add power when I swing my body and hit the ball. How long have I spent on this process? 1 month? 3 months? 6 months? I spent a year to learn the basic skills. But I am still not qualified to go on golf course. I admire Tiger Woods. He started to learn golf since he was 5 years old. He is ranking #1 professional golf player in the World when he was 22 years old. He is still continuing to practice, to attend golf tournament.
Thomas Alva Edison said “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration”. Being successful, there is no short cut way, you must do it, review it, and improve little by little. Apply to the Toastmasters; first, you must step out your comfort zone. Stand on the stage, tried to conquer y our nervousness, tried to speak out to 20 people. It’s just like how to hold your golf club tie and feel comfortable. Second, you have to follow the manual to learn how to sell out yourself to audience. Third, you need a good opening to attract audience’s attention. Then, you have to pay attention on the eye contact, facial expression, body language, gestures, voice volume, voice pitch and emotion while you are speaking. It’s just like practice different # of golf clubs, try to adjust your position to suit the gold club. Think back my C1 speech in 2005, I actually fail it because over time. A year later, I did my C2 speech, I finished it on time, but I saw my script most of time. When I heard my evaluator giving comments, it’s hurt but will help me getting better. However, we still need to do C3, C4 and go on. But you need to beware the eye contact, body language, voice volume to present a well speech. It’s just like add power when I hit little white ball. I want to let the little white ball fly far and fall into right position. It really takes times to practice to achieve this goal.
In the beginning, you may shake your hands and legs; you may have shake voice; you may have unstable eye contact; you may have unorganized speech. It’s alright. It’s just like you can hit the little white ball 50 yard at first time, 80 yards at second time, over 100 yards after third time. See yourself getting better and better each time. You take one step forward, it shorten the distance to your goal. There is no short cut way to success. Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Ladies and Gentlemen
When I first learn how to play golf, I started learning from how to hold my golf club and tied and feel comfortable. Then I start to learn how to swing my body from top to bottom, let it looks like a semicircle shape. Then try to aim and hit the little white ball. In the first month, I did the same practice over and over again. Due to the practice, the opportunity of hitting ball becomes grater from 10% to 80%. Are the entire ball well hitting by me? Of course not. Most of the ball I hit was ground ball. Next step I learn is to practice different # of golf club. I try to adjust my stand position little by little to suit the different golf clubs, because each clubs has different height and different angle. After I learn the skill of hitting ball, I started to add power when I swing my body and hit the ball. How long have I spent on this process? 1 month? 3 months? 6 months? I spent a year to learn the basic skills. But I am still not qualified to go on golf course. I admire Tiger Woods. He started to learn golf since he was 5 years old. He is ranking #1 professional golf player in the World when he was 22 years old. He is still continuing to practice, to attend golf tournament.
Thomas Alva Edison said “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration”. Being successful, there is no short cut way, you must do it, review it, and improve little by little. Apply to the Toastmasters; first, you must step out your comfort zone. Stand on the stage, tried to conquer y our nervousness, tried to speak out to 20 people. It’s just like how to hold your golf club tie and feel comfortable. Second, you have to follow the manual to learn how to sell out yourself to audience. Third, you need a good opening to attract audience’s attention. Then, you have to pay attention on the eye contact, facial expression, body language, gestures, voice volume, voice pitch and emotion while you are speaking. It’s just like practice different # of golf clubs, try to adjust your position to suit the gold club. Think back my C1 speech in 2005, I actually fail it because over time. A year later, I did my C2 speech, I finished it on time, but I saw my script most of time. When I heard my evaluator giving comments, it’s hurt but will help me getting better. However, we still need to do C3, C4 and go on. But you need to beware the eye contact, body language, voice volume to present a well speech. It’s just like add power when I hit little white ball. I want to let the little white ball fly far and fall into right position. It really takes times to practice to achieve this goal.
In the beginning, you may shake your hands and legs; you may have shake voice; you may have unstable eye contact; you may have unorganized speech. It’s alright. It’s just like you can hit the little white ball 50 yard at first time, 80 yards at second time, over 100 yards after third time. See yourself getting better and better each time. You take one step forward, it shorten the distance to your goal. There is no short cut way to success. Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
2007/11/6 Shuni Hamamatsu's C1 speech
Ladies and Gentlemen: Have you ever wish you can stick a note on your back, describing who you are and what you do, so everyone can read it and get to know you? Well, we all want people to know who we are, don’t we. But, we don’t really want to stick a note on our back, so we invented uniforms to let people know who we are. You see, doctors automatically look so smart in their uniforms, and Wang Jian Ming looks so handsome and tall in Yankee’s uniform. They are lucky bastards, everybody know them.
I wish I can wear a doctor uniform and I wish I am as tall and popular as Wang Jian Ming, but I am not. So I really need this opportunity to express my amazing inner beauty to you. So, let’s get rolling.
Do you know the liberal and conservative spectrum? Well I will put myself right over here, on way left to the liberal side. So, what is a liberal person? I think if I were born 100 years ago, I would be a communist. Liberal person like me, we accept and respect diversities in society. For example in Taiwan, we have ethnic diversity in Taiwanese, Chinese, Hakka, Aboriginals and some new south Asian wives. Then of course we have the gender and sexual difference in man, woman, straight and homosexuals. I don’t even want to get into the differences in our religions. Well, my point is, despite all the differences, I believe we can all live in peace. And I believe we can learn to respect and be considerate to our differences. Do you know why I become this way? Well, I have been a minority for my entire life. Don’t worried, I am not going to come out of the closet and tell you I am a gay. You see, I lived in Japan as a little Taiwanese boy, because my father is a Taiwanese. Then I went to the America and studied as an Asian student. Now I am back in Taiwan and I am Lisa’s Japanese husband. Right, I have always been a minority. Luckily, wherever I went, everybody treated me nicely. Anyway, discrimination is not my issue here; the importance of diversity is my issue. In college I enjoyed a great deal of diversity. I had a great womanizing roommate from Honduras, a really lazy roommate with a big heart from Japan and a hard working, gentleman from Ethiopia. I have dated girls from America, China, Russia, Japan, Taiwan and Burma. I was like a kid in a candy store. There are so many new and exciting things to learn from these people everyday. I’ve never had a boring day in my life.
This is why I like to come to the Toastmasters. Although most of you are Taiwanese, but you still form a great diverse group. I love to continue to come here and hear your crazy ideas and opinions. And I hope we can be open to talk about politics, religion and sex too. I don’t think I will feel offended in any topic.
Now, woman in this room must be getting jealous of Lisa, why only she gets to have such a wonderful husband. Well I tell you, I am not that perfect. In fact I am quite a male chauvinist. How can I be a liberal guy and a chauvinist? It’s very contradicting. Well, logically I am a liberal minded man, but biologically I am a male chauvinist. Logically, I know women are just as capable as man or even better and woman reserve equal right. But, I cannot stand losing to a woman. I also don’t like to listen to women. When I was living with my American host family, my American mother once slapped me across the face so hard because she was very frustrated that I only listen to my American father. At home, I have never helped Lisa with housework and I think educating the kids is her job. All I do at home is drinking beer, watch sports channel on TV and download porn movie with my computer. Well Lisa let me get away with all these because she admit that she didn’t see this side of me when we got married. Well the truth is, Lisa knows I have a good heart, and I really love her and admire her.
Finally, everybody, I might not be very discreet when I talk. Sometime you maybe offended by me. But remember, I never have bad intentions. So, let’s laugh and joke together for years to come.
I wish I can wear a doctor uniform and I wish I am as tall and popular as Wang Jian Ming, but I am not. So I really need this opportunity to express my amazing inner beauty to you. So, let’s get rolling.
Do you know the liberal and conservative spectrum? Well I will put myself right over here, on way left to the liberal side. So, what is a liberal person? I think if I were born 100 years ago, I would be a communist. Liberal person like me, we accept and respect diversities in society. For example in Taiwan, we have ethnic diversity in Taiwanese, Chinese, Hakka, Aboriginals and some new south Asian wives. Then of course we have the gender and sexual difference in man, woman, straight and homosexuals. I don’t even want to get into the differences in our religions. Well, my point is, despite all the differences, I believe we can all live in peace. And I believe we can learn to respect and be considerate to our differences. Do you know why I become this way? Well, I have been a minority for my entire life. Don’t worried, I am not going to come out of the closet and tell you I am a gay. You see, I lived in Japan as a little Taiwanese boy, because my father is a Taiwanese. Then I went to the America and studied as an Asian student. Now I am back in Taiwan and I am Lisa’s Japanese husband. Right, I have always been a minority. Luckily, wherever I went, everybody treated me nicely. Anyway, discrimination is not my issue here; the importance of diversity is my issue. In college I enjoyed a great deal of diversity. I had a great womanizing roommate from Honduras, a really lazy roommate with a big heart from Japan and a hard working, gentleman from Ethiopia. I have dated girls from America, China, Russia, Japan, Taiwan and Burma. I was like a kid in a candy store. There are so many new and exciting things to learn from these people everyday. I’ve never had a boring day in my life.
This is why I like to come to the Toastmasters. Although most of you are Taiwanese, but you still form a great diverse group. I love to continue to come here and hear your crazy ideas and opinions. And I hope we can be open to talk about politics, religion and sex too. I don’t think I will feel offended in any topic.
Now, woman in this room must be getting jealous of Lisa, why only she gets to have such a wonderful husband. Well I tell you, I am not that perfect. In fact I am quite a male chauvinist. How can I be a liberal guy and a chauvinist? It’s very contradicting. Well, logically I am a liberal minded man, but biologically I am a male chauvinist. Logically, I know women are just as capable as man or even better and woman reserve equal right. But, I cannot stand losing to a woman. I also don’t like to listen to women. When I was living with my American host family, my American mother once slapped me across the face so hard because she was very frustrated that I only listen to my American father. At home, I have never helped Lisa with housework and I think educating the kids is her job. All I do at home is drinking beer, watch sports channel on TV and download porn movie with my computer. Well Lisa let me get away with all these because she admit that she didn’t see this side of me when we got married. Well the truth is, Lisa knows I have a good heart, and I really love her and admire her.
Finally, everybody, I might not be very discreet when I talk. Sometime you maybe offended by me. But remember, I never have bad intentions. So, let’s laugh and joke together for years to come.
Friday, October 19, 2007
2007/10/16 Lillian Chen's C10 speech
Title: Give Someone a Hand
Don’t know when in the society people become selfish. People are not helping each other; also your kindness might get you into the trouble. And People can’t trust each other anymore. Anyway, in our life time we just want to have a piece quiet and safe life. That’s the reason you can’t see people give their hand to help other people and that’s why this society people becomes cooler and cooler.
Last month, I when to the hospital, I was in the pharmacy waiting for my medicines. I saw something happen. An old man carried a lot of medicines; he walked to the first row of sit and tried to sit on the chair. After he sat on the chair, his money was dump. On the second row there was a young man sitting behind him. The young man didn’t bend down to help the old man. Instead of he saw the old man stood up and bends down to pick the money by himself. All he done was standing up and step away just watched the old man to pick up his money. I couldn’t get it. The old man couldn’t move will, as you know old man move very slow so that the old man had to spend a lot of the time to pick up the money. But, the young man could move quickly and won’t spend a lot of time. Beside that, the old man made me feel like bend down was very painful thing for him. Why didn’t the young man just give the old man a hand? I wondered. Until last week, I found my answer.
Last week, my mother and I went to a school to meet the costumers. On the way back to the car, there is a kid lie on the floor and he looked pint for. I walked to him and said “Are you alright?” He didn’t answer me and I didn’t know was he heard me or not, so I was going to ask him again. This time my mother tried to step me and pulled me away from there. I looked at her and waited for her to tell me why she would do this. She said that because there no one around there. If we went to help the kid, other people just walk by and they might thought we was the one to make the kid fall down, because the kid couldn’t say a word. If there was someone over there, we can go help. Because every on could watch it and no one would blame it to us.
Now I realize why the young man I saw on the hospital didn’t want to help the old man. I believed that he had some thought was my mother had. He afraid that the old man would think he was going to still his money. The “misunderstanding” really made those people who like to help felt depress. Think about it, we saw someone who needs a hand. We give them the hand, but it rune out like we are the one to hurting them. It really broke our heart. That is why now people are stop to give someone a hand, and become to protect themselves and way from the event.
Well, I know in this society still has some one with their good heart willing to give the hand to someone else. Like in 1999 the 921 big earthquake, people willing to donate the money, goods, and foods to those people who need the help and also help them to build up their home. In 2004 the big tsunami, the entire world donated the money to help them build up their home too. Even on the news on the television tell some sad story and asked for donation, and next day a lot the money going to the bank. Yes, you see still in the society people have good heart like to help. But did you realize those are good events. Everyone knows it really need the help and won’t be afraid it was a track. The people around you are you really given them a hand? The answer is not really, because of misunderstanding and lying.
I believed all the members sitting over here are like to give your friends or someone you know a head. How about the stranger around you? I believed you will thing about it, include myself. I will do the something think first. It is not we don’t believed strangers, because we heard a lot of thing what the strangers would had done to other people who given them a hand.
I believed you have heard this kind of story and it did happen to my brother’s friend. There is a man walk to my brother’s friend and ask to borrow his cellular phone. That man said “Sir, can I borrow your cellular phone. I need to make an emergence call, but I couldn’t find the public telephone.” Therefore, my brother’s friend borrowed his cellular phone to that man. After the man had the phone, he pretended that the connection was not good. So, he walked a step away from my brother’s friend and smile to him. One minute after that man run way. My brother’s friend went chase that man, but he couldn’t catch him.
Broadcast always told us we need to be aware on the stranger when someone asks for help don’t help because it might be a track. The safe way to protect ourselves is not to care about other. Just like once I lost my cellular phone. I hope someone had found my cellular phone. I want to make a phone call to my cellular phone. I look around there was not public phone. So, I tried to ask the stranger to borrow the phone to help me found my cellular phone. But no one was welling to borrow their cellular phone to me. That was the first time I felt the society are so cold. No one likes to help a helpless girl.
We are welling to help other because we believed they really need the help. How about other? The world is change. People’s minds are change too. But we should still need to believe in this society, in this world people still have good heart and like to give someone a hand. Also believe there not lie other really need our help. Next time when some strangers ask for help, try to give them your hand. Therefore people to people will be warm not be cold anymore.
Last month, I when to the hospital, I was in the pharmacy waiting for my medicines. I saw something happen. An old man carried a lot of medicines; he walked to the first row of sit and tried to sit on the chair. After he sat on the chair, his money was dump. On the second row there was a young man sitting behind him. The young man didn’t bend down to help the old man. Instead of he saw the old man stood up and bends down to pick the money by himself. All he done was standing up and step away just watched the old man to pick up his money. I couldn’t get it. The old man couldn’t move will, as you know old man move very slow so that the old man had to spend a lot of the time to pick up the money. But, the young man could move quickly and won’t spend a lot of time. Beside that, the old man made me feel like bend down was very painful thing for him. Why didn’t the young man just give the old man a hand? I wondered. Until last week, I found my answer.
Last week, my mother and I went to a school to meet the costumers. On the way back to the car, there is a kid lie on the floor and he looked pint for. I walked to him and said “Are you alright?” He didn’t answer me and I didn’t know was he heard me or not, so I was going to ask him again. This time my mother tried to step me and pulled me away from there. I looked at her and waited for her to tell me why she would do this. She said that because there no one around there. If we went to help the kid, other people just walk by and they might thought we was the one to make the kid fall down, because the kid couldn’t say a word. If there was someone over there, we can go help. Because every on could watch it and no one would blame it to us.
Now I realize why the young man I saw on the hospital didn’t want to help the old man. I believed that he had some thought was my mother had. He afraid that the old man would think he was going to still his money. The “misunderstanding” really made those people who like to help felt depress. Think about it, we saw someone who needs a hand. We give them the hand, but it rune out like we are the one to hurting them. It really broke our heart. That is why now people are stop to give someone a hand, and become to protect themselves and way from the event.
Well, I know in this society still has some one with their good heart willing to give the hand to someone else. Like in 1999 the 921 big earthquake, people willing to donate the money, goods, and foods to those people who need the help and also help them to build up their home. In 2004 the big tsunami, the entire world donated the money to help them build up their home too. Even on the news on the television tell some sad story and asked for donation, and next day a lot the money going to the bank. Yes, you see still in the society people have good heart like to help. But did you realize those are good events. Everyone knows it really need the help and won’t be afraid it was a track. The people around you are you really given them a hand? The answer is not really, because of misunderstanding and lying.
I believed all the members sitting over here are like to give your friends or someone you know a head. How about the stranger around you? I believed you will thing about it, include myself. I will do the something think first. It is not we don’t believed strangers, because we heard a lot of thing what the strangers would had done to other people who given them a hand.
I believed you have heard this kind of story and it did happen to my brother’s friend. There is a man walk to my brother’s friend and ask to borrow his cellular phone. That man said “Sir, can I borrow your cellular phone. I need to make an emergence call, but I couldn’t find the public telephone.” Therefore, my brother’s friend borrowed his cellular phone to that man. After the man had the phone, he pretended that the connection was not good. So, he walked a step away from my brother’s friend and smile to him. One minute after that man run way. My brother’s friend went chase that man, but he couldn’t catch him.
Broadcast always told us we need to be aware on the stranger when someone asks for help don’t help because it might be a track. The safe way to protect ourselves is not to care about other. Just like once I lost my cellular phone. I hope someone had found my cellular phone. I want to make a phone call to my cellular phone. I look around there was not public phone. So, I tried to ask the stranger to borrow the phone to help me found my cellular phone. But no one was welling to borrow their cellular phone to me. That was the first time I felt the society are so cold. No one likes to help a helpless girl.
We are welling to help other because we believed they really need the help. How about other? The world is change. People’s minds are change too. But we should still need to believe in this society, in this world people still have good heart and like to give someone a hand. Also believe there not lie other really need our help. Next time when some strangers ask for help, try to give them your hand. Therefore people to people will be warm not be cold anymore.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
2007/10/2 Darlene's C10 speech
Title: DARLENE
Two days after is my birthday, and it will be an important day because I will enter my next golden stage of life. Two years ago was a happy Christmas day, and it was also an important day because I started my toastmaster’s life. When our IPP John used his tender voice to ask “Darlene, would you like to join our club?” and firmly eye sight to look at me “ Just say yes, Darlene” and used his strong hands to shake with me, I only can said “Yes, I do” and concluded by John. Time flies, I joined toastmaster almost two years, from a member to EVP to president and now to become a division D3 governor. I always talk to other members, I am force to progress too fast, just like a Chinese idiom says “揠苗助長”
But the truth is… I really learn a lot in toastmasters. Today I will share my experiences with all my dear members.
In my two years toastmaster’s life, what I have learned is already transform to seven words. It’s my name~ DARLENE. You must be curious about why I have learned is related to my name, let me tell you. D is do. In toastmasters, we learn trough experiences, so the more you do, the more experiences you get. So next time when our EVP Jenny assigned you to do any meeting roles, please don’t refuse her, contrarily, you have to seize the chance and say says. Remember you have to “Do more” then you can “Get more”. A is attitude. Attitude is very important when you join the meeting, we are here not only to learn English, but also learn communication skills, so everyone could be your learning target. Therefore, your attitude must be right. If you have right attitude you can learn more than you expect in toastmasters. R is responsibility. Be responsible is every member’s duty. Just like our present club’s slogan. “When in toastmasters, do as the toastmasters do.” No matter you are a speaker, session master, even you are a club officer, you have the responsibility to fulfill your job. Then you can run a smooth meeting or can lead our club successfully. So having responsibility is the basic sense you need. L is learning. Every month we only have four hours meeting time to learn. Because time is limited, so we have to learn fast. We spend the same time in toastmasters, some members you can feel he is progress, he deliver his speech better and better, but some members do not. Why they have differences? Learning speed. E is eagerness. In toastmasters, no matter what you want to get, you must have eagerness. Some members are eager for being a top toastmaster, some members are eager for English improvement, some members are eager for friendship. Everyone might has different reason but you must have the same eagerness. N is no. No what? No doubt. I believe some of you may doubt yourself like “Can I deliver my speech like her?” or “ Can I join the speech contest?” Trust me, you can make it. You have to believe in yourself. In our club, we have many successful example like Jonathan, John, Amanda, Mayna, Keny, Jenny, even me, we are all join the division contest, although we didn’t win in contest, but we are all winners. The last E is explore, you have to discover the charm of toastmaster, do you ever thought about why some members can join it ten to twenty years and never feel tired about it? It’s the magic of toastmaster, you have to motivate your potential, then you will love this place. So let’s review together, if you need to take a note, please go ahead, because I won’t deliver it second time. In my two years toastmaster’s life, I feel my life is colorful and wonderful, of course this sense of achievement is from an amazing girl, who always tell other people that it’s good to be alive, her SOS theory is from love A to Z , she owned a Jau-tsai cat and always says “ Watch out! The sexual harasser is by your side” and she think madam Gin-Sigh is herself, so she let other people know they choose their life not life chooses them, why she believe she can, because she is Darlene.
Two days after is my birthday, and it will be an important day because I will enter my next golden stage of life. Two years ago was a happy Christmas day, and it was also an important day because I started my toastmaster’s life. When our IPP John used his tender voice to ask “Darlene, would you like to join our club?” and firmly eye sight to look at me “ Just say yes, Darlene” and used his strong hands to shake with me, I only can said “Yes, I do” and concluded by John. Time flies, I joined toastmaster almost two years, from a member to EVP to president and now to become a division D3 governor. I always talk to other members, I am force to progress too fast, just like a Chinese idiom says “揠苗助長”
But the truth is… I really learn a lot in toastmasters. Today I will share my experiences with all my dear members.
In my two years toastmaster’s life, what I have learned is already transform to seven words. It’s my name~ DARLENE. You must be curious about why I have learned is related to my name, let me tell you. D is do. In toastmasters, we learn trough experiences, so the more you do, the more experiences you get. So next time when our EVP Jenny assigned you to do any meeting roles, please don’t refuse her, contrarily, you have to seize the chance and say says. Remember you have to “Do more” then you can “Get more”. A is attitude. Attitude is very important when you join the meeting, we are here not only to learn English, but also learn communication skills, so everyone could be your learning target. Therefore, your attitude must be right. If you have right attitude you can learn more than you expect in toastmasters. R is responsibility. Be responsible is every member’s duty. Just like our present club’s slogan. “When in toastmasters, do as the toastmasters do.” No matter you are a speaker, session master, even you are a club officer, you have the responsibility to fulfill your job. Then you can run a smooth meeting or can lead our club successfully. So having responsibility is the basic sense you need. L is learning. Every month we only have four hours meeting time to learn. Because time is limited, so we have to learn fast. We spend the same time in toastmasters, some members you can feel he is progress, he deliver his speech better and better, but some members do not. Why they have differences? Learning speed. E is eagerness. In toastmasters, no matter what you want to get, you must have eagerness. Some members are eager for being a top toastmaster, some members are eager for English improvement, some members are eager for friendship. Everyone might has different reason but you must have the same eagerness. N is no. No what? No doubt. I believe some of you may doubt yourself like “Can I deliver my speech like her?” or “ Can I join the speech contest?” Trust me, you can make it. You have to believe in yourself. In our club, we have many successful example like Jonathan, John, Amanda, Mayna, Keny, Jenny, even me, we are all join the division contest, although we didn’t win in contest, but we are all winners. The last E is explore, you have to discover the charm of toastmaster, do you ever thought about why some members can join it ten to twenty years and never feel tired about it? It’s the magic of toastmaster, you have to motivate your potential, then you will love this place. So let’s review together, if you need to take a note, please go ahead, because I won’t deliver it second time. In my two years toastmaster’s life, I feel my life is colorful and wonderful, of course this sense of achievement is from an amazing girl, who always tell other people that it’s good to be alive, her SOS theory is from love A to Z , she owned a Jau-tsai cat and always says “ Watch out! The sexual harasser is by your side” and she think madam Gin-Sigh is herself, so she let other people know they choose their life not life chooses them, why she believe she can, because she is Darlene.
2007/09/4 Vincent's C10 speech
Title: A Visitor or a Host
Where do you live? Where are you living? Where will you be after tomorrow? (Showing up with projector 1-2) This is the place all of us living in. No matter who are you; rich or poor, intelligent or dumb, white or black, African or Asian, Norwegian or Indonesian, even speak English or not. We are living together in this big house.
Our living place, Earth, is it beautiful? Do you like to live here? What role would you like to play, a visitor or a host? A visitor means that you just come to enjoy, to pleasure, to consume and then go away.
A host also means that to enjoy, to pleasure, but plays more as a provider, cater, giver and investor. The visitor just concern and take pleasure in what he wants right now, no more about the next time or tomorrow, but the host shall take care of his big house and think about the day after tomorrow.
In this 5 hundred million olds planet something is going to change. Do you know what is it the most severe circumstance? I know most of you already have the idea, global warming. Yes it is. Some of Toastmasters fellows had shown up similar topics on their speech in our club before. I’m sure most of you have the basic knowledge connected with this topic. But I would like to remind you again what severe situation we are facing now and offer more evidence and go into a little more detail about it.
---What we did yesterday and doing right now continuously hurt it— All we know that the earth is protected by the atmospheric surface.
Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding the planet and retained by the Earth's gravity. (Showing up with projector 3-4)
There are 4 layers to protect the earth. Ozone layer (the most famous one and almost every one knows it)--It is vitally important to life because it absorbs the harmful ultraviolet (UV) from the Sun. Ozone layer is going thin and disappear---main cause of Global warming.
It has been claimed that the Earth's climate warming is due to the changes in the relative concentration of gases in the atmosphere. The gases involved are: (Showing up with projector 5)
Global Warming is caused by many things. The causes are split up into two groups, man-made or natural causes.
Natural Causes-- One natural cause is a release of methane gas from arctic tundra and wetlands and animal metabolism.
Man-made Causes-- Man-made causes probably do the most damage. Pollution is one of the biggest man-made problems.
Reasons –Pollution (Pollution is the introduction of pollutants (chemical substances, noise, heat, light, energy, etc.) into the environment which resulted in deleterious effects of such a nature as to endanger human health, harm living resources and ecosystems.)--- increased carbon dioxide (CO 2)
(Showing up with projector 6-11)
Temperatures going up cause the effects of Global Warming---
(Showing up with projector-12-14)
Global Warming – Cause the Green house effect-- Cause the Climate change -- Cause the agricultural problems-- Cause the economics problems -- Cause the political problems –Then what ???
The most severe circumstance is effecting on ecosystems and human health.
So far right now, if you followed my ideas you may waiting my suggestion or advice for what should we do or what we shouldn’t. No, I’m not going to offer or suggesting any bearings on them. I’m just demonstrating the severe situation we are facing now. And evoke you to think about what role we are playing in and that would be the tomorrow, a visitor or a host?
Where do you live? Where are you living? Where will you be after tomorrow? (Showing up with projector 1-2) This is the place all of us living in. No matter who are you; rich or poor, intelligent or dumb, white or black, African or Asian, Norwegian or Indonesian, even speak English or not. We are living together in this big house.
Our living place, Earth, is it beautiful? Do you like to live here? What role would you like to play, a visitor or a host? A visitor means that you just come to enjoy, to pleasure, to consume and then go away.
A host also means that to enjoy, to pleasure, but plays more as a provider, cater, giver and investor. The visitor just concern and take pleasure in what he wants right now, no more about the next time or tomorrow, but the host shall take care of his big house and think about the day after tomorrow.
In this 5 hundred million olds planet something is going to change. Do you know what is it the most severe circumstance? I know most of you already have the idea, global warming. Yes it is. Some of Toastmasters fellows had shown up similar topics on their speech in our club before. I’m sure most of you have the basic knowledge connected with this topic. But I would like to remind you again what severe situation we are facing now and offer more evidence and go into a little more detail about it.
---What we did yesterday and doing right now continuously hurt it— All we know that the earth is protected by the atmospheric surface.
Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding the planet and retained by the Earth's gravity. (Showing up with projector 3-4)
There are 4 layers to protect the earth. Ozone layer (the most famous one and almost every one knows it)--It is vitally important to life because it absorbs the harmful ultraviolet (UV) from the Sun. Ozone layer is going thin and disappear---main cause of Global warming.
It has been claimed that the Earth's climate warming is due to the changes in the relative concentration of gases in the atmosphere. The gases involved are: (Showing up with projector 5)
Global Warming is caused by many things. The causes are split up into two groups, man-made or natural causes.
Natural Causes-- One natural cause is a release of methane gas from arctic tundra and wetlands and animal metabolism.
Man-made Causes-- Man-made causes probably do the most damage. Pollution is one of the biggest man-made problems.
Reasons –Pollution (Pollution is the introduction of pollutants (chemical substances, noise, heat, light, energy, etc.) into the environment which resulted in deleterious effects of such a nature as to endanger human health, harm living resources and ecosystems.)--- increased carbon dioxide (CO 2)
(Showing up with projector 6-11)
Temperatures going up cause the effects of Global Warming---
(Showing up with projector-12-14)
Global Warming – Cause the Green house effect-- Cause the Climate change -- Cause the agricultural problems-- Cause the economics problems -- Cause the political problems –Then what ???
The most severe circumstance is effecting on ecosystems and human health.
So far right now, if you followed my ideas you may waiting my suggestion or advice for what should we do or what we shouldn’t. No, I’m not going to offer or suggesting any bearings on them. I’m just demonstrating the severe situation we are facing now. And evoke you to think about what role we are playing in and that would be the tomorrow, a visitor or a host?
2007/08/21 Emily's C5 speech
How to be a good teacher?
Two years ago, I became an assistant professor at Kaosuing Medical University. At that time, I was ready to be a researcher because I was trained a lot to do researches. However, I didn’t learn how to be a good teacher for university student. Since then, I kept asking myself: How to be a good teacher. By reading some books, discussing with other experienced teachers, observing from my own classes, and thinking all the time, I find out some ideas. Here, I would like to share with you to share some important ideas.
Firstly, I think the most important thing is to help students develop an interest in the field you teach. You have to love what you do. We all have that kind of experience. If you are interested in something, you can spend a lot of time searching the related information, reading it and learning it. Most important of all, you do it happily. So, I just try to give students the basic knowledge, and tell them how interest this subject is. That’s my first goal.
Secondly, make a free atmosphere for student to ask questions. Encourage them to ask questions, or even force them to ask questions, because every great discovery comes from a good question. For example, do you know who invent airplane? Most of us know Wright brothers did it. But how did they do it? At the very beginning, they just asked a very simple question: Can we human being fly like a bird? Yes, just a simple question. So, the second goal of my teaching is encouraging them to ask questions.
Thirdly, teach them both the ability and the knowledge. Most teachers teach the students “ knowledge”. However, things change very fast in this Age. I told my student all the time “You can’t learn everything from school.” But, you can not tell your boss I didn’t learn it from school, so don’t ask me to do it. So, you need to learn the ability to solve the problem when you face a new challenge. Therefore, I try to teach them how to find the related information, what’s the resources you can find, how to read it and understand it, and finally, how to digest all the information and find out a solution. Maybe I still can’t design the course perfectly. But I do want to teach students the ability. And that’s the third goal of my teaching that I want to share with you.I know I am not a very experienced teacher, but I do hope my student can learn something from me. Today, I am so glad to have this chance to share with you three important goals of my teaching: Help students develop an interest in the field I teach, Make a free atmosphere for them to ask questions, and teach them both the ability and knowledge. Hopefully, those are correct concepts. If you have any suggestions, I will be very happy to have them.
Two years ago, I became an assistant professor at Kaosuing Medical University. At that time, I was ready to be a researcher because I was trained a lot to do researches. However, I didn’t learn how to be a good teacher for university student. Since then, I kept asking myself: How to be a good teacher. By reading some books, discussing with other experienced teachers, observing from my own classes, and thinking all the time, I find out some ideas. Here, I would like to share with you to share some important ideas.
Firstly, I think the most important thing is to help students develop an interest in the field you teach. You have to love what you do. We all have that kind of experience. If you are interested in something, you can spend a lot of time searching the related information, reading it and learning it. Most important of all, you do it happily. So, I just try to give students the basic knowledge, and tell them how interest this subject is. That’s my first goal.
Secondly, make a free atmosphere for student to ask questions. Encourage them to ask questions, or even force them to ask questions, because every great discovery comes from a good question. For example, do you know who invent airplane? Most of us know Wright brothers did it. But how did they do it? At the very beginning, they just asked a very simple question: Can we human being fly like a bird? Yes, just a simple question. So, the second goal of my teaching is encouraging them to ask questions.
Thirdly, teach them both the ability and the knowledge. Most teachers teach the students “ knowledge”. However, things change very fast in this Age. I told my student all the time “You can’t learn everything from school.” But, you can not tell your boss I didn’t learn it from school, so don’t ask me to do it. So, you need to learn the ability to solve the problem when you face a new challenge. Therefore, I try to teach them how to find the related information, what’s the resources you can find, how to read it and understand it, and finally, how to digest all the information and find out a solution. Maybe I still can’t design the course perfectly. But I do want to teach students the ability. And that’s the third goal of my teaching that I want to share with you.I know I am not a very experienced teacher, but I do hope my student can learn something from me. Today, I am so glad to have this chance to share with you three important goals of my teaching: Help students develop an interest in the field I teach, Make a free atmosphere for them to ask questions, and teach them both the ability and knowledge. Hopefully, those are correct concepts. If you have any suggestions, I will be very happy to have them.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
2007/07/03 Darlene's C9 speech
C9 speech (Persuade with power , 5 to 7 minutes)
Title: I believe I can
“ I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky…..” every time when I hear the song, I always feel that belief can make anything possible. Human is the most intelligent and creative animal, so they will create something to help their dreams come true. For example, they want to fly in the sky, they create airplane, for visiting other planet, they create space shuttle. We make everything impossible to possible, do you ever think about why we can make it? I thought about it. Because we have dreams, and we have belief, in order to make our dreams materialized, so we set our goals, and force ourselves to achieve it. And I believe the most pathetic is the one who doesn’t have dream, he even doesn’t have any goal in his life, it’s really waste of time, and even will hurt other people.
Why do I say that? I remember a story, three men lost in the desert, one day when they are walking, they find a magic lamp, so they rub the magic lamp and there comes a genie. He says “ Oh~ thanks for set me free, then each of you can make a wish, then I will make your wish come true.” A says I wish I can have a lot of money and send the money and I back to my country. Then he is gone. B think a while and says I wish I can have many beautiful women and send the women and I back to my country. Then he is also disappeared. Then C talk to genie that I don’t have any wish, just give me some wine, so the genie give him and ask “ Are you sure you don’t want any wish?” then he says drink alone is lonely, I wish my those two friends are here. Then all of them still back to the desert. See~ does he hurt other people? Don’t laugh, the story has part two. The other day when they are finding the way out, they find the magic lamp again, and they still rub the lamp, and still comes out a genie. The genie still give each of them a wish. Due to last experience, so A and B let C to make a wish first, C still talk to genie that he doesn’t have any wish, just give him some wine, and the genie give him and ask “ Are you really sure you don’t have any wish?” then he replies that I really don’t have any wish, so you can go now. Then the genie is disappeared.
Most of us always think what we have, then we will do something, and become the person you want to be. But actually, it’s totally inverse. You should set a goal about what kind of people you want to be then you do something, then you will have what you want. For example, like join toastmaster, you can’t think
I don’t have English abilities, so I can’t join it. You should think I would like to be one of the great speakers, so I want to join toastmaster, then I will have my English abilities, right? We also read some news that junkman donate money to tsi-chi or orphanage, although they don’t have lots of money, but they still do the charity. Why? Because they want to be the one to help others. Having dreams is important, and believe in yourself is important, too. To motivate your potential, to create your own value, that’s the most important. So what’s your dream? What’s your belief? Just do it now~
Title: I believe I can
“ I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky…..” every time when I hear the song, I always feel that belief can make anything possible. Human is the most intelligent and creative animal, so they will create something to help their dreams come true. For example, they want to fly in the sky, they create airplane, for visiting other planet, they create space shuttle. We make everything impossible to possible, do you ever think about why we can make it? I thought about it. Because we have dreams, and we have belief, in order to make our dreams materialized, so we set our goals, and force ourselves to achieve it. And I believe the most pathetic is the one who doesn’t have dream, he even doesn’t have any goal in his life, it’s really waste of time, and even will hurt other people.
Why do I say that? I remember a story, three men lost in the desert, one day when they are walking, they find a magic lamp, so they rub the magic lamp and there comes a genie. He says “ Oh~ thanks for set me free, then each of you can make a wish, then I will make your wish come true.” A says I wish I can have a lot of money and send the money and I back to my country. Then he is gone. B think a while and says I wish I can have many beautiful women and send the women and I back to my country. Then he is also disappeared. Then C talk to genie that I don’t have any wish, just give me some wine, so the genie give him and ask “ Are you sure you don’t want any wish?” then he says drink alone is lonely, I wish my those two friends are here. Then all of them still back to the desert. See~ does he hurt other people? Don’t laugh, the story has part two. The other day when they are finding the way out, they find the magic lamp again, and they still rub the lamp, and still comes out a genie. The genie still give each of them a wish. Due to last experience, so A and B let C to make a wish first, C still talk to genie that he doesn’t have any wish, just give him some wine, and the genie give him and ask “ Are you really sure you don’t have any wish?” then he replies that I really don’t have any wish, so you can go now. Then the genie is disappeared.
Most of us always think what we have, then we will do something, and become the person you want to be. But actually, it’s totally inverse. You should set a goal about what kind of people you want to be then you do something, then you will have what you want. For example, like join toastmaster, you can’t think
I don’t have English abilities, so I can’t join it. You should think I would like to be one of the great speakers, so I want to join toastmaster, then I will have my English abilities, right? We also read some news that junkman donate money to tsi-chi or orphanage, although they don’t have lots of money, but they still do the charity. Why? Because they want to be the one to help others. Having dreams is important, and believe in yourself is important, too. To motivate your potential, to create your own value, that’s the most important. So what’s your dream? What’s your belief? Just do it now~
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