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Congratulations 2017 Humorous & Table Topics Speech Winners & Participants
Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 Humorous Speech & Table Topics Speech Contests. Humorous Speech Contest Winners First Place: Zehra RazaSecond Place: Srini KesavanThird Place: Keith Rabey Table Topics Contest Winners First Place: Srini...
2017 – 25th Anniversary Charter Party
Glen Abbey Toastmasters is celebrating it’s 25th Anniversary – 1992-2017 Join us for a celebration dinner on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at Tavolo Restaurant in Oakville. Dinner will include: Complimentary CocktailAntipasti - Mixed Greens Salad OR Caesar Salad OR...
Congratulations 2017 Mary Heary Tall Tales Contest Winners & Participants
Congratulations to the winners of the recent Mary Heary Tall Tales Contest - (left to right) Keith Rabey - 3rd place; Srini Kesavan - 1st place; Richard Kitney - 2nd place. And To All Our Competitors - It Takes Courage To Compete! - (left to right) Keith...
Congratulations 2017 / 2018 Club Officers Elect
to our 2017/2018 Club Officers elect: President - Rose Ford Vice-President Education - Fatima Hussain Vice-President Membership - Lucy Martins Vice-President Public Relations - Zehra Raza Treasurer - Nancy Simonot Sergeant At Arms - Helena Karabela Secretary - Flora...
Congratulations Flora Sun
In November 2016, Flora Sun received her Competent Communicator designation. The Competent Communicator is the first speaking designation in the Toastmasters program and is achieved after creating, practicing and delivering 10 speeches with specific project...
Improv Night @ Glen Abbey Toastmasters
To close out 2016, Glen Abbey Toastmasters held an improv night - lead by Toastmaster Srini Kesavan. Lots of fun. Lots of laughs. Lots of antics. There's always someting fun happening here. Maybe it's time to join?
Congratulations Reema Duggal – Distinguished Toastmaster
Glen Abbey Toastmasters Club Member Reema Duggal recently achieved a big milestone: the Distinguished Toastmaster designation. What is a Distinguished Toastmaster? The Distinguished Toastmaster is the highest award Toastmasters bestows. The DTM recognizes a high level...
GATM Workshop: The Art Of Effective Evaluation
The Art of Effective Evaluation is a workshop designed to help Toastmasters develop the knowledge, motivation, and skills you need to become more effective evaluators. Don't understand all the parts of an evaluation? This workshop willl help. Don't understand how to...
Congratulations Tony Corrie & Srini Kesavan
Congratulations Tony and Srini. You made Glen Abbey Toastmasters very proud by taking first and second place in the Area 35 Speech Contests. Good luck at District finals!
President’s Message
At Glen Abbey Toastmasters, people with similar communication and leadership goals and interests come together to support, guide and encourage each other. We are a welcoming, diverse community where you can make connections with friends and mentors. With 2017 as the...
Congratulations To Our 2016/2017 Executive
Glen Abbey Toastmasters recently held Club Elections for the 2016/2017 season. Congratulations to the following members who ran for election and will be leading our club next year: President - Wendy Rintoul Vice-President Education - Rose Ford Vice-President...
2016 International Speech and Evaluation Contest
2016 Area 35 Contest Winners - Evaluation Contest: Reema Duggal (1st place) andInternational Speech Contest: Tony Corrie (1st place) 2016 Glen Abbey Toastmasters Club International Speech Contest WinnersSrini Kesavan (3rd place), Tony Corrie (1st place), and...
2015 Holiday Meeting – Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Glen Abbey Toastmasters will be hosting their annual Holiday meeting again this year - Chaired by Toastmaster Tony Corrie. This year, we're going to be doing a spin on the popular tV series "Whose Line Is It Anyway" - the ultimate impromptu speaking event. ...
Major Achievement
Congratualations to Toastmaster Reema Duggal on achieving her Advanced Communicator Silver award. The Advanced Communicator Silver is the second highest award in the Advanced Communication Series and requires the Toastmaster to complete the Competent Communicator...
A Beginning and An End
Cheers to new Toastmaster Nicole Wong as she delivered her first speech and began her journey towards Competent Communicator. Wish you the best of luck and hope you enjoy your journey. Congratulations to Toastmaster Roberto Fazio as he deliveried his tenth speech and...
Halloween 2015
We held out annual Halloween themed meeting - Monster's Ball - on October 28, 2015. Everyone got into the spirit wearing their orange, black, purple, and masks. As always, it was lots of fun with spooky tales, haunting music, candy - and of course great speeches...
Toastmasters Experience – Ross Cree
This is what Toastmaster Ross Cree, winner of the 2015 Club Humorous Speech Contest and runner up at the 2015 Area B-35 Humorous Speech Contest has to say about his Toastmasters experience: "Just wanted to share my experience competing in the Humorous Contest 2015 at...
Huge Milestones – Completion of Six Speeches
from left to right: Roberto Fazio, Ross Cree, Marika Carter, Len Liscio, and Wendy Rintoul Huge accomplishments and congratulations to these 5 dedicated Toastmasters as they all recently completed 6 speeches from the Competent Communicator manual. As...
2015 Table Topics And Humorous Speech Contest
Congratulations to the 2015 contest winners: Table Topics Contest Wendy Rintoul - 1st placeRoberto Fazio - 2nd place Humorous Speech Contest Ross Cree - 1st placeTony Corrie - 2nd placeSrini Kesavan - 3rd place Good luck to Wendy and Ross at the Area B-35 Contest on...
2015 Mary Heary Tall Tales Competition
Five brave contestants battled it out at the annual Mary Heary Tall Tales Competition on Wednesday May 13, 2015. They regaled us with fantastic tales that had two things in common - ridiculous stories and lots of laughter. Congratulations to our winner Tony Corrie who...
2015 – 23rd Anniversary Charter Party
Save the Date! Wednesday June 24, 2015 Hibachi Seafood and Steakhouse Restaurant at 105 Cross Street is the venue for the Glen Abbey Toastmasters 23rd Charter Party. The formalities start at 7.00 sharp (so aim to be there for 6.45!) and it promises to be a fun filled...