Quest for Excellence

On October 16^th, Lingo’s theme of the meeting was “Quest for Excellence”. Toastmaster Melanie K., ACB, ALB opened the meeting with a tribute to the late Ron Chapman, DTM who had been a

Toastmaster for over 50 years, achieving many accolades and awards for his exemplary dedication, service and loyalty to Toastmasters and its mission and values.

 

President Rick L., DTM conducted a brief business meeting to officially welcome and induct our newest member, Rafena A., DTM. The budget was presented as well as maintaining club quality standards.

 

Rhys D., DTM entertained us with his Hockey Cat in Canada speech regarding how his family’s cat was able to accurately pick the winning Stanley Cup team (Calgary, not Edmonton) Bad Kitty – Meow!

 

Some current and past member achievements:

 

District TM of the Year (The Al B. Ripley Trophy)

Bob Barker, DTM 1984 (former member, retired from Lingo 2017)

Rhys Davies, DTM 2006-2007

 

Outstanding Division Governor

Dave Cartledge, DTM District Director of the Year 2008-09

 

District Area Governor of the Year (The Cec Pepper Memorial Trophy)

Dan McCosh, DTM 2001-02

Greg Gazin, DTM 2005-06

 

Editor, D42 Bulletin “Prairie Horizons”

Rhys Davies - 2005 – 2006

 

Club/Educational Awards

Distinguished Club 2013-2014, 2014-2015

Sunshine Awards 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

DTM Designation - Kamran Akbarzadeh DTM, Mairim Neves DTM

 

Club Toastmaster of the Year

Greg Gazin DTM (2013), Kerrianne Koehler-Munro, ALB ACB (2014),

Rick Lebeuf DTM (2015), Edith Bareniecki DTM (2016)

 

For a complete list of District 42’s (which District 99 was part of until 2016) overall achievements, check out the district’s Hall of Fame.

 

Upcoming Events

Our next free workshop is on Interpretive Reading (advanced manual) - November 6^th from 7– 8:30 pm, where facilitator Edith B., DTM will enlighten us and have club members present examples on how to accomplish these diverse projects. Come check out our ‘playground’ – Riverbend Retirement Living by Revera (103 Rabbit Hill Court, Melange Room (main floor)).

 

Our next meeting will be held on November 20^th. Guests and fellow Toastmasters are most welcome to attend our workshops and/or meetings. We look forward to meeting you!

Let’s Ignite Toastmasters! Bringing New Ideas to Life!

Submitted by Melanie K

On October 2^nd, a small and mighty group of Toastmasters met at St. Augustine’s Anglican Church to bring new ideas to life (light). Distinguished guests and District Director Glenn Walker were in attendance.  Facilitator Melanie Kruger provided participants with a quick overview of what ideation is, why it’s important and then dove into two exercises to test their mental muscles through experiential learning!

Participants generated new ideas through participating in various techniques to expand and go beyond the regular, rational thinking brain to identify bigger picture, big thinking ideas. Participants were split into three ‘star’ groups and covered topics such as: best case scenario for District 99, creating a Toastmasters elevator pitch, identifying what we know/don’t know, and accomplishing the impossible, identifying how to double Toastmaster membership in Edmonton in one day. Some mighty ideas here.

were delivered. A huge thank you to everyone for your participation and to the volunteers who without your dedicated assistance, this workshop would not have been possible. To access the results, resources, video (see slide 5) and presentation, either check out Lingo’s website under public downloads or click

Guests are warmly welcome to attend our next meeting, “Quest for Excellence” on October 16 at 7:00 pm at our usual location, Riverbend Retirement Living by Revera (103 Rabbit Hill Court).