News!!! - Lingo Open House, the Workshop, and upcoming Year End Party!!!

Sorry, it has been a while since I had updated the Blog.. Work has got to me and I am exhausted at the end of the day!! Don't worry, if you do want to know more news, should add us to your Facebook group!!  https://www.facebook.com/LingoAdvancedCommunicators/

So what happened at the Workshop?  Everyone loved it!! Due to large demand... We are having our Part II of this workshop on Tuesday, July 4th!!  So stay tune for more information and how to register this workshop.


The Wedding Open House was a SUCCESS!!!  It was a blast.. Everyone at Lingo Advanced Communicators did an awesome job in acting this whole wedding ceremony and relating it with our Advanced Manual.  They just made doing speeches a fun and enjoyable!!!  Yes, every one of them got credit from their speeches!!


As you can tell that everyone had a big smile on their face.  Many photos were taken!! To see video clips of it, please go to our facebook..   https://www.facebook.com/LingoAdvancedCommunicators/

There are still more clips that I will be uploading!! so come back and watch more!!


So the party will continue with the Year End party that will be happening tomorrow at Edith Baraniecki's house.. its a potluck party with a Canada theme.  If you are interested in attending, please send an email to lingoadvtm@gmail.com to enquire the location.  Please bring a dish related to Canada!!  All I can think of is Poutine and Maple Syrup.. I wonder how the two will taste when mixed together!! :)  Also dress in Canadian attire...

On a serious note, we will be doing a Club Executive Installation by our Area 51 governors (Incoming and Outgoing) - Tolu and Dan respectively!  Last but not least, we will have lots of games and I think prizes as well.. so come and enjoy a night full of fun and laughters again.. let the party continue!!

Upcoming Events you CANNOT miss!!!

We have two events happening that you CANNOT.. I mean you CANNOT miss.. its going to be an awesome one!!

May 16, 2017 - Lingo Workshop 

From Success Communication Series

Building Your Thinking Power, Part 1 - Mental Flexibility

Presented by Peter Kolotyluk, DTM

June 6, 2017 - Lingo Open House

Our Theme is "How do Toastmasters Wed"

You and Yours are invited to this one and only one Wedding in Toastmasters.

Who is getting married, what is happening you may ask... come find out yourself!!

Its going to be spectacular!!  We will ensure you this is going great party that will be talked about for a long time!!

Don't miss out!!

Please Register BOTH Events at https://www.eventbrite.com/d/canada--edmonton/lingo/?mode=search

Results from our Elections!!!! Drum roll.......

With much of battle during the meeting, luckily noone was hurt... 
At last, we have the following combat winners... :)

President: Melanie Kruger
VP Education: Rick Lebeuf
VP Membership: Wendy Lam
VP Public Relations: Rhys Davies
Treasurer: Kerrianne Koehler-Munro
Secretary: Edith Baraniecki
Sgt-at-Arms: Bob Barker

Congrats all!!

We will be holding our Officer Installation at our Year-End party in June!

Lingo Workshop/Meeting Switch Up: May 2 - Regular Meeting and Election for the New Executives!!

With a busy weekend at the Toastmaster Convention and marking the end of first year in District 99.  We thought it would be a good idea to switch up the dates on our Meeting and Workshop.  Therefore, for our meeting tomorrow on May 2nd.  We will be having our Regular meeting and Election on the New Executives for 2017-2018!!  It will be an exciting one!

If you are planning to join us at this meeting, please email us at lingoadvtm@gmail.com.  More information on our workshop will following shortly.  I can just say that our "theme" for this meeting will be a lead to the workshop!!! Hope to see you there.

Division B Contest Results!

Division B Contest was held on Saturday, April 22!  First of all, congratulations to Robert Brennan for winning the International Speech contest, with his speech Tick, Tock. He won the District contest in the Fall too. All speeches were very good and I could hear people say it would have been a difficult contest to judge.  They had similar themes, love, time, unified diversity, listening, and creativity.   Thanks to Rhys as picture taker.  Also congratulations to Nayyer Ahmed from Riverbend Toastmasters Club, who won the Evaluation contest and will be competing again at the District 99 Convention.

District 99 Contest will be held on Saturday, April 29 during the Convention.  This contest is the best contest of the year.  Its the best speeches that you will hear and the winners that comes out of this contest will advance to Regional and eventually International.  Please come cheer on the contestants!!  Here is the link for more information:  https://d99tm.org/conferences-and-conventions/spring-convention/

Area 51 International Speech and Evaluation Contest

LtoR: Tolu,Edith,Celia,Melanie,Ralph (missing: Nayyer)

What a Fantastic Contest!!  Area 51 International Speech and Evaluation Contest was held on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Holy Trinity Riverbend Church.  Area 51 consist of the following clubs:

• Lingo Advanced Communicators
• Riverbend Toastmasters Club
• Golden Mountain Toastmasters Club
• ToastmAPSter

Regret was sent from ToastmAPSter for not being able to be there.  Therefore we had three clubs battling for the winning titles!

We had 2 contestants on the International Speech Contest:  Edith Baraniecki (Lingo) and Nayyer Ahmed (Riverbend).  Both contestants speech was very entertaining and both brought a very deep message which fits in perfectly for an International speech!

As for the the Evaluation Contest, we had 5 contestants:  Melanie Kruger(Lingo), Edith Baraniecki (Lingo), Ralph Winsor (Golden Mountain), Celia Wanderley (Riverbend), and Nayyer Ahmed (Riverbend).  We also had our Test speacker Rocio Granados from New Entrepreneurs and Latino Canadian Entrepreneurs Toastmasters Club.  Rocio was amazing, her speech was funny and her delivery of the speech is so good that it shocked me to find out she is a new Toastmaster!!  Thank you Rocio for being our Test speaker!!  It was at a point that I was glad that I did not participated in the Evaluation contest.  This was definitely a tough one!!

Last but not least... our winners are... drum roll.....

Winners of International Speech Contest was Edith Baraniecki (Lingo)
Winners of Evaluation Contest was Nayyer Ahmed (Riverbend)

Congratulations to both winners and look forward to their competition at the Division B Contest that will be held on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at Radission Hotel (Gateway Blvd) at 12:30pm to 4:00pm ($5 at door)

We had our Division B Governor Dave Cartledge and Area 51 Governor Dan McCosh in attenance to award the ACS and ACG to Tolu Adelowokan.

How can a successful contest without a set of Helpers and Judges!!

Thank you to the following Judges for attending.  Some of them drove all the way from North side of town!!  We are very much appreciate your attendance!  Greg Gazin (Chief Judge), Glynn Williams, Cherly Persson, Matthew Mercredi, Dresdin Archibald, Dave Cartledge, and Kerrianne Koehler-Munro.

Thank you also to all the helpers from the clubs that came out!  Sgt-at-arms - Tariq Chaudary (Riverbend), Ballot Counter - Dan McCosh and Cristina Winter (Golden Mountain), Timer - Walter Mesquita (Riverbend).

Please come cheer on our winners at the Division B Contest!!

Workshop: Public Relations

Public relations can be defined as the practice of managing communication between an organization and its publics.

Public relations is not just for companies and other organizations. If you are looking for a job or seeking a promotion, you could benefit from public relations techniques. (Incidentally, there are over 200 public relations/communications jobs currently available in Edmonton). Perhaps you're trying to draw the public's attention to a problem or advance a cause. Maybe you have written a book or created a product that you want people to buy. Are you the vice president public relations for your club or plan to be next year?

If you answered yes to any of these situations, this workshop will be of interest to you.  The workshop is based on the advanced manual "Public Relations," which will help you learn several types of public relations-related speeches. In the first project, you will prepare and present a speech that generates goodwill for a company or organization. Next, you'll prepare a speech for a radio talk show that presents a positive image of your company. The third project requires you to present a speech that will persuade the audience to accept your viewpoint. Then you will prepare a talk to persuade a hostile audience to at least consider your position on a controversial issue. Finally, you will communicate to the media about a crisis in your organization while trying to build and maintain a positive image for the organization.

Please join Lingo Advanced Communicators Toastmasters Club to learn more about managing communications in a fun and supportive environment.

Facilitator:  Edith Baraniecki, DTM

Time: 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Location: Riverbend Retirement Living by Rivera, in the Melange Room (103 Rabbit Hill Road, Edmonton, AB, T6R 2V3)

Please RSVP at EventBrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-relations-workshop-tickets-33019557385