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Ladies ruled the evening

Winners CIS Meeting 26 July 2011Three ladies walked away with the laurels at our meeting on the 26th of July at Old Ed’s.
Eunice Faiga walked away with the trophy for toastmaster of the evening for leading the prepared speaking session. Zoya Mabuto made her debut in public speaking and was awarded prepared speaker of the [...]

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Club meeting 12 July

Club president Andy van Wyk opened the meeting and wished everyone welcome.
Vice president Iggy Mazibeli then introduced the guests to the club.
Grace was then said by Benji Kokster and Claudia Tijsen followed with the toast to Toastmasters International.
The prepared speaking session followed and was run by Samuel Blay. Halfway through the prepared speaking session, [...]

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Club meeting held on 29 March

CIS Meeting 29 March 2011We had a club meeting on the 29th of March at Old Ed’s in Houghton. Thirty club members and guests attended. We also had a guest speaker from GIBS business school. Four club members successfully delivered prepared speeches.
Club president Deleen Levy opened the meeting by welcoming Southern African Toastmasters [...]

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Funny Toastmasters Advert

One of the ways Toastmasters helps you overcome your fear of public speaking is through humour. The impromptu speaking sessions called “Table Topics” are always fun and only last between 1-2 mins. Here’s a funny video I found that may look familiar. We’ve all seen speakers who stumble over their words and fumble like this. [...]

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Improving oneself as an engineer or businessperson

How Toastmasters can help you
A year ago, I was assisting a garage owner with a noise problem. The garage is located in a small historic Cape Town and the owner wanted to open an exhaust repair business. Local bed and breakfast owners objected, primarily to the perceived noise of the welding and cutting as [...]

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