September 2009

On Integrity

by admin on September 27, 2009 · 0 comments

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In the July issue of the TOASTMASTER magazine, in her 2nd last VIEWPOINT article, our outgoing International President, Ms. Jana Barnhill writes on ‘The Courage to Conquer Begins at the Core’. The virtue of INTEGRITY pops up and it’s only fitting that, integrity is spoken about. It’s a quality very important in the world around us, [...]

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"I HAD a Dream ……. "

by admin on September 10, 2009 · 0 comments

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Not to take away from the infamous line, “I Have A Dream”, by Dr. Martin Luther King, I really did have a dream of my winning speech. Well, come to think of it ( I can still vividly remember it almost 2 days later), I was just getting ready to do 1 quick mental rehearsal [...]

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I haven’t competed very much in speech contests. I have only attended several speech contests at club, area, division and district. I only attended 1 International Convention in Calgary, sat in and absorbed the 10 competing speeches. I bought the entrie audio proceedings and listened to ALL 10 speeches with the accompanying interviews, many times. I became [...]

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Leaders ………….. & Followers

by admin on September 5, 2009 · 0 comments

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We see them everywhere, beit work or play. Other names for them has been groupies, “the gang”, followers and “a** kissers”. All too many we see are simply ………… “followers”. These people simply agree with the common theme of “the group” and regurgitate the common theme or opinion, so they can gain quick acceptance and [...]

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