Author Archives: Beyond
Meeting #096 – Club Elections
Thank you to the guests who joined this superb # 95 meeting at Beyond Words! They left, “a smile blossoming on their face” to borrow the word of the day –Blossoming, from grammarian Trudi. Guests and members left a smile … Continue reading
The meeting of April 4th, 2020
As expected, the club held its meeting on Saturday. To sum up, our toastmaster Linda, who brilliantly embodied this role, opened the meeting with instructions to mute the sound when the speakers speak in order to reduce all noise. Since … Continue reading
The Division G contest
What a weekend! The Divisions F, G, H and I contest were held this weekend. Again Toastmasters continues to adjust to the pandemic situation which is forcing the world to find alternatives to continue operating. And that’s what the 120 … Continue reading
1st Virtual Open House Meeting!
Today, I had the pleasure of participating in a page in Toastmasters history. Word of the day was « Auspicious » chosen by our grammarian Linda Martella. The Toasmaster of the meeting was none other than the initiator of the … Continue reading
Meeting #088 – A new Member
I had the pleasure of being Chairperson for this fun meeting. We had a long business session. Nathalie Lucas, VP Membership inducted our newest member, our Area Director Sonia Gaona. Just after, we had an election for the role of … Continue reading
Area 64 Contest
On January 29th, 3 members of Beyond Words represented the club in the Area 64 Contest. Nathalie Lucas won first place in Speeches in French. Hélène Vincent won first place in Table Topics in French. Aamir Shamim Choudry won first … Continue reading
Meeting #086 – First meeting of the new year
We started the year right with a meeting Beyond of this world. Shivashree Vysali led a wonderful meeting as Chairperson and Toastmaster. Sonia Gaona, our Area Director was our Advanced Timer. DTM Aamir Chamim Choudry gave a humorous speech titled … Continue reading
Meeting #085 – Christmas Potluck
There was so much Brouhaha at our last meeting. The meeting was Chair by DTM Gaétane Ferland with enthusiasm. Francis Rounding was our Toastmaster. We heard a great speech by Trudi Yearwood. DTM Bonnie Mak led a fun Think Fast … Continue reading
Meeting #084 – Club Contest
November 30th was our club contest. We had the chance to see experienced members participate in the International Speech Contest and the Table Topics Contest. Aamir will be representing Beyond Words at the Area Contest on January 29th 2020 at … Continue reading