Toastmasters Humourous Speech Contest

Echoes of the Bay Toastmasters holds club speech contest.

Riveting speakers with humorous stories plus extemporaneous speech contest.

MIDLAND, ON, September 14, 2012 — Local Toastmasters members will compete against each other in a club speech contest on Thursday, September 27 at 7:00 p.m. at the Real Canadian Super Store Community Room in Midland. The winners will go on to compete in the area contest, which includes winners from 5 clubs in the area, next month.

This event is open to the public. If you’ve never been to Toastmasters, this is a fun way to get started.

“Every year Toastmaster clubs all over the world hold club contests recognize the best and inspire personal growth in speaking abilities.” says Echoes of the Bay Toastmasters Club President, Lorne Groulx.

In the Humourous Speech Contest, speakers will deliver five- to seven-minute humorous presentations on wide-ranging topics, and are judged on content, organization and delivery.

In the Table Topics contest, contestants are given a general topic as they enter the room and have until they reach the podium to compose a complete two- to three- minute speech that they deliver off-the-cuff.

Each contest has four participants, the first place Winners of each contest will go on to compete at Toastmasters International Area Speech Contest in October.

The Echoes of the Bay Toastmasters club meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at the Real Canadian Super Store Community Room in Midland For more information about the club, please visit http://echoesofthebay.ca/

About Toastmasters International

Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs. Founded in October 1924, the organization currently has more than 270,000 members in 13,000 clubs in 116 countries. Each week, Toastmasters helps more than a quarter million people of every ethnicity, education and profession build their competence in communication so they can gain the confidence to lead others. For information about local Toastmasters clubs, please visit www.toastmasters.org.