Summit Toastmasters Club 5678

Big shout out to Gerald Allen club member competed today in the Division B Tall Tales contest for summit Toastmasters. Gerald came in second!!! 🏆🥈🏆🏅

Congratulations Gerald!!!!

Ps Gerald also competed in the International Speech contest for Toastmasters in the Arts (the other club he is a member of) he came in third!! Well done Gerald. Represented your two clubs so well.

Speeches were so good today. Congratulations to the winners who move onto the district contests in April at the annual conference that Summit is hosting in Brandon.

Don’t forget to register for the conference at www.district64.ca/events/annual_conference

Meeting Notice Next Meeting:
Jan 15, 2026

7am to 8:20 am
at 927 Douglas Street Brandon (Behlen Training room)

Contact for directions:
Connie Bok (204) 724-9414 or Mike Bolech (204) 724-6830

Feature Toastmaster Friday:
Lets introduce you to Geordie Hargreaves. Geordie has been a member since 2007. He has taken on every club officer role in the club. Geordie is also a member of 2 clubs in Brandon. He has also taken on various roles within District 64 Toastmasters. He has represented Summit Toastmasters very well on the district level where he was awarded The Hope Moffat Memorial Outstanding Toastmasters Award for 2024.

Geordie says "Toastmasters is a place where you can find your voice but also find your confidence".

If you want to learn how Toastmasters can help you be a better version of yourself, come for a visit to a Summit Toastmasters meeting every Thursday morning. Contact Connie Bok at 204-724-9414 for directions of where the club meets.

Pathways Profile:
Within Toastmasters how we practice and get better in our communication skills is by working on Pathways Projects. At the beginning of your journey you select a pathway by going through a small assessments to understand and put into perspective why you joined Toastmasters and what skills you want to learn about.

There are 6 pathways:
Dynamic Leadership Engaging Humor
Motivational Strategies Persuasive Influence
Presentation Mastery Visionary Communication

Today we want to dig a little deeper into the learnings of
Motivational Strategies

This path helps you build your skills as a powerful and effective communicator. The projects focus on learning strategies for building connections with the people around you, understanding motivation and successfully leading small groups to accomplish tasks