Shanghai People's Square ToastMasters Club

这篇文章是Yingdan写的参加我们People’s Square Toastmasters club 2009 Toastie的感想，从这篇文章你可以看出，为什么PSTMC一直是BenchMark Club。

Yingdan是2年前俱乐部的主席，就像上篇博客说的，PSTMC是铁打的俱乐部，流水的会员，优秀的人才不断向外输送，新的优秀的人才又不断涌现。

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上周六晚上参加了People’s Square toastmasters club 第五届Toasties活动 (背景: 此活动由第二任主席Warwick创建,定位Toastmaters Oscar Night.只邀请会员及VIP免费参加.一年一次,奖励会员在过去一年的成就).

虽然离开PS已经快2年多了,但是每年都有参加这个活动.而每次都让我有回家的感觉,并且越来越爱这个俱乐部. 后来通过主持人的介绍才发现,其实这个俱乐部现在会员会龄最长的也就3年,有近一半都是1年以下的会员.其实这个俱乐部按照现有的会员结构来看,跟其他俱乐部都差不多,并不是说有很多experienced member,也不是说大家英语水平都非常高,但是却能做到一直是benchmark club. 会员人数,会议出席人数, 每年产生的CC数,CL数都是领先地位,年年都是President’s Distinguished Club, 不断有新的speaker,新的leader涌现.基本每次area. division, national的比赛都有这个俱乐部选手的身影.

我就不禁在思考这个问题,到底什么样的俱乐部才能经久不衰呢? 或许6年的历史还不足以证明是经久不衰.那就换一个词,什么样的俱乐部才会一直蓬勃发展呢?

我想: 1. 一个俱乐部的精神要代代相传.Supporting Each other, Achieving Excellence是PS的slogan. 虽然这个 slogan是第三代主席时才提出来,但是却是对这个俱乐部一直延续的精神最好的概括.特别是achieving excellence. 我的印象中这个俱乐部一直是会员愿意积极做演讲,积极完成CC, 积极参加演讲比赛.当我上周六晚上看到他们把这句话做成桌牌放在每桌时非常惊讶,每个会员都经常提到这句话让我很感动.因为我知道这不仅仅只是一句话,而意味着这种精神传承下来了.

2. 关注帮助会员自身的成长.这个俱乐部最让我惊讶的就是新人辈出. 在各种大大小小的场合,你都能看到这个俱乐部的会员的精彩表现,但令人称奇的是,经常会有新面孔.例如不论中英文的演讲比赛,每年在division, national level拿奖的,都是不同的人.还有他们参加的辩论赛,参赛的人次次不同,但是表现却是同样的棒.还有CC, CL不断的涌现.经常一些CC以上的人离开,去建立新的俱乐部,但是剩下的人马上又能茁壮成长起来. 我想这是很关键的一点,一个俱乐部要不断培养新人,让新会员在这个俱乐部切实地成长起来.这是俱乐部发展延续的关键.

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在俱乐部的“无与伦比”的2009 PSTMC Toastie上我们上一届PRVP的Paula Bao给俱乐部创作一首Club Song。
大家请欣赏。supporting each other achieving excellence,是我们俱乐部的slogan。

I Love PS.
There is a place where people speak,
There is a place where people meet,
There is a place where people fail,
There is a place where people gain.

There is a place where people have fun,
There is a place where people succeed,
There is a place creating champions,
There is a place called family.

(Chorus)
supporting each other achieving excellence,
Oh, I love public speaking, I love people square.

supporting each other and achieving excellence,
coz we’re Shanghai People Square Toastmasters.

supporting each other and achieving excellence,
Oh, I love public speaking, I love people square.

supporting each other and achieving excellence,
coz we’re Shanghai People Square Toastmasters.

This GE Report is written by Julian from Microsoft.

People’s Square Toastmasters Club 090707 meeting.

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GE Report

Room and accomodations

A/C was a little loud, but was switched on and off as appropriate by members

Good seating, just enough for the members and guests with a few more empty spots for latecomers

The center aisle is a little crowded with the camera there. If the camera is not in use, it might be better to take it away.

Please keep the PPT off if not in use as it is distracting

Brad (TME)

Keep your stories and comments focused. Its good that you make reflections and comments about what people had to say, but take it a step further and use what was last said to transition into the next topic.

Keep transitions smooth, don’t say the same sentence, or use the same structure twice. After asking the person to come up to the stage, don’t say anything more until they take the stage. Wait for them to come up, don’t go off the stage of to the side to meet them.

Spike (TTE)

Good acronyms. ‘SS’ Simple Structure ‘PREP’ Point, Reason, Example, Point.

Good use of PREP structure to give feedback. Specific examples are important.

Good to point out good use of ‘vivid’ laguage.

Peter Wan (IE C9)

Good insight about ‘3 parts to persuade’, followed by examples of how speaker demonstrated each section.

Good suggestion of how to improve the ‘power’ of their speech

Joe He (IE C9)

Good examples of how speaker used concrete proof with photos and statistics.

Good examples of how speaker choose a good topic to connect with the audience and appeal to their emotions

Remember to discuss why good habits are important? Why do we want to connect with the audience? So that our messages have more impact and are received more effectively by the audience.

Christine Grammarian

Good example of how to use word of the day, you included a lot of information about it

The writing on your paper is too small, it is impossible to read the smaller fonts

Rowain Ah Counter

Good interaction with the audience

Good explanation of Ah counters function, and why the role is important.

Edgar Timer

Good job, no comments

-End of report

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updated by PRVP Ben Dai

我们新的officer今天正式上任了啊，这里奉上小小的文章，图文并茂哦。

在Toastmasters这个非营利组织，每半年俱乐部的officer会换届选举一次，昨天在People’s Square Toastmasters是新officer team第一次整体登场的会议，主题设定为beginning，也是极为贴切。有几大亮点：

1.新主席Spike的首次president’s opening，今后的半年里，每次的会议开场都会看到他的身影。

2.即将奔赴美国读MBA的Brad第一次担任Toastmaster of Evening（主持人），也是他最后一次在我们俱乐部亮相，看到我的相机，他马上摆起了pose，镜头感还是很强嘛。

3.俱乐部曾经的主席Yingdan给大家做了一个关于time investment的分享，时长20分钟，环节设计得非常巧妙，故事开头，穿插练习（放背景音乐），最后以让人思考回味的测试结束（小小会再写篇文专门介绍此次分享）

4.有两位会员做了C9演讲，由于上个term的积累，在今后这半年里面会有大批的CC（完成10个演讲）涌现，图文会议结尾处，新主席Spike为Alex颁奖。

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1.Receive the Agenda

Just Send an Email to: pstmcnewsletter+subscribe@googlegroups.com

2.Find Our Club and Join the Meeting:

Time: 19:10-21:10Every Tuesday (except public holiday) 每周二晚（公共假期除外）

Venue: Conference room, 4/F Finance Square, 333 Jiujiang Road九江路333号金融广场4楼会议室

No.2 Metro, East Nanjing Road Station, Exit 4 地铁二号线，南京东路站4号口

入场费：会员（包括其他Toastmaster俱乐部）20元，非会员 30元

3.Meet the requirement and apply for a membership

3.1. attend our meeting 3 times

3.2. participate table topics 2 times / or win best table topics speaker 1 time

Then you are qualified to contact our MVP for application. mvp@pstmc.org