Toastmasters Area H2 {Taiwan}

2002 World Champion - Dwayne G.Smith

Keynote Speech at Formosa Toastmasters Club

Date: April 28th, 2009

Time: 19:00-21:15

Venue:

President: Assam Chen, CC, CL

assam.chen@msa.hinet.net

Dwayne G. Smith has traveled and lived in numerous places, from Atlanta to Afghanistan yet, no matter the environment, three things remained constant: his faith in God, faith in self and his compulsion to help others.

Though Smith led a comfortable life as an information technology professional, he couldn't escape the feeling that his real talent was inspiring others to achieve success. Once he decided to embark on a career as a professional speaker, he applied a philosophy that has worked for him in the past: set a goal, do the work and stay the course.

Instead of relying on his experience as a computer network analyst, Smith chose to go to speakers' school and became an active member of Toastmasters. He soon became a star pupil, entering and winning numerous Toastmaster contests. In 2002 he reached the top with two major accomplishments. From a group of over 25,000 contestants worldwide, Dwayne was crowned 2002 World Champion of Public Speaking. It was also during that year that he achieved his DTM (Distinguished Toastmaster) award, the highest educational designation in Toastmasters.

Bolstered by his success in Toastmasters and determined to make speaking a full-time career, Smith launched the Speakers Coalition in 2003. Since then he has received requests from numerous organizations including Aetna, the American Cancer Society, Delta Airlines, Clark Atlanta University, BellSouth Financial Group, American Government Accountants and many others.

Eager to impact as many people as possible, Smith has  produced videos, Bringing Out The Winner In You and 
Now That's A Story. He is also the author of a book of  poetry called, The Lifting of the Veil: Words of a Male
Romantic. His latest book is called, "A World of Difference: From Shy and Quiet, To World Champion Speaker.

Dear Assignment Takers:

First of all, thanks for taking assignment of Meeting no. 326 on April 7, 2009.  As a Toastmaster of the Evening, I sincerely hope that you are able to attend ON TIME.  If we start our meeting on time, we can follow the agenda and close the meeting at 21:15.  Let’s try our best to work on it.

I am writing to request you reply me e-mail for the following items:

（1）To confirm that you are able to attend meeting on April 7, 2009.

（2）Please provide me “3 elements” to introduce you, such as your job, how many years of your working experience, how many years joining toastmasters, your comments of toastmasters, etc.

（3）The theme of Meeting April 7 will be “Travel in Taiwan”, please reply me the most impress sightseeing spot for your local travelling experience.  最令您難忘的國內旅遊景點（或城市）

If you are IE (William, Michael, Libby, Marian) or LE (Edward), please reply to Wini

(chuiweio@hotmail.com) directly.  Thank you very much in advance.  

Look forward to receiving your e-mail soon.

Sincerely yours,

Peggy Chang

peggy.formosa@gmail.com

FORMOSA TOASTMASTERS CLUB 4844-67 MEETING NO.326
		TIME:	19:10-21:10 Apr. 7, 2009 (Every 2nd & 4th Tuesday)
		VENUE:	1st Lecture Hall, 9th floor, Old Building, Mackay Memorial Hospital
			No. 92 Chungshan N. Road, Sec.2, Taipei   (No Admission Fee)
			台北市中山北路馬偕醫院 舊大樓9樓 第一講堂(雙連站ShuangLian)
		TME: Peggy Chang			Theme: Local Traveling Experience
Agenda of Meeting No.326
Time	Program				April 7, 2009	Mentor
18:50	Registration
19:00	Call the Meeting to Order				Raymond Tsai
19:01	Opening Remarks / Brief Introduction				President - Assam
19:10	TME Introducing the Program				Peggy Chang, CTM, CL
	Timer				Coral Lee
	Ah Counter				Laurence Lee
	Vote Counter & Board Writer				Frejia Liang
19:20	Joke  Session				Pettitte Chu
19:30	Table Topics Session				Lisa Lu
19:45	‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥Intermission & Social Time‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥
20:00	Prepared  Speech Session				Peggy Chang, CTM, CL
(4-6')	The Ice Breaker				C1:Lawrence Huang
(5-7')	The Best Choice				C8:Jessica Lin
(5-7')	Taking Correct Vitamin C				C9: Ida Lin
(4-6')	A Candy Box				A8: Assam Chen
20:35	Evaluation Session - General Evaluator				Wini Kao, ACB, CL
	*Timer Report
(2-3')	C1: The Ice Breaker				Wini Kao, ACB, CL
(2-3')	C8: Get Comfortable with Visual Aids				Michael Liang, CTM, CL
(2-3')	C9: Persuade with Power				Libby Chuang, ACB, CL
(2-3')	A8:Story Telling- The Moral of the Story				Marian Hsiao, DTM
(5-6')	General Evaluator				Wini Kao, ACB, CL
(5-6')	Language Evaluator				Edward Chen, DTM
	*Ah Counter Report
	Quiz Time
21:00	Closing Remarks/Award Presentation				President - Assam Chen	President
21:10	Officer Report
21:15	Meeting Adjournment
	Minutes Writer

Dear all:

FORMOSA TOASTMASTERS CLUB 4844-67 MEETING NO.323
		TIME:	19:10-21:10 Feb. 24rd, 2009 (Every 2nd & 4th Tuesday)
		VENUE:	1st Lecture Hall, 9th floor, Old Building, Mackay Memorial Hospital
			No. 92 Chungshan N. Road, Sec.2, Taipei   (No Admission Fee)
			台北市中山北路馬偕醫院 舊大樓9樓 第一講堂 (雙連站ShuangLian)
		TME: Charlie Chen			Theme:Just Do It
Agenda of Meeting No.323
Time	Program				February 24, 2009	Mentor
18:50	Registration
19:00	Call the Meeting to Order				Raymond Tsai
19:01	Opening Remarks / Brief Introduction				President - Assam
19:10	TME Introducing the Program				Charlie Chen
	Timer				Laurence
	Ah Counter				Sandy Cheng
	Vote Counter & Board Writer				Kevin Yeh
19:20	Joke  Session				Cerita Liao
19:30	Table Topics Session				Ida Lin
19:45	‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥Intermission & Social Time‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥
20:00	Prepared  Speech Session				Charlie Chen
(5-7')	C3:				C3:Ruby Yang
(5-7')	C5:				C5:Pettitte Chu
	C7:				C7:Lotus Wu
	A16:				A16:Wini Kao, ACB, CL
20:35	Evaluation Session - General Evaluator				Libby Chuang, ACB, CL
	*Timer Report
(2-3')	C3: Get to the Point				Peggy Chang, CTM, CL
(3-4')	C5: Your Body Speaks				Assam Chen, CC
(3-4')	C7: Research Your Topic				Shane Lin, ATM-B, CL
	A16: Interpretive Reading				Marian Hsiao, DTM
(5-6')	General Evaluator				Libby Chuang, ACB, CL
(5-6')	Language Evaluator				Edward Chen, DTM
	*Ah Counter Report
	Quiz Time
21:00	Closing Remarks/Award Presentation				President - Assam Chen	President
21:10	Officer Report
21:15	Meeting Adjournment
	Minutes Writer

Dear All,

Happy New Year. Attached is the draft agenda of the upcoming meeting.  Because of the lunar new year holiday, we have only one meeting this month. In order to let more  members to give speeches, we cancel the joke session as well as table topic session for this meeting and arrange 7 speakers. I believe  we will have an unique and wonderful experience.

For  all the assignment takers, if you are not available for the Jan 13 meeting please inform me as early as possible.  The theme of the meeting is "New Year Challenge”. Since I am the TME, please give me some words about "What would you like to challenge yourself in the new year?" Thank you for your cooperation. Look forward to seeing you soon.

Coral Lee

Vice President of Education

coral@taiwan-panorama.com