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Learn Public Speaking, Leadership and Confidence from CIS Toastmasters club in Houghton, Johannesburg

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CIS Toastmasters 35th birthday party invitation

Dear Toastmasters and Guests You are officially invited to our club’s 35th birthday party! Please join us for snacks and cake at our next meeting on Tuesday, 26 August, where we’ll also be having our humorous competition. So bring your humour, giggles and party spirit to Old Eds next

Improving oneself as an engineer or businessperson

A year ago, I was assisting a garage owner with a noise problem. The garage is located in a small historic Cape Town and the owner wanted to open an exhaust repair business. Local bed and breakfast owners objected, primarily to the perceived noise of the welding and cutting

Kimmie Weeks is an inspiration to African children

Kimmie Weeks is a powerful speaker. He speaks to more than 40,000 people every year on the topic: “Ending world poverty: a 21st century possibility”. He also lectures on AIDS, and child soldiers. Here’s a clip from one of his last speeches before he took a break to work

Toastmasters 20 May meeting report back

Last week I attended my first club meeting in a while because of my travel schedule. What is really awesome to observe at CIS Toastmasters is the constant growth in new members since the website has been re-launched. There is a regular number of new people coming to meetings,

CIS Toastmasters meeting March 12th reportback

A good measure of laughs, learning and lingo were the order of the day at CIS Toastmasters meeting on Tuesday March 12. After all the formalities were tended to, with Corne van der Nest as the evening’s toastmaster, Marc Rees, the grammarian, explained that the “words of the day”

CIS Toastmasters meeting March 12th reportback

A good measure of laughs, learning and lingo were the order of the day at CIS Toastmasters meeting on Tuesday March 12. After all the formalities were tended to, with Corne van der Nest as the evening’s toastmaster, Marc Rees, the grammarian, explained that the “words of the day”

Leon Hazan delivers a toast to Michelle

Leon Hazan is one the most popular speakers at our toastmasters club. He is a salesman by profession and has developed his own unique brand of humour in his speeches. Post your comments and questions on Leon’s speech below… Download Leon Hazan’s Speech in mp3 file (1.2MB 5 mins)

Leon Hazan delivers a toast to Michelle

Leon Hazan is one the most popular speakers at our toastmasters club. He is a salesman by profession and has developed his own unique brand of humour in his speeches. Post your comments and questions on Leon’s speech below… Download Leon Hazan’s Speech in mp3 file (1.2MB 5 mins)

Sean Stephenson disabled in wheelchair delivers a keynote

Sean Stephenson delivers the first part of his keynote, Time to Stand. Listen to him carefully as he demonstrates excitement through telling a story. Afterwards he eventually gets into the purpose of his talk. Starting a speech with a personal story is one of the most powerful ways to

Sean Stephenson disabled in wheelchair delivers a keynote

Sean Stephenson delivers the first part of his keynote, Time to Stand. Listen to him carefully as he demonstrates excitement through telling a story. Afterwards he eventually gets into the purpose of his talk. Starting a speech with a personal story is one of the most powerful ways to

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