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Verity Price's journey to winning the 2021 World Championship of Public Speaking

Posted by LP User on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, In : Competition news 

Verity Price, DTM, from Cape Town, South Africa, won the Toastmasters’ second online World Championship of Public Speaking® with her speech “A great Read”, a funny, profound look at changing the way you look at life.  Many clubs in the Southern Africa region felt like winners with Verity as we experienced first-hand a small part of the effort she put into the 100 days leading up to the finals.

Read about her journey to becoming the 2021 Champion in this fabulous article about  in the ...


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What If You Could Write a Speech Quickly?

Posted by LP User on Sunday, December 12, 2021, In : Competition news 
Akos Mensah, 19 November 2021

Recently one of my fellow Toastmasters called me the night before our club meeting to say that he would like to pull out as a contestant as he felt ill prepared to participate in the Humour Contest. He had not yet completed writing his 7 minute speech. He had been busy with work deadlines, and he felt that he needed more time to prepare his speech. He offered to do a different role in the meeting and wanted to be a timekeeper or Zoommaster.

 
I listened to him and a...
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Verity Price take 2nd place at Minicon 2012 Humour Contest

Posted by Angela Horn on Wednesday, October 17, 2012, In : Competition news 

Toastmasters from across the country gathered in the Mother City this past weekend for District 74's annual MiniCon, which was hosted at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. It kicked off on Friday evening and didn’t stop until the last booty had been shaken late on Saturday night.

It’s been said that once you have attended a conference you will be hooked for life, a truism if ever there was one. District 74 Conferences are renowned for providing great value for money, fantasti...


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Verity to represent Breakfast Club at District Contest

Posted by LP User on Sunday, September 30, 2012, In : Competition news 
The Breakfast Club is soon to be represented by member Verity Price at the District Contest for Humourous Speaking that will be held at Kirstenbosch on the 13th of October at the Flower Power Mini Con. 

Verity won the Division Contest on the 27th September that was held at The Alphen Hall in Constantia with her speech 'Me, Myself & I'. This makes her the Western Cape and Nambia winner and she will now compete for the title of Southern African Champion at the District Contest.

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12 September: Verity wins Area Contest

Posted by LP User on Sunday, September 23, 2012, In : Competition news 
At the Area Contest held at Good Hope Toastmasters' venue in Tokai, on of our members Verity was placed 1st in the Humourous Prepared Speech Category.  This was our Club's first time to enter a competition as a newly chartered club, so it is very exciting to have one of our members be placed first!

Verity will be representing The Breakfast Club at the Division Contest on the 27th of September at the Alphen Hall in Constantia. She will be competing against all the Area winners from the Western ...

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