Author Archives: Vancore Toastmasters
How to Cultivate Good Conversation Skills
Why is it important to cultivate conversations skills if you want to succeed in life? We need productive relationships to succeed professionally and have meaningful relationships for a happy, fulfilling life, and conversations are the foundation of all relationships. Conversations … Continue reading
Wednesday Recap: Public Speaking is Infectious!
Funny thing about public speaking: it’s infectious! In Toastmasters, sometimes a theme comes up and everyone seems to “catch it,” like a cold. And next thing you know everyone’s talking about it one way or another. Case in point: this … Continue reading
Wednesday Recap – First Ever Hybrid Meeting with OWL!
Live from the VanCore bat cave! Today we saw the future! Jonathan arranged our first HYBRID meeting, featuring space-age Owl technology. The camera detects individual speakers and hones in on them so tightly you can see their lips move. Or … Continue reading
Wednesday Meeting Recap: Rocking Our Speaking Skills!
Vancore was founded by mining folks — hence the name! — and Jonathan Buchanan, former club president and current treasurer, gamely carries the industry’s gem-like flame. It takes a talent to make rocks interesting! At the September 1, 2021 meeting, … Continue reading
Double News! Vancore Member Achieves Award | Vancore is a President’s Distinguished Club
We are super proud of Vancore member, Bobby Sekhon, for achieving his Advanced Communicator Bronze award! Advanced Communicator Bronze is part of Toastmasters legacy education program, the second stage of the Advanced Communications Track. To successfully complete the requirements, Bobby achieved: The Competent Communicator (CC) … Continue reading
Getting out of our comfort zone
Every year for the last two Wednesdays of January, and occasionally throughout the year, we get to try out different venues when our usual location is unavailable. This is a wonderful opportunity for members and guests to experience what it’s … Continue reading
A Spooky Good VanCore Time
VanCore Toastmasters got into the spirit or shall I was was visited by Spirits this Wednesday. Costumes ranged from scary cute to dad joke witty – that was all you Jonathan. Deborah’s halloween themed speech got us on the edge … Continue reading
Fun Times at Vancore Summer Social Party!
A wonderful evening spent at Joey’s Burrard on the patio with Vancore members sharing stories and making amazing new memories! We were so happy to gather together at our annual social and celebrate how far we each have come on … Continue reading
Vancore Area Contest Winners Advances!
We were so proud to have a record of three Vancore Toastmasters members compete at the Area 70 International Speech and Evaluation Speech contests on April 10, 2018 They each won a spot to advance to the Division level contest. … Continue reading
Congratulations to winners of Vancore 2018 Speech and Evaluation Contests!
What a delight to hear new and seasoned speakers deliver captivating speeches at the Vancore Toastmasters annual Speech and Evaluation contests on Wednesday, March 14th! So inspiring to see members step up and showcase how much they have evolved as speakers … Continue reading
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