Irgendwann trifft es jeden. Es muss vor Publikum gesprochen werden und statt die richtigen Worte zu finden, kämpft man mit wackeligen Knien, feuchten Händen und einer zittrigen Stimme. Die Blue Danube Speakers Linz sagen dem Lampenfieber den Kampf an: Bei ihren regelmäßigen Treffen trainieren sie...
The Toastmasters Residential Weekend has taken place again! This time the venue was chosen to be the wonderful Wellness Hotel Akademie Naháč in Chocerady, an artistically-painted village in the Bohemian Region of Czech Republic. A weekend conference full of Workshops to Educate yourself, networking opportunities...
Rhetorik-Club „Toastmasters Linz“ feiert 2. Geburtstag! „Die Kunst des freien Redens zu erlernen und nette Leute kennen lernen“ war der Beweggrund um an den Treffen der Blue-Danube Speakers teilzunehmen, erinnern sich einige Mitglieder des Klubs. Seit 31. Jänner feiern die „Blue Danube Speakers“ ihren 2. Geburtstag....
I was especially looking forward to the first meeting of the new year. Over one month without the two weekly toastmaster dose!? - nearly unbearable. Impartially reviewing one would say it was a regular meeting, following the toastmasters agenda with fixed roles and time schedules....
Es ist wieder so weit: die Blue Danube Speakers veranstalten einen englischsprachigen Redewettbewerb inmitten von Linz. Dieses Mal geht es aber nicht wie gewohnt um vorbereitete Reden, sondern um kurze, spontane und vor allem lustige Stegreifreden. „Jeder hat in seinem Leben schon öfters Situationen erlebt, in...
The evening kicked off at 7pm, with a short introduction from the group’s president, Ruta. This was followed by an impromptu and humorous recap of Thorsten’s recent trip to America. What should have been a nice and relaxed business trip with a standard presentation included...
Visiting other clubs Being a Toastmaster means being able to visit also other clubs and share experience. As a representative of Blue Danube Speakers I visited on August 06. Walk the Talk – a Zurich club for advanced speakers (walkthetalkzurich.tmclub.eu). It was exciting and challenging as I...
Our last meeting on 28th of July was kind of extraordinary. The officers met already a little bit earlier to discuss the latest changes in our organization. Unfortunately Karin – our interims president – decided to leave the club due to personal reasons. She did...
It was once more a great meeting. Ruta´s presentation was the first. She told us, how you can deliver your message in the best possible way to the audience. For that, you have to cover the senses of the audience. Visual: Use a flipchart or PowerPoint, so...
It was again an amazing meeting! First Karin, our President, tried to present us some impressions of the contest in Krakow. Eventually we got a picture, that this event was overwhelming, filled with high professional speeches and cool people. Next, Toni started with the first speech of...