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Toastmasters to welcome BC champion public speaker

By Naomi Ambrose,
Contributor

D ouglas Toastmasters

invites all Douglas
College students and staff
to its open house next
week to meet and to watch
Carol Carter, the current
champion of public speaking
in British Columbia and one
of the top 18 speakers in
the Toastmasters world this
year. The meeting is open to
the public and will be held
on October 2 at 5:00 p.m. in
Room 207 in the Students’
Union Building of the New
Westminster campus.

“T wanted to bring a
professional speaker like
Carol so people could learn
how to make an inspiring
speech to win people’s
hearts. I want people to find
out what Toastmasters can
do for them...Toastmasters
is for everyone who wants to
improve themselves. [It is]

a nurturing environment if
you want to become a great
leader,” said Michelle Leong,
Douglas Toastmasters
mentor and co-organizer of

the open house.

Carol Carter said that
“(The open house] may
turn out to be the single
most important time you
invest in yourself. | wish
I had found Toastmasters
when I was in my late
teens or early twenties. The
lessons I’ve learned, the
people I’ve met, and the
growth I’ve experienced
over the last two-and-a-
half years has changed
my life. I’ve seen other
people grow exponentially
through the Toastmasters
program. Anyone who
wants to have confidence,
clarity, leadership skills,
and the ability to influence
individuals or groups of
people should be at this
event.

“Toastmasters has
given me so much. I can’t
say enough about this
organization... It’s the least
expensive, yet most effective
self-development you could
ever give yourself. It is the
perfect model of servant
leadership at work. I wish I
had found it sooner. I am all
over any chance to share my

experience with others.”

Toastmasters
International is a non-profit
educational organization
that teaches communication
and leadership skills
through a worldwide
network of clubs. The
organization currently has
more than 260,000 members
in approximately 12,500
clubs in 113 countries.

Since its foundation in

1924, the organization has
helped more than four
million people lead and
communicate with poise
and confidence. In British
Columbia, there are over 250
Toastmasters Clubs and over
4,500 members.

Douglas Toastmasters
meet every Tuesday at 5:00
pm in Room 207 at the
Students’ Union Building
at the New Westminster
Campus. For more
information about the event
and the club, please visit
www douglastoastmasterso
ctoberopenhouse.eventbrite.
ca or call Michelle Leong at
604-527-5038.

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British Columbian Public Speaking Champion Carol Carter

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SEP TEM BER'S COM ING TO AN END, WHIGH M EANS IT'S

ALM OST TIM E FOR FALLOWEEN! I'M GETTING PRETTY
EXCITED, AND I'VE GOT SOM E COSTUM ES IN M IND FORME
AND M Y BOYFRIEND (WHOM I'LL REFER TO HERE AS GuJ.). I'm
A LITTLE WORRIED THOUGH, BECAUSE HE WANTS TO HAVE
A BIG PARTY, AND | WANT TO M AKE A GOOD IM PRESSION.
THE COSTUME I'M LEANING TOWARDS IS A V ARIAT ION- OF -
SORTS ON CAT WOM AN FROM "PHE Dark KNIGHT RISES.
But | NEED TO KNOW: HOW SEXY IS TOO SEXY? DON'T WANT
TO EM BARRASS M Y BOYFRIEND, BUT | ALSO WANT TO LOOK
GOOD, PLEASE HELP!

SINCERELY,

CASSANDRA CAIN

DEAR CASSANDRA:

SEXINESS IS LIKE BEER: YOU CAN NEVER HAVE
ENOUGH! However, | DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
WANT TO KEEP THINGS CLASSY, SO | DO HAVE

SOM E SUGGESTIONS AND GUIDELINES TO HELP YOU
OUT. FIRST OF ALL, DECOLLETAGE IS ONE THING,
BUT MAKE SURE TO KEEP YOUR AREOLAS UNDER
WRAPS. SAM E GOES FOR YOUR LABIA—BET TER TO
KEEP THEM GUESSING! SINCE YOU'RE PLANNING ON
BEING CAT WOM AN, YOU CAN PROBABLY KEEP THINGS

COV ERED UP WHILE STILL PROVIDING AN OUT LINE
OF YOUR ANAT OM Y.

XOXO,
=D NEOs

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