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The Alpine Conference
April 7, 2001
District 59p: Continental Europe
Area 4: Switzerland, Club: 3436
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The Alpine Conference April 7, 2001 |
District 59p: Continental Europe Area 4: Switzerland, Club: 3436 |
| On April the 7th, the Toastmasters Club of Berne
hosted Toastmasters from all over Switzerland at the 2001 Swiss Area Conference.
President Pamela Holzinger welcomed guests, contestants, judges, the public
and press with the speech reported below.
Highlights of the event were the Evaluation Contest and the International Speech Competition. Conducted according to the rules of Toastmasters International, the competition winners gained the right to represent Switzerland in the District Contests to be held in Copenhagen in May. |
The Toastmasters Club of Berne meets
the second and fourth Mondays of each month, from 19:00 to
about 21:30. Meetings are held at the Hotel Alfa, City-West, Laupenstrasse,
Berne.
Toastmasters is the best value for a course in public speaking. In Switzerland, there are clubs in Basel, Berne, Geneva, Zug, and Zurich, all operating in English. (There are also French- and German-speaking clubs among the 50 clubs in continental Europe.) All clubs provide a friendly environment for building speaking and leadership skills. |
| President | Pamela Holzinger, 031 352 4357, Giacommettistr. 2, 3006 Berne |
| VP Education | Brian Cairl, laswiss@hotmail.com, 033 251 27 10 |
| VP Membership | Ana Hauser, hahauser@bluewin.ch 031 748 1700 |
| VP PR, Newsletter | Graham Tritt graham_tritt@hotmail.com, 031 829 3479 |
| Secretary / Treasurer | Othmar Ulrich, o_b_u@hotmail.com, 032 623 7175 |
| Sergeant at Arms | Vicko Andriamiharisoa vandria@tiscalinet.ch, 031 3259816 |
| Past President | Allan Hart allan_hart@hotmail.com, 031 911 0279 |
| Good morning, fellow Toastmasters and Guests - Welcome to the Swiss
Alpine Conference.
I am delighted to see you all and I thank you for your presence. But I want to see you all smile. The power of a smile can make your day feel brighter and lighter - so powder your face with sunshine and put on that great big smile. The greatest happiness you can give the world is to make people smile. Smile at the world and the world will smile with you. Frown at the world and the world will frown back at you. I want to share a secret with you all - I want to make the whole of Berne smile. Why can some people see beautiful blue skies, green grass, lovely flowers, and meet incredible human beings like you all? Because they are smiling! And others don't notice the beauty around them, because they are not smiling. My sincere advice to you all is, never postpone a smile. Then you will be like little children who are chasing their dreams and rainbows to find their pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. If you want a place on an island in the sun, you will have to put up with some blisters and mosquito stings - and smile! Your life will never be fulfilled until you are cheerful. So please, sit back, relax, don't worry, be happy! Have a real great day, and Smile! Pamela Holzinger, President, Toastmasters Club of Berne. |
| Pamela Holzinger and Graham Tritt, Swiss Area
Governor
preparing to award prizes to the contestants.
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