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　 傑出會員回顧 - 蔡玉秋  
　

I am proud to be a Toastmaster. I am even more proud to be a Distinguished Toastmaster. When I just joined Toastmasters, I didn't know how much I would grow. Toastmasters offers many ways for you to learn. My favorite—and the one where I have grown the most—is the speech contest.

Toastmasters speech contests preaches resilience and determination.

I love the movie, La Land, it also preaches resilience and determination.
The movie, La Land, portrays two characters that are beaten down time and time again, but eventually revel in success because they never gave up. So much like contestants in Toastmasters contests. Being a contestant pushes you to take on challenges that you wouldn't have taken on by yourself.

In year 2003, I broke through my barrier and made it to the District Humorous finals. The Humorous Speech Contest is the most fun for the spectator. In the contest, you meet other strong

蔡玉秋
Debbie Tsai
2017.05.05
高雄
speakers, and learn from their styles. The District contest gives you that “larger audience” experience.

It was because of the numerous contest training opportunities in Toastmasters that gave me the courage to enter the “The New York Times” TV commercial audition in Taiwan in 2005. I used what I'd learned from Toastmasters humorous speech contests and the Humorously Speaking manual to “Tell people that you are the best, and they will definitely hate you. Make them feel superior, and they'll appreciate you.”
 
I used self-deprecating humor to share my own experience to connect to the story theme of The New York Times, and I finally won the audition, but best of all, they even used my own story in their TV commercial.

Speaking in Toastmasters provides challenges and plenty of opportunities to be proud of your accomplishments. The more you expand your skills and talents, the more confidence you have in yourself!
 
Thanks to Toastmasters I've tried new things I wouldn't have tried before.
　
Journey Highlight: KTC president 1999-2000, 2010-2011
Division D Governor 2009-2010
District PRO 2014-2015