Things the Club Wrote

This is an introduction to Toastmasters International and its Shenzhen chapter, covering the organization's founding in 1924, its worldwide membership, and the growth of District 89 in southern China. It presents Shenzhen Toastmasters Club as the city's first Toastmasters club, founded on August 9, 2003, and lists its weekly Tuesday meeting time, address in Futian, and contact details for anyone wanting to join.

An explainer for people unfamiliar with Toastmasters, covering its founding in 1924 in the United States, its scale of over 11,700 clubs in 102 countries, the communication and leadership tracks, and the weekly Tuesday 7:15 to 9:30 pm meeting format of Shenzhen Toastmasters Club at Xinghua Building in Futian.

An introductory notice explaining what Toastmasters is, describing it as a supportive learn by doing environment for becoming a confident public speaker and leader. It ends with the club's recruitment slogan and WeChat account name.

A reposted article from the Toastmasters website by a TEDx organizer giving tips on how to get selected to give a TED Talk, covering the history of TED, how to choose the right local TEDx event, and how to prepare and deliver the talk. It also lists differences between a standard Toastmasters speech and a TED Talk format.

A guide explaining SZTM's monthly speaking slot booking system, where members compete online to reserve one speaking slot per month, describing the rush of filling out the booking form and the confusion when entries get out of order. It closes by inviting readers to a Tuesday meeting at Xinghua Building.

A guide to every meeting role at SZTM, organized by difficulty level from beginner roles like SAA, Timer and Ah counter, through intermediate roles like Grammarian and Toastmaster of the Evening, to advanced evaluator roles including Individual Evaluator, Table Topics Evaluator and General Evaluator, plus the club's monthly 'star GE' format for senior members. Each role entry lists its responsibilities and step by step instructions, and the piece closes with the club's booking rules.

A guide style essay rebutting ten common excuses for not joining Toastmasters, covering concerns about already knowing how to present, not being a public speaker, feeling unintelligent or nervous, being a student or full time employee, disliking criticism, and lacking time or money. It closes by inviting readers to that evening's childhood themed meeting at Xinghua Building.

A guide to the Timer role at SZTM meetings, written by Simon Zhao, laying out three levels of what a Timer can do beyond basic timekeeping, from analyzing a speech's opening, body, and closing time ratios to comparing time allocation across meetings. It also covers how to signal time online depending on whether a speaker is sharing their screen.

A bilingual guide to joining Shenzhen Toastmasters Club, covering the club's basic information, the three steps to join (attending two meetings, completing a Table Topic or meeting role, then contacting the VPM), and the RMB1200 first-time fee covering registration and six months' dues. It also lists past club outings such as werewolf games, badminton, and rock climbing.

SZTM's standing guide to joining the club: founded September 8, 2003 as Shenzhen's first Toastmasters club, meeting every Tuesday 7:15 to 9:30pm on the 5th floor of Zhonghe Building near Science Museum station in Futian. To join, attend twice, complete one table topic or meeting role, then contact VPM Ree Yin; first-time membership costs RMB 1,200 (RMB 600 registration plus RMB 600 for six months), renewing at RMB 600 every six months after that.

SZTM's standing guide to joining the club: founded September 8, 2003 as Shenzhen's first Toastmasters club, meeting every Tuesday 7:15 to 9:30pm on the 5th floor of Zhonghe Building near Science Museum station in Futian. To join, attend twice, complete one table topic or meeting role, then contact VPM Ree Yin; first-time membership costs RMB 1,200 (RMB 600 registration plus RMB 600 for six months), renewing at RMB 600 every six months after that.

SZTM's standing guide to joining the club: founded September 8, 2003 as Shenzhen's first Toastmasters club, meeting every Tuesday 7:15 to 9:30pm on the 5th floor of Zhonghe Building near Science Museum station in Futian. To join, attend twice, complete one table topic or meeting role, then contact VPM Ree Yin; first-time membership costs RMB 1,200 (RMB 600 registration plus RMB 600 for six months), renewing at RMB 600 every six months after that.

A how-to guide, in both Chinese and English, for joining Shenzhen Toastmasters Club: the club's founding date, code, district, meeting time and venue, the steps to join (attending twice, completing a table topic or meeting role, then contacting the VPM), the membership fees, and what new members gain, including access to Toastmasters International resources and pathways. It also lists some of the club's off meeting activities, such as werewolf game nights, badminton, and rock climbing.

A guide explaining how to join SZTM, covering meeting time and location, membership fees, and the steps members complete before contacting the VP Membership. It also lists past outings such as badminton and new member training.

A guide explaining how to join SZTM, covering meeting time and location, membership fees, and the steps members complete before contacting the VP Membership. It also lists past outings such as badminton and new member training.

A how to join guide for SZTM, Shenzhen's first Toastmasters club founded in 2003, covering club basics, meeting times, membership fees (a one time 600 yuan registration fee plus a 600 yuan six month due), the three step process to join, and photos from past outings such as badminton and coffee tastings.

An introduction to SZTM's Mentorship Program explaining why experienced speakers are needed to guide new members, with a short background on Toastmasters International and SZTM's 20 year history in Shenzhen. It profiles seven mentors, Eleven, Min, Stella, Sampson, Tao, DC and Echo, listing each one's years in Toastmasters, how many mentees they can take, and their preferred contact times.

A short, mostly photo-based post thanking outgoing president Eric for his support and describing the club as a warm, professional and fun family. The text gives no other detail about which meeting or event it refers to.

A Chinese-language post, unusual for this normally English club account, sharing a fundraising appeal for a young boy with the rare genetic disease ALD (adrenoleukodystrophy), passed along through the SZTM member group by VPE Cherry. It asks members to help by donating or connecting the family with charities or media, rather than scrolling past the message.

A preview of an upcoming meeting themed Moon, timed around the Mid-Autumn Festival, with homemade mooncakes from Yoki and four prepared speeches from Lunine, Elly, Louis, and Nick.

A review of a regular Tuesday meeting held around the National Day holiday, when the club had to move to a new room after a problem with the previous venue's landlord. It covers a table-topic session with a spinning wheel made by Lilian, prepared speeches from three new members, and a visit from club founder Hettie and district governor Sarah.

A short preview, mostly images, for a meeting with seven prepared speeches, framed around a marathon theme.

A short teaser for a themed speech marathon, consisting almost entirely of images with an instruction to scan a QR code to read more.

A recap of a meeting in which Eric won the Best Prepared Speaker award for a speech about the Authentic, Ideal, and Real Self, Celia gave a humorous speech about not wanting a second child, and Michelle Yang served as Toastmaster of the Meeting for the first time.

A preview of an upcoming meeting with evaluators Eric and Hettie, Candy as Toastmaster of the Meeting, Wenzel as table topic master, and four prepared speeches from James, Ethan, Nina, and Nick.

A recap of a Tuesday meeting with a table-topic session on relationships led by Wenzel, and prepared speeches from Ethank about a rainy-morning rescue and from Nina about living a balanced life.

A near empty post titled as a review of a hilarious meeting, directing readers to click through to the original article for the content, with two images attached and no further text in the post itself.

A personal essay comparing books to a perfect friend, moving through the author's taste for wuxia and fantasy novels, history books, and practical self-improvement books. It closes by urging readers to write down a reading list and start reading today.

A recap of a new WeChat group Table Topics format started by SAA Fish, where members set a personal fluency goal and record two minute impromptu speeches on a weekly topic. This week's topic was persuasion, with members including Sunny Wang, Louis, Ariel, Fish, Bingbing, Nathan, Ree, Jane and April sharing stories, and Adrian along with the article giving line by line feedback on each speaker.

A summary of an online Table Topics session on the theme of '24 hours', where members including Sunny Wang Lian, Bingbing, Jessica, Fish, Ariel, Sunny Wang and April described how they spend their day and what they would do with more or fewer hours, each followed by feedback from evaluator Amazing Jane.

An informational post on the history of Toastmasters International, its expansion into mainland China starting with the first Shanghai club in 1999, and the founding of Shenzhen Toastmasters Club in 2003 as the city's first Toastmasters club. It also lists SZTM's official club code, district number, meeting venue and meeting time.

A bilingual history of Shenzhen Toastmasters Club, founded in 2003 by Eva Lee after she encountered Toastmasters through friends in Hong Kong, tracing its growth from too few members to hold a meeting to more than seventy. It also tells the story of the club's second logo, designed in 2015 by Mavis, wife of then VPPR Seaborne, with members offering their own readings of what the horse-shaped emblem shows.

End of term reflections from SZTM's outgoing officer team ahead of an upcoming election, including President Zoe Zhang, VPE April Luo, VPM Ree Yin, VPPR Leah Liu, Secretary Sunny Wang, Treasurer Chrissy Tang, and SAA Louis Liu. Each officer describes why they ran for the role, what the job involved, and what they took from six months of serving the club.

A review of a joint online meeting between SZTM and the Chengdu Toastmasters club. It covers the table topics session on the theme of being alone, prepared speeches including one from Sunny Wang Fang and one from a Chengdu member, and the evaluation team's feedback, ending with the awards for best speaker, best evaluator, and best table topics speakers.

A review of an SZTM meeting themed 'Being Comfortable with the Uncomfortable.' It covers the table topics session hosted by David Yan, prepared speeches from Fish (best speech, 'Tiger Mom'), Adrian Wong, Frank, and Tao's icebreaker speech 'Mama, I joined TM,' plus evaluator feedback, and invites readers to the club's 734th meeting the following Tuesday.

A review of a joint in person meeting between SZTM and the Tree club, styled as a 'concert' in which host Adrian played a curated theme song to introduce each speaker. It covers six impromptu speakers, including Li Zhen, Alex Sun, and teachers Christine and Sharon, and four prepared speeches, with Tree's Sylvia winning best prepared speech and Eric winning best table topics speech.

A recap of a nostalgic themed meeting held right after SZTM's 17th anniversary party, with 14 guests, a new attendance record, three of whom joined as members that night. Four members gave prepared speeches, including one on the meaning of love and one on the history of electronic music, and six speakers took part in a table topic round about nostalgia, covering topics like ex-girlfriends and each person's saddest memory.

A promotional post for that evening's meeting, framed as a challenge to make members laugh, with three rounds: one to get you laughing, one requiring speaking in English, and a table topic round. It also previews four prepared speeches and a vote on who members admire most.

A recap of a food themed meeting hosted by a member known for her slim figure and big appetite, who had members bring pictures of their favorite dishes for the table topic round. The meeting's master had just become a bridegroom and handed out candy to celebrate, and a new member, Danny, joined the club that night.

A recap of a meeting on the theme of family members, held as members spent more time at home during the pandemic. President April returned to host as meeting master after weeks away, and three members gave prepared speeches: one on taking up running to quit smoking, one on organizing the club's annual contest, and one on learning multiple languages. Area director Rachael Pan attended and evaluated the meeting.

A recap of a meeting on the theme of games, exploring whether life itself is a kind of game. Four members gave prepared speeches, including one on an unplanned move to Shenzhen and one from a former CEO who, now a mother, reflected on who she really is, and the table topic round asked whether love and winning are also games.

A promotional post for that evening's meeting on the theme of priorities, previewing a first-time impromptu hosting turn by a member called Michael, icebreaker speeches from two new members, Harry and Danny, and story sharing from Megan and David, who was joining online from Taiwan.

A recap of a meeting with four prepared speeches, including one from Fish Liu on being strict with yourself but generous to others, and one from Tao Qi on leading without being a leader, built around being democratic, coaching the team often, and providing a vision. The table topic round, hosted by Chrissy Tang, was themed around something not right, and the post closes with a note that SZTM's speech contest was coming up that Saturday afternoon.

A set of officer reflections marking six months since the last election, in a question and answer format covering why members ran for office and how the experience changed them. It closes with a notice that the next officer election would be held on May 18, 2021.

A recap of an SZTM Tuesday meeting after the club moved its venue back to Futian CBD, covering six prepared speeches by Sampson, Olivia, Jason, Min, Suwen, and Tony on topics ranging from joke telling to leadership and communication. It also announces that the following Tuesday's meeting, themed marriage, would move online because of a local COVID outbreak.

A personal essay by a member on discovering SZTM's history after learning that a speaker at an AACTP workshop was one of the club's founding members. It describes revisiting the club's old WeChat posts, including one by a member named Fish from years earlier, and ends with an invitation for other members to share their own SZTM stories.

A brief announcement inviting members to a joint meeting between SZTM and ACME Toastmasters Club, with no other details given beyond a set of photos and the club's standard contact information. The post does not state when or where the meeting takes place.

An invitation to that Tuesday's meeting, featuring three prepared speeches: Magic Power of Smile, Is It Burning Hot in Africa, and Slow Down. The district's CEO, Sarah He, was invited to demonstrate how to evaluate a speech.

A short announcement inviting members to a joint meeting between SZTM and CEO Toastmasters Club, accompanied by photos and the club's standard contact information. No other details, such as date, time, or theme, are given in the text.

A short teaser posted the day after SZTM's first joint meeting with the Artisan club, promising a fuller writeup the next day and thanking members for a recent series of member profile posts. It closes with an invitation to the regular Tuesday meeting at Xinghua Building.

A preview naming four scheduled speakers for that week's meeting at the club's usual Science Museum venue: newcomer Miguel's icebreaker "Where are you from?", returning member Vivian's welcome-back talk, incoming VPM Vivian Pan's "From Zero to Hero," and SAA Tao's "Embrace the boredom." The post invites anyone free that evening to come hear how they think about facing the unknown.

A review of SZTM's first cosplay meeting, with 3 prepared speakers, 5 impromptu speakers, 9 guests and 21 attendees in total. In the table-topic round, speakers costumed as pop-culture figures (Bruce Lee, singer Fei Yuqing, Vincent van Gogh, a cartoon character) while giving their speeches, and the audience guessed who they were. Awards went to Sunny Wanglian (best prepared speaker), Fish (best master), Joan (best table topic speaker) and Eric Liu (best evaluator).

A recap of a joint speech meeting between Rro and SZTM, with three masters (Tingting Wang, Balita, David) hosting different segments. The table topic round, on the theme "Summer Vacation," was followed by four prepared speeches, including Vivian Liu on deliberate practice and Jessica Luo on finding self-love through wearing lipstick. Awards: best master David, best speaker Jessica, best table topic speaker Eric Liu, best evaluator Jeff Wu.

A review of the "Back to 17 Years Old" themed meeting, hosted by Sunny Wanglian, with prepared speeches from Lizhen ("Lesson learned"), Megan Luo ("Don't be afraid, enjoy the moment"), Tao Qi ("Embrace the boredom") and Jeff Wu ("Lesson from an egg"), plus a table-topic round built around turning-17 memories. Awards: best prepared speaker Megan Luo, best table topic speaker and best evaluator Eric Liu, best master Sunny Wang, best facilitator April Luo. The post closes by announcing a party on September 6 for the club's 17th anniversary.

A review of the first regular meeting after SZTM's officer change, featuring four prepared speeches from members who had joined only three months earlier. It also covers a new twist on the Hark Master role and the introduction of an honorable member title for a supporter from a neighboring club.

A short notice announcing a new issue of the SZTM newsletter for English speech enthusiasts, with the newsletter content presented entirely as a sequence of images. The post gives no further details in text about what the issue contains.

The Shenzhen Toastmasters Club newsletter covering April to June 2014, presented almost entirely as a sequence of images. The post carries no accompanying written text beyond the title and the club's standard contact footer.

A short Daily Express vocabulary segment on English terms for getting a haircut, covering words like bob hairstyle, trim, big wave, fringe, ponytail and crew cut.

A monthly notice sharing an English study resource with the SZTM group, the book Academic Vocabulary in Use, with a note that it is for academic sharing only and not for commercial use. It is followed by a short guide for guests on how to participate in an SZTM meeting, covering guest introductions, table topic speeches, and the moment of truth, plus the meeting's address in Futian.

Self-introductions from SZTM's newly elected officer team for the January to June 2015 term: President Michael Liu, VPE Jenny Gao, VPPR assistant Rainq Liu, VPPR Ken Ling, Treasurer Danielle Ouyang, Secretary Ivy Zhang and SAA Julie Li, each sharing a short personal note.

A bilingual notice that SZTM's Tuesday meetings would be suspended on February 17 and 24, 2015 for the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, resuming on March 3.

A mostly photo-based post titled "You came, and that was the right call," crediting Carol for the text and images. The post text itself contains little beyond that credit line and a series of photos.

A call for candidates in SZTM's officer election for the coming term, describing the responsibilities of each position, from President and the three vice presidents to Secretary, Treasurer, and Sergeant at Arms.

A promotional notice for the Shenzhen Toastmasters Club inviting people to a themed Tuesday evening meeting about the mystery of colors, held after the Spring Festival. It includes the club's standard introduction, meeting location at Xinghua Building in Futian District, and contact details for anyone interested in joining.

A promotional notice encouraging members to spend Tuesday evenings at Toastmasters meetings instead of letting the time slip away, built around the theme of effective listening. It includes the club's standard introduction, meeting location, and contact information.

An announcement promoting the 2016 Shenzhen Toastmasters Open Day, organized by District 89 Division I, describing the club meeting format attendees will experience and introducing several guest speakers, including district officers and DTM members. It gives registration details through the Hudongba platform, priced at 20 RMB in advance or 30 RMB at the door, with about 100 seats left.

A Tuesday post inviting members to that evening's regular meeting, sharing one-line reflections from several members who attended the May district conference in Huizhou. It closes by hinting that the VPE has planned a surprise for the meeting.

A same-day notice for the April 7, 2020 meeting, promising a solution from Eddie for turning any Table Topic into your own story, plus four prepared speeches, with the Zoom meeting ID and link.

An announcement of SZTM's May lucky bag reward program for members, describing three prize tiers ranging from a mystery gift to a wish granted by an officer, and how members could qualify by taking meeting roles, speaking at every meeting, or winning Best awards. The deadline to qualify was May 31, 2020, with VPM Ree Yin listed as the contact.

An announcement revealing the winners of May's tiered lucky bag draw, naming members who received prizes in each of the three tiers, including Tao Qi in the top tier. It also recaps a gathering to redeem some of the prizes that was interrupted by sudden storms in Shenzhen.

An announcement of SZTM's new reward system, covering cash bonuses for full attendance, for completing Pathway levels, and for exchanging ribbons or Best Speaker certificates for prizes. It also explains how members get reimbursed after buying their own gifts.

An announcement that SZTM won the District 118 Distinguished Club Pioneer award on December 6, 2021. It also recaps the new officer team's first internal planning meeting on December 5 and previews a Saturday coffee making session hosted by the VP Membership.

A Chinese New Year notice announcing SZTM's new Rednote (Xiaohongshu) account, a one week meeting break for Spring Festival with the club resuming on February 8, 2022, and holiday greetings for the Year of the Tiger.

A call for information about SZTM's president during the club's mysterious 2009 to 2013 stretch, offering to reward anyone who has memories or records from that time. It also mentions the club's 19th anniversary party is three weeks away with limited sign up spots, linking to two earlier posts for details.