{"id":39232,"date":"2023-10-27T14:43:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T06:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/el\/?p=39232"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:45:09","slug":"toastmasters_international_2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/el\/news-events\/toastmasters_international_2023\/","title":{"rendered":"School of Education and Languages students recognised by Toastmasters International for dedication to public speaking"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"39232\" class=\"elementor elementor-39232\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a9067a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a9067a2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dcc805e\" data-id=\"dcc805e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b783f5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b783f5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The HKMU Trilingual Toastmasters Club formed by students of the School of Education and Languages (E&amp;L) attained the Distinguished Toastmasters Club label for 2022\u20132023 awarded by Toastmasters International. The recognition is part of Toastmasters International&#8217;s Distinguished Club Program, which sets ten goals for individual clubs to achieve during the year. It requires that club members keep making progress in its education programmes, the club maintain a healthy membership base, club officers receive sufficient training and club administration be properly managed. A Distinguished Club must have achieved five of the ten goals.<\/p><p>Meanwhile, Edith Poon Yin-ting, Early Childhood Education student and the club&#8217;s Vice President Education, received the recognition of Club Outstanding Member 2022\u20132023 of District 89.<\/p><p>Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organisation that operates clubs worldwide for the purpose of helping people develop communication, public speaking, and leadership skills through a series of contests and club meetings. District 89 covers toastmasters clubs located in Hong Kong, Macau, Fujian, Hainan and part of Guangdong, China.<\/p><p>For more details, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/news\/school-of-education-and-languages-students-recognised-by-toastmasters-international-for-dedication-to-public-speaking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HKMU News Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":188,"featured_media":39228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.3 (Yoast SEO v21.2) - 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