Dear Toastmasters and Friends,
Division D Fall Conference in Vienna is just behind the door and that means that I am sending you general information you could need! There are many things you can look forward to, because this conference will be full of great speakers, many interesting people and a lot of useful information!
Friday evening socializing:
We’ll make a reservation for 19:00 in a nice restaurant.
Conference Day:
When: 19.10.2013, 9:15 – 18:00
Where: Mariahilfer Straße 51, 1060 Wien
Prayner Konservatorium, https://goo.gl/00Dxzk
Public transport:
U3, Station Neubaugasse, Exit Stiftgasse
It is 2 underground stations or 20min walking distance from Westbahnhof
Parking:
There are some cheap parking houses next to the underground stations:
https://goo.gl/HdpCJr (€ 3 per day)
P+R Erdberg & P+R Ottakring are near a U3 station
Parking on the street is unfortunately rather complicated in Vienna https://goo.gl/qKhzqV and garages nearby rather expensivehttps://goo.gl/Q1ikPz
Note that Mariahilfer Strasse is Vienna’s main shopping street, so driving there on Saturday is rather crazy.
Accomodation:
Couchsurfing option will be regrettably unavailable, so all of you who are planning to stay overnight in Vienna, please BOOK A HOSTEL/HOTEL. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Payment:
The fee depends on when you have registered on our official website.
It’s payable in cash (euros only) at the registration desk on arrival.
Early bird registration : 20 EUR (until 6th of October)
Normal registration: 25 EUR (until 18th of October)
On-site registration: 30 EUR
Program:
09:15 Registration
10:00 Opening of contests
10:05 CZ humorous speech + TT contest
11:40 DE TT contest
12:00 Lunch Break
13:00 Workshop Priti Coles – „be seen, be heard, be real”
13:40 EN TT contest
14:30 Workshop Jenny Simanowitz – „Happy business”
15:15 Coffee & Cakes break
15:30 Keynote Speech
15:45 EN humorous speech contest
16:50 DE humorous speech contest
17:30 Announcing results
18:00 Closing
Contests:
Each Area sends one representative in each of the contests, so look forward to contestants from CZ, SK, HU and AT. [Note from the Division Governor: Both Czech and Slovak speaking contestants will compete in Czech contests]
Vienna’s Toastmaster Clubs have arranged for a special guest session & demo meeting. So be prepared to talk with non-Toastmasters and show your enthusiasm.
Workshops:
We will have two top-notch workshops by
Priti Coles, a voice and presentation trainer will help your voice to „be seen, be heard, be real” – https://www.clearvoicecoaching.com/clearvoice.html
Jenny Simmanowitz: The communication cabaret is a modern, humorous form of knowledge transmission based on communication training. – https://www.happybusiness.at/home_en.html
Refreshment:
Refreshment during the whole conference is included in the registration fee. There will be warm lunch, cakes and snacks to eat and of course water, coffee and other beverages to drink.
Conference Dinner, Saturday:
After the event we arranged for a big table in a famous microbrewery for celebration, relaxing and socializing. Just around the corner Siebensternbräu is awaiting you.
The organizing team is looking forward to greeting you the next Saturday, 19.10.2013!
Greetings from Vienna
Moritz Fromwald, Area D1 Gov.
for the organizing team.
Jaroslav Kovac