It seems longer than two weeks, but that's all it was. Those old bugaboos -- shaking knees, churning stomach, chattering teeth -- are on the verge of returning, so I'd better get a good dose of TM soon.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
SPEAKEASY NEWS Dec 2
It seems longer than two weeks, but that's all it was. Those old bugaboos -- shaking knees, churning stomach, chattering teeth -- are on the verge of returning, so I'd better get a good dose of TM soon.
Monday, November 16, 2009
SPEAKEASY NEWS
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Word of the Week for November 11th.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Word of the Week for November 4th.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Fall open house progress
Still to do: notify the other clubs in Area 93, notify the media and think about room set up for a potential crowd. ;)
Word of the week for October 28th
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Happy Anniversary
Fellow Toastmasters,
Happy Anniversary!
October 22 is an auspicious date for Toastmasters around the world. It marks the day that a small group of people, led by Dr. Ralph C. Smedley, held the first official Toastmasters meeting in the basement of a YMCA in Santa Ana, California, USA.
While the original intent of the group was to teach after-dinner speeches to young men, as we all know, Toastmasters has evolved to become a worldwide leader in communication and leadership development. This evolution was no accident; Dr. Smedley firmly believed that the improvement of a person's ability to communicate his or her ideas was a means of improving life in all its phases, personal as well as professional. It's a philosophy that resonates as clearly today as it did back in 1924.
Since its founding, Toastmasters International has empowered more than 4 million people to achieve their full potential and realize their dreams. Our organization's long-term success and growth is a tribute to Dr. Smedley's vision. He understood that communication isn't optional and leadership isn't always natural, but both can be learned through doing.
As we celebrate our 85th anniversary, the organization stands at a historic high point. Our membership is at an all-time high of 252,000 and growing, our programs are more expansive and our leaders have developed innovative strategies to keep up with advances and shifting cultural dynamics of the global age.
The next 85 years hold even greater promise as we continue to adapt and evolve in an ever-changing world. Let us work together to build our organization by building our members - with confidence, leadership and service.
Thank you for all you do to support and serve Toastmasters.
Sincerely,
Gary Schmidt
International President
Toastmasters International
Friday, August 28, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Distinguished Club Program
I am posting an email Kara Johnson sent with the DCP scoring. Lets do what we can this year to move up the rankings.
Hello everyone,
I thought I'd send you a quick email letting you know the exact point system for the DCP awards. (For those of you that were not there this evening, I described the DCP - off the top of my head - so I wanted to send a clarification.) Our club earned the DCP award for 2008-2009.
5-6 points - Distinguished
7-8 points - Select Distinguished
9-10 points - Presidents Distinguished
Membership Criteria for DCP: (Base + 5) or >= 20
Points that can be earned: (I put a * next to the points we earned - I did get mixed up a bit tonight)
1. Two CCs (Acronyms are below)
2. Two more CCs
3. One ACB, ACS, or ACG
4. One more ACB, ACS, or ACG
5. One CL, ALB, ALS or DTM *
6. One more CL, ALB, ALS or DTM
7. Four new members *
8. Four more new members *
9. Minimum of four officers trained during each of two training periods *
10. One membership dues renewal report and one club officer list submitted on time. *
CC - Competent Communicator
ACB - Advanced Communicator Bronze
ACS - Advanced Communicator Silver
ACG - Advanced Communicator Gold
CL - Competent Leader
ALB - Advanced Leader Bronze
ALS - Advanced Leader Silver
DTM - Distinguished Toastmaster
Note - we don't have to stop at four CCs or at any of the others. In fact, for CCs, the area earns points based on the number of CCs earned per area. The same is true of the district.
Anyway, this is just a bit of knowledge for you. Let me know of anything else you'd like to cover. One thing we will want to do is evaluation training. Now that several of you have done several speeches, we should get you ready to do some evaluations. Doing evaluations help advance your listening and critical thinking skills, plus more!
Have a great rest of your week!
Kara
Upcoming TELI July 18th
Thursday, July 9, 2009
July 8th Meeting Notes
The word of the week is "Bon Mot." It is French for good word. For every one's reference, Word Master and Grammarian are two separate duties at Speakeasy. Larry and Gordon settled that.
Eric Fager served as Toastmaster.
Jim MacDonald used Bartlett's Familiar Quotations as the basis for a challenging round of Table Topics.
Melony Fender gave an impromptu speech about the Sci-Fi convention she attended, over the holiday weekend. Convergence is Imminent. It is established sonic screw drivers should be used, and not kept in there original packing for the 2109 antiques road show.
Kara Johnson talked to us about the Distinguished Club Plan. Hopefully this information will motivate us to score as many points as we can.
Best Joke was provided by Jim MacDonald.
Best Table Topic was given by Melanie Fender
Best Speaker was Kara Johnson
Best Evaluator was Gene Welch.
There where no guests this week to give us feedback on the meeting. The member discussion was about the length of the meeting. Our meetings are scheduled from 6:00 to 8:00, and we have the room from 5:30 to 8:30. Kara suggested we could exempt the Toastmaster and
scheduled speakers from participating in Table Topics.