Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: 05/11/2011 Called to order at: 7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding officer: Kevin Wilson Greeter: None Invocator: Kevin Wilson ************************************* Officers’ Reports None ************************************* Committee Reports: Carl Hendrickson – Education Committee has been looking into how to induct members more efficiently. One … Continue reading Meeting Minutes May 11, 2011
Author: Tom Terrific
Interested in MANY things.
Meeting Minutes May 4, 2011
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: 05/04/2011 Called to order at: 7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding officer: Kevin Wilson Greeter: Petrina Monti Invocator: Fiorela Rodrigano ************************************* Officers’ Reports Mike Marion moved to purchase 5 Competent Leadership manuals. Tom Terrific state he has 4-5 in the club library. … Continue reading Meeting Minutes May 4, 2011
Meeting Minutes April 27, 2011
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: 04/27/2011 Called to order at: 7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding officer: Kevin Wilson Greeter: Michael Marion Invocator: Howard Brandt ************************************* Officers’ Reports None ************************************* Committee Reports: Unfortunately the picnic last week was cancelled due to inclement weather. Please email Erin or … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 27, 2011
Meeting Minutes April 20, 2011
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: 04/20/2011 Called to order at: 7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding officer: Kevin Wilson Greeter Aidan Griffin Invocator: Petrina Monti ************************************* Officers’ Reports Mike Marion reported that the inter-club exchange with Twin Rivers will take place on May 4th. ************************************* Committee Reports: … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 20, 2011
Screen Resolution with a Projector
I was practicing a speech and noticed that the projector screen picture looked fuzzy and I couldn't get a clear picture. What I discovered was that I needed to set the laptop resolution to the resolution of the projector. The resolution of my laptop is 1200x800 while the resolution of the projector is 1024x768. When … Continue reading Screen Resolution with a Projector
Writing a Speech – the process
1. Have an idea for a general topic - something that interests you. You can refine your topic later as you get more information and find out what “YOU” really have to say. Ideally you want to talk about a subject that you already know well and that will be of interest to your audience. … Continue reading Writing a Speech – the process
Meeting Minutes April 13, 2011
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters - # 1957 Meeting Date: _April 13, 2011 Called to order at: _7pm________ Location: Met Life__________ Presiding officer: ____Kevin Wilson_________ Greeter____Joann Korba______________________ Invocator: Dee McAliney_____________________ ************************************* Officers’ Reports Mike Marian reported that some members went to the Twin Rivers Toastmaster club last Sunday for an inter-club exchange. Nilsa … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 13, 2011
What was it that made me believe that I could be a public speaker
By Kevin Wilson
Meeting Minutes April 6, 2011
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters - # 1957 Meeting Date: __4/6/2011______________ Called to order at: ____7 pm________ Location: _Met Life Bldg Presiding officer: _Kevin Wilson__________________________ Toastmaster: Rob Van Winkle____________ Theme Backwards Night Time Keeper:_Barb Sapienza________________ Camera Op: _Aidan Griffin__________________________ Ah Counter: __Kevin Reichardt____________________________ Table Topics: __Kathy Denton_______________________ Vote Counter: Steve Bettag_____________ Joke Master: … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 6, 2011
Meeting Minutes March 30, 2011
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters - # 1957 Meeting Date: 3/30/2011 Called to order at: 7:01pm Location: Met Life Bldg Presiding officer: Kevin Wilson Toastmaster: Laurie Mestdagh Time Keeper: Kathy Denton Camera Op: Rich Ullrich Ah Counter: Kevin Wilson Table Topics: Tom "Terrific" Krauska Vote Counter: Carl Hendrickson Joke Master: Brian Ettling … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 30, 2011
How to Fill out the Toastmaster Membership Application
How to Fill out the Toastmaster Membership Application Every member, not just club officers, should be aware of how to fill out the Toastmaster application. Everyone should know how to add new members to your club by knowing how to process new member applications. Use only one method of submission — mail, fax or online … Continue reading How to Fill out the Toastmaster Membership Application
How to Have Great Vocal Variety and Hand Gestures
I'm always amazed at how we start out so open and vocal and free to move and gesture. Somehow though many of us lose those qualities over time. Watch these two kids and learn.
Meeting Minutes March 23, 2011
Called to order at: 7:00pm Location: Met Life Bldg Presiding officer: Kevin Wilson Toastmaster: David Bateman Time Keeper: Alan Kirby Camera Op: Brenda McNaughton Ah Counter: Joanne Korba Table Topics: Steve Bettag Vote Counter: George Kiser Joke Master: Brian Ettling Grammarian: Diane Fawcett General Eval: Bill Collier Invocator: Carl Hendrickson Officers’ Reports (VP Ed, VP … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 23, 2011
Division and District Speech Contest Information
Below are fliers and information for the Evaluation and Speech Contests for the - 2011 Division A and District 8 conferences. Here is the District 8 Agenda.
Area Four Winners
Congratulations to Kathy Denton for her 3rd place in the Evaluation Contest and also to Alan Kirby for his 2nd place finish in the Speech contest.
Meeting Minutes March 16, 2011
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters - # 1957 Meeting Date: 3/16/2011 Called to order at: 7:00pm Location: Met Life Bldg Presiding officer: Kevin Wilson Toastmaster: Jim Ruzicka Time Keeper: Steve Bettag Camera Op: Rob VanWinkle Ah Counter: Kevin Wilson Table Topics: Barb Sapienza Vote Counter: Gina Willard Joke Master: Steve Winheim Grammarian: Rich … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 16, 2011
Meeting Minutes March 9, 2011
Record of Special Meeting of South County Toastmasters - # 1957 TMI Speech and Evaluation Contest Meeting Date: 3/9/11 Called to order at: 7:00pm Location: Met Life Bldg Presiding officer: Kevin Wilson Contest Master: Kevin Reichardt Chief Judge: Steve Flick Time Keepers: Brian Ettling, Tom "Terrific" Krauska Vote Counters: Judy Sowers, Jim Ruzicka, Brenda McNaughton … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 9, 2011
Presentation Tips from Previous Magazine Issues
The Toastmaster magazine has previous issues of magazines available to download. There are lots of presentation tips going back to January 2007. (Here's the link)
Area Speech and Evaluation Contest – 2011
Date: March 26, 2011 - Saturday Please be there to support our contestants: Alan Kirby and Kathy Denton Time: - Briefings: 9:30am - Contests: 10:00am Location: - Twin Rivers Worship Center - 10575 Tesson Ferry Road - St. Louis MO 63123
Timing for Speech and Evaluation Contests
Here are the timing rules for the International Speech and Evaluation Contests International speeches shall be from five to seven minutes. A contestant will be disqualified if the speech is less than four minutes 30 seconds or more than seven minutes 30 seconds. A green signal will be displayed at five minutes and remain displayed … Continue reading Timing for Speech and Evaluation Contests
Meeting Minutes March 2, 2011
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters - # 1957 Meeting Date: 3/2/11 Called to order at: 7:00 pm Location: Met Life Bldg Presiding officer: Kevin Wilson Toastmaster: Erin Gissell Time Keeper: Petrina Monti Camera Op: Brenda McNaughton Ah Counter: Brian Ettling Table Topics: Carl Hendrickson Vote Counter: Diane Fawcett Joke Master: David Bateman Grammarian: … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 2, 2011
Writing a Speech in Five Minutes
All of us at some point in our speaking career have to give a speech, but don't have the time to prepare. Illness, family problems, extra time needed at work - these are all valid reasons to be in a situation where you have to speak, but haven't prepared like you normally would want. What … Continue reading Writing a Speech in Five Minutes
Meeting Minutes February 16, 2011
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters - # 1957 Meeting Date: 2/16/11 Called to order at: 7:00pm Location: Met Life Bldg Presiding officer: Kevin Wilson Toastmaster: George Kiser Time Keeper: Gary Rickert Camera Op: (lectern locked) Ah Counter: Carl Hendrickson Table Topics: Alan Kirby Vote Counter: Jim Ruzicka Joke Master: Dick Shields Grammarian: Diane … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 16, 2011
Aristotle’s Rules for Persuasive Speech
When you think of old, very old, extremely old speakers. Who's the first person which comes to mind? Larry King? NO - this speaker is older than Larry Impossible you say, no one is older than Larry. Well let me tell you a story. Larry, had a teacher back in 3rd grade I believe where … Continue reading Aristotle’s Rules for Persuasive Speech
Meeting Minutes February 9, 2011
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters - # 1957 Meeting Date: 2/9/2011 Called to order at: 7:00 pm Location: Met Life Bldg Presiding officer: Kevin Wilson Toastmaster: Judy Sowers Time Keeper: Brenda McNaughton Camera Op: David Bateman Ah Counter: Don Clair Table Topics: Mike Marian Vote Counter: Howard Brandt Joke Master: Kevin Wilson Grammarian: … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 9, 2011
Treasurer’s Audit Report – February 2011
Report of the Toastmasters Audit Committee February 12, 2011 Presented by Tom Krauska and Petrina Monti We have looked at the records maintained by outgoing Treasurer Joe Archambault We noted that all checks and expenses had been recorded in an excel spreadsheet. We reconciled the bank account as of January 31, 2011. The balance in … Continue reading Treasurer’s Audit Report – February 2011
Treasurer – Best Practices
New Member Signup List Collect dues and application sheet. Add the new member to Turbobase.com Sign them up on the Toastmasters Int. website. Deposit Dues in USBank account Here is how to add a new member to Turbobase.com Watch the Turbobase video just to become familiar in general with Turbobase. https://southcountytoastmasters.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/turbobase-instruction/ Specifically - how to … Continue reading Treasurer – Best Practices
Meeting Minutes January 26, 2011
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters - # 1957 Meeting Date: 1/26/11 Called to order at: 7:00 pm Location: Met Life Bldg Presiding officer: Kevin Wilson Toastmaster: Don Clair Time Keeper: Jack Bettag Camera Op: Dan Reuter Ah Counter: Judy Sowers Table Topics: Bill Collier Vote Counter: Charlie Benn Joke Master: Howard Brandt … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 26, 2011
Meeting Minutes January 19, 2011
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters - # 1957 Meeting Date: 1/19/11 Called to order at: 7:00pm Location: Met Life Bldg Presiding officer: Kevin Wilson Toastmaster: Steve Flick Time Keeper: Max Kaiser, Jr Camera Op: Steve Bettag Ah Counter: Brenda McNaughton Table Topics: Petrina Monti Vote Counter: Ajay Panackal Joke Master: Gary Rickert … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 19, 2011
Speech Tip for the President
After watching the Jan. 25, 2011 Presidential Sate of the Union speech, I saw something I've never noticed before. It appeared that many people, senators and representatives, were looking down, reading his presentation from a prepared text, instead of looking up at the President. It's discourteous to the speaker, but almost inevitable if you hand … Continue reading Speech Tip for the President
Accredited Speaker Requirements
Here are the requirements to be an "Accredited Speaker." Eligibility To qualify as an Accredited Speaker, an applicant must: - be a current member in good standing - be an Able Toastmaster OR Advanced Toastmaster Bronze OR Advanced Communicator Bronze - Have had a minimum of 25 speaking engagements to non Toastmasters audiences within the … Continue reading Accredited Speaker Requirements
Volunteer Tip
If you're going to use volunteers in your presentation, it's best to sign them up ahead of time. If you don't know the group ask one of the leaders who might be a good willing participant and then go up and make sure it's ok with them. Jolene Brown shared this tip From Speakernet News … Continue reading Volunteer Tip
Practicing a Speech – Tip from the NY Times
I just read an interesting article from the NT Times which seems to relate to giving a speech. It says, "The research, published online Thursday in the journal Science, found that students who read a passage, then took a test asking them to recall what they had read, retained about 50 percent more of the … Continue reading Practicing a Speech – Tip from the NY Times
Introductions – 101
The Actual Introduction The introduction is where your audience forms their first impression about you. Although it is only a small part of your entire presentation, it is here that you can either grab your audience or totally turn them off. It should have five things: 1. An "attention getter". Never assume the audience is … Continue reading Introductions – 101
Meeting Minutes January 12, 2011
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters - # 1957 Meeting Date: 1/12/11 Called to order at: 7:01pm Location: Met Life Bldg Presiding officer: Kevin Reichardt Toastmaster: Rob Van Winkle Time Keeper: Adam Kutell Camera Op: Mike Marian Ah Counter: Dee McAliney Table Topics: Laura Zemann Vote Counter: Alan Kirby Joke Master: Don Clair Grammarian: … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 12, 2011
Meeting Minutes January 5, 2011
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters - # 1957 Meeting Date: __1/5/11_______ Called to order at: __7:00 pm____ Location: __Met Life Bldg________ Presiding officer: ___Kevin_Reichardt_____________ Toastmaster: ___Erin_Gissel_______________ Time Keeper:____Kathy_Denton__________________ Camera Op: ____Adam_Kutell_____________ Ah Counter: _____Ajay_Pantackal_________________ Table Topics: ___Judy Sowers___"Hot Seat"__ Vote Counter: ____Dan_Reuter___________________ Joke Master: ____Dee_McAliney___________ Grammarian: _____Steve_Bettag__________________ General Eval: ____Steve_Winheim__________ Invocator: _______Adam_Kutell__________________ Officers’ … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 5, 2011
How the Pro’s Setup a Room
Here's how Laura Stack, a CSP professional speaker, sets up her room for her speaking gigs. (click here) Unfortunately she calls the lectern a podium - I guess she's never talked to Howard.
Meeting Minutes December 8, 2010
Meeting Date: Dec 8, 2010__________ Called to order at: 7:00_____ Location: Met Life Bldg, 107-c Presiding officer: Kevin Reichardt Toastmaster: Mark Vance Time Keeper: Steve Flick Camera Op: Steve Winheim Ah Counter: Laura Zemann Table Topics: Dee McAliney Vote Counter: Erin Gissel Joke Master: Carl Hendrickson Grammarian: Petrina Monti General Eval: Adam Kutell Invocator: Charles … Continue reading Meeting Minutes December 8, 2010
Christmas Party
The party is at the Fox Chase party room. Party is Wednesday December 15th and it starts at 6:30pm. If anybody still wants to sign up, pleaase let me know by Sunday night, as I will be grocery shopping on Monday AM. All you need to bring is the food item you signed up for. … Continue reading Christmas Party
Meeting Minutes December 1, 2010
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters - # 1957 Meeting Date: Dec 1, 2010__________ Called to order at: 7:00_____ Location: Met Life Bldg, 107-c Presiding officer: Kevin Reichardt ________ Toastmaster: Steve Winheim____ Time Keeper: Steve Flick _________ Camera Op: Adam Kutell_______ Ah Counter: Erin Gissel _________ Table Topics: Alan Kirby_______ Vote Counter: Joe Archambault … Continue reading Meeting Minutes December 1, 2010
Meeting Minutes November 17, 2010
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters - # 1957 Theme: Celebrating Our Roots Meeting Date: Nov. 17, 2010_ Called to order at: 7:00______ Location: Met Life bldg. 107-c Presiding officer: Kevin Reichardt Toastmaster: Judy Sowers Time Keeper: Don Clair Camera Op: Tom Krauska Ah Counter: Alan Kirby Table Topics: Mark Vance Vote Counter: Kathy … Continue reading Meeting Minutes November 17, 2010
December 2010 Schedule
PLEASE NOTE: If you cannot attend a meeting, it is YOUR responsibility to get another Toastmaster to take your place! THANK YOU! If you are the TOASTMASTER of the week, contact each Speaker, the Invocator, Table Topics Master, Joke Master, Hot Seat, and GENERAL EVALUATOR to confirm their participation at the meeting. If you are … Continue reading December 2010 Schedule
Meeting Minutes November 10, 2010
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters - # 1957 Theme: Veterans Meeting Date: Nov. 10, 2010_ Called to order at: _7:04______ Location: Met Life bldg. _____ Presiding officer: Kevin Reichardt ________ Toastmaster: Kevin Wilson ______ Time Keeper: Steve Winheim ________ Camera Op: Steve Flick ______ Ah Counter: Eric Rechtin ________ Table Topics: Rob VanWinkle … Continue reading Meeting Minutes November 10, 2010
Meeting Minutes November 3, 2010
Correction to minutes are as follows: 1. There is no new business 2. The best speaker award went to Jim Ruzika Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters - # 1957 Theme: Meeting Date: Nov. 03, 2010_ Called to order at: _7:00______ Location: Met Life bldg. 107-c_____ Presiding officer: Kevin Reichardt ________ Toastmaster: Tom Terrific … Continue reading Meeting Minutes November 3, 2010
Rule of Three
The Rule of THREE By Fred E. Miller Read This – Understand It – Use It! No Sweat Public Speaking! - 3 Fingers Three blind mice. The Three Stooges. Three strikes – you’re out! Ready – Aim – Fire! The third time is the charm. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. The number … Continue reading Rule of Three
Meeting Minutes October 27, 2010
Happy Halloween and hope the election doesn't SPOOK you too much. Petrina Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters - # 1957 Theme: The Unexplained Meeting Date: Oct. 27, 2010_ Called to order at: _7:00______ Location: Met Life bldg. 107-c__ Presiding officer: Kevin Reichardt _________ Toastmaster: Barb Sapienza______ Time Keeper: Brenda McNaughton ________ Camera Op: … Continue reading Meeting Minutes October 27, 2010
35th Anniversary Party Videos
Don’t Sing If You Have a Poor Voice or Don’t Know the Words
While I like using music in a program, unless you have a decent voice and know the words, keep the singing to the pros.
Repetition – the key to being remembered
This speaker probably won't be elected, but his speech and platform won't be forgotten.
Pronouncers
Tumminia ( 2 minny ah) I was talking to a Missouri journalism student and he told me that one of the things he was taught was to use pronouncers to help in the pronunciation of difficult names. You take the name and break it down into its phonetic components and put those components into parenthesis. … Continue reading Pronouncers
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