One of speakers who has gotten a niche market is Scott Ginsberg the Name Tag Guy. He's been wearing a name for over 5000 days and seems to be doing pretty well. Take a look at his site when you get a chance. I asked Scott about making one of his books as a free … Continue reading Free Books from Scott Ginsberg – the Name Tag Guy
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Interested in MANY things.
Brian Ettling – Crater Lake and Climate Change
On a recent trip to Crater Lake, I found Ranger and Toastmaster Brian Ettling. Brian did a great program on Climate Change and how it was affecting Crater Lake. Brian did a masterful job and I was very proud of him and how much he has accomplished. When he comes back to St.Louis, try and … Continue reading Brian Ettling – Crater Lake and Climate Change
Ginny and Vamsi – Award Winners
Congratulation to Ginny Foster for winning the Area 4 Tabletopics contest and Vamsi Jammalamadaka for winning the Area 4 Humorous Speech Contest.
Meeting Minutes September 24, 2014
Meeting called to order at 7:03 by Vamsi Jamalamadaka Invocation performed by Judy Sowers President, Steve Winheim introduces two guests, Kathy and Julie. The comedy troupe from SCTM was well received at their performance Previous minutes were approved Susan McConnell gave a quick treasury report. Current Balance $2132 Expenses $1266 Income $1004 … Continue reading Meeting Minutes September 24, 2014
Meeting Minutes September 17, 2014
Brent Stewart served as greeter. Meeting called to order at 7:00 pm by Vamsi Jamalamadaka Invocation by Carl Hendrickson President, Steve Winheim introduced the club business card. Carl Hendickson motioned that we vote on printing new business cards, the motion passed. Adam Kutell is checking into the GOOGLE voice service for possible charges and setup … Continue reading Meeting Minutes September 17, 2014
Meeting Minutes September 10, 2014
Jerry Paul served as greeter. James Bubash called meeting to order at 7:00 pm Susan McConnell gave the invocation. President, Steve Winheim introduced two visitors, Judy and Bill Mason Carl Hendirichson motions to change bylaws of club. Discussion was tabled pending further review. Susan McConnell reminds us dues are due by at 9/17 meeting. Jim … Continue reading Meeting Minutes September 10, 2014
2014 – Toastmasters World Champion
Dananjaya Hettiarachchi World Champion of Public Speaking 2014 (thanks to Don C. for this link)
Meeting Minutes September 3, 2014
Judy Sowers acted as greeter for the evening. Vamsi Jamalamadaka called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm Susan McConnell gave the invocation. President Steve Winheim introduced the guests in attendance. Erika Golart, visiting from the O'Fallon, IL TM club Joe Wright Ecatarina Previous minutes were approved. Carl Hendrickson motions to change the bylaws to … Continue reading Meeting Minutes September 3, 2014
Meeting Minutes August 27, 2014
Sergeant at arms, Vamsi Jamalamadaka called meeting to order at 7:05. Acting president Brent Stewart also gave the invocation. Previous minutes were accepted. Susan McConnell reminds everyone that club dues are forthcoming. Rob van Winkle asks for help at area contest on 9/27. Alan Kirby is seeking materials for a youth leadership program and will … Continue reading Meeting Minutes August 27, 2014
Setup a WordPress.com Account but not a Blog
If you would like to be a “Contributor or Editor” to our website, you need to have a WordPress account. Unfortunately, it’s not that easy to setup an account without setting up a blog, but you can with the right link. Here it is: https://signup.wordpress.com/signup/?user=1
Meeting Minutes August 20, 2014
Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest Matt Ramshaw Sergeant at Arms for the event started meeting at 7:05 pm Brent Stewart performed invocation. Carol Lindwedell announced that Tim Budd had applied for membership. President Steve Winheim brings in Tim Budd as a new member. Jim Bubash is his coach. Jim Bubash Thanks everyone for the … Continue reading Meeting Minutes August 20, 2014
Meeting Minutes August 13, 2014
Kelly Brunie served as greeter. Meeting called to order by vamsi jamalamadaka at 7:00 pm. Alita Quires gave invocation. President Steve Winheim recognized guest Tim Budd Previous minutes approved Adam Kutell announced need for members to train at TLI for our club to receive awards. Club BBQ to be held Oct. 4, 2014 Jerry Paul … Continue reading Meeting Minutes August 13, 2014
Warren Buffett’s Comments on Public Speaking
Meeting Minutes August 6, 2014
Meeting called to order 7:00pm by Vamsi Jamalamadaka President Steve Winheim acknowledged visitor Cheryl Thibout as a second time visitor. Liz Dekamp was in attendance and may come back more often. Jerry Paul announced that we are still seeking a volunteer for sergeant at arms for the club humorous speech contest. Previous minutes were approved. … Continue reading Meeting Minutes August 6, 2014
Meeting Minutes July 30, 2014
July 30 2014 Minutes of the Meeting Vamsi Jamalamadaka opens meeting and introduces president Steve Winheim at 7:00 pm. Susan McConnell gave invocation. Four guests were present: Becky Rivera, Sharon Thibaut, Karen Barton, Tim Budd. Dave Domian will be mentoring Greg Hirner. Motion was passed to reimburse Jim Bubash $27.xx for printing new award certificates. … Continue reading Meeting Minutes July 30, 2014
Graphic Sizes in Power Point
Here are a few tips on re-sizing graphics for Power Point. Many new cameras can take pictures that are 8 mb or more. That's equal to 8192 kb. It's not a good idea to directly import those gigantic files into Power Point. If you do the math, a 100 slides with those large files quickly … Continue reading Graphic Sizes in Power Point
Find a Friendly Face in the Crowd
I was reminded of a presentation tip by Jim last night at our TM meeting. He came up to me after the meeting and said that he was disappointed that I wasn't sitting out in the audience. I was the Toastmaster and was sitting in the back - off to the side. He said that … Continue reading Find a Friendly Face in the Crowd
Balloon Fight Extraordinaire
SCTM claims the Title of "World's largest Balloon Fight at a Toastmaster Meeting!" Luckily no one was injured in the melee.
Meeting Minutes July 23, 2014
meeting started 7:00 pm Invocator: Bill Collier NEW BUSINESS Adam Kutell swears in Vamsi Jamalamadaka as new Sergeant at Arms for the remainder of the term. Adam Kutell announces TLI makeup meeting for officers to be held 8/16 at 14:30. District 8 Fall Contest Judges training to be held 7/30 at 630 pm Brent Stewart … Continue reading Meeting Minutes July 23, 2014
Graphics in Power Point – Make them BIG!
I was literally the last chair in the back of the room at our last Toastmaster meeting and one of the things I noticed was that presenters didn't use the whole screen for their Power Point pictures. In some cases they even put three smaller pictures together on one screen. This made it very hard … Continue reading Graphics in Power Point – Make them BIG!
Meeting Minutes July 16, 2014
7:00 pm meeting called to order July 2nd minutes accepted with changes. July 9th minutes accepted. Carl Hendrickson swears in Alan Kirby as Officer at large. Motion - Jim Bubash presents his research on a new public address system. A vote was called for on the motion to buy a Behringer B205D Speaker System, a … Continue reading Meeting Minutes July 16, 2014
Leo Buscaglia – Great Speaker
You've probably never seen or met Leo, but I had the privilege of knowing him and it was amazing. If you want to be a great passionate speaker, see what Leo does and try to incorporate it into your speeches.
Free Training Materials
Toastmasters International has posted some of their training materials as free downloads. All you have to do is login and download the materials. Here are the listed programs. As I find more materials I will post them here also. The Better Speaker Series - all sections Beginning Your Speech Concluding Your Speech Controlling Your Fear … Continue reading Free Training Materials
Meeting Minutes July 9, 2014
Brent Stewart received Communicator award. Minutes were not available from July 2 meeting. No quorum of members, discussion of PA system tabled until later date. Toastmaster-- Gina Willard Jack Carter -- General Evaluator Dean Bone -- "Ah" counter and camera Robert Osborn--Vote Count Alita Quires-- grammarian Jim Ruzicka -- CLE Jeff Hall -- Invocator Patrick … Continue reading Meeting Minutes July 9, 2014
Meeting Minutes July 2, 2014
Brent Stewart motions to ammend previous minutes to show audit was performed on club's financial statements. Max Kaiser requests help to judge District 8 Contest. Adam Kutell announced Toastmasters Leadership Institute makeup dates for Division A to be held August 16 at 2:30 pm. Jerry Paul motions install new officers in unfinished business portion of meeting,Area … Continue reading Meeting Minutes July 2, 2014
Meeting Minutes June 25, 2014
Meeting Date: June 25, 2014 Called to order at 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Matt Ramshaw Greeter: Vamsi Jammalamadaka Invocator: Seth Lindsey Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Old Business: James Bubash confirmed that he is still researching P/A, sound system, and will have a report for us next month. New Business: None … Continue reading Meeting Minutes June 25, 2014
Meeting Minutes June 18, 2014
Meeting Date: June 18, 2014 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: Met Life Building Presiding officer: Matt Ramshaw Greeter: Susan McConnell Invocator: George Kiser Minutes from June 11 meeting accepted as sent out Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Old Business: PA system is under development New Business: None Correspondence & Announcements: TLI training is on June 21 and … Continue reading Meeting Minutes June 18, 2014
Let There Be Light
As you can see in the pictures above, lighting can play an important role when giving a presentation. People in the back may not be able to see your facial expression and emotion because of bad lighting. In the picture on top, the speakers face is not visible from the back of the room. While … Continue reading Let There Be Light
Meeting Minutes June 11, 2014
Meeting Date: June 11, 2014 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Matt Ramshaw Greeter: Seth Lindsey Invocator: Jack Carter Minutes from June 4th meeting were accepted as mailed Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: Carl Hendrickson who is part of the search committee for a new location for SCTM, in the event that … Continue reading Meeting Minutes June 11, 2014
Meeting Minutes June 4, 2014
Meeting Date: 6-14-2014 Called to order at 7:00 p.m. Location: Met Life Presiding Officer: Matt Ramshaw Greeter: Jeffrey Hall Invocator: Carol Lindwedel Officers reports: none Committee reports: none Old business: none New business: none Correspondence & Announcements: James Bubash explained some options for the purchase of a microphone. He will report on the cost at … Continue reading Meeting Minutes June 4, 2014
Meeting Minutes May 28, 2014
Meeting Date: May 28, 2014 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: Met Life Bldg. Presiding officer: Matt Ramshaw Greeter: Jack Carter Invocator: Dean Bone Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Old Business: None New Business: Slate of officers was read and will be voted on at this week’s meeting. Officer at Large – … Continue reading Meeting Minutes May 28, 2014
Parliamentary Procedure – Robert’s Rules
Below are the videos of the presentations done by Tom Terrific and Carl Hendrickson. Tom still has copies of the "Chart of Motions"if you need one.
Meeting Minutes May 21, 2014
Meeting Date: May 21, 2014 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Presiding officer: Matt Ramshaw Greeter: Alita Quires Invocator: Robb Osborn II Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: Gina Willard, Past President and chair of the officer committee, announced the candidates for the next term: Officer at Large – Alan Kirby Treasure – Susan McConnell VP … Continue reading Meeting Minutes May 21, 2014
Susan McConnell – New Treasurer
With Sudi moving to New York, Susan has volunteered to replace him as club treasurer. She was voted in at the May 21st meeting and inducted by Tom Terrific.
Sudi’s Valediction and Group Picture
Sudi is moving to New York, so the club said it's goodbyes at the last meeting, along with a gift and most members later went to Dulanys Grille & Pub. Here are a few photos below. -- --
Meeting Minutes May 14, 2014
Meeting Date: May 14, 2014Called to order at 7:00 p.m. Location: Met LifePresiding officer: Carl HendricksonGreeter: Liz DeCamp Invocator: Howard BrandtOfficers’ Reports: noneCommittee Reports: noneOld Business:Adam Kutell resumed discussion about a PA system being available for Toastmasters. He then made a motion to appoint Jim Bubash as the contact person to assume responsibility for this initiative. Ginny … Continue reading Meeting Minutes May 14, 2014
Meeting Minutes May 7, 2014
Meeting Date: April 7, 2014Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLifePresiding officer: Matt RamshawGreeter: Susan McConnell Invocator: Carl HendricksonOfficers’ Reports: NoneCommittee Reports: NoneOld Business: NoneNew Business: Jim Bubash mentioned a suggestion from members to have a public address system available for members who would like to use PA as a speaking tool. There was discussion that … Continue reading Meeting Minutes May 7, 2014
Meeting Minutes April 30, 2014
Meeting Date: April 30 2014Called to order at: 7:04 p.m. Location: MetLifePresiding officer: Matt RamshawGreeter: Kelly Brunie Invocator: Carol LindwedelOfficers’ Reports: NoneCommittee Reports: NoneUnfinished Business: NoneNew Business: NoneCorrespondence & Announcements: Rob Van Winkle, Area 4 Governor, announced that there are volunteer district leadership roles available. If you are interested, please speak with Rob VanWinkle.Rob also confirmed that … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 30, 2014
Meeting Minutes April 23, 2014
Meeting Date: April 23 2014Called to order at 7:01 p.m.Location: MetLifePresiding officer: Matt RamshawGreeter: Carol A. LindwedelInvocator: George KiserMeeting minutes from the April 16 reviewed and approved as emailed.Officers’ Reports:Alan Kirby placed first and Erin Gissel placed 3rd in the division contest on April 19th.Alan Kirby will compete in the International Speech Contest Saturday May 3rd … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 23, 2014
Meeting Minutes April 16, 2014
Meeting Date: April 16, 2014Called to order at 7:01 p.m. Location: MetLifePresiding officer: Matt RamshawGreeter: Sudi Gopinath Invocator: Howard BrandtOfficers¡¦ Reports: NoneCommittee Reports: NoneOld Business: Division A Contest is (was) April 19th @ Thornhill Library. Erin Gissel and Alan Kirby represented our club in the contest; Erin placed 3rd in the Evaluation contest and Alan Kirby … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 16, 2014
Brian Ettling’s Interview on NPR
Congratulations to Brian for his recent interview on St. Louis Public Radio - NPR. Here's a link to the write-up and show.(click here)
Meeting Minutes April 9, 2014
Meeting Date: April 9th, 2014 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Presiding Officer: Matt Ramshaw Greeter: Jim Ruzicka Invocator: Steve Winheim Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Old Unfinished Business: None New Business: VPM, Carol Lindwedel, announced that she received applications for two new memberships: Seth Lindsey and Beverly McKee 1. Treasurer, Sudi … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 9, 2014
Meeting Minutes April 2, 2014
Meeting Date: April 2, 2014 Called to order at 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Presiding officer: Matt Ramshaw Greeter: Hunter (Patrick) Invocator: Carol Lindwedel March 26th meeting minutes approved as sent and subsequently corrected. Officers’ Reports: Treasurer, Sudi Gopinath, announced that all membership dues were submitted for the next term! He confirmed for us … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 2, 2014
Meeting Minutes March 26, 2014
Meeting Date: March 26, 2014 Called to order at: 7:00 pm Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Matt Ramshaw Greeter: Brian Ettling Invocator: Judy Sowers Meeting minutes, March 19, accepted as “read” Officers’ Reports: Congratulations to Alan Kirby and Erin Gissel for winning first place in the Speech/Evaluation Contest on March 22. The next contest for Alan … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 26, 2014
Meeting Minutes March 19, 2014
Meeting Date: March 19, 2014 Called to order at: 7:00 pm Location: MetLife Presiding officer: Matt Ramshaw Greeter: Carol Lindwedel Invocator: Matt Ramshaw Minutes from previous meeting, March 12th, accepted as “read” Officers’ Reports: Greeter/VPM Carol Lindwedel announced that Greg Turner was a returning guest this evening. Committee Reports: None Old Business: None New Business: … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 19, 2014
Meeting Minutes March 12, 2014
Meeting Date: March 12 2014 Called to order at: 7:00 pm Location: MetLife Presiding officer: Matt Ramshaw Invocator: Jeffrey Hall – “The Dash” March 5th minutes approved Officers’ Reports: Treasurer Sudi Gopinath reminded members to have dues ($42) submitted to him in person or via mail by March 19th. Please bring a check or cash with you … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 12, 2014
Meeting Minutes March 5, 2014
Called to order at: 7:00 pm Location: MetLife Presiding officer: Matt Ramshaw Invocator: Jack Bettag Officers’ Reports: Treasurer Sudi Gopinath reported that Toastmaster dues are due for the next term. DUES ARE $42.00. PLEASE PAY DUES, IN FULL, ON OR BEFORE MARCH 19TH. Carl Hendrickson, mentioned, and shared, the most recent press release and photo of the newly installed … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 5, 2014
Shreya – 2nd Place Area 13 Speech Contest
Congratulations to Shreya for the 2nd place finish at the Area 13 speech contest. Sudi also participated as the pattern speaker and did a great job as usual.
New Secretary Plus Two Awards
Kelly Bottini was inducted into the office of Secretary by Carl Hendrickson at the March 5th meeting. Thanks to Kelly for filling in this vacant officer position. Shreya Gopal has earned the Advanced Leader Bronze Award. Presenting the award was President Matt Ramshaw. Rob Van Winkle earned the Advanced Communicator Gold Award. Presenting the award … Continue reading New Secretary Plus Two Awards
Meeting Minutes February 26, 2014
At Metlife building Called to order at 7:03 pm Presiding Officer: Matt Ramshaw Invocation by: Howard Brandt Minutes Approved Officers- No Report Committees- No report Old Business- None New Business- Inducted 2 new members- Jack Carter and Dean Bone Sudi and Shera will be hosting training program on June 21st -------------------------------------- Rob VanWinkle will be … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 26, 2014
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