Congratulations to the South County Toastmasters 2014 Speech Contest Winners. From left to right: Erin Gissel - first place in the Evaluation Contest, Alan Kirby - first place in the Speech Contest, Carl Hendrickson - 2nd place in both the Evaluation and Speech Contest. Erin and Alan will go on to represent the club at the … Continue reading 2014 – Speech Contest Award Winners
Author: Tom Terrific
Interested in MANY things.
Meeting Minutes February 19, 2014
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: February 19, 2014 Called to order at: 7: 01 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Matt Ramshaw Greeter: Kelly Bottini Invocator: George Kiser CL Evaluator: _________________________________ ************************************* Officers’ Reports: Vice President of Education Jerry Paul reported that the club has accomplished 9 of the … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 19, 2014
5 Year Anniversary – Don Clair
Congratulations to Don Clair for completing his five year anniversary with South County Toastmasters.
Meeting Minutes February 12, 2014
Meeting Date: 2/12/2014 Called to order at 7 pm in the MetLife Building Presiding officer: Matt Ramshaw Officer Report - Jerry Paul is looking for requests for March meetings. Please email Jerry if you would like to do a specific role in the month of March. International Speech contest is on 2/26. Please email Jerry if you … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 12, 2014
Meeting Minutes January 29, 2014
Meeting Date: 1/29/2014 Called to order at 7 pm in the MetLife Building Presiding officer: Matt Ramshaw Officer Report – The International Speech Contest is Feb 26th. Jerry Paul is the contest chair and he will have a sign-up sheet for those that would like to participate. Committee Report – Carl Hendrickson spoke on behalf of the Search … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 29, 2014
Thank You – Award – Congratulations
This last meeting we had a number of people recognized in the club meeting. Past-President Gina Willard was given a Dale Carnegie book by Jerry Paul as a way of saying thanks for the great job she did leading the club for the last term. Shreya Gopal earned the Advanced Communicator Bronze Award presented by … Continue reading Thank You – Award – Congratulations
Meeting Minutes January 22, 2014
Meeting Date: 1/22/2014Called to order at 7 pm in the MetLife BuildingPresiding officer: Matt RamshawOfficer Report – NoneCommittee Report - NoneOld Business – Carl Hendrickson inducted Sudi Gopinath in as Treasurer.New Business - NoneCorrespondence & Announcements – President Matt Ramshaw has appointed Carl Hendrickson to be the Club Parliamentarian.Congratulations to Alita Quires for receiving her Competent Communicator … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 22, 2014
International Speech Contest Materials
To Do Ahead of Time Get members to signup for contests Get a "Pattern Speaker" for the Evaluation contest. Read the current TI Contest Rule Book. Fill positions for chief judge, 2 timers, 2 sgt at arms, tie-breaker judge, 2 vote counters. Email forms to contestants ahead of time - bio and eligibility. Order trophies/Talk … Continue reading International Speech Contest Materials
Alita Quires – Competent Communicator Award
Congratulations goes to Alita Quires for earning her Competent Communicator award. Presenting her with the award is President Matt Ramshaw.
New Treasurer – Sudi Gopinath
At our last meeting Sudi Gopinath was inducted into the office of Treasurer by past-president Carl Hendrickson.
Speak – the movie
I just noticed that the movie "Speak" is available at the St. Louis County library. It's about Toastmaster's World Championship of public speaking. I have not seen it yet, but have it ordered. You can order it at the slcl.org website.
Speech Evaluation Template – Bob Gergen
Bob Gergen was nice enough to share his evaluation template not only for new Toastmaster training, but he also has given us permission to share it with club members. Bob is an evaluation award winner and gives us some practical advice and a template to follow to get us started in our evaluations. This is … Continue reading Speech Evaluation Template – Bob Gergen
Sit with a Veteran
One new member tip is that before you are scheduled for a job which you have never done, sit with the person doing that job the prior week. I noticed that Sue was scheduled as Vote Counter one week and she sat with Kelly the prior week to learn the ropes ahead of time. Another … Continue reading Sit with a Veteran
Meeting Minutes January 15, 2014
Meeting Date: 1/15/2014 Called to order at 7 pm in the MetLife Building Presiding officer: Gina Willard and Matt Ramshaw New Business – Lora Mather inducted the new officers for the upcoming term. Here is the list of new officers: President – Matt Ramshaw VP Education – Jerry Paul VP Membership – Carol Lindwedel VP … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 15, 2014
World Championship Speeches
Here are some of the past World Champion Speakers: 2001 - Darren LaCroix 2007 - Vikas Jhingran 2012 - Ryan Avery - 1st Place 2012 - Carol Carter - 2nd Place
New Officer Installation
New officers were installed on January 15th, 2014 by Lora Mather DTM, The District Governor of District 8 Toastmasters. (far right) From left to right, the new officers are: President - Matt Ramshaw VP Education - Jerry Paul VP Membership - Carol Lindwedel VP Public Relations - Jeff Hall Secretary - Steve Bettag Sgt. at Arms … Continue reading New Officer Installation
Treasurer Audit Committee – January 7, 2014
Report of the Treasurer Audit Committee Presented by Tom “Terrific” Krauska I have looked at the records maintained by outgoing Treasurer Matt Ramshaw. I reconciled the bank account as of December 31, 2013 with our checking account sheet. The balance in the Club Checking Account as of that date is $2472.79. Thanks to Matt for … Continue reading Treasurer Audit Committee – January 7, 2014
2013 Party Pictures
Here's the link for all the pictures from the recent party.
2013 World Champion
PRESIYAN VASILEV is the 2013 Toastmaster International Champion. Following are two videos about Pres below. Pres talks about his journey. Darren LaCroix talking about the speech and the preparation it took.
The Importance of Body Language
Most of us know how important body language is not only when giving a speech, but in many other situations in life. Amy Cuddy in the video below shows us how to achieve that feeling of power that we all desire. "Fake it til you make it," is a quote shes uses to become the … Continue reading The Importance of Body Language
Party – December 18th
A reminder to everyone that our Christmas party is December 18th at the Fox Chase Apartments. Bring a dish to share and a white-elephant gift if you'd like to take part in the exchange. Times 5:30 pm - doors open and time to socialize. 6:30 pm - dinner starts 7:30 pm - Events and White … Continue reading Party – December 18th
Speech Writing 101 – the video
Here's a video Tom did on the process of writing a speech.
Meeting Minutes December 11, 2013
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: December 11, 2013 Called to order at: 7:00 PM. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Gina Willard Minutes of last meeting (December 4) were sent out and accepted as sent. Greeter: Liz DeCamp Invocator: Howard Brandt CL Evaluator: Dave Domian ************************************* Officers’ Reports: None … Continue reading Meeting Minutes December 11, 2013
Speech Writing 101
Tom Terrific is doing a program on Speech Writing tomorrow - December 11th - Wednesday - 7pm - regular club meeting - if you'd like to learn how to put together that "Terrific" speech.
Officer Election Script
This the script that our Parliamentarian Carl H. has put together for the election of officers. Notes from Carl: First, it is recommended that officers be elected in descending order, from President on down. Gina and I did not do this because of the contest for President and which required a secret ballot. In the … Continue reading Officer Election Script
Meeting Minutes December 4, 2013
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: December 4, 2013 Called to order at: 7:00 PM, with a quorum being present. Location: MetLife Building. Presiding officer: Gina Willard. Minutes of the last meeting (November 20th) were sent out and accepted as sent. Greeter: Kelly Bottini Invocator: Matt Ramshaw CL Evaluator Laurie … Continue reading Meeting Minutes December 4, 2013
How to Put Humor into Your Presentation – Keith Woodman
This was a speech done by Keith Woodman at our club about how to add humor into your presentation. It's great material, so please take the time to listen to it.
No Meeting November 27th
Reminder - No Meeting November 27th Next Meeting is December 4th Happy Thanksgiving!
Want to be a Website Editor?
For those of you interested in writing for the SCTM website and blog, you first have to setup an account with Word Press. If you follow the usual prompts you will end up with your own blog, which is not what you want. You just want to create an account. Click on the link below … Continue reading Want to be a Website Editor?
Turn a Joke into a Humorous Story
Many times a new speaker will resort to reading a joke he found on the internet and it will usually flop. What they need to do instead is to take that joke and turn it into a believable story and then add the vocal variety of a story teller. Here’s how to do it: #1. … Continue reading Turn a Joke into a Humorous Story
Brent Stewart – Kiwanian of the Year
Recently our own Brent Stewart was honored as the winner of the "Kiwanian of the Year" award by the Crestwood-Sunset Hills Kiwanis Club. Congratulations to Brent from everyone in our club.
Beyond Competent Leadership
Carl Hendrickson talks about how to go beyond being a competent leader.
SD Cards for Video
One of the questions asked me last night was, "Can I use my SD card again to record a speech if it already has a speech one it?" The answer is this. You can continue using the SD card at the club to record your videos until it fills up. An 8gb SD card that … Continue reading SD Cards for Video
Meeting Minutes October 9, 2013
MEETING DATE: 9 October 2013 MEETING TIME: 700P VENUE: Met Life Building CALLED TO ORDER: 700P PRESIDING OFFICER: Gina Willard, President MEETING THEME: Responsibility MINUTES OF LAST MEETING: Approved w/o adjustments EXECUTIVE SECTION OFFICERS REPORT: Treasurer (Matt Ramshaw) – An email to be sent regarding club by-law changes that will be voted at 10/16 mtg. … Continue reading Meeting Minutes October 9, 2013
Down Syndrome Association Toastmasters Needs Mentors
The DASGAS Word Masters, a Toastmaster group for the Downs Syndrome Association of St. Louis is looking for mentors for some of its members. You can see their next meeting information below. If you have questions please call Eileen Riviera Roth at 636-326-1787.
Jeff Hall – New VP of Public Relations
Congratulations to Jeff for volunteering and being being accepted as our new VP of Public Relations.
Top Ten Basic Photo Tips for Blogs and Power Point
These days, even inexpensive cameras can take great pictures, but I frequently see pictures on a blog or power point which could really use some help. Here are my top ten tips to taking the best picture possible and then making it the best for your blog or power point presentation. 1. Camera Settings … Continue reading Top Ten Basic Photo Tips for Blogs and Power Point
President’s Meeting Script
Presidential Script Check to see if the Secretary is in attendance - do we need a replacement? ------------------------------------------------------------------ Thank you ______________________________ fellow TM’s and guests. Our Invocation and pledge of allegiance will be led by:________________________________________ 30 second monologue. (Express humor, a story, enthusiasm - start the meeting off on the right tone.) I’d like to … Continue reading President’s Meeting Script
Scared Speechless – Free Book Download
Free book download. Scared Speechless
Effective Evaluation Training
Here's a "how-t0" video from Adam Kutell on how to do an effective evaluation. Also Toastmasters International has a good article on this topic. (click here)
When the Electricity Goes Out – Be Prepared.
I was at a presentation this week where the presenters were about thirty minutes into their program when the electricity went out. The room did have some backup lights, but their carefully crafted Power Point program complete with video was gone and they never got it back. To their credit, they didn't quit, but continued … Continue reading When the Electricity Goes Out – Be Prepared.
Treasurer Audit Committee – June 30, 2013
Report of the Treasurer Audit Committee July 7, 2013 Presented by Tom "Terrific" Krauska I have looked at the records maintained by outgoing Treasurer Kelly Bottini. I reconciled the bank account as of June 30, 2013 The balance in the Club Checking Account as of that date is $2398.45. Thanks to Kelly for her great … Continue reading Treasurer Audit Committee – June 30, 2013
Meeting Minutes June 26, 2013
MEETING DATE: 26 June 2013 MEETING TIME: 7 pm to 9 pm VENUE: MetLife Building CALLED TO ORDER: 7 pm PRESIDING OFFICER: Jerry Paul MEETING THEME: Open Mic. Night MINUTES OF LAST MEETING: Accepted as emailed by Rob … Continue reading Meeting Minutes June 26, 2013
No Meeting – July 3, 2013
The club voted to not have a meeting on July 3rd.
Charles Ake – Newest Member
Please welcome to the club our newest member Charles Ake. Charles was inducted at the last meeting and Steve Winheim will be his coach.
Meeting Minutes June 19, 2013
Start of Business Meeting: 704PM Minutes of the last meeting: Approved with no changes Officer Reports: None Committee Reports: None Old Business: None New Business: • Inducted Charles Ake o Motion filed by Matt Ramshaw, 2nd by Rob Van Winkle; Unanimous Approval o Steve Winheim will … Continue reading Meeting Minutes June 19, 2013
How to be a Terrific Speaker
Meeting Minutes June 12, 2013
Meeting Date and Time 12 June 2013, 7:00pm Meeting Title / Theme: Favorites Meeting Called to Order: 700PM Word of the Evening: Vacation (n.) – scheduled period during which activity is suspended Guests: Mary Sanders (visiting from Cave Springs TM Club), Suzanne Lee (New Area 4 Governor), Mike Mueller, Charles Ake, Ashley Hall Start of … Continue reading Meeting Minutes June 12, 2013
Toastmaster Veterans
Here's a few of our Toastmasters who served our country in the military. Thanks to Barb for this picture. Tom Terrific and Don Clair are also veterans. If there are any more veterans who would like to be listed, please let me know.
Meeting Minutes June 5, 2013
Meeting Date and Time: June 5, 2013, 7:00pm Meeting Title / Theme: Summer Vacations Meeting Called to Order: 7:00 p.m. Guests: Robert Osborn (application accepted), Charles Ake and Mike Mueller Start of Business Meeting: 7:05 p.m. Minutes of the last meeting: Approved with no changes Officer Reports: None Committee Reports: In the absence of Steve … Continue reading Meeting Minutes June 5, 2013
southcountytoastmasters.org 