Meeting Minutes South County Toastmasters (#1957) Meeting Date: June 28, 2017 Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: Brent Stewart updated the club on the good standing … Continue reading Meeting Minutes June 28, 2017
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South County Toastmasters BBQ
We look forward to seeing everyone on July 9th at Crestwood Park. 2:30pm - 5:30pm meal served at 4pm. Please be sure to RSVP with David Domian at david.domian@lpl.com with the number of guests attending and what side dish you will be bringing. Directions for Crestwood Park: http://www.cityofcrestwood.org/egov/apps/locations/facilities.egov?view=detail;id=14
Meeting Minutes June 21, 2017
Meeting Date: June 21, 2017 Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: World Handshake Day Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: Minutes from last week incorrectly noted that Brent Stewart was the camera operator. Due to a change in schedule Steve Winheim served in that … Continue reading Meeting Minutes June 21, 2017
Treasurer’s Report June 20, 2017
A year ago, June 20, 2016 we had $1988.18 in the bank. Today - June 20, 2017, we have $2438.45 in the bank. Most of the increase is from decreased spending and donations of trophies, binders, technology, other materials and printing by club members. Thanks to all who have helped the club prosper.
Meeting Minutes June 14, 2017
Meeting Date: June 14, 2017 Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: None Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Unfinished Business: Minutes from last week’s meeting were reviewed and approved. New Business: The nominated slate of … Continue reading Meeting Minutes June 14, 2017
Meeting Minutes June 7, 2017
Meeting Date: June 7, 2017 Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: None Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: Susan McConnell shared that there is now a full slate of officers for the next term (July – December) and that … Continue reading Meeting Minutes June 7, 2017
Meeting Minutes May 31, 2017
Meeting Date: May 31, 2017 Meeting Type/Theme: Speech Marathon Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Unfinished Business: Minutes from last week’s meeting were reviewed and approved with an amendment as noted in Announcements below. New … Continue reading Meeting Minutes May 31, 2017
Congratulations to Kathy and Victor
Congratulations go to Kathy Denton for earning another Competent Communicator Award and Victor Mattison for earning his first Competent Communicator award. Club President Adam Kutell presented the awards to both Kathy and Victor.
Meeting Minutes May 24, 2017
Meeting Date: May 24, 2017 Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Memorial Day, Our Heroes and Their Sacrifices” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Unfinished Business: Minutes from last week’s meeting were reviewed and approved. … Continue reading Meeting Minutes May 24, 2017
Meeting Minutes May 10, 2017
Meeting Date: May 10, 2017 Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Mother’s Day” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Unfinished Business: Minutes from the last meeting, April 26, 2017, were reviewed and approved. There was no … Continue reading Meeting Minutes May 10, 2017
Dave Domian BBQ – May 21st
Dave Domian is inviting all club members to his annual Bike MS Team Sirius BBQ. Please RSVP to trisha.roth@lpl.com
Toastmaster Sings Gospel
Special thanks to Susan McConnell who invited club members to a really great gospel choir concert on Saturday, April 22. The standing-room-only event was held at Salem United Methodist Church in Ladue. The crowd was diverse in every imaginable sense but was entirely together in the shared experience of great music and an uplifting message. … Continue reading Toastmaster Sings Gospel
Meeting Minutes April 26, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Unsung Heroes and Heroines” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Unfinished Business: Minutes from last week’s meeting were reviewed and approved. Carl announced that … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 26, 2017
Meet our newest members!
South County Toastmasters has recently added two new members to our club. On April 12, Eric Clark joined the club and met his mentor, Vic Mattison. Mark Esswein joined on April 19 - his mentor is Rich Puskarich. We're excited to have you both in the club!
Meeting Minutes April 19, 2017
Meeting Date: April 19, 2017 Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Spring has Spring” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: Adam Kutell and Sarah Pitkin offered a special welcome to all the guests tonight. We had 12 guests come to our meeting. Susan … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 19, 2017
Prezi
Last night I used a presentation tool during my speech called Prezi. Prezi is an online software program that allows you build all your "talking points" on a single canvas. As you transition to each "talking point" you see the movement across the canvas. This grabs the audience's attention. It's also super easy to zoom … Continue reading Prezi
Meeting Minutes April 12, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Grilled Cheese Sandwiches” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: Adam Kutell asked all members to do a better job reviewing the schedule and being responsible to either show up to fulfill assigned roles or find a replacement. … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 12, 2017
Toastmasters can aid your public speaking skills.
By: Carl Hendrickson Do you have or do you know someone who has glossophobia — the fear of public speaking? This is the No. 1 fear often expressed by individuals — a fear even greater than the fear of death. Career success often depends upon how well one is able to express oneself. But many … Continue reading Toastmasters can aid your public speaking skills.
Meeting Minutes May 5, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Spring and New Beginnings” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: Adam Kutell announced there will be an Officer’s Meeting next week at 6:30 Committee Reports: None Unfinished Business: Minutes from last week’s meeting were … Continue reading Meeting Minutes May 5, 2017
Meeting Minutes March 29, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Tall Tales Speech Contest Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: Please continue to remember there are a few Area 4, District 8 membership contests coming up during the balance of the 1st and 2nd quarter. We have an opportunity to earn … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 29, 2017
Tall Tales Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the club's recent Tall Tales contest. Jim Bubash - 3rd place, Rich Puskarich - 2nd place, Carl Hendrickson - 1st place.
Division A Contest – April 22nd
Alan Kirby and Erin Gissel are contestants in the Division A Contest which is being held in Ste. Genevieve on April 22nd. The club has paid the club registration fee, so the event is free for all club members, but you need to let Tom Terrific know you are planning to attend if you haven't … Continue reading Division A Contest – April 22nd
Meeting Minutes March 22, 2017
Meeting Date: March 22, 2017 Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Goofing Off” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: Please continue to remember there are a few Area 4, District 8 membership contests coming up during the balance of the 1st and 2nd … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 22, 2017
Meeting Minutes March 15, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”St. Patrick’s Day” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: Victor Mattison, on behalf of Tom Terrific, reminded everyone that he is collecting dues now and asked everyone to pay soon. Please see Tom to get your dues … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 15, 2017
Welcome, Grace Crips!
Last night at our South County Toastmasters meeting, we had the pleasure of welcoming Grace Crips into the club. Grace's mentor will be Alan Kirby. We're excited to have you, Grace!
Meeting Minutes March 8, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Adventure” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: Tom Terrific reminded everyone that he is collecting dues now and asked everyone to pay soon. Ten members have already paid. Please see Tom to get your dues ($51) paid … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 8, 2017
Erin and Alan – Area 4 Winners
Congratulation to both Erin Gissel and Alan Kirby for taking first place at the Area 4 contests. Erin won in the Evaluation Contest and Alan won in the International Speech Contest. Both will move on to the Division Contest on April 22nd.
Meeting Minutes March 1, 2017
Meeting Date: March 1, 2017 Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Spring” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: Tom Terrific reminded everyone that he is collecting dues now and asked everyone to pay soon. Ten members have already paid. Please see Tom to … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 1, 2017
Vocal Variety Tips from Stacy Duncan
Stacy Duncan gave a very informative speech last week, titled "The Four P's to a Presentation." In it, she offered multiple exercises to help us improve our vocal variety. Write Out Loud is the website reference she used for a majority of the exercises. Vocal variety is the way we use our voice. It is … Continue reading Vocal Variety Tips from Stacy Duncan
Meeting Minutes February 22, 2017
Meeting Date: February 22, 2017 Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Unthemed” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: Tom Terrific reminded everyone that he is collecting dues now and asked everyone to pay soon. Ten members have already paid. Please see Tom to … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 22, 2017
Meeting Minutes February 15, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Music” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: Tom Terrific announced that he is starting to collect the dues ($51) for next year. He encouraged everyone to pay as quickly as possible. Committee Reports: None Unfinished Business: … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 15, 2017
Congrats to Alan Kirby and Erin Gissel!
Join us in congratulating Alan Kirby on winning the International Speech contest and moving on to the area contest on the road to internationals in Ontario, Canada. Erin secured the win in the evaluation contest above two other very talented evaluators - Susan McConnell and Sera Jennings. Great job!
The Value of a Mentor in Toastmasters
Here's a recent speech by Carl Hendrickson on the value of a good mentor/coach. https://youtu.be/XtphFKKAoBc
Sunset Hills Living Magazine Article
Thanks to Dave Domian for setting up this nice article by the Sunset Hills Living magazine. --------------------------
Meeting Minutes February 8, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: International Speech and Evaluation Contest Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: Adam Kutell said there will be a meeting for the officers next week at 6:45 (before the meeting) to discuss plans and goals for this term Committee Reports: None … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 8, 2017
Meeting Minutes February 1, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Balloon Animals” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Unfinished Business: Minutes from last week’s meeting were reviewed and approved. New Business: None Announcements: Rich Puskarich reminded everyone about our … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 1, 2017
Good luck, Brian Ettling!
Last week, the South County toastmasters said "see you soon" to fellow toastmaster, Brian Ettling. He and his wife are moving to Portland, Oregon and we are wishing them both all of the best in their next big adventure! Brian was also given his Advanced Communicator Bronze award!
Always Bring Adapters
Be Prepared - Always Bring Adapters A recent speaker could not get his Power Point video to play on the provided speaker's laptop. He was using a recent version of Power Point and the laptop had an older version. Note - video is always tricky and not guaranteed to work on other computers. He had … Continue reading Always Bring Adapters
Meeting Minutes January 25, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Caribbean Escape” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Unfinished Business: None New Business: None Announcements: It was pointed out that the minutes for last week failed to properly record … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 25, 2017
Meeting Minutes January 18, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Ice Ice Baby” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Unfinished Business: Jim Salih reported that the wireless microphone is now working. Anyone that is interested to use it should … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 18, 2017
Meeting Minutes January 11, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”What’s Cooking?” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Unfinished Business: Adam Kutell moved that our club’s International Speech and Evaluation Contest be held on February 8. The motion was … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 11, 2017
New Members! -Phil Gawlak & Jim Schaper
At our January 11 meeting we welcomed Phil Gawlak as our newest member of South County Toastmasters. His mentor is Jim Salih. We are excited to have him join! Additionally, we welcomed back Jim Schaper, a past member who rejoined the club. Good to have you back, Jim!
Meeting Minutes January 4, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”New Year” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Unfinished Business: James Bubash – Christmas party went well. Budget was $200 and we spent $203. Thankfully we collected donations of $180 … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 4, 2017
New Club Officers
New officers for South County Toastmasters were inducted at the last club meeting on January 4, 2016. Pictured from left to right are Adam Kutell - President, Susan McConnell - VP Education, Gary Brown - VP Membership, Sarah Pitkin - VP Public Relations, Victor Mattison - Secretary, Tom Terrific - Treasurer. Not pictured are Sera … Continue reading New Club Officers
Free Book – Scared Speechless
I thought I would remind everyone that my book "Scared Speechless - click here" is available as a free download on our website. It contains over forty ways to get those butterflies to fly in formation.
Meeting Minutes December 7, 2016
Meeting Date: December 7, 2016 Called to order at: 7:00 PM Location: Metropolitan Life Building Presiding Officer: Dean Bone Greeter: Susan McConnell / Tim Sullivan Invocator / CLE: Adam Kutell Corrections to the November 30, 2016 minutes 1. The District 8 training on December 17, 2016 is for speech contests, contest master … Continue reading Meeting Minutes December 7, 2016
New Member – James Graves
We welcome James Graves as our latest member of South County Toastmasters. James’s mentor is Tom Terrific. Welcome to South County Toastmasters!
New Member – Mark Nelson
We welcome Mark Nelson as our latest member of South County Toastmasters. Mark's mentor is Jim Salih. Pictured left to right are Tim Budd, Jim Salih, Mark Nelson and Dean Bone.
Meeting Minutes November 30, 2016
Meeting Date: November 30, 2016 Called to order at: 7:00 PM Location: Metropolitan Life Building Presiding Officer: Dean Bone Greeter: Susan McConnell Invocator / CLE: Jim Salih Officers’ Reports – None Committee Reports – None Unfinished Business – Jim Salih reported the wireless microphone is not working and needs to be replaced. Sarah Pitkin … Continue reading Meeting Minutes November 30, 2016
Twitter Account
At Brian Ettlings suggestion, I've setup a Twitter account for the club. The address is @SCTM1957 https://twitter.com/SCTM1957
