As a frequent Ted Talk viewer, I thought I'd put together some research into how a good Ted Talk is developed and delivered. Slides - only use if they will enhance the message. Use graphics over text and if you use text make it 42 point or larger. Less is More. Practice, practice, practice. Opening … Continue reading Ted Talk Tips
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Meeting Minutes April 22, 2015
Meeting Minutes Form Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: April 22, 2015 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Jim Bubash Greeter: Tom Terrific Invocator: Dave Domian ************************************* Officers’ Reports: none ************************************* Committee Reports: none ************************************* Old Business: Jim Salih reminds the club of the … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 22, 2015
Audio-Video Etc. Checklist
When talking in front of your own local Toastmaster group, you probably won't have any questions about A/V setup, but when you go to an outside group it will pay to get your questions answered before you step up to speak. Here are a few items to check ahead of time. Audio Can you play … Continue reading Audio-Video Etc. Checklist
Meeting Minutes April 15, 2015
Meeting Minutes Form Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: April 15, 2015 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Jim Bubash Greeter: Jim Ruzicka Invocator: Howard Brandt ************************************* Officers’ Reports Treasurer's Report (Dick Shields): Checking Account balances: Current: $2,849, 6 mos ago: $2,203, 1 year … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 15, 2015
New Member Erin Kipp
Please welcome our newest member Erin Kipp. She was inducted in to our club at the April 8, 2015 meeting. Erin Kipp’s mentor is Carol Lindwedel. Pictured, from left, are: Carol Lindwedel & Erin Kipp.
Meeting Minutes April 8, 2015
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: April 8 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Susan McConnell Greeter: Dick Shields Invocator: Joe Brock ************************************* Officers’ Reports Dick Shields - Needs to leave at the break, but will gladly collect dues before he leaves. ************************************* Committee … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 8, 2015
Meeting Minutes April 1, 2015
Meeting Minutes Form Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: April 1, 2015 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Jim Bubash Greeter: Alita Quires Invocator: Tim Budd ************************************* Officers’ Reports - Has anyone spoken to Dean Bone; know how he is doing? Will follow up … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 1, 2015
Meeting Minutes March 25, 2015
Meeting Minutes Form Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: March 25, 2015 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Jim Bubash Greeter: Adam Kutell Invocator: Jack Bettag ************************************* Officers’ Reports Treasure (Dick Shields): Audit of the books for the last 6 months and everything is … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 25, 2015
Report of Toastmasters Audit Committee March 18 2015
Presented by Carl Hendrickson and James Bubash We have looked at the records maintained by Susan McConnell and Dick Shields. We verified that all checks and deposits have been recorded in the check register. We reconciled the bank account as of December 31, 2014. The balance in the Club Checking Account as of December 31, … Continue reading Report of Toastmasters Audit Committee March 18 2015
Meeting Minutes March 18, 2015
Meeting Date: __3/18/2015_____ Called to order at: __7 p.m.____ Location: ___Met Life_________ Presiding officer: ___Jim Bubash____________ Greeter___Susan McConnell___________________ Invocator/CLE : _Jerry Paul/Rob VanWinkle________ Kathleen Willis-Tienes of the Mehlville High School Speech and Debate Team, talked about what she does for her Team. She is looking for Toastmasters to visit and speak to the kids. Jim … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 18, 2015
Evaluation Checklist
Toastmasters International has a good book you can download on Effective Evaluations. Below is a video on how to give better evaluations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H97bLbZqt3s Here is a basic list of things to look for when evaluating a speech. Start Notes/preparation Title - Interesting/Attention Getting Appearance - dressed appropriately Audience research … Continue reading Evaluation Checklist
2015 – Speech & Evaluation Contest Award Winners
Congratulations to the South County Toastmasters 2015 Speech Contest Winners. From left to right: Vamsi Jammalamadaka - Second place in Speech Contest, Shreya Gopal – First place in the Speech Contest, Erin Gissel – First place in the Evaluation Contest, Jim Bubash - Second place in Evaluation contest. The winners will represent the club at … Continue reading 2015 – Speech & Evaluation Contest Award Winners
Meeting Minutes March 11, 2015
Meeting Date: __March 11, 2015 Called to order at: __7 p.m.____ Location: __Met Life__________ Presiding officer: ________________________Jim Bubash___________ Invocator/CLE : _Carl Hendrickson ************************************* Officers’ Reports ************************************* Committee Reports: ************************************* Unfinished Business: ************************************* New Business: Thanks to Bill Collier and Arch Engraving for providing the trophies. Carl Hendrickson was appointed as Club Parliamentarian by President Jim … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 11, 2015
2 Ears + 2 Hours = Unlimited Fun
Friends, St Louisans, Countrymen, please lend us your ears for two hours and we will repay you with the time of your life. South County Toastmasters is conducting the club level International Speech and Evaluation Contest next Wednesday, March 11, 2015. The contest would be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the MetLife Building, … Continue reading 2 Ears + 2 Hours = Unlimited Fun
How to Use a Microphone
The 21 Commandments of Mr. Mike Row Phone I'd like to introduce a friend of mine to you, Mr. Mike Row Phone. Mr. Mike can be your best friend or he can be your worst nightmare. To illustrate that point, I once attended a presentation at a local hospital with my wife. It was held in … Continue reading How to Use a Microphone
Meeting Minutes February 25, 2015
Meeting Date: _Feb. 25, 2015____ Called to order at: __7 p.m.____ Location: ______Met Life______ Presiding Officer: _Jim Bubash______________ Greeter____Jack Bettag______________________ Invocator/CLE : __Jim Ruzicka________ ************************************* Officers’ Reports - none ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Unfinished Business: Speech and Evaluation Contest is next week - March 4th. Steve Bettag is the Contestmaster and there is still … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 25, 2015
New Members Joe Brach and Adam Jackson
Please welcome our newest members Joe Brach and Adam Jackson. They were inducted in to our club at the February 18, 2015 meeting. Joe Brach’s mentor is Jack Bettag. Adam Jackson’s mentor is Dave Domian. Pictured, from left, are: Jim Bubash, Jack Bettag, Joe Brach, Adam Jackson and Dave Domian.
Meeting Minutes February 18, 2015
Meeting Minutes Form Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: February 18, 2015 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Jim Bubash Greeter: Lauren Ritter Invocator: Carl Hendrickson ************************************* Officers’ Reports: none ************************************* Committee Reports: Steve Bettag: International Speech Contest & Evaluation contest is two weeks … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 18, 2015
Meeting Minutes February 11, 2015
Meeting Minutes Form Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: February 11, 2015 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Jim Bubash Greeter: Rob Osborne Invocator: Jerry Paul ************************************* Officers’ Reports: Dean Bone: Need 1 CC to reach President’s Distinguish Award by the end of June. … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 11, 2015
Meeting Cancelled Tonight – Feb 4, 2015
Because of the bad weather, the meeting is cancelled tonight - Feb 4, 2015
Meeting Minutes January 28, 2015
Meeting Minutes Form Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: January 28, 2015 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Dean Bone Greeter: Rob Van Winkle Invocator: Seth Lindsey ************************************* Officers’ Reports Adam Kutell brought up that we are well on our way but still need … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 28, 2015
New Members Jason Murphey & Leon Sewkarran
Please welcome our newest members Jason Murphey & Leon Sewkarran. They were inducted in to our club at the Jan 21, 2015 meeting. Jason Murphey's mentor is Jim Bubash. Leon Sewkarran's mentor is Steve Bettag. Pictured, from left, are: Jim Bubash, Jason Murphey, Leon Sewkarran and Steve Bettag
Meeting Minutes January 21, 2015
Meeting Minutes Form Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: January 21, 2015 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Jim Bubash Invocator: Howard Brandt Greeter: Vamsi Jammalamadaka ************************************* Officers’ Reports: none ************************************* Committee Reports: none ************************************* Old … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 21, 2015
Meeting Minutes January 14, 2015
Meeting Minutes Form Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: January 14, 2015 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: James Bubash Greeter: Howard Invocator: Caleb ************************************* Officers’ Reports: none ************************************* Committee Reports: none ************************************* Old Business: none ************************************* New Business: Steve Flick - thinking about … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 14, 2015
Mentor List
The President, VPE or VPM can use this list as a basis for assigning mentors to new members. Xialou Zheng - June 20201 - Susan McConnell Bill Day - May 2021 - Brent Stewart Bob Mahacek - Jan 2020 - Sean Sheehan Jacqueline Haar - April 2019 - Debbie Young Alex Wegmann - Dec. 2018 … Continue reading Mentor List
Area 4 International Speech and Evaluation Contest
Saturday, March 28, 2015, 9AM to Noon Cliff Cave Branch, St. Louis County Library 5430 Telegraph Rd., St. Louis, MO 63129-3556 Library Website: http://www.slcl.org/content/cliff-cave-branch Directions are available via the Library Website Please contact Rob Van Winkle at: email: sleepy5vws@att.net phone: 314-416-7215
Meeting Minutes January 7, 2015
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: January 7, 2015 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Steve Winheim / James Bubash Greeter: Caleb Harley Invocator: Lauren Ritter ************************************* Officers’ Reports ************************************* Committee Reports: ************************************* Old Business: ************************************* New Business: Brent Stewart made a motion to … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 7, 2015
New officers for the January – June 2015 term
On January 7th, 2015 South County Toastmasters inducted their club’s new officers. Pictured, from left, are: Sergeant at Arms – Tim Budd Secretary – Lauren Ritter VP of Public Relations – Vamsi Jammalamadaka VP of Membership – Susan McConnell VP of Education – Dean Bone President – Jim Bubash. Not pictured are Dick Shields – Treasurer, Dave … Continue reading New officers for the January – June 2015 term
New Member Patrick Zeis
Please welcome our newest member Patrick Zeis. He was inducted in to our club at the Jan 7, 2015 meeting. His coach is Jim Salih.
How to be Intriguing
Sam Horn shows us the Intrigue Process - How to create interest and connect with anyone, anytime, anywhere. Note that she does this by telling stories and audience participation - all things that we need to do when giving a speech. Go ahead and borrow her techniques and see how they work in your next … Continue reading How to be Intriguing
Meeting Minutes December 10, 2014
Everyone was greeted by Cathy Money. Tom Krauska gave the invocation. President, Steve Winheim, introduced our guest Katherine Sandstone. Previous minutes were accepted. Carl Hendrickson moved to remove his previous motion in regard to amending the Bylaws- the motion was passed. Carl then made a new motion to amend the Bylaws Section 3 with this … Continue reading Meeting Minutes December 10, 2014
How to Become a WordPress Editor
Here are the steps you need to follow to become an Editor for a WordPress account/blog. 1. Setup a WordPress account. You don't need to setup a blog to use WordPress, but you do need an account. Look at the picture below. Go to this website and fill-in the appropriate information. https://wordpress.com/start/account/user Notice that you … Continue reading How to Become a WordPress Editor
New TI Website – Online Resources
A lot of the old TI resources/manuals and their links don't work any more. Below is a link which seems to have most of the resources/manuals. You can either do a search through the Keywords or click through the 363 items they have listed.. https://www.toastmasters.org/Resources/Search-Resources The "Search"button at the top right of the screen will … Continue reading New TI Website – Online Resources
Election Procedures
There are two ways we have done this in the past - the short way and the long way. You will obviously need to change the names of the participants and elected officials. Since the Bylaws mandate a Secret Ballot, you will first have to remove that requirement for all un-contested positions. NOMINATION PROCEDURE Short … Continue reading Election Procedures
Meeting Minutes December 3, 2014
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: _12/3/2014______ Called to order at: ___7pm______ Location: _MetLife____________ Presiding officer: ___Steve Winheim_________ Greeter____Tim Budd_________________________ Invocator/CLE Jerry Paul ___________________ ************************************* Officers’ Reports ************************************* Committee Reports: Brent Stewart reminded people of the clubs Christmas Party on Dec. 17th at the Fox Chase Apartments. Details are … Continue reading Meeting Minutes December 3, 2014
Christmas Party 2014
Here are the basic details for the club's Christmas Party. Bring a food item to share. If you haven't signed up yet, give Brent Stewart a call or email. A map is below. Take exit 191 on I-55 South.
Howard’s New Computer
Howard showed off his new computer at the last meeting. He'll be doing Power Point before you know it.
Meeting Minutes November 19, 2014
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: Nov. 19, 2014___ Called to order at: 7 pm________ Location: Met Life Bldg.______ Presiding officer: _Steve Winheim___________ Greeter______Tom Terrific___________________ Invocator: __Howard Brandt__________________ CL Evaluator Jim Ruzicka_____________________ ************************************* Officers’ Reports ************************************* Committee Reports: ************************************* Old Business: Brent Stewart started a signup sheet for the … Continue reading Meeting Minutes November 19, 2014
Vamsi – Second Place at District 8
Congratulations goes to Vamsi Jammalamadaka for his second place trophy at the District 8 Humorous Speech Contest. Vamsi has only belonged to the club for approximately 18 months and already is a truly great speaker. We look for more great things from Vamsi in the future.
Congratulations Alita
All cheer for Alita Quires on her receiving the Full Circle Certificate at our November 12, 2014 meeting.
Meeting Minutes November 12, 2014
Jack Bettaag served as greeter. Vamsi Jammalamadaka called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm Carol Lindwedell gave the invocation. President, Steve Winheim, calls for a vote on club Christmas party to be held on December 17th. Matt Ramshaw announces that the club will be seeking volunteers for club officer positions in the next term. … Continue reading Meeting Minutes November 12, 2014
Meet our newest member Jim Salih
Jim Salih first joined SCTM in 1993 and was very active for about 6 years during which time he held a number of club offices including president. Jim was an area manager once, a Youth Leadership committee leader for 3 years, and Youth Leadership coordinator for about 10 years. He have taught about 15 Youth … Continue reading Meet our newest member Jim Salih
New Member Caleb Harley
Please welcome our new member Caleb Harley to our club. His mentor will be Robert Osborn. He was inducted in to our club at the November 5, 2014 meeting. Glad to have you with us.
Meeting Minutes November 5, 2014
Everyone was greeted warmly by Carol Lindwedell Robb Osborn called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm Adam Kutell gave the invocation. President, Steve Winheim inducted new member Caleb Harley and Robb Osborn agreed to a mentor's role. Adam Kutell made a motion about the pricing changes for the district meeting and the club agreed … Continue reading Meeting Minutes November 5, 2014
District 8 Conference – Support Vamsi
Here's a note from Adam K about the District conference. Vamsi will be speaking Saturday night at 7:15 pm All members, As I announced at the meeting earlier this week, the District 8 Fall Conference is Friday evening Nov 14 and most of the day on the 15th. Our club has paid for our admission … Continue reading District 8 Conference – Support Vamsi
Congratulations to the Winner of the Division A Humorous Speech Contest
Congratulations to the winner of the Division A Humorous Speech Contest, our own Vamsi Jammalamadaka. His speech about the fear of being called on at Table Topics rang true for all of us and had us all laughing out loud. He will next present his speech at the District 8 Fall Conference to be held … Continue reading Congratulations to the Winner of the Division A Humorous Speech Contest
Meeting Minutes October 29, 2014
Everyone was greeted by Adam Kutell Vamsi Jamalamdaka called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm President Steve Winheim introduced guest Caleb Harley. Previous minutes were accepted. Brent Stewart motions that the club not hold a meeting on 11/26/14,the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Motion passed. Adam Kutell introduces two ideas 1) The greeter stay with guests … Continue reading Meeting Minutes October 29, 2014
Meeting Minutes October 22, 2014
Meeting called to order at 7:00 by Jim Bubash. Howard Brandt gave the invocation. President Steve Winheim introduced 2 guest Caleb Harley and Ryan Barclay (previous guest) Business Meeting: Previous minutes accepted Jim Bubash announced 40 year anniversary of Oct 22, 1975 - brought a cake to share. Any Schedule request for Nov need to … Continue reading Meeting Minutes October 22, 2014
Meeting Minutes October 15, 2014
Ginny Foster greeted everyone Vamsi Jamalamadaka called meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Tim Budd gave the invocation. President, Steve Winheim, introduces two guests Alana Downie and Ryan Barclay. Previous minutes accepted. Adam Kutell mentions the Division A contest on 10/30 and is asking for volunteers. Dean Bone offers Jerry Paul a Toastmasters shirt in … Continue reading Meeting Minutes October 15, 2014
Meeting Minutes October 8, 2014
Meeting called to order at 7:00 by Vamsi Jamalamadaka. Dean Bone gave the invocation. President Steve Winheim introduced a guest Toni Barnett. Dave Domian gave a nice summation of the club BBQ and again thanked Tom Terrific for the use of his house. He motioned to be reimbursed 135.00 for the costs incurred. motion passed. … Continue reading Meeting Minutes October 8, 2014
