I read a great blog post today that...
1) Highly recommended Toastmasters (which got it off to a good start) and
2) Presented a bit of wisdom that all Toastmasters could use. (After you read the post, the title of the entry will make more sense.)
Let me know what you think !
Click here to read the post at Scott Ginsberg blog, "HELLO, My Name is...".
Post by Dave Wheeler, Division A Governor, 2006-7
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Press Coverage for Marist Toastmasters
David Gavin, Area A5 Governor, forwarded a copy of the following article about Marist Toastmasters that appeared in the Marist College newspaper.
click here to read it !
Note: Marist is already an official Toastmasters club, but they are working on becoming an official school club since that provides additional benefits and could attract more potential members.
Congratulations to David and Marist Toastmasters for getting this PR for their club!
click here to read it !
Note: Marist is already an official Toastmasters club, but they are working on becoming an official school club since that provides additional benefits and could attract more potential members.
Congratulations to David and Marist Toastmasters for getting this PR for their club!
Monday, October 23, 2006
Videos and other links...
WestConn Toastmaster's VP-Education, Croix Sather, forwarded the following links that you might like ....
http://www.fivestarspeakers.com/ Click a speakers profile and get an example of a presentation
http://andydooley.com/Comedy/videos.html
(this looks like a contest speech!)
http://www.fivestarspeakers.com/ Click a speakers profile and get an example of a presentation
http://andydooley.com/Comedy/videos.html
(this looks like a contest speech!)
Ideas for beginning your speech ...
The beginning of your speech is CRITICAL to its success. Either your audience "gets on your bus" or they don't. You have to interrupt their internal dialogue about all the other things going on in their life and get them to engage with you and your speech. Otherwise, they will be planning their shopping list or what to have for lunch and missing at least half of your speech (if not more).
Kathy Sierra posted a great article on her blog that really hits it on the head ...
Check it out by clicking here !
What did you find that you are going to use in your next speech? Is there something that you could even apply to a CONTEST speech? The contest that are coming up in the Spring are the Tall Tales and International Speech contests and they both would benefit from a strong opening!
Enjoy !
Dave Wheeler
Division A Governor, 2006-7
Kathy Sierra posted a great article on her blog that really hits it on the head ...
Check it out by clicking here !
What did you find that you are going to use in your next speech? Is there something that you could even apply to a CONTEST speech? The contest that are coming up in the Spring are the Tall Tales and International Speech contests and they both would benefit from a strong opening!
Enjoy !
Dave Wheeler
Division A Governor, 2006-7
Friday, October 20, 2006
Fall Conference Update ....
Treat yourself to a celebration and conference on communications and leadership. Pay heed to Stephen Covey's 7th habit of highly effective people, namely Sharpen the Saw: Principles of Balanced Self-Renewal." Register for the 50th Anniversary Celebration and the District 53 Fall Conference. Do it Today and save!
What: 50th Anniversary Celebration
When: Friday, November 3, 2006
Join the 50th Anniversary Celebration - District 53's Fiftieth Birthday Bash!
There will be 50's music played throughout the evening, door prizes, continuous video displays of club memorabilia from years gone by, many surprises, and dancing to the hits of the 50's, 60's, and beyond.
Questions? Contact Frank Kane, 50th Anniversary Chair,
Phone: (860) 228-3261
Email: frankk53@sbcglobal.net
http://www.district53toastmasters.org/anniversary.html
http://www.district53toastmasters.org/50thAnniversaryRegistration.pdf
What: District 53 Fall 2006 Conference
When: Saturday, November 4, 2006
* Enhance your Communication or Leadership skills with a choice of 9 outstanding Educational Seminars
* Evaluation Speech Contest (10:00 AM)
* Hall of Fame Awards Luncheon
* District 53 Council Meeting
* Humorous Speech Contest and Dinner Banquet
Where: Holiday Inn Albany-Turf on Wolf Rd, Albany, NY
Stay Overnight: Call the Holiday Inn Turf before October 12 at (518) 458-7250 and mention "Toastmasters International Block" to get a special discounted room rate of only $99.00!
Visit Holiday Inn online at www.hialbanyturf.com/contact.asp
http://www.district53toastmasters.org/conferences.html
http://www.district53toastmasters.org/eduSessionsFall06.html
http://www.district53toastmasters.org/Fall06ConfRegistration.pdf
Conference Co-chairs:
Email: fall53conference@district53toastmasters.org
Jabbar Fagan Phone: (518) 447-8267 (w)
Sandra Buxton Phone: (518) 746-2560 (w)
Registration Chair:
Sarah Gebbie-Measeck
Phone: (518) 747-7390 (h)
Email: sarahgebbie@yahoo.com
Education Program Chair:
Jeff Sobel
Phone: (518) 355-3731 (h) (518) 356-7598 (w)
Email: fall53program@district53toastmasters.org
****** information provided by Rich Couture, DTM ************************
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Division A Fall Contest results !
The Division A Evaluation and Humorous Speech Contests were held on October 11th at 7:30pm, hosted bythe WestConn Toastmasters at the Wooster School Library in Danbury, CT.
Humorous Speech Contest Results
1st place - Bruce Goulart, WestConn Toastmasters, Club #599
2nd place - Carole Hurst, Orange County Toastmasters, Club #9315
Evaluation Speech Contest Results
1st place - Patricia "Pat" Hendrickson, Catskill, Club #9542
2nd place - Geoff Crew, IBM Poughkeepsie Speechmakers, Club #315
3rd place - Cynthia Slater, Diversity USA Toastmasters, Club #3401
pictures will be posted soon.
Humorous Speech Contest Results
1st place - Bruce Goulart, WestConn Toastmasters, Club #599
2nd place - Carole Hurst, Orange County Toastmasters, Club #9315
Evaluation Speech Contest Results
1st place - Patricia "Pat" Hendrickson, Catskill, Club #9542
2nd place - Geoff Crew, IBM Poughkeepsie Speechmakers, Club #315
3rd place - Cynthia Slater, Diversity USA Toastmasters, Club #3401
pictures will be posted soon.
Friday, October 06, 2006
Pictures from Area A1 / A5 Contest !
Area A1 Governor (and ContestMaster), Colleen Yarter with Area A1 Evaluation Winner, Geoff Crew.
ContestMaster Colleen Yarter with Area A5 First Runner-up, Toni Bass, Arlington Rotary Toast (5614), Evaluation Winner, Susan Doyle, Arlington Rotary Toast (5614) and Area A5 Area Governor, David Gavin.
This happy (and very humorous) group includes....
Area A1 Humorous Contest Runner-up, John "Gasbag" Paulus, IBM East Fishkill Speechmakers ( 9977), Area A1 Governor /ContestMaster Colleen Yarter, and "Cursed" Alison Easton, Richard "Changes" Bessner, Area A1 Humorous Contest Winner Adam "Stag Warrior" Izzo, Voices of the Valley ( 4396).
Area A1 / A5 Fall Contest winners !
The winners from Area A5 are:
Area A5 Evaluation :
1st ~ Susan Doyle, Arlington Rotary Toast (5614)
2nd ~ Toni Bass, Arlington Rotary Toast (5614)
The winners from Area A1 are:
Area A1 Evaluation :
1st ~ Geoff Crew, IBM Poughkeepsie Speechmakers ( 0315)
2nd ~ Adam Izzo, Voices of the Valley ( 4396)
Area A1 Humorous
1st ~ Adam Izzo, Voices of the Valley ( 4396)
2nd ~ John Paulus, IBM East Fishkill Speechmakers ( 9977)
Area A5 Evaluation :
1st ~ Susan Doyle, Arlington Rotary Toast (5614)
2nd ~ Toni Bass, Arlington Rotary Toast (5614)
The winners from Area A1 are:
Area A1 Evaluation :
1st ~ Geoff Crew, IBM Poughkeepsie Speechmakers ( 0315)
2nd ~ Adam Izzo, Voices of the Valley ( 4396)
Area A1 Humorous
1st ~ Adam Izzo, Voices of the Valley ( 4396)
2nd ~ John Paulus, IBM East Fishkill Speechmakers ( 9977)
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Area A2 / A4 Fall Contest Results
Here are the results from the Area A2 / A4 Fall Contest ....
Bruce Goulart, Humorous Winner, Area A4, club 599
Croix Sather, Evaluation Winner, Area A4, club 599
Cynthia Slater, Humorous Winner, Area A2, club 3401
Cynthia Slater, Evaluation Winner, Area A2, club 3401
Bruce Goulart, Humorous Winner, Area A4, club 599
Croix Sather, Evaluation Winner, Area A4, club 599
Cynthia Slater, Humorous Winner, Area A2, club 3401
Cynthia Slater, Evaluation Winner, Area A2, club 3401
Reminder: District 53's 50th Anniversary...Reserve your Room & Register
From: Roger Brown
Date: Oct 4, 2006 10:16 AM
Subject: Reminder: Reserve your Room & Register
Date: Oct 4, 2006 10:16 AM
Subject: Reminder: Reserve your Room & Register
Celebrate District 53's 50th Anniversary Year
WHEN: Friday, November 3, 2006 from 6:30 PM – 11:00 PM
(The night before the Fall Conference)
WHERE: Holiday Inn
Albany-Turf on Wolf Rd (ARPT)
205 Wolf Road, ALBANY NY 12205
COST: $39.00 per person for evening program and dinner.
There is a choice of 3 Dinner Entrées:
__ Pan Fried Chicken Breast, __ Prime Rib of Beef, or __ Eggplant Parmesan. In addition to the entrée, the dinner includes appetizer, salad, dessert, and coffee/tea.
Stay Overnight: Enjoy the Fall D53 Conference the next day, Saturday, November 4, 2006.
Reserve your room today, call the Holiday Inn Turf before October 12th at (518) 458-7250
and mention "Toastmasters International Block" to get a special discounted room rate of only $99.00!
Hotel parking is free for all attendees. Visit the Holiday Inn Turf online at http://www.hialbanyturf.com/
"IT'S NIFTY TO BE 50"
There will be 50's music presented throughout the evening, door prizes, continuous video displays of club memorabilia from years gone by, many surprises, and dancing to the hits
of the 50's, 60's, and beyond. Music provided by our own District 53 DJ's. Please bring your club banner for display.
Questions? Comments? Contact:
Frank Kane, 50th Anniversary Chair
Phone: (860) 228-3261
Email: frankk53@sbcglobal.net
Area A3 Contest Results !
Area A3 held their Fall Contests on Monday night, Oct. 2nd at the Gardnertown United Methodist Church in Newburgh, NY and everyone in attendence agreed ... it was alot of FUN !John Capen gave the target speech for the Evaluation Contest entitled "Humor for Health" and the contest was won by Patricia "Pat" Hendrickson (see picture to the right)
The Humorous Speech Contest was won by Carole Hurst who advances, along with Pat, to the Division A Contest on Wed. Oct. 11th at Wooster School Library at 7:00pm. A picture of Carole is shown below.
The Division Contest is hosted by West Conn Toastmasters (www.westconntoastmasters.org) and contestants should arrive at 7pm. Directions are available on the WestConn Toastmaster's web site (see link above).
Hope to see you there !
Monday, September 18, 2006
Neat Idea from the Saratoga (NY) area
At the recent District 53 Executive Committee meeting, the group of Area Governors from the Saratoga, NY area showed us their "chart" for tracking members progress towards their goals. They created a racetrack and each member had a "horse" with milestones on the way to the "finish line". For example, one "racetrack" was the Competent Communicator award with 10 speeches on the way to the finish.
A neat idea !
See below for a close-up of the banner ...
Area A3 Speech Contest set...
Area A3 has scheduled their Fall contests (Humorous and Evaluation).
It will be held Monday October 2, 2006 at 7:30pm.
It will be held Monday October 2, 2006 at 7:30pm.
The location is at the United Methodist Church in Gardnertown, NY and will be hosted by Orange County Toastmasters.
Gardnertown United Method Church
1191 Union Avenue
Newburgh, NY 12550-1633
Phone: (845) 564-4134
Contact Dave Wheeler, John Capen or Carole Hurst for more information.
Dave Wheeler can be reached via email at theshot92@gmail.com
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Running A Toastmasters Speech Contest
Running a Toastmasters Contest for the first time can be a bit intimidating ...
There seem to be tons of rules; many, many roles (some of which you might not be familar doing and much less managing or leading others in those roles).
On top of all that there are excited (and probably tense)contestants and loads of audience members who you might not know ... especially if you are running an Area or Division contest.
What do you do??? Where do you start???
If it is Summertime and you are preparing for the Fall Contests, you can attend training at TLI. There is always at least one session on running a contest and you will pick up some great information as well as a good handle on the paperwork and protocols.
Of course, if you are like me, you've put it off and the contest is next week and you have to pull things together NOW !!!!!
So, let's dig in ...
Running a Toastmasters contest is really very simple. You only need 3 things for a successful contest.
... except for the fact that I have no idea what any of those things mean !
:() <-- That's the symbol for "OH NO!!!"
District 53 to the rescue !
The linked text below gives you the handout developed by Dave Wheeler for training Area Governors in District 53. There are links to different formats depending on how you want to print it out.
Contest Survival Guide
(11 x 17 two sided format ... good for folding and holding all your forms).
Contest Survival Guide
(8.5 x 11 single sided format ... good if your printer does not do two sided.)
Contest Survival Guide ... tall version of "People" page
(if you have ALOT of people in your contest or your contest is a combination of multiple clubs or areas.
Now, from this point on, I will assume you have the Survival Guide in front of you ...
First, the "People" roles that are most critical...
Contest Master and Chief Judge.
These two people are the team that will make a successful contest meeting. It also allows the division of labor so that neither person has to do everything. If you are running a contest, most likely you are filling at least one of these two roles.
Next, recruit the key role players including Judges, Timers, Counters and Sergeant at Arms. You can use Judges for both contests and you should be sure to pick a mix of people from different clubs or areas so that there is no chance for biased voting. Shelly Hathaway, District 53 Chief Judge, has put together a table of "Requirements for Contest Roles" and you can download them by clicking here.
If you are having an Evaluation Contest, it is important to recruit your "Target Speaker". This speech should be a reasonable length (5-7 min. is good) and can be from a manual (although you won't tell the audience or the contestants that it is from a manual). This is a great opportunity for a speaker to get a number of evaluations of their speech and it can be a great experience for the Target Speaker.
Now, before we get to the Contestants... let's get our forms !
All of the forms listed in the Survival Guide can be ordered from Toastmasters. Most of the forms are not allowed to be posted on web sites due to copyright laws, but if you search long enough you will probably find them (or some old, out-of-date versions). The best bet is to purchase a set of the listed forms from TI's online store.
Now that you have all your forms... you need to start getting the room and contestants ready!
Contestants can start by filling out the Biographical Information (BI) and Eligibility and Originality (E/O) forms if they have not done it already. The Survival Guide has check boxes to make sure you get the forms from all the Contestants.
The Chief Judge should review the Technician and Judge Briefing Guide that was provided by District 53's Chief Judge, Shelly Hathaway. (Click here to download it in PDF format.) This covers the "Judges Briefing" portion of the agenda shown on the Survival Guide.
Next, the Contest Master should review the Contestant Briefings Guide ... also provided by District 53's Chief Judge, Shelly Hathaway. Click here to download it in PDF format. The Contest Master should also review the Fall 2006 Contest Script provided by Shelly Hathaway. Click here. There are also some additional "Good Ideas" on the back page of the Survival Guide that you should review before you get started with the pre-meeting activities in the AGENDA.
Now, all that is left is to run the meeting according to the agenda provided in the Survival Guide with the guidance provided by the Briefing Guides and the Contest Script.
If you have learned the material presented here, it should be very staightforward to use your Toastmaster skills to run the Contest as you would a Toastmasters meeting.
Good luck and enjoy the process !
Contributed by Dave Wheeler, Division A Governor, 2006-7 (Survival Guide) and Shelly Hathaway, District 53 Chief Judge, 2006-7
Most of the linked documents in this document are in PDF format and, if needed, free viewer / reader software can be downloaded at www.adobe.com
There seem to be tons of rules; many, many roles (some of which you might not be familar doing and much less managing or leading others in those roles).
On top of all that there are excited (and probably tense)contestants and loads of audience members who you might not know ... especially if you are running an Area or Division contest.
What do you do??? Where do you start???
If it is Summertime and you are preparing for the Fall Contests, you can attend training at TLI. There is always at least one session on running a contest and you will pick up some great information as well as a good handle on the paperwork and protocols.
Of course, if you are like me, you've put it off and the contest is next week and you have to pull things together NOW !!!!!
So, let's dig in ...
Running a Toastmasters contest is really very simple. You only need 3 things for a successful contest.
- PEOPLE,
- FORMS, and the
- AGENDA !
... except for the fact that I have no idea what any of those things mean !
:() <-- That's the symbol for "OH NO!!!"
District 53 to the rescue !
The linked text below gives you the handout developed by Dave Wheeler for training Area Governors in District 53. There are links to different formats depending on how you want to print it out.
Contest Survival Guide
(11 x 17 two sided format ... good for folding and holding all your forms).
Contest Survival Guide
(8.5 x 11 single sided format ... good if your printer does not do two sided.)
Contest Survival Guide ... tall version of "People" page
(if you have ALOT of people in your contest or your contest is a combination of multiple clubs or areas.
Now, from this point on, I will assume you have the Survival Guide in front of you ...
First, the "People" roles that are most critical...
Contest Master and Chief Judge.
These two people are the team that will make a successful contest meeting. It also allows the division of labor so that neither person has to do everything. If you are running a contest, most likely you are filling at least one of these two roles.
Next, recruit the key role players including Judges, Timers, Counters and Sergeant at Arms. You can use Judges for both contests and you should be sure to pick a mix of people from different clubs or areas so that there is no chance for biased voting. Shelly Hathaway, District 53 Chief Judge, has put together a table of "Requirements for Contest Roles" and you can download them by clicking here.
If you are having an Evaluation Contest, it is important to recruit your "Target Speaker". This speech should be a reasonable length (5-7 min. is good) and can be from a manual (although you won't tell the audience or the contestants that it is from a manual). This is a great opportunity for a speaker to get a number of evaluations of their speech and it can be a great experience for the Target Speaker.
Now, before we get to the Contestants... let's get our forms !
All of the forms listed in the Survival Guide can be ordered from Toastmasters. Most of the forms are not allowed to be posted on web sites due to copyright laws, but if you search long enough you will probably find them (or some old, out-of-date versions). The best bet is to purchase a set of the listed forms from TI's online store.
Now that you have all your forms... you need to start getting the room and contestants ready!
Contestants can start by filling out the Biographical Information (BI) and Eligibility and Originality (E/O) forms if they have not done it already. The Survival Guide has check boxes to make sure you get the forms from all the Contestants.
The Chief Judge should review the Technician and Judge Briefing Guide that was provided by District 53's Chief Judge, Shelly Hathaway. (Click here to download it in PDF format.) This covers the "Judges Briefing" portion of the agenda shown on the Survival Guide.
Next, the Contest Master should review the Contestant Briefings Guide ... also provided by District 53's Chief Judge, Shelly Hathaway. Click here to download it in PDF format. The Contest Master should also review the Fall 2006 Contest Script provided by Shelly Hathaway. Click here. There are also some additional "Good Ideas" on the back page of the Survival Guide that you should review before you get started with the pre-meeting activities in the AGENDA.
Now, all that is left is to run the meeting according to the agenda provided in the Survival Guide with the guidance provided by the Briefing Guides and the Contest Script.
If you have learned the material presented here, it should be very staightforward to use your Toastmaster skills to run the Contest as you would a Toastmasters meeting.
Good luck and enjoy the process !
Contributed by Dave Wheeler, Division A Governor, 2006-7 (Survival Guide) and Shelly Hathaway, District 53 Chief Judge, 2006-7
Most of the linked documents in this document are in PDF format and, if needed, free viewer / reader software can be downloaded at www.adobe.com
Friday, September 01, 2006
Friday Humor (?)
I found this picture on Seth Godin's blog and thought you might get a kick out of it .... 
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Fall Contest Season ... some tips for Contestants
I came across the following site with some tips for Toastmasters who are entering contests ...
http://jagamache.com/en/tm/art5.htm
http://jagamache.com/en/tm/art5.htm
Fall Contest Season ... running a contest
Attention Contest Masters (Toastmasters for Contest meetings) and Chief Judges:
The Fall Contest season (Humorous & Evaluation contests) is fast approaching and hopefully you are scheduling your club level contests.
Deadlines:
Club Contests by Sept. 16th
Area Contests by Oct. 7th
Division Contest by Oct.21.
The Division Contest has been scheduled for Oct.11th, hosted by Socially Speaking Toastmasters in Brookfield, CT starting at 7:30pm.
These contest materials (agenda / briefings) might be worth reviewing to help get a good overview of the contests: http://www.d4tm.org/D4_events/contest_materials.html
The scoring sheets are supposed to be purchased from International (but there might be some ways around this...send us an email if you are stuck without forms). You can also check out the categories and weights on the forms at:
http://www.district53toastmasters.org/ContestScoring.html
Let me know if you have any questions.
Speak UP !
contributed by Dave Wheeler, Division A Governor, 2006-7, theshot92@gmail.com
The Fall Contest season (Humorous & Evaluation contests) is fast approaching and hopefully you are scheduling your club level contests.
Deadlines:
Club Contests by Sept. 16th
Area Contests by Oct. 7th
Division Contest by Oct.21.
The Division Contest has been scheduled for Oct.11th, hosted by Socially Speaking Toastmasters in Brookfield, CT starting at 7:30pm.
These contest materials (agenda / briefings) might be worth reviewing to help get a good overview of the contests: http://www.d4tm.org/D4_events/contest_materials.html
The scoring sheets are supposed to be purchased from International (but there might be some ways around this...send us an email if you are stuck without forms). You can also check out the categories and weights on the forms at:
http://www.district53toastmasters.org/ContestScoring.html
Let me know if you have any questions.
Speak UP !
contributed by Dave Wheeler, Division A Governor, 2006-7, theshot92@gmail.com
Area A4 / A2 Fall Contest Scheduled !
The Fall Contest for Areas A2 and A4
will be a combined event on:
Wednesday Sept. 20, 2006
Hosted by WestConn Toastmasters, www.westconntoastmasters.org
Location: Wooster School Library, Danbury, CT
Time: 7:30pm (contestants should show up at 7:00pm for briefings)
will be a combined event on:
Wednesday Sept. 20, 2006
Hosted by WestConn Toastmasters, www.westconntoastmasters.org
Location: Wooster School Library, Danbury, CT
Time: 7:30pm (contestants should show up at 7:00pm for briefings)
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Barnum Square Celebrates a "Banner" year!
Press Release:
--- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ---
Bethel's Barnum Square Toastmasters celebrated their "banner" year yesterday during their weekly meeting held at the Bethel Senior Center in the Bethel Municipal Center.
Barnum Square Toastmasters achieved "Distinguished Club" status by April 30th, 2006 and were awarded $50 toward Toastmasters materials. They used this award to order a custom Toastmasters banner for their club and it was presented to the club yesterday.
Toastmasters clubs can become "Distinguished" by meeting a number of requirements set out by Toastmasters International. These goals include having club members achieve communication awards (within the Toastmaster program), leadership awards (also part of the Toastmasters program) along with meeting membership goals.
On hand to present the banner was Dave Wheeler, Division A Governor for District 53 Toastmasters and former Area A4 Governor, and he is shown in the picture above giving it to 2005-6 Club President Pat Kelly and 2006-7 Club President, Richard Smith. A HiRes version of the picture can be obtained by clicking here (approximately 1.2MB) while a REALLY, REALLY High Resolution version can be downloaded by clicking here (approx. 3.2MB).
About Toastmasters:
Toastmasters clubs provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment where every member can develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn fosters self-confidence and personal growth.
Barnum Square Toastmasters meets every Tuesday at noon to 1pm in the Bethel Municipal Center at 1 School Street,Bethel, CT. The club can be reached via telephone (203) 790-1638 and guests are always welcome.
--- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ---Bethel's Barnum Square Toastmasters celebrated their "banner" year yesterday during their weekly meeting held at the Bethel Senior Center in the Bethel Municipal Center.
Barnum Square Toastmasters achieved "Distinguished Club" status by April 30th, 2006 and were awarded $50 toward Toastmasters materials. They used this award to order a custom Toastmasters banner for their club and it was presented to the club yesterday.
Toastmasters clubs can become "Distinguished" by meeting a number of requirements set out by Toastmasters International. These goals include having club members achieve communication awards (within the Toastmaster program), leadership awards (also part of the Toastmasters program) along with meeting membership goals.
On hand to present the banner was Dave Wheeler, Division A Governor for District 53 Toastmasters and former Area A4 Governor, and he is shown in the picture above giving it to 2005-6 Club President Pat Kelly and 2006-7 Club President, Richard Smith. A HiRes version of the picture can be obtained by clicking here (approximately 1.2MB) while a REALLY, REALLY High Resolution version can be downloaded by clicking here (approx. 3.2MB).
About Toastmasters:
Toastmasters clubs provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment where every member can develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn fosters self-confidence and personal growth.
Barnum Square Toastmasters meets every Tuesday at noon to 1pm in the Bethel Municipal Center at 1 School Street,Bethel, CT. The club can be reached via telephone (203) 790-1638 and guests are always welcome.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
A-team theme music ... straight from the 70's TV show!
Roger Brown, D53 Toastmasters webmaster sent along the following...
On 8/22/06, Roger Brown wrote:
On 8/22/06, Roger Brown wrote:
The A-team never disappoints. :-)Possible A-Blog sound effects ... yes?
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