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Event announcements and reports

What did you miss last week?

Our September 28th Meeting was great. Where you there? 17 Voyagers attended.

Maria F. was toastmaster and set the theme of “Weddings.” She shared her recent experience of her son’s destination wedding and described it as a graceful fusion of old traditions with modern twists.

Simon V educated us with his speech, Creating Lasting Behavioral Changes and we learned how important it is for a person to be willing to change and to have an engaged support group around them.

Luke E. shared his wedding day experience and how he chose the wedding venue because it came with the use of a Porsche 911!

Justin S. demonstrated how the speech creation process of an experienced Toastmaster can flow easily and gave us a personal and relevant speech on the Law of Attraction.

Awards this week:
Table Topics: Terry H
Most Improved: Luke E
Best Evaluator: Hal S
Best Speaker: Luke E

September 14 Results

Verbology. Autumnal. Leaf Peeping. We heard all about this and more this past week when Toastmaster Tim S. brought us FALL IN SAN DIEGO. For more info as to all the fun events available to us San Diegans, go to:

https://www.sandiego.org/campaigns/fall-in-san-diego.aspx

Speeches: John W. taught us how to experience the Un-Disneyland holiday at Turkey Run Park; Justin S. helped us celebrate the success of Masterworks and invited us to further grow the company; Cynthia P. honored Tim S. on his recent Competent Communicator award.

Advanced communicator silver award was presented to Karen Woolsey

Awards:
Table Topics: Karen W.
Best Evaluator: Karen W.
Most Improved: Cynthia P.
Best Speaker: Justin S.

Sept 21 – “Speak Up for Your Cause: Methods for Effective Speaking to Convince and Persuade”

Communications Skills for Leaders of Public Service Organizations – Free Session
Date: September 21, 2017 – Time: 7:00 – 8:30 AM
Place: Friendship Hall at University Christian Church, 3900 Cleveland Avenue, San Diego, CA

MidTown – Hillcrest based, Voyagers Toastmasters announces a unique, free session to help improve communication and leadership skills for leaders and managers of community groups, activists, charities and other public service organizations.

This program will feature Hal Slater, a Toastmasters International Accredited Speaker, professional speaker, and solar energy proponent and expert will speak on How to create and present a coherent, persuasive talk.
John Wissenberg, Distinguished Toastmaster with 35 years speaking experience, database manager and community organizer will present How to persuade others who do not agree with you

Angelique Hood, psychologist and therapist, former executive with Girls Clubs of America, and presenter to city councils and community groups will share How to present your cause to others in public — a city council, school board, or community organization.

This presentation is also a great introduction to Toastmasters, the international organization for communication and leadership training.

For more details regarding how Voyagers Toastmasters works attend this, or another, of our meetings. Or, for information on this special Communication Skills for Leaders presentation, please contact Jerry Marino – Vice President of Membership – at 619 627-1499 or online at jerrymarino@hotmail.com

An active club of an international, non-profit organization, Voyagers Toastmasters is an excellent resource for those who want to be more involved in their community and who want to learn how to develop, create and present powerful communication messages – using the power of words as well as technology. Voyagers trains members in the use of onscreen presentations, web meetings, and use of social media for communications. Their motto is “Making communications technology easy!” Companies and organizations often sponsor their staff at Toastmaster members in order to improve their communication, managerial, customer service and sales skills.
More about Voyagers at http://voyagerstoastmasters.org/
More about the Toastmasters International organization at http://www.toastmasters.org/

June 8 2017 Meeting

Meeting Highlights

There is a venue change for the June 15 meeting. We will be located in the Music Room on the first level of the building on the other side of the chapel. This is due to the Rummage Sale setup in the Friendship Hall. We will return to the Friendship Hall on June 22.

Peripatetic Voyager Sheryl Roush gave an interactive session on presenting awards, during which President Karen W presented Max C with his club name badge. Sheryl also gifted our club with a new podium banner and a sidewalk sign sign. Thank you Sheryl! Sheryl will be the keynote speaker for our next Special Community Outreach meeting on August 10. Please save the date, and spread the word. This is sure to be an inspiring event!

  • Theme: Life’s Contradictions
  • Toastmaster: Jan C
  • Word of the Day: Disingenuous
  • Guest: Alice V (last visited Voyagers when the club was still at the Acapulco Restaurant in Old Town! Glad you found us again, Alice, and hope to see you again soon!)
  • First Timer: Max C (Pledge & Inspiration)
  • Table Topics: John W, “Alternate Reality”
  • Best Evaluator: Rene R
  • Best Speaker: Karen W, “Stepping up with Feedback”, Speeches by Management Project #2

Club Business

There are still some remaining leadership opportunities available for club officers. Please contact current President Karen W or Immediate Past President Donna G to learn more. The Voyagers Board will meet online with Zoom on Monday June 12 from 6-7 p.m. Any club member is welcome to join the meeting by smartphone or computer, or even a plain old telephone! Contact Jerry M for details on how to get hooked up.

 

June 1 2017 Meeting

Meeting Highlights

The June 15 meeting will be in the Youth Room located  upstairs on the other side of the chapel.  The reason is because of a Rummage Sale in the Friendship Hall.

Save the date! Our next special community outreach meeting is August 10.  Professional speaker and Voyager Sheryl Roush will be the keynote speaker. Be sure to spread the word!

  • Theme: Historical Buildings in San Diego
  • Toastmaster: Justin S
  • Word of the Day: Momentous
  • First Timer: Rene R (Topics Master)
  • Most Improved: Rene R
  • Table Topics: Jerry M
  • Best Evaluator: Jerry M
  • Best Speaker: Jan C, “Interesting Lists”, Speaking to Inform #1.