Meeting

September 11 2014: President’s Report

Last week’s meeting was a good one. The theme was “Looking Forward” and the word of the day was “Tenacious.” A moment of silence was observed in remembrance of those who fell on this day in 2001.

We heard from both Amy Gilstrap and Joji Peters. Amy is working out of the Advanced Communications Manual while Joji, a relative newcomer, is ticking off the speeches out of the Competent Communicator Manual. Both speeches were outstanding and gave the rest of us food for thought.

Jane Flaherty, our Toastmaster demonstrated her prowess at crisply emceeing a meeting. We started and ended on time with a very full schedule.

Here’s how the awards went:

Best Table Topics: Jessica Walton
Most Improved: Amy Gilstrap
Best Evaluator: Donna Gillen
Best Speaker: Joji Peters

Make sure you come Thursday at 7:30 am. Our Toastmaster will be John Shannon. The theme of the meeting will be “Up” – You won’t want to miss it!

Event

Speechcraft is Coming, Fall 2014

Voyagers will be starting a 5 week Speechcraft Program on Thursday mornings from 7:00 – 8:30 a.m. starting September 25, 2014 through October 25, 2014.

Please share the following information and help us find Speechcraft participants. Tell your friends and acquaintances and post to your social media. Maybe someone you know has an interest in improving their public speaking but has been waiting for the right opportunity! You may download the Speechcraft flyer (PDF) by clicking on the image link below:

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SAN DIEGO, CA –

Voyagers Toastmasters (http://voyagerstmclub.org/) will hold a Speechcraft Workshop open to anyone interested in improving their public speaking and communications skills.

The Speechcraft workshop will be held Thursday mornings from 7:00 – 8:30 AM and runs for five consecutive weeks starting September 25, 2014 through October 23, 2014. Sessions will be held at the Café Coyote Restaurant, in Old Town, 2461 San Diego Ave, San Diego CA 92110.  The cost of the workshop is $36 and includes all materials.

Speechcraft is a series of short, practical sessions in public speaking for those looking to overcome anxiety or to improve communication skills. Attendees will be a part of a learning, supportive and friendly environment. This will also be an opportunity to meet new people, network, while learning about Toastmasters International educational programs (http://www.toastmasters.org/).

In addition, attendees of the Speechcraft program will:

  • Learn to present your ideas with confidence
  • Develop public speaking skills using 6 key elements
  • Practice relating to your audience and building trust

The interactive sessions will include Table Topics, which will allow attendees to give impromptu speeches on various topics. In addition to the opportunity to practice speaking, attendees will hear impromptu and prepared speeches from Voyager Toastmasters (http://voyagerstmclub.org/) members. The speaking and listening skills developed during Speechcraft help develop attendee confidence in both social and career speaking situations.

Speechcraft participants may apply their workshop fee towards Toastmasters membership, and any speeches performed during that workshop will also count towards advancement in the Toastmasters Program.

For more information and to sign up – contact Felicia Douglis, fdouglis@hiringprep.com, (619) 992-9369.


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Meeting

August 28 2014: President’s Report

Labor Day was the theme of the meeting with Toastmaster Jan Campana.  We had three very different and wonderful speeches, I’m sure you would have loved.

  • Mike Ruthenberg spoke about how to purchase a vehicle and the pitfalls and tricks to look out for.
  • Mark Shapiro spoke about become ‘Crispy’ and the wild 60’s drug culture.
  • Terry Hewins speech was on Smoke Alarms and he artfully demonstrated his PowerPoint Prowess.
Our Award Winners:
  • Our first Timer was John Shannon as our Timer
  • Best Topics: Jerry Marino
  • Best Evaluator: Beth Bateman
  • Best Speaker went to: Mike Ruthenberg

We also announced our upcoming SpeechCraft.  This 5 week program will give Speechcraft participants (guests and/or new members) opportunities to tune up their speaking in short order.  If you know someone with a speaking event coming up and they are looking to improve their speaking performance, invite them to check out Speechcraft.

Meeting

August 21 2014: President’s Report

Linda Teichman and Natalie Meehan shaking hands
Linda Teichman and Natalie Meehan

If you are Persnickety about speaking well in front of others, than you may be interested to hear about our “Bizarre” Toastmasters meeting with Toastmaster Linda Teichman.  Linda, had the pleasure of congratulating Natalie Meehan on her Best Speaker award.  Believe it or not, Natalie was also a First Timer too!  It is not often that someone comes to Toastmasters, Joins, gives their Icebreaker (first) speech and wins Best Speaker for the day!  Natalie’s speech was creative and Natalie is a natural.  It will be fun to watch Natalie progress as a speaker.

Other first timers were Jessica Walton as our timer and Cynthia Paloma as the ‘Ah Counter’.
Best Table Topics went to Trisha Landoni
Best Evaluator went to Jerry Marino
Most Improved went to Natalie Meehan
You don’t want to miss next weeks meeting with Toastmaster Jan Campana with the theme Labor Day. Bring a guest and join us for a meeting that is sure to educate and enchant.

Thursday, August 28, 2014 7:00 am at Cafe Coyote in Old Town.

Kudos, Meeting

August 7 2014: President’s Report

You can’t wind back the clock, but if if we could, you would want to have been at the Voyagers Toastmasters meeting Thursday.

Beth Bateman brought us “Shark Week” as the theme and we had a special guest Antwon Lincoln.
Our last speech of the day was delivered by Antwon Lincoln.  Antwon is the winner of the District 5 speech contest and as a result is headed to Kuala Lumpur to compete in the International Speech Contest.  Antwon’s speech was called “Mama Style”.  The speech was fantastic with Antwon captivating the audience.
At the recent training, our club was recognized for our long string of consecutive Distinguished Club awards.  Mark Epstein and Mark Imhoff were also recognized for their service to Toastmasters as Area Governors.   Beth Bateman, our Area 12 Governor, presented the awards.
Don’t miss next week with Toastmaster Amy Gilstrap.  She will explore words that are new to the English lexicon like Google and other words that are relatively new to our language.

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