"Impromptu Speaking" by Jasmine

Speaker one October 29, 2009 presenting the "Impromptu Speaking" program. One of 10 educational presentations from 'The Better Speaker Series' offering techniques and information for developing basic speaking skills.

"John Tesh, My Hero" by Denny

Speaker two October 1, 2009 presenting project # 4 "The Touching Story" from the Advanced Communication series 'Storytelling' manual.

Competent Leadership Manual

10 Required Projects - Overview of Meeting Roles

Project 1: page 9 Listening and Leadership (3 of 4)
Speech Evaluator, Table Topics Speaker, Ah-Counter, Grammarian

Project 2: page 14 Critical Thinking (2 of 3)
Speech Evaluator, Grammarian, General Evaluator

Project 3: page 19 Giving Feedback (3 of 3)
Speech Evaluator, Grammarian, General Evaluator

Project 4: page 24 Time Management (Timer and 1 of 4)
Timer, Toastmaster, Speaker, Grammarian, Topicsmaster

Project 5: page 30 Planning and Implementation (3 of 4)
Speaker, General Evaluator, Toastmaster, Topicsmaster

Project 6: page 35 Organizing/Delegating (1 of 4, to Organize a club...)
Speech Contest, Special Event, Membership Campaign, Public Relations Campaign, Newsletter, Webmaster

Project 7: page 41 Developing Your Facilitation Skills (2 of 4)
Toastmaster, General Evaluator, Topicsmaster, Befriend a Guest

Project 8: page 48 Motivating People (3 of 5, but #1 OR #2 required)
1) Membership Campaign/Contest Chair, 2) Public Relations Campaign Chair, Toastmaster, Speech Evaluator, General Evaluator

Project 9: page 54 Mentoring (1 of 3, to Mentor a…)
New Member, Existing Member, High Performance Leadership Project

Project 10: page 59 Team Building (2 of 2, or 1 of the roles in Project 6)
Toastmaster, General Evaluator

Project Matrix on page 76, this listing compiled by Denise W

"Sometimes It's Okay" by Jasmine

Speaker one June 18, 2009 presenting project # 3 "The Moral of the Story" from the Advanced Communication series 'Storytelling' manual.

"The Parables in Luke 15" by Irene

Speaker two June 4, 2009 presenting project # 3 "The Moral Of The Story" from the Advanced Communication series 'Storytelling' manual.

"The Swamp" by Tim G

Speaker two May 14, 2009 presenting project # 4 "Keep Them Laughing" from the Advanced Communication series 'Humorously Speaking' manual.

"Frugality" by Douglas

Speaker one April 23, 2009 presenting project 2 "Organize Your Speech" from the 'Competent Communication' manual.

Introductions - 'Educational Focus' by Michelle D

Speaking April 23, 2009

2009 International Speech & Table Topics Contest

Thursday February 26, 2009 – 7:30 to 9:00 am

Speech Contestants:
Rebecca, Michelle, Tim

Table Topics Contestants:
Paul, Irene, Denny, Rebecca

Contest Officials:

Contest Master Roxie, Chief Judge Mike,
Area 42 Gov Paula, Sgt-At-Arms Jasmine,
Timers Denise W & Vanessa, Counters Mandy & Chris

Contest Progression in District 84:

Area 42: Sat. March 28, 2009, 2:00 pm, Orangewood School, Maitland
Division D: Sat. April 18, 2009, Daytona State College
District 84: Fri. & Sat. May 15 & 16, 2009, Crown Plaza, Orlando Airport

"Speech Contest Rulebook 2009 - Selection Sequence - (B) . . . in areas with four assigned clubs or less . . . allow the two highest placed available contestants from each club (in each contest) to compete in the area contest." This means that potentially, four (4) Articulators could go on to the Area 42 contests in March!

Leadership Institute Training

Club officer's training is part of the Toastmasters Leadership Institute on Saturday January 3, 2009 from 10 AM to 3:30 PM. This event will be held at the Jewish Community Center, 851 North Maitland Avenue, Maitland , FL 32751. A detailed schedule of the Officer Training modules and educational workshops offered is linked from the District 84 website.

There is a $5 cost for the refreshments: coffee and doughnuts in the morning, pizza and soda for lunch. Advance registration is not required. Officers MUST register in their training class for the club to receive credit.

See you at the Toastmasters Leadership Institute!

"One Family At A Time" by Rebecca

Speaker two June 5, 2008 presenting project # 4 "How To Say It" from the 'Competent Communication' manual.

Using Social Networking for Club Connections

This is a BLOG. Because Google created BLOGGER and offers it FREE, it is something we are trying out for our club.