another ADMIRABLE fellow toastmaster:
http://www.lebrecht.com/
Monday, September 25, 2006
let's play Find The Toastmaster!
(isn't she cute???)
http://www.uoguelph.ca/atguelph/06-09-13/afterhours.shtml
(isn't she cute???)
http://www.uoguelph.ca/atguelph/06-09-13/afterhours.shtml
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Thursday, September 21, 2006
officer role anybody?
not sure how my volunteering for month of September for Sgt-at-Arms was misconstrued as an ongoing arrangement, but i have GOT to get someone else to take they keys since i won't be there! i have always thought they should look at your attendance AND participation in club roles as incentive, i.e. for preferential treatment when it comes to allocating speech time. but who would have time for such extra tracking?
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i thought the use of the hand written messages on the construction paper pad was a really effective addition to the speech, and what a cheap way to bring your own flipchart!!!
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i've just realized i haven't been getting my magazine. it was pretty good! i wonder how one changes their address with toastmasters international...
not sure how my volunteering for month of September for Sgt-at-Arms was misconstrued as an ongoing arrangement, but i have GOT to get someone else to take they keys since i won't be there! i have always thought they should look at your attendance AND participation in club roles as incentive, i.e. for preferential treatment when it comes to allocating speech time. but who would have time for such extra tracking?
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i thought the use of the hand written messages on the construction paper pad was a really effective addition to the speech, and what a cheap way to bring your own flipchart!!!
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i've just realized i haven't been getting my magazine. it was pretty good! i wonder how one changes their address with toastmasters international...
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
club visitations
i would have to say that the most organized, efficient and professionally presented club i have ever attended was the TDSupreme club, on lunchhours Wednesdays while Z was prez. The ah counter tallied every breath taken and the exact number of seconds taken for each aspect of the meeting etc.
the club that meets in the Harbourfront Community Centre building on Wednesday nights has some really creative, dramatic speakers that win Area level contests, and was recognized by the District Reps as one of the strongest. They have the quizmaster role, but give teeny, tiny evaluation note pages to each other.
the Stoneroad club is very friendly, and has guelph farm topics and friendliness and handles an oxford learning type diversity well. they have many young members! they also have yummy snacks at contests and their meeting time attracts a large number of visitors that they graciously accomodate. and some of their membership is really longstanding and development in members seems really significant.
my fave club, the one where i feel i belong best is in Johnson Hall at University of Guelph (you remember, with the boots and cowboy hat in the corner). i tire of our time management issues because of the over-competition for word of the day, but not only do we have incredible intellectual, varied and quality example speakers, the evaluations are Bang On and Very Meaningful. Only club members of more than 6 projects are aloud to have a speech evaluator's role on the agenda!
i would have to say that the most organized, efficient and professionally presented club i have ever attended was the TDSupreme club, on lunchhours Wednesdays while Z was prez. The ah counter tallied every breath taken and the exact number of seconds taken for each aspect of the meeting etc.
the club that meets in the Harbourfront Community Centre building on Wednesday nights has some really creative, dramatic speakers that win Area level contests, and was recognized by the District Reps as one of the strongest. They have the quizmaster role, but give teeny, tiny evaluation note pages to each other.
the Stoneroad club is very friendly, and has guelph farm topics and friendliness and handles an oxford learning type diversity well. they have many young members! they also have yummy snacks at contests and their meeting time attracts a large number of visitors that they graciously accomodate. and some of their membership is really longstanding and development in members seems really significant.
my fave club, the one where i feel i belong best is in Johnson Hall at University of Guelph (you remember, with the boots and cowboy hat in the corner). i tire of our time management issues because of the over-competition for word of the day, but not only do we have incredible intellectual, varied and quality example speakers, the evaluations are Bang On and Very Meaningful. Only club members of more than 6 projects are aloud to have a speech evaluator's role on the agenda!
1) the word of the day was CADENCE! and the guest got to that idea because the theme was unplugged and she thought of music and that reminded her of horses and a dressage horse she used to love to watch called CADENCE. and, i forgot to tell her about this magical thing called a Kur, as well as forgetting to USE the word of the day.
2) it ain't easy to evaluate the prez, and he scowled at the suggestion i gave him for next time, so i am EXTRA proud of me. he kept repeating "you can't believe everything you read" and storytelling about his irish youth and so in my evalutation i said that i grew up hearing my father say that and how ha ha "i never knew he was so annoying because he is irish" which got a good laugh.
3) the next speaker really moved me with the arson and car bomb descriptions of north ireland in his youth. "a lifetime of treasures in the rubble"
2) it ain't easy to evaluate the prez, and he scowled at the suggestion i gave him for next time, so i am EXTRA proud of me. he kept repeating "you can't believe everything you read" and storytelling about his irish youth and so in my evalutation i said that i grew up hearing my father say that and how ha ha "i never knew he was so annoying because he is irish" which got a good laugh.
3) the next speaker really moved me with the arson and car bomb descriptions of north ireland in his youth. "a lifetime of treasures in the rubble"
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
the word of the day was presented by a wonderful role model in our club. i was sitting there kicking myself for not using it in my evaluation like i meant to, while she said the club had used it 14 times today...
she added that the language enricher trophy went to the person who used the word skillfully in her table topics 4x and it was me. lucky break eh?
the theme was fresh outlook and the word of the day was perspective.
my table topic word draw from the envelope was wildlife, and was i ever glad: i easily spoke to amber about how i have been getting all these wildlife documentaries out of the libraries and i've seen the one on dinasours and the one on the rain forest and so many others and it has been really pleasant for me. constructive for my perspective you might say because i was really down before about the state of humankind with all our war and our pollution and everything but that this all this watching had helped me to see us as part of a bigger picture. helped me to get comfortable with the fact that maybe we are gonna be extinct or maybe we're not, but right now we are all just part of nature... and how somehow thinking about things like that has cheered me up, changed my perspective.
she added that the language enricher trophy went to the person who used the word skillfully in her table topics 4x and it was me. lucky break eh?
the theme was fresh outlook and the word of the day was perspective.
my table topic word draw from the envelope was wildlife, and was i ever glad: i easily spoke to amber about how i have been getting all these wildlife documentaries out of the libraries and i've seen the one on dinasours and the one on the rain forest and so many others and it has been really pleasant for me. constructive for my perspective you might say because i was really down before about the state of humankind with all our war and our pollution and everything but that this all this watching had helped me to see us as part of a bigger picture. helped me to get comfortable with the fact that maybe we are gonna be extinct or maybe we're not, but right now we are all just part of nature... and how somehow thinking about things like that has cheered me up, changed my perspective.
next time i am on the agenda to do a speech evaluation i will bring my manual in case the speaker forgets theirs. for some reason i was nervous doing today's...
perhaps the fact that the make shift evaluation page i made for myself during the meeting (in leiu of an actual manual to write in) was for speech #2. then i realized this person was doing project #3 and reworked it, and the chair person introduced her project objectives by reading the goals for project #2. ACK.
luckily, she did a great job and i had lots to enthuse about. she seems to always talk about love and i love learning about healthy relationships... what could be a better reason to get to class?did you know that on average most people have 1-3 intimate relationships going on? she made nice analogies using foot bridges, and draw bridges and suspension bridges...
she joined at the same time as me. and just did her third. will she get the same feedback that i did? i did my third with this club last week and rec'd the feedback that i might benefit from slowing down on the pace of presentations. i wonder if it is only when you are further along in the manual projects that it would be better to spread your projects over more time? or if this was a special message just for the (over)enthusiastic me...
for sure i did a good job as an officer of the club today, even if i'm the only one who is proud of me. and i am prepared to put required club supplies on my visa this week and pay the interest til the treasurer shows up...
i am not offering to go do any officer training yet though - even though i know this club could use that sort of development and "outside" recognition. i think it would be considered pushy instead of helpful, so i'll direct my energies where they are wanted.
signed,
not quite ready for nine
(but, um, unfortunately working on it)
perhaps the fact that the make shift evaluation page i made for myself during the meeting (in leiu of an actual manual to write in) was for speech #2. then i realized this person was doing project #3 and reworked it, and the chair person introduced her project objectives by reading the goals for project #2. ACK.
luckily, she did a great job and i had lots to enthuse about. she seems to always talk about love and i love learning about healthy relationships... what could be a better reason to get to class?did you know that on average most people have 1-3 intimate relationships going on? she made nice analogies using foot bridges, and draw bridges and suspension bridges...
she joined at the same time as me. and just did her third. will she get the same feedback that i did? i did my third with this club last week and rec'd the feedback that i might benefit from slowing down on the pace of presentations. i wonder if it is only when you are further along in the manual projects that it would be better to spread your projects over more time? or if this was a special message just for the (over)enthusiastic me...
for sure i did a good job as an officer of the club today, even if i'm the only one who is proud of me. and i am prepared to put required club supplies on my visa this week and pay the interest til the treasurer shows up...
i am not offering to go do any officer training yet though - even though i know this club could use that sort of development and "outside" recognition. i think it would be considered pushy instead of helpful, so i'll direct my energies where they are wanted.
signed,
not quite ready for nine
(but, um, unfortunately working on it)
a CULTivations colunmist idea popped into my head today. on my blog at least i am going to start jotting down notes about the speeches i hear... especially in clubs where i am guest.
did you know there's one in brampton that meets tuesday nights not far from the place i lived for 8 years. yup, the same apt for 8 years. i know you don't believe me...
in a way i'm glad i've learned to travel since. aren't reporters supposed to be ROVING?
more soon...
did you know there's one in brampton that meets tuesday nights not far from the place i lived for 8 years. yup, the same apt for 8 years. i know you don't believe me...
in a way i'm glad i've learned to travel since. aren't reporters supposed to be ROVING?
more soon...
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