Linguists of Listowel
Meeting - Thursday September 21, 2006
Theme: Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest
Call to order by Marie at 7:15 pm. She welcomed all members, guests and visitors from the Mt Forest Motivators.
Keith chaired the humorous contest. He warmed up the audience with his wallet speech. Jane was chief judge and explained the rules and purpose of the humourous contest.
Contestants and Speech Title
Linda - Daycare fun
Brian - What do you do with a drunken Sailor?
Marie - Feng Che
Diane - Frazzled
The second phase of our contest was the Table Topics portion. Caroline Beren was the chairperson. The topic was "WHO DID THAT?"
There were six contestants:
Brian, Sheryl, Allan, Jane, Audrey,Gary- a great job by everyone.
And the winners of the Humorous speech were: Marie - First Place, Diane - Second place
Table topics winners were First place - Audrey, Second Place -Allan, third place - Brian
Way to go contestants- it was a very enjoyable evening.
Marie and Audrey will be representing Linguists of Listowel at the area contest Oct 4, 2006 in Harriston.
The Western Division Humorous Speech and Table Topics contest will be held at the Kin Station in Listowel on Friday October 20th. That evening you will see 8 outstanding humorous speakers and 8 brilliant Toastmasters that love Table topics from across south-western Ontario. Western Division consists of over 600 Toasmaster members from Owen Sound to Guelph to Cambridge to Kitchener- Waterloo to London and to the lake. Listowel is now the center of our Division. Members of the community are welcome to attend.
Meeting adjourned at 9:30 pm
Diane
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Linguists of Listowel
Linguists of Listowel
"The Journey" was the theme for this evenings meeting. Audrey gave a heartwarming memorial to Brenda. She passed away last month after a long battle with cancer and she will be dearly missed. She was an experienced toastmaster and had earned the toastmasters highest award, her DTM.
Brian chaired the meeting and welcomed all members. Diane gave the loyal toast to Canada. She mentioned the hard work Canadian garderners go to as winter approaches. There are many fall flowers that continue to bloom well into October.
George presented the word Soliloquize or Soliloquy which means talking to oneself. Sheryl read an article on pie baking for literary corner. She used a gread deal of expression so people could just picture someone baking a pie.
Marie presented an advanced manual speech on public relations. She explained how important it is to set goals in our toastmasters club and to encourage everyone else to set goals as well. Public relations are very important in getting new members to join and experience the journey to speaking competently.
Jane chaired the table topics portion of the meeting. Since the table topics competition is next week everyone had the opportunity to speak for two minutes about what journey they would take if they won a specified amount in an instant lottery. It was hilarious! George, Diane and Gary tied for third place, Keith was second and Brian was the winner! Gary challenged everyone as quiz master.
Keith was general evaluator and gave lots of glow and grow points. He stressed we should follow the agenda and not get sidetracked. Chairman Brian challenged everyone to plan to do two speeches before Christmas. Members are invited to attend Mount Forest Motivators on Tuesday evening for their humourous and table topics speech contest.
Diane
"The Journey" was the theme for this evenings meeting. Audrey gave a heartwarming memorial to Brenda. She passed away last month after a long battle with cancer and she will be dearly missed. She was an experienced toastmaster and had earned the toastmasters highest award, her DTM.
Brian chaired the meeting and welcomed all members. Diane gave the loyal toast to Canada. She mentioned the hard work Canadian garderners go to as winter approaches. There are many fall flowers that continue to bloom well into October.
George presented the word Soliloquize or Soliloquy which means talking to oneself. Sheryl read an article on pie baking for literary corner. She used a gread deal of expression so people could just picture someone baking a pie.
Marie presented an advanced manual speech on public relations. She explained how important it is to set goals in our toastmasters club and to encourage everyone else to set goals as well. Public relations are very important in getting new members to join and experience the journey to speaking competently.
Jane chaired the table topics portion of the meeting. Since the table topics competition is next week everyone had the opportunity to speak for two minutes about what journey they would take if they won a specified amount in an instant lottery. It was hilarious! George, Diane and Gary tied for third place, Keith was second and Brian was the winner! Gary challenged everyone as quiz master.
Keith was general evaluator and gave lots of glow and grow points. He stressed we should follow the agenda and not get sidetracked. Chairman Brian challenged everyone to plan to do two speeches before Christmas. Members are invited to attend Mount Forest Motivators on Tuesday evening for their humourous and table topics speech contest.
Diane
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Linguists of Listowel
Linguists of Listowel
September 7, 2006
"Summer of 2006" was the theme for the Linguists of Listowel September 7th meeting. VP of Education Marie excelled as chairperson for the evening. She welcomed special guests from the Mount Forest Motivators club. They were President Marge and Area Governor Al.
Keith presented the Loyal Toast to Canada. He'd just returned from a visit to Australia and he had lots of praise for Canadians and their sense of humour. He noticed that it was the Candians and the Australians who laughted the most at the tour guides jokes. "Whats up with the members?" was a new challenge for the meeting. If your name was not on the agenda then you were allowed a minute to expain why and then have first choice for the agenda for the following week.
As Language enricher, Jane presented the word "Awesome" She was impressed that eveyone had a chance to use this word several times during the evening. Audrey gave her point of view- "Do it Now". Her idea was that people should make the most of life and not wait till they have time. If you want to travel then do it. If you want to go camping then do it. You may even want to quit your job so you can do the things you want to do! Several members had a counter point of view in that you have to work if you want to have the money to do the extra things in life. If you really enjoy your job then that's what you should be doing to be self fulfilled.
Diane led Table Topics. Each member could speak about a barbeque party where they featured a special recipe. Everyone listened closely and chose Gary's Barbeque party as the one they'd like to attend. Quizmaster Allan challenged us to remember who said what during the meeting. Area governor Al presented the Distinquished Club Program and challenged everyone to get involved. There have been some name changes and a brand new Competent Leader book. This manual will guide you through the learning process and give you practical leadership experience. It focuses on leadership skills you can learn by serving in various toastmaster meeting roles. You can learn how to listen, plan, organize, facilitate, motivate, mentor and build a team. Marge evaluated the whole meeting. She was very helpful and encouraged the club to keep up the good work and quality of their meetings.
September 7, 2006
"Summer of 2006" was the theme for the Linguists of Listowel September 7th meeting. VP of Education Marie excelled as chairperson for the evening. She welcomed special guests from the Mount Forest Motivators club. They were President Marge and Area Governor Al.
Keith presented the Loyal Toast to Canada. He'd just returned from a visit to Australia and he had lots of praise for Canadians and their sense of humour. He noticed that it was the Candians and the Australians who laughted the most at the tour guides jokes. "Whats up with the members?" was a new challenge for the meeting. If your name was not on the agenda then you were allowed a minute to expain why and then have first choice for the agenda for the following week.
As Language enricher, Jane presented the word "Awesome" She was impressed that eveyone had a chance to use this word several times during the evening. Audrey gave her point of view- "Do it Now". Her idea was that people should make the most of life and not wait till they have time. If you want to travel then do it. If you want to go camping then do it. You may even want to quit your job so you can do the things you want to do! Several members had a counter point of view in that you have to work if you want to have the money to do the extra things in life. If you really enjoy your job then that's what you should be doing to be self fulfilled.
Diane led Table Topics. Each member could speak about a barbeque party where they featured a special recipe. Everyone listened closely and chose Gary's Barbeque party as the one they'd like to attend. Quizmaster Allan challenged us to remember who said what during the meeting. Area governor Al presented the Distinquished Club Program and challenged everyone to get involved. There have been some name changes and a brand new Competent Leader book. This manual will guide you through the learning process and give you practical leadership experience. It focuses on leadership skills you can learn by serving in various toastmaster meeting roles. You can learn how to listen, plan, organize, facilitate, motivate, mentor and build a team. Marge evaluated the whole meeting. She was very helpful and encouraged the club to keep up the good work and quality of their meetings.
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