October 21, 2010 - Theme: Acronyms

Hello Fellow Linguists of Listowel and Friends,

Our Thursday night's meeting had the theme of Acronyms which is one our Chair's (Rich Boertien) favourite things to talk about but doesn't like them used in life. Rich had lots of great examples of acronyms like OK (was from the war and meant zero killed). He even created some new ones like L.C. (literary corner) and W.G. (word giver) for the role of Grammarian. We had week 4 of our Speechcraft workshop with our two participants (Diane Schalk and Doug Culbert). There was great attendance of 14 members and that included our newest members Lucy D'Arcey and Lorna Vanderploeg. We had an induction ceremony for our newest member Lorna.

Our TNT or (Toast and Timer) was Lorna Vanderploeg, who tackled the role for her first time. She did a good job of keeping times of the meeting, gave a good description of her role and a great toast to Canada's new Saint. The W.G. or Grammarian role was filled by Sharon D'Arcey and she challenged everyone to use the word "Discombobulate" which means to throw into confusion and it was used 10 times. The role of L.C. (Literary Corner) was done by Marilyn Miller. She read a story she found at the library from the "Book of Best American Short Stories".

Next our Speechcrafters both did great jobs introducing each other for their speeches. Diane Schalk's speech on was called "Exercising For Life" which was well researched and told everyone to shake that booty. Doug Culbert's speech was called "A Reason for Project Development" which was very well done and informative. Our evaluators were Audrey Orth and Brent Jemmett, who gave our speakers some great glow points and some grow points. Chairperson, Richard Boertien, spoke to the Speechcrafters about "Show What You Mean". George Nichol did a very informative job with the Educational Session on “Gestures in Speaking”. Leo Brisebois gave the sample speech that included lots of gestures and laughs with his co-star (Katherine). He played Dr. Newhart and dealt with Katherine's fear of being buried alive in a box.

George Stevers was the Table Topics Master and had everyone come to the front, pull a picture and had to explain about the picture. The winner of table topics was Sharon D'Arcey. Keith McClucskie challenged everyone's memory and listening skills with Quizmaster. Keith Stoltz as general evaluator gave us a good review of how the meeting went and some grow points on how to improve our meeting. One grow point was getting someone to set up the speaker's area before the speaker is introduced. After the meeting, we had some refreshments provided by Jane Stoltz.

Hope to see you all on Thursday for our next meeting with the theme of "Trick or Treat". I would like to have a quick Executive Meeting after our meeting for those on the Executive.

Brent

Dates to remember:

Friday October 29th: Division W Humorours Speech and Table Topics Contest, 7:00 p.m., registration at 6:30 p.m. at the University of Waterloo, Arts Lecture Theatre, Room 116, Cost if $5.00/person plus $3.00 for parking.

Thursday Nov 4: Speechcraft Graduation, Theme: The Best is Yet to Come

Thursday Nov 11: Regular Meeting, Theme: Rememberance

Friday thru Sunday Nov 19 - 21: District Toastmaster Fall Conference at the beautiful Sheraton on the Falls in Niagara Falls

October 20, 2010

Chairperson Keith Stoltz presents Humorous Trophy to Gregory C. N. Smith

Humorous Contest Winners: Diana Snowden 3rd, Gregory C. N. Smith 1st, Jafar Mirjalali 2nd.

Table topics contest: Keith McCluskie 3rd, Tammara Hodgins 2nd, Jane Stoltz 1st, Chairperson Keith Stoltz

Chairperson Keith Stoltz planned an excellent contest. He offered a prize to the club with the highest attendance. It was a tie between Mount Forest Motivators and Linguists of Listowel.

Table Topics Contestants

Irma Devries, Jane Stoltz, Tammara Hodgins, Ron Hills, Audrey Orth, Caroline Beren,

Gregory C. N. Smith, Keith McCluskie

Humorous Speech Contestants

Audrey Orth, Rich Boertien, Dorothy Reid, Brent Jemmett, Diana Snowden, Gregory C N Smith, Caroline Beren, Jafar Mirjalali

Area 66 Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest

October 20, 2010

Ah Moments

Hello Fellow Linguists of Listowel and Friends,

This past Thursday, we had week 3 of our Speechcraft workshop with our two participants (Diane Schalk and Doug Culbert). There were 12 members in attendance and that included our newest member Lorna Vanderploeg. The theme for the night was “Ah Moments” and our chairperson for the night was Richard Boertien. He had lots of great examples of "Ah Moments" like when you speed past a cop car then look into the rear view mirror to see that they didn't turn around with their lights on.

Our Toast and Timer was Audrey Orth who gave a good description of her role and a great toast to Canada. The Grammarian role was filled by George Stevers and he challenged everyone to use the word "Respite" which means looking back or reprive.

Next our Speechcrafters both did great jobs introducing each other for their speeches. Diane Schalk's second speech on speaking in earnest was called "Eating Healthy" which was well researched and full of great facts. Doug Culbert's speech was called "Applications of GIS" which was very informative. Our evaluators were Keith Stoltz and Sharon D'Arcey, who gave our speakers some great glow points and some grow points.

Chairperson Richard Boertien spoke to the Speechcrafters about Evaluating the Speaker. I did the Educational Session on “Organizing Your Speech” and Keith McCluskie gave the sample speech which was called “In Search of the Ultimate Rush”.

Jane Stoltz filled the role of Table TopicsMaster and had everyone pull a newspaper headline and each person had to expand on the rest of the story . The winner of Table Topics was our chairperson, Richard Boertien. Leo Brisebois, as general evaluator, gave us a good review of how the meeting went and some grow points on how to improve our meeting. The glow points were that we were on time and everyone did a great job explaining their roles. The grow points were that need to continue to clap until the speaker sits down and for the speaker to wait to leave till the chair comes to the lecturn. After the meeting, we enjoyed some refreshments and fellowship.

Hope to see you all on Wednesday at the Area's Humorous/Table Topics contest in Harriston and on Thursday for our next meeting with the theme of "Acronyms".

Brent

Dates to remember:

Oct. 20th is the Area Contest in Harriston

Oct. 21st Speechcraft #4 - Acronyms

Oct. 29th the District Contest in Waterloo.

Nov. 19-21 District Toastmaster Fall Conference in Niagara Falls

Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest Winners

September 23, 2010
Shown are the winners of the Linguists of Listowel Humorous speech contest and Table Topics contest.
Starting from left to right;
Richard Boertien - 2nd place in Humorous speech.
Brent Jemmett - 1st place in Humorous speech.
Jane Stoltz - 1st place in Table Topics.
Keith McCluskie - 2nd place in Table Topics.

Speechcraft Member - Diane Schalk

September 30, 2010
Jane Stoltz is shown here with one of our Speechcraft members, Diane Schalk.

Newest Speechcraft Member - Doug Culbert

October 7, 2010
Audrey Orth is shown here with our newest Speechcraft member, Doug Culbert.

Richard Boertien During Theme Night - Hats

September 30, 2010
Richard Boertien is the chairperson of the night to kick off the fall Speechcraft program.
Richard is shown here wearing one of his many hats that he brought along for the theme of the meeting: Hats

Newest member Lucy D'Arcey with mentor Diane Bender

October 7, 2010
Lucy D'Arcey was inducted as a new member of the Linguists of Listowel Toastmaster Club. Lucy is welcomed into the club by her mentor, past president - Diane Bender.

Best Country Fair

Hello Fellow Linguists of Listowel and Friends,

This past Thursday, we had week 2 of our Speechcraft workshop with two participants (Diane Schalk and Doug Culbert). We had very good attendance with 13 members including our newest member Lucy D`Arcey-Curran and our special guest Lorna Vanderplog. The theme for the night was ``Best Country Fairs`` where we heard alot of good memories of going to the fair.

The chairperson for the meeting and for our Speechcraft program is Richard Boertien. He was well prepared and did a great job with our theme. Keith McCluskie performed the induction ceremony of our newest member (Lucy D'Arcey-Curran) and I presented new name badges to our newest Competent Communicators (Richard Boertien and Heidi Menzi)

Our Toast and Timer was George Stevers who gave a toast to Canada and going to the Country Fair. The Grammarian role was filled by Brent Jemmett and I challenged everyone to use the word "Haste" which means swiftness of motion, or speed. It was used 9 times. Sharon D'Arcey did the role of Literary Corner where she read an interesting story that she helped put the book together for about some Listowel residents at a pie auction and buy $100 pies.

Our evaluators were Jane Stoltz, Audrey Orth, and Lucy D'Arcey, who all gave great feedback to our speakers.

Our Speechcrafters both did great jobs going up for the first time with their Ice Breakers. Diane Schalk's was called "Growing Up In Carthage" and Doug Culbert's was called "What Brought Me To Toastmasters".. Marilyn Miller did speech #5 (Body Language) called "Its A Small World", where she entertained us with her speech and her singing voice.

Next our chairperson Richard Boertien spoke to the Speechcrafters about Speaking with Conviction. Keith Stoltz did the Educational Session on ``Introducing the Speaker`` and Keith McCluskie gave the sample "Being Earnest" speech which was called ``Shorter Work Week``.

Heidi Menzi for Table Topicsmaster had a bag of goodies where we had to choose from and describe how we won or got it at the Country Fair. We ended up with a tie for the winner between Keith McCluskie and our Speechcrafter - Doug Culbert. Marilyn Miller challenged us with Quizmaster and George Nichol as general evaluator gave us a good review of how the meeting went and some grow points on how to improve our meeting.

After the meeting, we enjoyed refreshments provided by Heidi Menzi.

Hope to see you all on Thursday for our next meeting and week 3 of Speechcraft with the theme of "Ah" Moments.

Brent

Dates to remember:

Oct. 14th Speechcraft #3 - "Ah" Moments

Oct. 20th is the Area Contest in Harriston

Oct. 21st Speechcraft #4 - Acronyms

Oct. 29th the District Contest in Waterloo.

Nov. 19-21 District Toastmaster Fall Conference in Niagara Falls

Start of Speech Crafter Program Sept. 30, 2010

On Thursday Sept 30th, we started our Speechcraft workshop with two participants (Diane Schalk and Joan Dietrich). We had very good attendance with 13 members including our newest member Lucy D'Arcey-Curran. The theme for the night was "Hats" and pretty well everyone either was wearing or brought their favourite hat.

The chairperson for the meeting and for our Speechcraft program is Richard Boertien. He was well prepared and had lots of fun with the theme. When he was introducing everyone, he had a special hat for that person.

Our Toast and Timer was Marilyn Miller who was performing the role for her first time. She did a great job with her toast to Canada and included our theme. The Grammarian role was filled by Heidi Menzi and she challenged us to use the word "Onamonapia". George Nichol did the role of Literary Corner where he read an interesting story about a dog called "Tip".

Next our chairperson Richard Boertien spoke to the Speechcrafters the Importance of Public Speaking. Diane Bender did the Educational Session on "Selecting Your Topic" and I gave the sample Icebreaker speech which was called "My Time at Campbell`s Soup". Keith McCluskie did a great job evaluating the speech by giving some great glow points speech and showing the speechcrafters how we give instant feedback.

Jane Stoltz had everyone describe why they picked the hat they did for Table Topics. We ended up with a 3 way tie for the winner (George Nichol, Audrey Orth and Diane Bender). Audrey Orth as general evaluator gave us a good review of how the meeting went and some grow points on how to improve our meeting.