January 20, 2011 - Theme: Jeopardy

Hello Fellow Linguists of Listowel and Friends,

On Thursday's Linguists of Listowel's meeting, we had another very enjoyable meeting. The theme for the night was "Jeopardy". We had 11 members and one guest (Karen Bott) in attendance. Brian Camacho called the meeting to order and gave his thoughts on what the theme of Jeopardy meant to him. I was the chairperson for the evening and opened the meeting by giving the definition of Jeopardy and talked about the game show Jeopardy which I used throughout the meeting.

Keith Stoltz held the role of Toast and Timer where he gave a timely toast to Canada. The Grammarian role was done by Heidi Menzi and she challenged everyone to use the word "Wabash" and it was used 5 times. Wabash means good man or an Indian word meaning did it well.

Our speaker Richard Boertien presented speech number 2 in the Advanced Communication and Leadership Program which was "Resources For Informing". He told a very entertaining speech called "I Call It Home Now". It was about his hometown of Listowel and it was very informative. The speech was evaluated by George Nichol and he gave great feedback. We also had an Educational Module where we learned what goes into creating an outstanding Club climate which was given by Audrey Orth.

Leo Brisebois did a good job as Table Topics Master and had us all ready to play some baseball. He started telling a story of a baseball game and we had to keep the story going to explain how the winning run was scored. The winner was George Nichol. Jane Stoltz was our Quizmaster and she challenged everyone's listening skills with some of the good phrases for the night. Sharon D'Arcey took on the role of general evaluator, where she went over with everyone what we did well and what we could improve on.

A Challenge from the President to the Linguists of Listowel - I will give a prize to the member who brings out the most guests for the month of February during our Open House month.

Hope to see you all on Thursday for our next meeting.

Brent

Toastmaster Calendar Dates

Thurs Jan 27: Linguists of Listowel, Regular Meeting, Jokingly Speaking

Thurs Feb 3: Linguists of Listowel, Regular Meeting, Ground Hogs

Thurs Feb 10: Linguists of Listowel, Regular Meeting, Queens vs Kings

Sat. Jan 29: Officer Training, Phase 2, in Hanover, Details to Follow

Hanover at the Grace United Church. Starting with registration at 8:30 Presentations for all executive and would be executives until 10:45. 10:45 am to 11am will be a short coffee break and then a great session on Memory... How to Make It Better. This will be followed by a hot lunch (included in the training cost). Then two seperate presentations; one on Judging and one on Evaluations will be conducted. It will be over by 3:30. Cost is $10/person.

Club Contest Dates

Toastmasters of Hanover Monday January 31^st

Linguists of Listowel Thursday February 24^th

Talk Talkers Saturday February 26^th

Mount Forest Motivators Tuesday March 1^st

Area 66 Contest Wednesday March 9^th

Division W Contest Friday March 25th

January 13, 2011 - Theme: Junk Mail in January

Hello Fellow Linguists of Listowel and Friends,

At Linguists of Listowel, we had a great meeting filled with lots of laughs. The theme of for the night was "Junk Mail in January". We had 13 members in attendance and a guest (Heidi's friend - Elsie Havenga). Audrey Orth called the meeting to order with a very good introduction of the chair for the meeting. Leo Brisebois was our chair for the evening and he opened the meeting by telling us all about the different kinds of junk mail out there.

The joke of the day was done by George Nichol, who gave us a very funny joke that got the laughs started. Marie McCutcheon was our Toast and Timer, who gave a toast to Canada and how we have so many plentiful things even junk mail. The Grammarian role was done by Keith McCluskie. He picked the word "fidget" to challenge everyone to use during the meeting and it was used 11 times. He also counted the number of laughs during the meeting and we had a whopping 114 laughs. Next, George Stevers for his role of Literary Corner read a couple of poems called "Success" and "Life is Earnest".

Our speaker Heidi Menzi gave a speech out of the Storytelling manual. She told an entertaining personal story called "On the Way to School". The speech was evaluated by Keith Stoltz and he gave great feedback. We had an Educational Module where Jane Stoltz told us how to set goals and how to plan to reach those goals

Sharon D'Arcey did a very fun Table Topics with the theme of "Junk Mail in January". She had an envelope in front of us that had junk mail inside and we had to promote the junk mail. George Stevers took the award for his promoting of Toastmasters because he comes to Toastmasters for the free counseling. I took on the role of Quizmaster and challenged everyone's listening skills with some of the good phrases for the night. Richard Boertien took on the role of general evaluator, where he reviewed how the overall meeting went.

Hope to see you all on Thursday for our next meeting.

Brent

Dates to remember:

January 20th - Jeopardy

January 6, 2011 - Theme: Sports Night

Hello Fellow Linguists of Listowel and Friends,

Happy New Year everyone! At Linguists of Listowel's first meeting of 2011, we had lots of laughs and a very sporty meeting with our theme of "Sports Night". We had 12 members in attendance and a guest (Richard Boertien's daughter - Deirdre). We had lots of members participating with the theme by dressing up in their favourite jerseys. Keith McCluskie called the meeting to order with a very enthusiastic introduction of the chairperson for the meeting that included his favourite sport which was the Canadian Tobogganing Team. That Montreal Canadians fan, Leo Brisebois was our chair for the evening and he opened the meeting by giving us the history of sport which was very informative.

The joke of the day was done by one of the Toronto Maple Leaf fans at the meeting, who was myself. I gave a joke involving the Montreal Canadians. Also, to show that I was a good sport I gave a joke about the Leafs. Keith McCluskie was our Toast and Timer, who gave a toast to Canada and our ability to play any sport. The Grammarian role was done by Jane Stoltz and she picked the word "cue" to challenge everyone to use during the meeting that was used an incredible 18 times. Next, Heidi Menzi for her role of Literary Corner gave us some history of the Olympics and sports.

Our first speaker was another Toronto Maple Leaf fan, Lucy D'Arcey. She had a very informative speech with great visual aids called "Information". Next Sharon D'Arcey gave a speech on the role of V.P. of Public Relations and all that is involved. Keith Stoltz gave an entertaining and informative speech called "What Kind of Leader are You?". The speeches were evaluated by Rich Boertien, Marie McCutcheon and Audrey Orth where they all gave great feedback to our speakers.

Jane Stoltz did a very fun Table Topics with the theme of "Sports Night". Everyone was partnered up and one person picked a sport out of the envelope and spoke about the positives of that sport. The second person had to debate why that sport wasn't the best sport. Everyone did a good job debating their sport and the winner of table topics was the boxing fan, Audrey Orth. I took on the role of general evaluator, where I reviewed what was good, what we could do better and what we did best.

Hope to see you all on Thursday for our next meeting.

Brent

Dates to remember:

Jan. 13th - Junk Mail in January

January 20th – Jeopardy

December 2, 2010 - Accepting the Award ACB

On December 2, 2010, Leo Brisebois presented his final speech to achieve his ACB award (Advanced Communicator Bronze).

Club president, Brent Jemmett (Leaf's fan on the left) is shown congratulating Leo Brisebois (Hab's fan on the right) on his achievement and is presenting Leo with his award certificate.