The Linguists of Listowel held their International Speech and Evaluation Contest at St Paul’s Lutheran Church. It was an exciting evening as the members of the Linguists showcased their best talents.
The Evaluation contest was chaired by Marie. Marie was assisted by Brenda as Chief Judge and Audrey as Sergeant of Arms. Our target speaker was Mark J from the Energetics Toastmaster Club in Waterloo. He presented a very enthusiastic speech called “My Least Favourite Season”. His least favourite season is RSP season. Mark kept us laughing as he made a complicated subject very easy to understand. We look forward to seeing Mark in future Humorous Speech Contests.
The contestants for the Evaluation contest were; Jane, Allan and John. Each contestant presented a well balanced evaluation that was clear and concise. After much deliberation, the judges placed Allan in first and Jane in second place. Allan and Jane will represent the Linguists of Listowel at the Area 18 contest.
The International Speech contest was chaired by Jane. Jane was assisted by Audrey who was Chief Judge and Sergeant of Arms. The contestants and their speech titles were: Allan-My Dog Wally; Gary-Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life; Brenda-When Things Go Wrong; Marie-For Your Enjoyment Only; Keith-Why Wait….Just Do it.
All the speeches were excellent. Anyone of the contestants would have been able to compete successfully at Area or at a Division contest. The judges put Gary in third place, Marie in second place and Keith in first place. Marie and Keith go on to the Area 18 contest. George and Linda P also helped in making the contest a success.
The Area 18 Contest will be held on Thursday March 2, 2006 at St Pauls Lutheran Church, 505 Wallace Ave North, Listowel starting at 7:00 pm. Everyone is welcome.
Our next meeting is on February 23, 2006 at St Pauls Lutheran Church starting at 7:14 pm. The theme of the meeting is “Homonyms”. It is guaranteed to be a meeting full of fun and laughter. Everyone is invited. See you there.
Friday, February 17, 2006
Monday, February 13, 2006
February 9, 2006
It was a fun Valentines meeting on Thursday February 9, 2006 as Toastmaster met for their weekly meeting. Linda P started the meeting with a humourous story about Chairperson Gary. Gary did an excellent job as chair. He skillfully told Valentine stories about each member. He kept us laughing with the details, jokes and stories.
Heidy presented a Toast to Canada and reminded everyone on the importance of freedom of speech. Heidy had recently attended a public meeting where she was ready to hand out Toastmaster cards inviting the politicians to a Toastmaster meeting. Heidy had a great idea to offer a training course for politicians especially since the municipal elections are happening this year.
George’s new word was “boondoggle” which means “any unnecessary or useless labour”. Jane read a story about Super Wrench for literary corner. Allan presented a very educational speech called “Are you Prepared”. Are you prepared if the power goes off for one or more days? He taught us five important steps that we should do to be prepared in case of a power failure. Heidy Schmidt did an outstanding job in evaluating Allan.
Audrey presented a timely Educational Workshop called “Evaluate to Motivate”. She gave out an excellent handout that covered the 10 behaviors of an effective evaluator. A round table evaluation gave Audrey many valuable glow points and grows points. Devin and Nicole stepped up to conduct Table Topics. It was a fun round with Audrey receiving the most votes. Keith recapped the evening as the General Evaluator.
Be sure to attend the next meeting on Thursday February 16th at 7:14 pm. This is the date of our International and Evaluation contest. Please plan to attend this fun evening. Everyone is invited. The contest will be held at St Pauls Lutheran Church at 505 Wallace Ave N, Listowel.
Keith
Heidy presented a Toast to Canada and reminded everyone on the importance of freedom of speech. Heidy had recently attended a public meeting where she was ready to hand out Toastmaster cards inviting the politicians to a Toastmaster meeting. Heidy had a great idea to offer a training course for politicians especially since the municipal elections are happening this year.
George’s new word was “boondoggle” which means “any unnecessary or useless labour”. Jane read a story about Super Wrench for literary corner. Allan presented a very educational speech called “Are you Prepared”. Are you prepared if the power goes off for one or more days? He taught us five important steps that we should do to be prepared in case of a power failure. Heidy Schmidt did an outstanding job in evaluating Allan.
Audrey presented a timely Educational Workshop called “Evaluate to Motivate”. She gave out an excellent handout that covered the 10 behaviors of an effective evaluator. A round table evaluation gave Audrey many valuable glow points and grows points. Devin and Nicole stepped up to conduct Table Topics. It was a fun round with Audrey receiving the most votes. Keith recapped the evening as the General Evaluator.
Be sure to attend the next meeting on Thursday February 16th at 7:14 pm. This is the date of our International and Evaluation contest. Please plan to attend this fun evening. Everyone is invited. The contest will be held at St Pauls Lutheran Church at 505 Wallace Ave N, Listowel.
Keith
Friday, January 27, 2006
January 26, 2006
Winter Vacations was a great theme for our meeting on Jan 26 (the day after the snow storm closed schools & some highways)
George started us off with his airport security check joke – do you know why knitting needles are prohibited on flights? -- Old lady may knit an Af….. Oops, you know what!
Chair John followed up with another plane joke with hunters trying to get their 2 moose home – funny thing, same thing happened previous year!
Marie’s Toast to Canada concentrated on our natural beauty with snow & ice on limbs (tree that is)
Surfacing from Monday’s Election, Audrey proposed ‘truthiness’ meaning perceived to be true, as our challenge for use this meeting.
First Speaker Jane gave us a fascinating demonstration on Quilting. The equipment & precision necessary interested us all.
Then second Speaker Keith helped us imagine a winter vacation in New Zealand—that would be in August – no snowmobiling & he’ll be broke for a long while IF he, Jane & Melissa go to meet up with Cameron (son).
Allan had a mischievous time setting up our two minute Table Topics (with little prep!) We had to speak on our holiday in unexpected locations remembering Opening, Body & Conclusion (& truthiness).
Diane & John gave smooth helpful evaluations of the speeches & Brenda wound up with the General Evaluation. Oh Marie described her frustrations with the stopwatch hilariously, & we’ll need to buy another before Contests night.
After Snack we had an Exec meeting. In order to earn any Distinguished Club status, Linguists needs more members out & completing projects.
How to accomplish this is the rub.
Brenda
George started us off with his airport security check joke – do you know why knitting needles are prohibited on flights? -- Old lady may knit an Af….. Oops, you know what!
Chair John followed up with another plane joke with hunters trying to get their 2 moose home – funny thing, same thing happened previous year!
Marie’s Toast to Canada concentrated on our natural beauty with snow & ice on limbs (tree that is)
Surfacing from Monday’s Election, Audrey proposed ‘truthiness’ meaning perceived to be true, as our challenge for use this meeting.
First Speaker Jane gave us a fascinating demonstration on Quilting. The equipment & precision necessary interested us all.
Then second Speaker Keith helped us imagine a winter vacation in New Zealand—that would be in August – no snowmobiling & he’ll be broke for a long while IF he, Jane & Melissa go to meet up with Cameron (son).
Allan had a mischievous time setting up our two minute Table Topics (with little prep!) We had to speak on our holiday in unexpected locations remembering Opening, Body & Conclusion (& truthiness).
Diane & John gave smooth helpful evaluations of the speeches & Brenda wound up with the General Evaluation. Oh Marie described her frustrations with the stopwatch hilariously, & we’ll need to buy another before Contests night.
After Snack we had an Exec meeting. In order to earn any Distinguished Club status, Linguists needs more members out & completing projects.
How to accomplish this is the rub.
Brenda
Sunday, January 22, 2006
January 19, 2006
The Linguist of Listowel had a night of 100 laughs as we gathered to celebrate the theme of "Flu Remedies". Marie skillfully chaired the meeting and kept everyone laughing as she incorporated each fu remedy into the introduction of the next person. Diane presented a Canadian toast where she instrusted everyone to pick up a car load of people and take them to vote. Allan gave us the new word "Prostration" which means to be utterly defeated or physically exhausted.
Keith presented speech number five from the Special Occasion Speeches manual. His speech was called Mr Scrouge. Brenda presented speech number seven from the CTM manual. She did an excellent job in telling us about Afghanistan where her son in law is stationed with our Canadian Forces. Ezra Steckly evaluated Keith's speech and Jane evaluated Brenda's speech.
George provided the entertaining topics for Table Topics. Each person had to pick a slip of paper from the envelope and explain what their occupation was, what they were sick with and what home remedy they would use. There was lots of laughter as everyone had a chance to explain why their home remedy worked. Gary received the most votes as he told us why he could not miss work as a waitress at Al Jerkys. He did say waitress.
Gary was also involved as the quizmaster. He kept us guessing with "who said that". Gary replayed some of the funnier quotes from the evening. Audrey did a splended job as General Evaluator. The evening ended with Marie giving us some final laughs on flu remedies. Everyone then enjoyed Allan's muffins.
Bring your friends to next weeks meeting with the theme "Suggested Winter Vacations" on Thursday January 26th at St Pauls Lutheran Church, 505 Wallace Ave, Listowel at 7:14 pm.
Keith
Keith presented speech number five from the Special Occasion Speeches manual. His speech was called Mr Scrouge. Brenda presented speech number seven from the CTM manual. She did an excellent job in telling us about Afghanistan where her son in law is stationed with our Canadian Forces. Ezra Steckly evaluated Keith's speech and Jane evaluated Brenda's speech.
George provided the entertaining topics for Table Topics. Each person had to pick a slip of paper from the envelope and explain what their occupation was, what they were sick with and what home remedy they would use. There was lots of laughter as everyone had a chance to explain why their home remedy worked. Gary received the most votes as he told us why he could not miss work as a waitress at Al Jerkys. He did say waitress.
Gary was also involved as the quizmaster. He kept us guessing with "who said that". Gary replayed some of the funnier quotes from the evening. Audrey did a splended job as General Evaluator. The evening ended with Marie giving us some final laughs on flu remedies. Everyone then enjoyed Allan's muffins.
Bring your friends to next weeks meeting with the theme "Suggested Winter Vacations" on Thursday January 26th at St Pauls Lutheran Church, 505 Wallace Ave, Listowel at 7:14 pm.
Keith
Monday, January 16, 2006
January 12, 2006
It was a very interesting evening, Jan 12 with Small Claims Court as our theme. Gary started us off with a couple appropriate court jokes & John kept our attention with more. (John admitted to being the best doctor in the country, while under oath) As Language Enricher John challenged us with ‘notwithstanding’ which means nevertheless or although. I still can’t get its sense.
Audrey read us a provocative poem titled ‘In Touch’ by Fran McRae.
Brenda delivered the Education Module “The Leader as a Coach.”
It had some great tips for Team Leaders besides mouthing praise & encouragement. With team members not meeting expectations, the Coach must meet, & work, to improve the members’ & the team’s performance.
Table Topics was full of laughs as members defended themselves for some infraction such as being angry, grumpy, wrong, not ready…
We, being only 7, had 2 rounds of 1 minute each. George, Gary & Audrey starred.
Ken gave us a glowing evaluation of the meeting. He offered an interesting & helpful tip for Call to Order: sound the gavel at proposed Starting Time, then announce when the meeting will really start, perhaps in 5 minutes. This allows members to use extra time wisely.
Finally we circled George’s ‘treats’ & talked or listened to Federal elections issues as several TMs had attended the All Candidates meeting the previous night.
As I started, it was a very interesting night.
Brenda
Audrey read us a provocative poem titled ‘In Touch’ by Fran McRae.
Brenda delivered the Education Module “The Leader as a Coach.”
It had some great tips for Team Leaders besides mouthing praise & encouragement. With team members not meeting expectations, the Coach must meet, & work, to improve the members’ & the team’s performance.
Table Topics was full of laughs as members defended themselves for some infraction such as being angry, grumpy, wrong, not ready…
We, being only 7, had 2 rounds of 1 minute each. George, Gary & Audrey starred.
Ken gave us a glowing evaluation of the meeting. He offered an interesting & helpful tip for Call to Order: sound the gavel at proposed Starting Time, then announce when the meeting will really start, perhaps in 5 minutes. This allows members to use extra time wisely.
Finally we circled George’s ‘treats’ & talked or listened to Federal elections issues as several TMs had attended the All Candidates meeting the previous night.
As I started, it was a very interesting night.
Brenda
Saturday, January 07, 2006
January 5, 2006
A great group gathered for a fun night with Toastmasters on Thursday night. Jane chaired a fun meeting with a theme of New Years Resolutions. Jane had a funny resolution for each member that was at the meeting.
George gave a tribute to Canada reminding us all that we live in a country where we can celebrate the holiday season. Diane Bender encouraged us to use the word wheedle. This is a verb which means the use of soft words to flatter someone. There was a lot of wheedling during our fun filled meeting.
Allan tried something new for literary corner. He enlightened us with a question and answer weather trivia quiz. It was a fun quiz where Allan practiced his reading skills and with audience participation. Very well done Allan!
Brenda presented speech number four from the CTM manual. Her humorous speech was called "Lost things - Things Found". We all could identify with Brenda on things that get lost during the busy holiday season. (I still cannot find the Christmas gift that I hid for my spouse).
George presented the induction ceremony for Gary. We all welcomed Gary to our club. Audrey was in charge of Table Topics. We all had fun speaking for two minutes on a proverb which we were given. Gary won table topics.
John evaluated Brenda's speech. John presented an award winning evaluation for Brenda with many glow points and grow points. Gary was Quiz Master. He complimented us on the quality of our quotes. Gary included quotes from everyone including himself. Keith finished the evening as General Evaluator.
Our next meeting is on January 13th with the theme of Small Claims Court. It will be another exciting meeting. Everyone is invited so bring a friend. If you miss one meeting, you miss a lot.
Keith
George gave a tribute to Canada reminding us all that we live in a country where we can celebrate the holiday season. Diane Bender encouraged us to use the word wheedle. This is a verb which means the use of soft words to flatter someone. There was a lot of wheedling during our fun filled meeting.
Allan tried something new for literary corner. He enlightened us with a question and answer weather trivia quiz. It was a fun quiz where Allan practiced his reading skills and with audience participation. Very well done Allan!
Brenda presented speech number four from the CTM manual. Her humorous speech was called "Lost things - Things Found". We all could identify with Brenda on things that get lost during the busy holiday season. (I still cannot find the Christmas gift that I hid for my spouse).
George presented the induction ceremony for Gary. We all welcomed Gary to our club. Audrey was in charge of Table Topics. We all had fun speaking for two minutes on a proverb which we were given. Gary won table topics.
John evaluated Brenda's speech. John presented an award winning evaluation for Brenda with many glow points and grow points. Gary was Quiz Master. He complimented us on the quality of our quotes. Gary included quotes from everyone including himself. Keith finished the evening as General Evaluator.
Our next meeting is on January 13th with the theme of Small Claims Court. It will be another exciting meeting. Everyone is invited so bring a friend. If you miss one meeting, you miss a lot.
Keith
Friday, October 21, 2005
October 20, 2005
A fun and humourous night of "Unusual Words" was held at St Pauls Lutheran Church as Toastmasters gathered for their weekly meeting. Diane started the meeting with a humourous story about Chairperson John. She mentioned that John takes his naturopathic beverages when he goes hunting.
Newest member Gary presented the loyal toast. Gary showed us more than his good sense of humour as he made us proud to be Canadian. Brian’s new word for the day was “halcyon” which means peaceful, joyful. Our Toastmaster meetings are a halcyon experience.
Allan read an article from the Canadian Farm Manager magazine. The article asked us if we will be ready when opportunity knocks. How will you position yourself to take advantage of the new technologies in agriculture?
Heidy presented a new idea for Toastmasters. She suggested that after a speech is given, another member should give a two minute summary on what they heard. To practice, she divided the group between men and ladies. The ladies had to debate on the advantages of one ply. The men had to debate on the disadvantages of one ply. Heidy then presented a two minute summary on what she heard. The debate was won by the men and the victory was best summed up by Gary who said it was truly a halcyon experience.
Marie chaired a fun table topics session. Each member had to take an unusual word and tell the other members what the word meant. There was lots of laughter as members tried to guess on the meanings. The winner of table topics was Heidy. Honourable mention goes to George who tried to give us the meaning of the word Eiram. It is actually not a word but Marie spelled backwards.
Linda M was quizmaster. She sharpened hers and our listening skills as the members tried to guess who said what.
Audrey did an excellent job as General Evaluator. She gave us many good points on the evening and motivated us with some grow points.
The next meeting is on Thursday October 27th. The theme is Spooky Ghost Stories. Everyone is invited, even if you are not a member.
Newest member Gary presented the loyal toast. Gary showed us more than his good sense of humour as he made us proud to be Canadian. Brian’s new word for the day was “halcyon” which means peaceful, joyful. Our Toastmaster meetings are a halcyon experience.
Allan read an article from the Canadian Farm Manager magazine. The article asked us if we will be ready when opportunity knocks. How will you position yourself to take advantage of the new technologies in agriculture?
Heidy presented a new idea for Toastmasters. She suggested that after a speech is given, another member should give a two minute summary on what they heard. To practice, she divided the group between men and ladies. The ladies had to debate on the advantages of one ply. The men had to debate on the disadvantages of one ply. Heidy then presented a two minute summary on what she heard. The debate was won by the men and the victory was best summed up by Gary who said it was truly a halcyon experience.
Marie chaired a fun table topics session. Each member had to take an unusual word and tell the other members what the word meant. There was lots of laughter as members tried to guess on the meanings. The winner of table topics was Heidy. Honourable mention goes to George who tried to give us the meaning of the word Eiram. It is actually not a word but Marie spelled backwards.
Linda M was quizmaster. She sharpened hers and our listening skills as the members tried to guess who said what.
Audrey did an excellent job as General Evaluator. She gave us many good points on the evening and motivated us with some grow points.
The next meeting is on Thursday October 27th. The theme is Spooky Ghost Stories. Everyone is invited, even if you are not a member.
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Meeting - October 13, 2005
Theme: 'not entirely accurate' (16 members were present)
Brian had a lot of fun as Chairman for this meeting. He had checked Google for 'dirt' on all members on the agenda.
Our Loyal Toast maker, George (also a bogus DDS in Germany) started us off.
He was followed by Jane (also a bogus, this time an MD who sat on a Crime Board in New England). Our word of the night was 'badinage' which means friendly banter or playful talk.
Audrey (an International Clown who amuses kids) read us an amusing article by a daughter-in-law who was obsessed with raising horses, who described her city-raised mother-in-law's reactions to visiting the ranch. (Does it sound familiar?)
Next Allan gave his 4th speech (Project #9 in the CTM manual) entitled 'Move to Action'. Oh Allan is secretly a 'Prayer Warrior' & a member of the Hard Rock Band 'Monkey Shines'. His speech reminded us that it is up to the public (to stand up for their rights) to report threats to our security because the authorities cannot investigate what they don't know about. Granted we must feel that the authorities listen & act.
Allan gave his personal experience of having 'shot' from careless, irresponsible goose hunters, ping his new truck. Allan's treatment of his subject was both humourous & sincere. He quoted from the Charter of Rights.
Before Break (thanks to Heidy for refreshments), Keith (no dirt on Google!) led us in a fun Table Topics. Linda F. won with her correction for the OPP report that she was caught shaving while driving. She was doing something other than shaving her legs while driving, but she could understand the misinterpretation.
John (also a Texas reporter who caught the Challenger or Discoverer Explosion over Texas on film) evaluated Allan's speech suggesting 'longer pauses' & 'more gestures' to make the speech even more effective.
Heidy filled the role of Quizmaster. In her secret life, Heidy makes UFO Art & 'has a fetish site?'
Finally Harvey ( USA Real Estate Agent on the run, plus a player in Babes in Thailand) summed up our meeting.
FOR THE GOOD OF TM
John gave a report of the Exec meeting Oct 6th.
Heidy moved that Jane purchase for the Club, a flip chart & white board on easel unit, including markers, brush, paper & the material for a carrying bag which Heidy's Mom will sew, to a maximum amount of $300.00
Jane seconded this motion. All in favour, therefore motion carried.
It was also agreed that a light bulb be purchased for the overhead projector.
Next Exec meeting is Nov 3rd.
Marie handed out Murder Mystery scripts. (Class of '54 -- Return of Rock N Roley)
First practice is after meeting Oct 20.
I think that roles are filled but 'understudies' are welcome.
Keith & John are organizing a TM Variety Night for Thurs Nov 10th 7:14 to 8:30pm.
This event is in partnership with the Lutheran Church to earn support for the Kashmir Quake Relief efforts.
Oct 21 is both the Western Division Contest night in Stratford starting 7pm sharp
& the North Perth Listowel Library Fundraiser - time?
Brian had a lot of fun as Chairman for this meeting. He had checked Google for 'dirt' on all members on the agenda.
Our Loyal Toast maker, George (also a bogus DDS in Germany) started us off.
He was followed by Jane (also a bogus, this time an MD who sat on a Crime Board in New England). Our word of the night was 'badinage' which means friendly banter or playful talk.
Audrey (an International Clown who amuses kids) read us an amusing article by a daughter-in-law who was obsessed with raising horses, who described her city-raised mother-in-law's reactions to visiting the ranch. (Does it sound familiar?)
Next Allan gave his 4th speech (Project #9 in the CTM manual) entitled 'Move to Action'. Oh Allan is secretly a 'Prayer Warrior' & a member of the Hard Rock Band 'Monkey Shines'. His speech reminded us that it is up to the public (to stand up for their rights) to report threats to our security because the authorities cannot investigate what they don't know about. Granted we must feel that the authorities listen & act.
Allan gave his personal experience of having 'shot' from careless, irresponsible goose hunters, ping his new truck. Allan's treatment of his subject was both humourous & sincere. He quoted from the Charter of Rights.
Before Break (thanks to Heidy for refreshments), Keith (no dirt on Google!) led us in a fun Table Topics. Linda F. won with her correction for the OPP report that she was caught shaving while driving. She was doing something other than shaving her legs while driving, but she could understand the misinterpretation.
John (also a Texas reporter who caught the Challenger or Discoverer Explosion over Texas on film) evaluated Allan's speech suggesting 'longer pauses' & 'more gestures' to make the speech even more effective.
Heidy filled the role of Quizmaster. In her secret life, Heidy makes UFO Art & 'has a fetish site?'
Finally Harvey ( USA Real Estate Agent on the run, plus a player in Babes in Thailand) summed up our meeting.
FOR THE GOOD OF TM
John gave a report of the Exec meeting Oct 6th.
Heidy moved that Jane purchase for the Club, a flip chart & white board on easel unit, including markers, brush, paper & the material for a carrying bag which Heidy's Mom will sew, to a maximum amount of $300.00
Jane seconded this motion. All in favour, therefore motion carried.
It was also agreed that a light bulb be purchased for the overhead projector.
Next Exec meeting is Nov 3rd.
Marie handed out Murder Mystery scripts. (Class of '54 -- Return of Rock N Roley)
First practice is after meeting Oct 20.
I think that roles are filled but 'understudies' are welcome.
Keith & John are organizing a TM Variety Night for Thurs Nov 10th 7:14 to 8:30pm.
This event is in partnership with the Lutheran Church to earn support for the Kashmir Quake Relief efforts.
Oct 21 is both the Western Division Contest night in Stratford starting 7pm sharp
& the North Perth Listowel Library Fundraiser - time?
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Linguists of Listowel
Meeting - Thursday October 6, 2005
Theme: Please Pass the Turkey
This proved to be another fun filled meeting with the theme "Please Pass the Turkey." Audrey O stepped in as chairperson, and had lots of turkey stories as she introduced each participant.
George N in his loyal toast had us remembering all we have to be thankful for as did Marie M in her poem. Language Enricher, Keith S introduced the word ingratiate" meaning " to bring oneself into favour with" and used it to "butter up" Audrey, our chairperson. Keith won table topics with his redition of coping with Thanksgiving , so must have got Audrey's vote. Allan M had lots of fun with table topics as we described how we copr with Thanksgiving. Heidy S presented her humorous speech "No Fool". She will be representing Top Drawer Advanced Club in the Division Humorous Contest, competing against Keith S, winner of our Area 18. Linda P was second in the Area Contest, and Jane S placed second in the Table Topics Contact.
Way to Go! Linguists of Listowel
Theme: Please Pass the Turkey
This proved to be another fun filled meeting with the theme "Please Pass the Turkey." Audrey O stepped in as chairperson, and had lots of turkey stories as she introduced each participant.
George N in his loyal toast had us remembering all we have to be thankful for as did Marie M in her poem. Language Enricher, Keith S introduced the word ingratiate" meaning " to bring oneself into favour with" and used it to "butter up" Audrey, our chairperson. Keith won table topics with his redition of coping with Thanksgiving , so must have got Audrey's vote. Allan M had lots of fun with table topics as we described how we copr with Thanksgiving. Heidy S presented her humorous speech "No Fool". She will be representing Top Drawer Advanced Club in the Division Humorous Contest, competing against Keith S, winner of our Area 18. Linda P was second in the Area Contest, and Jane S placed second in the Table Topics Contact.
Way to Go! Linguists of Listowel
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Meeting - September 29, 2005
Theme: Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest
Call to order by Linda D. at 7:19 p.m. Quite a few guests present for our contest tonight as well as members from 2 other Toastmasters Clubs in the area. Harvey chaired the meeting and had every guest introduce themselves. Audrey explained the rules and purpose of the humorous contest. Harvey announced all contestants as follows for the Humorous Speech Contest:
Contestant & Speech Title
Marie - Piles and Pylons – a review of the extensive road construction being done in and surrounding the Listowel area this summer – well done Marie
Linda P - Saved by the Bell – a very humorous speech about her grand kids visiting her and how the “sound of the bell” was such a huge relief!
George - Why is the plowing match called the plowing match? – lots of humour and reminder the plowing match is a whole lot more than plowing – well done George
Keith - I love cats – hilariously funny, a story how he lost the battle with the dreaded cat…great job Keith
Heidy - Making lots of money from a nuisance – hey great job Heidy…it never occurred to me that a speech about flies could be so funny…..well done and we all liked the costume too
Brian - I’ve had it- A hilarious speech about telemarketers, thank you Brian for helping us all to see some humour in regards to telemarketers.
The second phase of our contest tonight was the Humorous Table Topics portion. We had 5 contestants in all:
Contestant & Table Topics Speech – A Pencil and a Dream can take you anywhere
Brian, Jane, Keith, Diane, Marie a great job by everyone!
And the winners are…….(drum role)…….Linda P runner up and Keith 1st, way to go contestants for the humorous speech contest.
Table topics winners……..(drum role again)……3rd place was Diane, 2nd place was Jane and 1st place was Keith…..way to go contestants. Very entertaining and enjoyable evening.
Anything for the good of toastmasters – reminder – membership dues are due!
Meeting adjourned at 9:30p.m.
Linda D
Call to order by Linda D. at 7:19 p.m. Quite a few guests present for our contest tonight as well as members from 2 other Toastmasters Clubs in the area. Harvey chaired the meeting and had every guest introduce themselves. Audrey explained the rules and purpose of the humorous contest. Harvey announced all contestants as follows for the Humorous Speech Contest:
Contestant & Speech Title
Marie - Piles and Pylons – a review of the extensive road construction being done in and surrounding the Listowel area this summer – well done Marie
Linda P - Saved by the Bell – a very humorous speech about her grand kids visiting her and how the “sound of the bell” was such a huge relief!
George - Why is the plowing match called the plowing match? – lots of humour and reminder the plowing match is a whole lot more than plowing – well done George
Keith - I love cats – hilariously funny, a story how he lost the battle with the dreaded cat…great job Keith
Heidy - Making lots of money from a nuisance – hey great job Heidy…it never occurred to me that a speech about flies could be so funny…..well done and we all liked the costume too
Brian - I’ve had it- A hilarious speech about telemarketers, thank you Brian for helping us all to see some humour in regards to telemarketers.
The second phase of our contest tonight was the Humorous Table Topics portion. We had 5 contestants in all:
Contestant & Table Topics Speech – A Pencil and a Dream can take you anywhere
Brian, Jane, Keith, Diane, Marie a great job by everyone!
And the winners are…….(drum role)…….Linda P runner up and Keith 1st, way to go contestants for the humorous speech contest.
Table topics winners……..(drum role again)……3rd place was Diane, 2nd place was Jane and 1st place was Keith…..way to go contestants. Very entertaining and enjoyable evening.
Anything for the good of toastmasters – reminder – membership dues are due!
Meeting adjourned at 9:30p.m.
Linda D
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Meeting - September 22, 2005
There were 16 members present. Theme: Going Backwards.
A very entertaining evening and lots of laughs. John adjourned the meeting at 7:15 and we immediately had a few announcements all for the good of Toastmasters. Linda P our Treasurer announced that the fees are going up. Jane announced that the church is looking for participants for a variety night and all donations will be sent to the survivors of Katrina. Keith thought the agenda was out of order and Marie corrected him that the agenda was absolutely accurate. Heidi is looking for 2 readers and Brenda and Grace volunteered. They have also asked for a 15 minute skit and 13 people are needed. December 8 is the night of the murder mystery and will be held at the Listowel Golf Course. Supper will be at 6:30. Keith, Allan, Jane, Marie, Harvey and Heidi were all involved in the International Plowing Match this week as members of Toastmasters. Felix gave the Timers report and Audrey gave the Language Enricher report. Keith gave the general evaluation of the meeting tonight – very funny, creative and well done – he scolded a couple of members for their inappropriate fighting during the meeting. The Quizmaster for tonight was Diane, well done Diane, once again very humorous. Linda P. evaluated Heidi and said she used tonight’s word for the evening 15 times.....wow amazing Heidi! She also scolded her about doing cartwheels in a skirt! tsk tsk!…..George was amazed that 15 people tied for first place in Table Topics competition. George asked all participants to come up with whatever they wanted – a nice variety of topics and some had a lot to say about nothing! Brian challenged Marie’s point of view (which it hasn’t happened yet), but anyway, did not support her view on legalizing marijuana use….Marie on the other hand challenged Brian by referring to the people who were raised in the 60’s as opposed to being born in the 60’s. An excellent debate and entertaining and was also noted and for the record - that Brian and Marie are not friends! Heidi gave her speech and opened it up with an attempt at cartwheels, a very good attempt I might add. Her speech was about the International Plowing Match and MCing – it sounds like a few challenges to say the least. Linda D gave literary corner by reading an article on the “Power of your Mind”. Audrey provided the word “volunteer” and a reminder to all that it is an important and powerful word. Without volunteers there would be a lot of things that wouldn’t get done. There were no guests tonight. Felix gave the toast to Canada. Jane called the meeting to order at 8:45 and announced how boring and dry it was tonight – all agreed and packed it in for the night and went home.
Linda D
A very entertaining evening and lots of laughs. John adjourned the meeting at 7:15 and we immediately had a few announcements all for the good of Toastmasters. Linda P our Treasurer announced that the fees are going up. Jane announced that the church is looking for participants for a variety night and all donations will be sent to the survivors of Katrina. Keith thought the agenda was out of order and Marie corrected him that the agenda was absolutely accurate. Heidi is looking for 2 readers and Brenda and Grace volunteered. They have also asked for a 15 minute skit and 13 people are needed. December 8 is the night of the murder mystery and will be held at the Listowel Golf Course. Supper will be at 6:30. Keith, Allan, Jane, Marie, Harvey and Heidi were all involved in the International Plowing Match this week as members of Toastmasters. Felix gave the Timers report and Audrey gave the Language Enricher report. Keith gave the general evaluation of the meeting tonight – very funny, creative and well done – he scolded a couple of members for their inappropriate fighting during the meeting. The Quizmaster for tonight was Diane, well done Diane, once again very humorous. Linda P. evaluated Heidi and said she used tonight’s word for the evening 15 times.....wow amazing Heidi! She also scolded her about doing cartwheels in a skirt! tsk tsk!…..George was amazed that 15 people tied for first place in Table Topics competition. George asked all participants to come up with whatever they wanted – a nice variety of topics and some had a lot to say about nothing! Brian challenged Marie’s point of view (which it hasn’t happened yet), but anyway, did not support her view on legalizing marijuana use….Marie on the other hand challenged Brian by referring to the people who were raised in the 60’s as opposed to being born in the 60’s. An excellent debate and entertaining and was also noted and for the record - that Brian and Marie are not friends! Heidi gave her speech and opened it up with an attempt at cartwheels, a very good attempt I might add. Her speech was about the International Plowing Match and MCing – it sounds like a few challenges to say the least. Linda D gave literary corner by reading an article on the “Power of your Mind”. Audrey provided the word “volunteer” and a reminder to all that it is an important and powerful word. Without volunteers there would be a lot of things that wouldn’t get done. There were no guests tonight. Felix gave the toast to Canada. Jane called the meeting to order at 8:45 and announced how boring and dry it was tonight – all agreed and packed it in for the night and went home.
Linda D
Monday, September 19, 2005
Meeting - September 15,2005
Linguists of Listowel Toastmasters Club met at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Listowel on Thursday Sept. 15, 2005. They had a terrific time as 13 members participated with the theme “Defense Plea”. George is always great at getting the audience warmed up with one of his jokes and getting the meeting off to a fantastic start. He introduced our chairperson for the evening Ken. Ken is very experienced and has been involved in toastmasters clubs since 1972.
Brenda handled the toast and the microphone with confidence and kept very accurate timing throughout the evening. Linda P. word for the meeting was 'deposition' meaning sworn evidence. It was used 18 times during the meeting.
Jane presented an educational program on how to handle table topics. You only have one to two minutes to get your point across. You must remember to listen, pause, confirm, tell, and end. The Table Topics contest is Sept 29th so we needed to practice what we had just learned. Everyone did well with Brian's Table Topics. Each member had to plead “guilty” or “Innocent” to minor disdemeanors such as “taking candy from a child” to “feeding your husbands' cooking to the dog!”
Our speaker for the evening was Heidi. She shared and inspirational speech on hope. Marie gave an excellent evaluation. Daine presentented a very effective evaluation of the meeting. We conducted a short business meeting. Fees are due now. They are $60 semi annually or $120 for the year. Marie moved that the new member fee remain the same. Brenda seconded it and was carried.
Our speaker for the evening was Heidi. She shared and inspirational speech on hope. Marie gave an excellent evaluation. Daine presentented a very effective evaluation of the meeting. We conducted a short business meeting. Fees are due now. They are $60 semi annually or $120 for the year. Marie moved that the new member fee remain the same. Brenda seconded it and was carried.
Brenda moved that the initial fee for new members be $20 and $120 for the annual fee for a total of $140 for new members for the first year. The fee would be pro-rated during the year. Linda P. seconded the motion.
Carried.
The meeting closed at 9:05
Everyone is invited to attend the humorous speech and table topic contest so invite your neighbours, your friends and your relatives to this fun event Sept 29, 2005. The agenda is full so come for a fun evening.
Carried.
The meeting closed at 9:05
Everyone is invited to attend the humorous speech and table topic contest so invite your neighbours, your friends and your relatives to this fun event Sept 29, 2005. The agenda is full so come for a fun evening.
Secretary for the evening Diane
Friday, September 09, 2005
September 8, 2005 Meeting
Greetings fellow Toastmasters:
Lots of fun was had by all tonight – it was great to see such a good turnout – 15 members in all for our very first fall meeting of 2005. The meeting was kicked off by Ezra with the call to order and a good joke. John our illustrious leader was our chairman for the evening and gave a complimentary salute to our teachers who are in the midst of kicking off another school year. Marie volunteered to be our toast and timer with a salute to Canada our great country as well as commenting on other blessings that we experience on a daily bases living here. Linda D. presented language enricher and introduced the word “dyspeptic” which means bad tempered, short tempered, mean, snappish or prickly. (Please note, there aren’t any of these types of people in our group!), but still…. an interesting word. It actually got quite a bit of use tonight as well as few chuckles. Brenda presented Literary Corner and cautioned us about swimming right after eating and the dangers associated to this – thanks Brenda, it’s great to get a reminder about this sort of stuff again. Brian rose to the occasion (spontaneously) and presented a speech about “I just can’t get away”… Brian has so many relatives and no body remembers his name! …. only that he is a cousin, brother, uncle, or son of someone else. Linda M. did tables topics this evening - reminding us of the joy of children and their need to hear childhood stories about their parents – especially stories when they got into trouble – this lead into a table topics for all to participate and tell everyone about a childhood story/incident of their own. Brian’s story was very entertaining and he won the award for the evening. John presented the education module and the “Distinguished Club” presentation outlining the goals a club has to achieve in order to win the award. Diane gave Brian his evaluation feedback which was very positive – way to go Brian. General Evaluator was Linda P. and gave the meeting an “A” - very complimentary of all participants in the meeting. Marie finished off the meeting with the timers report. Brenda commented on the new increase in fees to join the Toastmasters club going forward – fees were voted on and unanimously accepted and meeting was adjourned at 9:00pm
Lots of fun was had by all tonight – it was great to see such a good turnout – 15 members in all for our very first fall meeting of 2005. The meeting was kicked off by Ezra with the call to order and a good joke. John our illustrious leader was our chairman for the evening and gave a complimentary salute to our teachers who are in the midst of kicking off another school year. Marie volunteered to be our toast and timer with a salute to Canada our great country as well as commenting on other blessings that we experience on a daily bases living here. Linda D. presented language enricher and introduced the word “dyspeptic” which means bad tempered, short tempered, mean, snappish or prickly. (Please note, there aren’t any of these types of people in our group!), but still…. an interesting word. It actually got quite a bit of use tonight as well as few chuckles. Brenda presented Literary Corner and cautioned us about swimming right after eating and the dangers associated to this – thanks Brenda, it’s great to get a reminder about this sort of stuff again. Brian rose to the occasion (spontaneously) and presented a speech about “I just can’t get away”… Brian has so many relatives and no body remembers his name! …. only that he is a cousin, brother, uncle, or son of someone else. Linda M. did tables topics this evening - reminding us of the joy of children and their need to hear childhood stories about their parents – especially stories when they got into trouble – this lead into a table topics for all to participate and tell everyone about a childhood story/incident of their own. Brian’s story was very entertaining and he won the award for the evening. John presented the education module and the “Distinguished Club” presentation outlining the goals a club has to achieve in order to win the award. Diane gave Brian his evaluation feedback which was very positive – way to go Brian. General Evaluator was Linda P. and gave the meeting an “A” - very complimentary of all participants in the meeting. Marie finished off the meeting with the timers report. Brenda commented on the new increase in fees to join the Toastmasters club going forward – fees were voted on and unanimously accepted and meeting was adjourned at 9:00pm
Saturday, August 20, 2005
August 18, 2005 - meeting
Greetings to all Fellow Toastmasters -
We had a wonderful summer meeting at the Schmidt’s home – thank you to Heidy and Harvey for hosting it. It was great to see your farm and what great food! Thanks to Heidy for all your hard work, oh yes, and you too Harvey. We had a great turnout – a total of 15 members and 1 guest Gary. Heidy did a wonderful job of chairing the meeting with the theme appropriately being summer sunsets. We are truly blessed this year with wonderful warm days and equally gorgeous sunsets. Ezra was wonderful to spontaneously arise to the occasion to conduct the toast to Canada. Audrey once again did a delightful job of language enricher by using the word “cacophony” which is a noun and means ill sound or discord. Diane did a wonderful job of Literary Corner by reading an article called “Why I joined Thinkers Anonymous” very entertaining and thought provoking – thanks Brenda, great job. It was wonderful to hear Erinne present her first speech “the ice breaker”. You did an amazing job Erinne, and it was “lucky for all of us” to hear your wonderful life story. I am really looking forward to hearing your next speech. Brian also did a fantastic job by presenting his speech and it was called “Thank-you, I appreciate it.” Brian appropriately worked in the successes of his day, in that he was notified of a new job offer. Way to go Brian, congratulations. As I said at the meeting, Marie you are my hero, you did an impromptu by acting like you were in a job interview for a bartender. Amazing job, you are great on your feet! John did table topics to-night, “tough questions John”, but this is what we need to keep us sharp. We had a combination of evaluators tonight and they were Keith, George, Heidy, Ken, Jane, Marie and Audrey, Keith and Brian giving feedback to Erin, Brian and Marie. Ezra gave the timers report at the end of the evening.
It was also noted by Audrey that all toastmasters are encouraged to bring goodies to the meetings – please take turns, it will be either feast or famine, but it always has a way of working out. The really great news came at the end of the night which Gary announced that he was planning on joining Toastmasters....great news Gary and welcome! The meeting adjourned at 8:45 – oh yes, we missed seeing the sunset tonight but the meeting was equally as entertaining and enjoyable ….. see you all in 3 weeks - the first fall meeting on September 8, 2005 at 7:15pm
Linda D.
We had a wonderful summer meeting at the Schmidt’s home – thank you to Heidy and Harvey for hosting it. It was great to see your farm and what great food! Thanks to Heidy for all your hard work, oh yes, and you too Harvey. We had a great turnout – a total of 15 members and 1 guest Gary. Heidy did a wonderful job of chairing the meeting with the theme appropriately being summer sunsets. We are truly blessed this year with wonderful warm days and equally gorgeous sunsets. Ezra was wonderful to spontaneously arise to the occasion to conduct the toast to Canada. Audrey once again did a delightful job of language enricher by using the word “cacophony” which is a noun and means ill sound or discord. Diane did a wonderful job of Literary Corner by reading an article called “Why I joined Thinkers Anonymous” very entertaining and thought provoking – thanks Brenda, great job. It was wonderful to hear Erinne present her first speech “the ice breaker”. You did an amazing job Erinne, and it was “lucky for all of us” to hear your wonderful life story. I am really looking forward to hearing your next speech. Brian also did a fantastic job by presenting his speech and it was called “Thank-you, I appreciate it.” Brian appropriately worked in the successes of his day, in that he was notified of a new job offer. Way to go Brian, congratulations. As I said at the meeting, Marie you are my hero, you did an impromptu by acting like you were in a job interview for a bartender. Amazing job, you are great on your feet! John did table topics to-night, “tough questions John”, but this is what we need to keep us sharp. We had a combination of evaluators tonight and they were Keith, George, Heidy, Ken, Jane, Marie and Audrey, Keith and Brian giving feedback to Erin, Brian and Marie. Ezra gave the timers report at the end of the evening.
It was also noted by Audrey that all toastmasters are encouraged to bring goodies to the meetings – please take turns, it will be either feast or famine, but it always has a way of working out. The really great news came at the end of the night which Gary announced that he was planning on joining Toastmasters....great news Gary and welcome! The meeting adjourned at 8:45 – oh yes, we missed seeing the sunset tonight but the meeting was equally as entertaining and enjoyable ….. see you all in 3 weeks - the first fall meeting on September 8, 2005 at 7:15pm
Linda D.
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Linguists of Listowel
Linguists of Listowel
Our next Summer Meeting is on Thursday August 18th at the home of Harvey and Heidy's.
Our next Summer Meeting is on Thursday August 18th at the home of Harvey and Heidy's.
Linguists of Listowel
Linguists of Listowel
Meeting of Thursday August 4, 2005
Our Tall Tales Contest was held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at 7:15 p.m. We had 7 contestants consisting of Brian, Brenda, Keith, Harvey, Marie, Linda, and Allan. First Place winner is Allan, second runner up is Keith and Third Runner up is Harvey.
Congratulations to all who participated and also to those who assisted with the contest. We had approximately 30 people in attendance. Our First Place Winner - Allan will go to the Mt. Forest Motivators Club on Tuesday August 16th.
Our next meeting will be held on Thursday August 18th at Harvey and Heidy's place.
Meeting of Thursday August 4, 2005
Our Tall Tales Contest was held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at 7:15 p.m. We had 7 contestants consisting of Brian, Brenda, Keith, Harvey, Marie, Linda, and Allan. First Place winner is Allan, second runner up is Keith and Third Runner up is Harvey.
Congratulations to all who participated and also to those who assisted with the contest. We had approximately 30 people in attendance. Our First Place Winner - Allan will go to the Mt. Forest Motivators Club on Tuesday August 16th.
Our next meeting will be held on Thursday August 18th at Harvey and Heidy's place.
Monday, July 11, 2005
Next Summer Meeting - Thursday July 21st - 7:15 pm
Be sure to attend our next meeting at the home of John's straw house.
It should be an enlightening experience.
Stay tuned for details via email.
It should be an enlightening experience.
Stay tuned for details via email.
Next Summer Meeting - Thursday July 21st - 7:15 pm
Be sure to attend our next meeting at the home of John's straw house.
It should be an enlightening experience.
Stay tuned for details via email.
It should be an enlightening experience.
Stay tuned for details via email.
Next Summer Meeting - Thursday July 21st - 7:15 pm
Be sure to attend our next meeting at the home of John's straw house.
It should be an enlightening experience.
Stay tuned for details via email.
It should be an enlightening experience.
Stay tuned for details via email.
July 7th Meeting
A fun filled summer nights evening meeting was held at the home of Keith and Jane's.
The evenings theme was table topics and a wide variety was enjoyed by all.
Part one entailed picking a magazine advertisement and telling why they do not want this particular product;
Living in a Weird place and defending it; Unusual words and giving a definition for it; and playing the role of Dear Abbey. A 20 minute lunch and refreshment break was enjoyed by all. Part two consisted of speaking in sentences to create a story from the last letter of the last word that began the next sentence for a different speaker and gestures where one person spoke about a topic and the other person acted it out.
By the way Keith your furious bear acting was great and well as Bryan's uplifting muscle power display. Everyone's enthusiasm created a fantastic meeting.
Next meeting will be on July 21st at John's straw house.
Jane
The evenings theme was table topics and a wide variety was enjoyed by all.
Part one entailed picking a magazine advertisement and telling why they do not want this particular product;
Living in a Weird place and defending it; Unusual words and giving a definition for it; and playing the role of Dear Abbey. A 20 minute lunch and refreshment break was enjoyed by all. Part two consisted of speaking in sentences to create a story from the last letter of the last word that began the next sentence for a different speaker and gestures where one person spoke about a topic and the other person acted it out.
By the way Keith your furious bear acting was great and well as Bryan's uplifting muscle power display. Everyone's enthusiasm created a fantastic meeting.
Next meeting will be on July 21st at John's straw house.
Jane
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