May 24 2007

Linguists of Listowel
Club 9016
May 24, 2007
Theme “Summer Jobs”

Chairperson Marie called the meeting to order at 7:15. She read a short story from Dr Phil McGraw’s book about his first summer job. There were high expectations followed by many disastrous complications – but it was a learning experience!
Diane gave the loyal toast and mentioned the many surprises that can happen at a Canadian Auction sale.
Marie gave members one minute to write all of the summer jobs they could think of. Some of the top ones were food service, painting, lawn mowing, factory work and picking stones.
Keith conducted summer job interviews. He posed several questions so that he could determine who would be best suited to look after his cats for the summer. Jane won the interview process.
Jane presented a 10 minute speech – “Please close the door and …” She described her experiences with Sweet Adeline’s. Over the past year she has learned a lot about singing and came home with several prizes from her competition in Grand Rapids Michigan.
Sheryl evaluated her speech.
George had everyone describing a summer job for table topics. Leo and Marie were the table topic winners.
Marie closed the meeting

May 10, 2007

Linguists of Listowel
May 10, 2007
Theme “Campaigns”

Chairperson Marie called the meeting to order at 7:15. She asked for introductions to include who you are and who you’d like to be. Ezra gave the loyal toast and served as timer for the meeting. Wendy introduced Amy who presented her fourth speech on Show what you mean. She spoke about ways to save the environment. She encouraged members to change to the new energy efficient light bulbs, unplug appliances that are not being used and to bring your own bags to the grocery store. Sheryl evaluated Amy’s speech.
Election of Officers was next on the agenda. Each member gave a campaign speech before being elected to office.
Here is your beautiful, wonderful, amazing 2007-2008 Officers for the Linguists of Listowel.
President Jane Stoltz
VP Education Marie McCutcheon
VP Public Relations Diane Bender
VP Membership Sheryl Orth
Treasurer Allan Mann
Secretary Diane Bender
Sergeant at Arms George Nichol

Amy introduced Wendy who shared her very descriptive love story. She is an awesome speaker and introduced us to R.A.F. and his Beaumont automobile. Jane evaluated her speech.
Diane was in charge of table topics. She challenged everyone to take one gift from the basket and then to make a one minute thank you speech for the gift and tell how you would use it in the future. Wendy won the table topics award.
Next weeks theme is “Long weekends”
After the regular meeting Marie called an executive meeting to plan for the summer and fall.

May 3, 2007

Linguists of Listowel
May 3, 2007
Theme: "Spring and Springs”
Chairperson Marie called the meeting to order at 7:15 pm. She called on everyone to introduce themselves with a comment about spring.
Leo gave a bilingual toast to Canada. Excellent job Leo- we all learned something. For Literary Corner Diane read an article from a book Fighting for Home and Country. It was written by Women’s Institute members who were involved in World War 11. Audrey asked everyone to describe a picture for Table Topics. Diane was the winner.
Three members presented Off the Cuff speeches. Keith’s’ topic was communication around the world. He is impressed that his children can use their cell phones to text message each other- even as far away as New Zealand. With web cams and high speed internet you can even see each other. You can also use the telephone for as low as 2 cents a minute. Darlene spoke about the environment. She is concerned that fishing trawlers scoop up all the fish without conscience. Sandra spoke about Reflexology and the benefits that you can enjoy. You can rub your toes and clear your sinuses.
Written evaluations were completed.
Keith presented a certificate of completion of speechcraft to Darlene.
Next week will be election of officers. Everyone is welcome to come out and let the campaign speeches sway your vote.





Theme: “News Letters”
Linguists of Listowel met at the St Paul’s Lutheran Church on April 26, 2007. Chair person Keith called the meeting to order at 7:20 pm as the theme for the meeting was newsletters he mentioned some experiences he had had. Letters to the Editor are always interesting. He asked everyone to mention if they had written a newsletter or a letter to the editor in their introductions. George Nichol presented the loyal toast to Canada. He mentioned the valuable work the Canadian soldiers are doing in Afghanistan. It was a sad day in Listowel with the funeral of a local soldier serving his country in Afghanistan.
Language enricher Diane chose the word “Gregarious” It is an adjective meaning sociable and fond of the company of others. It can also mean living in flocks of birds or herds of animals. Keith Audrey Amy and Darlene used the word correctly during the meeting.
Wendy led table topics by asking everyone to describe an epiphany experience that they had had. I could be a time when they came to a crossroad in their life and had to make a difficult choice. The winners were Audrey, Darlene, and George.
Amy presented her speech on Speak with Sincerity. She spoke with conviction about her love for farming.
Darlene focused on Vocal Variety in her speech “The Baby Rattlesnake”. She is an excellent story teller as she created suspense with this Indian tale.
There was a roundtable evaluation for both speeches.
Marie was quizmaster and challenged out memory skills.

March 29, 2007

Linguists of Listowel
March 29, 2007
Theme: Smooth Sailing

Chairperson Marie called the meeting to order and welcomed speechcrafters and toastmasters. Everyone introduced themselves with an item of information that they hadn’t shared before. Gary led table topics. He invited members to pull a picture out of an envelope and describe an event associated with it. Carolyn won table topics. Toastmaster Diane shared a joke and announced the order of speakers and evaluators for the evening. Rita introduced Carolyn who was presenting her third speech “The problem in the Arctic”. Polar bears are being threatened by the environment and humans. Sheryl evaluated.
Gary introduced Riek with her speech on “How to organize your speech”. Audrey evaluated. George introduced Leo who was presenting his speech on Vocal Variety. He talked about how workplace systems must change to free us from division. Marie evaluated. She congratulated him on presenting his final speech for his speechcrafters certificate.
Diane introduced George. He was presenting his #10 speech in his CC manual. His object was to understand the mood and feeling of your audience and to put those feelings into words and inspire the audience. The title of his speech was The Sky is the Limit. He talked about his desire to become a better public speaker and how Toastmasters had improved his abilities. He encouraged speechcrafters to step out and join toastmasters. They would be glad they did.
Marie evaluated. Everyone congratulated George on an excellent inspirational speech and on his completion of speech #10!
Gary gave the timers report and the Table Topics Winner was Carolyn.
Toastmaster Diane reminded everyone that next weeks meeting would be at the home of Keith and Jane. The meeting closed with refreshments.

March 23, 2007
Toastmasters International
District 60
Western Division
Evaluation and International Speech Contests

Area 18 had two contestants in this competition that was held at the Kin Station in Listowel.
Keith placed third in International Contest.
Carolyn competed in the Evaluation Contest.
Members from the Linguists of Listowel who attended were: George, Keith, Ezra, Jane, Wendy, Audrey, Diane, Sheryl: sergeant at arms, Marie: Sergeant at arms and she was in charge of refreshments.

March 29, 2007

Open House
March 27, 2007 Mount Forest Motivators
Theme: Find Your Voice

Marie and Diane attended from the Linguists of Listowel. We are twin clubs for the year. The purpose of a twin club is to help each other achieve their membership and education goals.
Guest Speaker was Tony Nelson. He spoke about his Toastmasters journey over the past 35 years. He is dedicated and explained that he will remain in toastmasters mainly because he enjoys seeing new people improve their communication and speaking skills. Marie did an awesome evaluation and everyone could learn from her technique.
Debbie presented her #10 speech from the CC manual. She also spoke without notes and with enthusiasm. Diane took pictures and Debbie hopes to send out a press report.

March 22, 2007

Linguists of Listowel
March 22, 2007
Theme “Surfs Up”

We welcomed Marge and Caroline from the Mount Forest motivators.
Keith called the meeting to order at 7:20 pm. and welcomed 17 toastmasters and speechcrafters. He praised everyone for their hard work with their speeches and their quest to get the “butterflies to fly in order”. Next week will be our 6th Speechcraft meeting, but due to bad weather and other commitments not everyone has completed their speeches. We will be incorporating speechcraft into the next meetings but they will take on a different persona. We hope everyone will enjoy them and continue on to become better thinkers, speakers and listeners.
It’s dues time again- The amount is $60 to cover you for a whole six months! What a deal.
Everyone is becoming more confident with their introductions. It is very important to relax, take a deep breath and smile. Wendy Logan led table topics with a new idea. Speechcrafters could open a dictionary, point to a word and read the definition. That would be the word that they would use in their one minute Off the Cuff mini speech!
Amy won the Table topics award.
Timer Audrey explained her role at timing everything during the meeting. Toastmasters believe it is very important to be aware of time limits and stick to them.
Melissa presented her ice breaker speech “Melissa in a nutshell”. She mentioned some of her most memorable moments. Diane evaluated her speech with lots of glowing compliments for her first speech. Darlene talked about “My biggest pet Peeve” and George evaluated. Riek presented her “Be in earnest” speech and Marie evaluated. Leo talked about management in a large company for his “Show what you mean” speech and Caroline evaluated. All speeches were excellent and showed a great deal of preparation.
Diane presented an educational module on Vocal Variety. Jane impressed everyone with her vocal variety in her speech “Anaconda 3”. Audrey gave the timers report.
Next meeting is March 29, 2007 with the theme “Riding the Waves.”

Linguists of Listowel
Paddyfest Variety night
March 15, 2007
St Pauls Lutheran Church.

Jane entertained everyone with some Irish songs on the piano before the meeting started.
Marie was chairperson for the evening. She welcomed members, speechcrafters and several guests at 7 p.m.
She welcomed back Audrey who gave an Irish reading. Sheryl entertained with an Irish story and some good Irish Jokes. Diane got everyone laughing with Speech #3 in the Humorously Speaking advanced manual. Her speech title was “Why Kiss the Blarney Stone?” For Table topics members had to pull an object out of a hatbox and give an Irish explanation of how they invented it. Jan chaired the second half of the evening and Marie acted out an Irish folk tale. Everyone was enthralled because the lights were off and there was only a candle for light.
Keith was timer for the evening and Patrick Raftis from the Listowel Banner attended and took some pictures.
Food and fellowship were enjoyed after the meeting.

March 8, 2007

Linguists of Listowel
Theme: “Leaving Footprints in the Sand”

Coordinator Keith Stoltz welcomed all members and Speechcrafters. Because of the recent stormy weather and the cancellation of the last two meetings everyone is at a different stage with their speeches. All members introduced themselves and then Leo led table topics. Members drew a slip of paper out of an envelope and spoke for one minute about what the topic said they did last Thursday when toastmasters was cancelled.

Diane introduced Riek. Her icebreaker speech title was Patience and Bacon. She is a farrow to finish pork producer and enjoys looking after the new born pigs in her barn. She enjoys fresh air, snow and driving the tractors.

Diane introduced Wendy with her icebreaker speech entitled “Passionate engagement”. Wendy enjoys writing and shared some humorous anecdotes about researching a novel. Diane evaluated both speeches and looks forward to hearing their next speech.

Leo, Carolyn and Sandra did their speeches "Speaking in Earnest." Their objectives were to speak with conviction and to confront and control any nervousness they might have. Leo talked about quality in the workplace, Carolyn shared her experiences as the oldest child and Sandra speech title was “Things Women Do.” She described how many women had shaped her life. George evaluated these speeches with lots of glow points and a couple of grow points.

Marie gave the educational presentation “Gestures in Speaking”. A gesture is a specific body movement that reinforces a verbal message or conveys a particular thought or emotion. Although gestures may be made with the head, shoulders or even the legs or feet, most gestures are made with the hands and arms.

Sheryl presented her speech with the topic “Show what you Mean”. She talked about drug abuse and especially Crystal Meth. Her objectives were to learn the value of body movements and to explore the different ways of using body language... To develop a sense of timing and natural smooth body movement. Sheryl spoke passionately, without notes. She displayed conviction and confidence and body language that enriched the message of her speech. Jane gave the timers report.

Wendy was the table topics winner.

Marge and Al brought greetings from the district and invited everyone to an open house for the Mount Forest Motivators March 27, 2007.

Wednesday March 7, 2007
Area 18 contest- Bruce County Museum
South Hampton, Ontario
International Speech and Evaluation Contest
Host Club –Saugeen Speakers
Keith placed first in the International contest and Marie placed second in the evaluation contest. Congratulations to them both. There were seven excellent contestants in both categories. Jane was Chief Judge for the evening and Diane was a judge for both contests.

International Speech and Evaluation Contest
Mount Forest Motivators- 4th Anniversary
February 20, 2007
Keith, Diane, Marie and Allan traveled to Mount Forest.
Keith was chairperson for the contest. His opening remarks were encouraging and motivating for all present. Diane was chief judge and explained all of the rules and presented the contest winners. Marie worked as a timer and Alan was the Target Speaker for the Evaluation contest. Caroline placed first in both contests and will compete in the area 18 contest.

On March 15, 2007 we will be celebrating Paddyfest with an Irish Variety night. Everyone is welcome to come out and join in the Blarney.

Feb 8, 2007

Linguists of Listowel toastmasters met at St Paul’s Lutheran church.
Theme: Getting your feet wet

Speechcraft Coordinator Keith welcomed 8 members and 4 speechcrafters. Everyone gathered as a group and enjoyed a mental telepathy mind game.

The object is to improve concentration, focus and group thinking.

A) The group starts walking around. As soon as one person stops walking then the whole group must stop. Keep trying until the group stops as one.
B) The group stands still, closes eyes and starts talking. As soon as one person stops talking then everyone stops.
C) The group walks and talks with their eyes open. As soon as one person stops talking then everyone must stop talking and walking.
D) The group walks and talks with their eyes open. As soon as one person stops walking then everyone must stop talking and walking.

Introductions were practiced and then George presented Table Topics. He asked people to talk for one minute about the first time they experienced the event that they pulled out of the envelope. Elizabeth won the trophy and prize.

Sheryl explained her role as timer. She mastered the stop watch very well.
Brian led the educational module on “Introducing a Speaker”
Darlene, Elizabeth, Sandra and Leo all presented their Ice breaker speeches. The members who weren’t there will be able to present theirs next week.

Keith explained the objectives of next weeks assignment “Speaking with Sincerity”.
Diane gave a sample speech “Are You at Risk?” She shared some interesting facts about type 2 diabetes and stressed the importance of a healthy lifestyle, healthy weight and the importance of regular exercise.

Advisors and speechcrafters had a chance to discuss any questions or concerns.
Keith adjourned the meeting and everyone enjoyed some refreshments.

February 1, 2007

Linguists of Listowel met at the St. Pauls Lutheran Church at 7:15 pm.
Theme: “Catching the Wave”

Allan called the meeting to order and introduced chairperson Keith. He welcomed 10 speechcrafters to the meeting and 9 toastmasters.

We began some improv games where everyone greeted each other as a long lost friend and then as someone who had bad breath and finally as if we were all teenagers. This got the meeting off to a lively start and everyone relaxed as we got to know each other.

Keith reviewed the skills needed for good public speaking. Each participant joined up with someone they did not know and then introduced each other. This was very interesting and it was good experience to talk in front of the group.

Jane presented an educational module on “Selecting a speech topic”. Some ideas would be to speak from personal experience, history, professional experiences, pets, magazines and newspaper articles that you are interested in.

Gary presented an ice breaker speech. The title was “Roots and Wings”. Brian evaluated it. He gave lots of glow points and a couple of grow points.

Marie had everyone participate in Table topics. Everyone had the opportunity to speak for 1 minute about a picture they pulled out of an envelope.

Keith encouraged all the speechcrafters to write an ice breaker speech for their homework assignment. Coffee and snacks were available.

There was an executive meeting following the regular meeting.

January 25, 2007

The Linguists of Listowel met at St Paul’s Lutheran Church on Thursday, January 25, 2007 for their International and Evaluation Contest. Jane Stoltz chaired the international contest. She welcomed all members, guests and visitors. Linda Piper was chief judge and explained the rules and purpose of the contests. Marie was first with her speech “Food for Thought” by mentioning some of the challenges she has faced in her kitchen. Brian Camacho shared his experience as Santa Claus this year. He was very impressed with the insights of little children. Allan Mann’s speech was “Satisfy Yourself”. He always has a to do list and explained how it is very satisfying to complete a project such as his play house creation for his daughter. Diane Bender encouraged people to remember to give positive phrases to their children and grandchildren with her speech “Yes, You Can”. Keith Stoltz won the competition with his speech “Life is Simple”.
Elaine Beckhold was the target speaker for the evaluation contest. Her philosophy is “You want it go for it. If you’re lucky enough to get it hold onto it”. There were three contestants Keith and Jane Stoltz and Marie McCutcheon.
Keith Stoltz and Marie McCutcheon will be representing the club at the area contest March 7 in Southhampton. The Division Contest will be back in Listowel at the Kin Station on Friday March 23rd. Members of the public are welcome to attend and hear the best of the best that evening.
Linguists of Listowel will be hosting a Paddyfest Variety Night on Thursday March 15th at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at 7:15 pm

January 18, 2007

Theme "Snowballs"
President Brian called the meeting to order with a very funny snowball fight story. Jane presented the toast to Canada and was timer for the evening. George challenged everyone to use the word "plutoed" during the meeting. It is the 2006 word of the year meaning to demote or devalue someone or something. It was used at least seven times. For Literary Corner Sheryl entertained us with several snow ball jokes and stories. Gary was the speaker for the evening. He shared some experiences he has had with his family while on vacation. Sheryl evaluated his speech.
Diane challenged everyone to remember their first experiences at assorted times in their lives. Brian remembered his first ticket, and Al his first car. Jane remembered her blue impalla and Marie remembered ice fishing. There were lots of memories but Gary won for the best table topics.
Allan was quizmaster. He sharpened our listening skills as the members tried to remember who said what. Marie did an excellent job as general Evaluator. She spoke without notes and gave us many good points on the evening and encouraged everyone to invite guests as often as possible. Next week is the International and Evaluation contest. Following that there will be Speechcraft starting Feb 1, 2007.



January 11, 2007
Theme was "Celebrations"
Chairperson Brian opened the meeting at 7:15 pm. Allan presented the toast and kept track of the timing for the meeting. Jane presented the word Celebrate and challenged everyone to use synnonyms during the meeting. She gave prizes to Diane and George who used the most words that meant the same as celebrate. Keith read an article for literary corner. Diane shared a personal but true story about her experience learning how to ball room dance. Gary presented a "believe it or not" story about global warming. Marie's speech was entitled "House for Sale". She described how she was fixing up her house recently. Gary got everyone laughing during table topics and Keith was the winner.
George evaluated Marie's speech and Sheryl evaluated the whole meeting. Brian closed the meeting at 8:45 pm.


January 4, 2007
Linguists of Listowel

Theme: "To a Happy New Year"
Chairperson Jane called the meeting to order at 7:15 pm. Marie proposed a toast to Canada. For language enricher George challenged us with the word voluble.
Sandra read an interesting poem about 6 blind mens interpretation of the elephant.
Allan spoke about traditional energy sources and offered some solutions to reduce energy consumption in the future. Diane evaluated his speech.
Brian led a workshop on thinking outside the box. He challenged everyone to put a tangram four piece puzzle together and then he challenged us to do it faster and faster. Then he added a piece for more of a challenge. He explained how businesses improve production times. It was a very educational session.
Keith was quizmaster for the evening. Jane closed the meeting at 9 pm.

November 9, 2006

November 9, 2006

Theme for the Toastmasters meeting was “Remember When”. Brian chaired the meeting. After his opening remarks he made changes to the agenda. Diane presented a Remembrance Day Toast to Canada. For literary corner Jane remembered when the Family Herald Magazine used to come to her house. She chose an article about the International Plowing match in 1964. One year subscription was $1.50 and three years was $3. Linda shared a personal story-“Heights are Hideous”. She has always had a fear of heights because she fell off her third floor balcony when she was16 months old. Luckily she survived with only a few scratches and bruises. Welcome back Linda. Allan presented his eighth speech in his CTM manual. His object was to get to the point. He spoke about protecting the environment. Marie led a team topic where people were divided into two teams and had to speak for approximately 1 minute each and use about 8 specific words in a continuous story. It was a lot of fun and challenged our memory skills and our creativity.
Audrey evaluated Allan’s speech.
Jane and Keith gave an enthusiastic report on the fall conference in Niagara Falls. Keith presented an improve workshop to over 50 participants. Everyone was enthusiastic and learned a lot. District 60 has so many clubs that it will be dividing in half in the near future. New Competent leadership manuals were distributed to our members by Jane. Sheryl did an excellent job as general evaluator.
Next week Linguists of Listowel will be twinning with Mount Forest Motivators at the King Hotel on Wed November 15 at 7 p.m.

Linguists of Listowel

Linguists of Listowel
October 26, 2006
Linguists of Listowel held their open house demonstration meeting. The Theme of the meeting was “Challenges”. Sheryl called the meeting to order at 7:15 and introduced chair person Brian. He welcomed guests Nicole, Devon and Chris. Marie asked everyone what their favorite country was and on the count of three there was an overwhelming chorus of CANADA. This was followed by a toast to Canada.
As Language enricher Diane chose the word Stimulate which means to rouse up or spur. For example, the meeting stimulated her imagination. It was used six times during the evening.
Audrey read a chapter from the book “The Shepherd of the Hills.” Jane presented five true or false questions for the “Believe it or not Section”. It is true that you can not cry in space because there is no gravity!
George presented his #8 speech in his CTM manual. His title was “A Turkeys’ Tale”.
Marie evaluated his speech.

Allan shared his #4 speech in the CTM Manual “My Dog Wally”. There was a round table evaluation with lots of glow points and a few grow points.

Gary presented Table topics with the help of his daughter, Nicole. Members had to reply falsely to a series of questions. Welcome guest Chris won the table topics award.
Keith Stoltz summed up the best aspects of the meeting and offered a few suggestions for improvement.
Brian concluded the meeting and Murder Mystery practice began. Members should have their parts memorized for next week.

Linguists of Listowel

Linguists of Listowel
Linguists of Listowel met at St Paul’s Lutheran Church on October 19, 2006 at 7:15 pm.
Brian had a lot of fun as Chairman for this meeting. The theme was “Cast A Ways”.
He welcomed guest Sandra and she introduced herself to the club. Gary presented The Loyal Toast to Canada. Delegate was the word for the evening. As a verb it means to entrust a task to someone else, as a noun it means you could be a delegate or representative at a meeting. It was used three times during the meeting. Sheryl read the theme song to Gilligans Island. This brought back a lot of memories to everyone. Marie presented her #8 speech in her third CTM manual-Check your Wallets and your Hats. She described her experiences with lost wallets. It was evaluated by Keith. Jane gave her speech-Anaconda 3 about her trip to Australia and Diane evaluated it. Brian Camacho gave a communication exercise in place of table topics. Members had to follow verbal directions to draw a picture, without asking questions. Then they had the chance to draw a different picture and they could ask questions but there was a shorter time limit. Everyone felt it was very beneficial to be able to ask questions.
Allan did an excellent job as General Evaluator. He gave us many good points on the evening and motivated everyone with some grow points.
Murder mystery practice followed the meeting.

Friday October 20, 2006 was the Western Division Humorous and Table Topics competition at the Kin Station in Listowel.

Linguists of Listowel

Linguists of Listowel
October 5, 2006
The theme was "Challenges" when the Linguists of Listowel met at St. Pauls Lutheran church. Audrey gave the Call to Order and introduced chairperson Marie. Gary presented the loyal toast. Georges' new word for the day was Syllogism. Keith presented literary corner and Jane followed with tips or useless tips. Diane got everyone laughing with her humorous speech "Frazzled". Most people could identify with losing their car in a parking lot. Marie challenged the members with table topics. There was a round table evaluation for Diane's speech. A short business meeting followed the regular meeting. An ad will be placed in the banner and the independant plus for the upcoming Western Division Contest at the Kin Station on October 20, 2006.

October 12, 2006
The meeting began at 7:15 with the call to order by chairperson Allan. Marie introduced special guest Sandra. Audrey presented the loyal toast and mentioned Canadians have much to be thankful for at Thanksgiving. Janes' word for the evening was flummery which can mean sweet dishes or empty compliments. This word was used at least six times during the evening. Diane read "A Turkey of a Tale" by Cynthia Borris. Keith told a story about a lost passport. It did have a happy ending. Sheryl gave some true or false questions- food for thought! George had a turkey story for the Believe it or Not section of the meeting.
Brian did a dramatic presentation that had everyone laughing. He did an excellent job complete with a costume and props. Marie evaluated his speech.
Keith had a bag of household untensils and asked everyone to tell how they would use their item to prepare their turkey for thanksgiving dinner. Our guest Sandra won with her ideas for an icecream scoop!
There was a round table evaluation of the meeting and refreshments were enjoyed.

Linguists of Listowel

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

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

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.

June 29, 2006

There was fine food, great wines and fantastic company as the Linguists of Listowel sat down for the summer banquet. Marie opened the evening with a funny story about John our chair for the night. John skillfully chaired the meeting with the theme of Best/Worst summer jobs.

George provided the loyal toast to Canada. He wished Canada a happy 139th birthday. Canada is a country where students have endless opportunities to find a job. Sheryl said Grace before our meal.

Jane presented the word “garrulous”. This is an adjective which means “talking too much about trivial things”. Keith read several of our clubs blog write ups from last June. Brian presented a speech called “It is a lot like Juggling”. Brian is a very talented juggler. He presented an outstanding analogy on juggling and giving speeches. As usual, Brian had everyone laughing. Ken evaluated Brian.

Audrey chair Table topics with our guests Marilyn N and Marge S winning. John presented the presidents pin to Brian. He also installed the new executive. Keith presented John with the Past Presidents pin.

Allan kept everyone guessing as the quizmaster. Linda P did an outstanding job as General Evaluator.