Linguists of Listowel

Hi Everyone: Last night's meeting had a terrific attendance and lots of fun. The timely theme lended itself quite well throughout the entire meeting. Audrey's toast included our many time zone's, Diane gave a time management reading on 7 tips to keep yourself on time. Leo gave a terrific speech #9 on Bark Buster's and Brent's # 6 speech gave everyone food for thought on Time for a Change. Evaluator's Wayne Stoltz & Brian Camacho gave excellent points for each speaker.Table Topic's by Keith was terrific! Alan Mann won the best table topics award. It was a timely meeting!!!!

Jean takes control of the May 15th meeting as Chairperson.

Keith prepares for his role as timer.

George, Marge, Wayne and Al relax before the meeting.

Jean and Audrey prepare for the meeting May 15, 2008.

Linguists of Listowel

Linguists of Listowel Toastmasters
Club 9016
May 15th 2008 7:15
Theme: Rain

Audrey Orth called the meeting to order and introduced chairperson Jean Van Der Straeten.
She welcomed Area Governor Marge and Western Division Governor Al Seawright. Keith Stoltz gave the loyal toast and was the timer for the evening.
Diane presented the word controversial or controversy. She mentioned that Canadians love to talk about the weather and there is often controversy over the forecasts. The word was used 17 times throughout the evening.
George Nichol was in charge of literary corner. Audrey Orth gave an Off the Cuff speech about some of her experiences in the rain. Diane Bender presented an educational article from Toastmasters magazine October 2004 about speaking on a controversial topic! Wayne Stoltz gave an Off the Cuff speech about an inspiring graduation he had recently attended. All members took a few minutes to write evaluations for the speakers.
Jane led with Table Topics and Wayne won the Table Topics award.
Marge shared her enthusiasm for Youth Group Speechcraft and Graduation Ceremonies that were held in Mount Forest.
Jean closed the meeting with a poem by Frank Ash “I Like to Look in Puddles”
Next week’s theme “Time”.
May 29, 2008 “A Night out with Toastmasters”
June 14, 2008 Executive Training, Palmerston.

Linguists of Listowel Toastmasters
Club 9016
May 8th 2008 7:15
Theme: Numbers

Jane called the meeting to order and introduced Leo Brisebois. Brent gave the loyal toast to Canada and performed as timer for the evening.
George read a Mother’s day Poem. Jane challenged everyone with the word Moiety. It can mean a small portion or two equal parts. It is also similar in the French language.
Keith presented a short workshop “Make a Good first impression in seven seconds.” Some points to consider are 1. Room setup. 2. Be on stage as soon as you enter the room. 3. 90% of first impression is appearance and tone of voice. 4. Hair style. 5. Stand tall. 6. Good eye contact and firm handshake. 7. Focus on Audience.
Jean did speech #7 in CC manual with a focus on Research your topic. The title of her speech was Pass it on and she stressed the eight signs of heart attach and how important the first two hours are to get help. She used pictures reinforce her points. Jane evaluated with many glow points and a couple of grow points.
For table topics Diane had everyone choose a coin from an envelope and challenged members to speak about something that might have happened that year and to use as many numbers as possible. Jane and Leo tied for first place. Chairperson Leo, adjourned the meeting. Diane Bender VP Public Relations gave everyone a Newsletter.

Left to right; Jean Vanderstraeten: VP Membership, Audrey Orth: Secretary,
George Nichol: President, Diane Bender: VP Education, Brent Jemmett: VP Public Relations, Jane Stoltz:Sergeant at Arms.

May 1, 2008

Linguists of Listowel

May 1, 2008

Theme: Elections

VP of Education Marie had surprise envelopes for everyone. When we opened them up we found out what position we could serve as for the evening.

Chairperson Jane Stoltz welcomed all members. She shared some Canadian Quotes in her opening address. Wayne Stoltz gave a toast to Canada and acted as timer.

Jane conducted the election of officers.May 1, 2008 Linguists of ListowelMay 1, 2008Theme: ElectionsVP of Education Marie had surprise envelopes for everyone. When we opened them up we found out what position we could serve as for the evening.Chairperson Jane Stoltz welcomed all members. She shared some Canadian Quotes in her opening address. Wayne Stoltz gave a toast to Canada and acted as timer. Jane conducted the election of officers. The results are as follows President George Nichol
Vp Education Diane Bender
VP Membership Jean vander straeten
vp public Relations Brent Jemmett
Secretary Audrey Orth
Treasurer Alan Mann
Sargeant at arms Jane Stoltz
Keith Stoltz gave a 13 minute speech on his experiences snorkelling and swimming with the sharks.
Jean was the surprise table topics master and challenged everyone to speak for one minute on the topic they pulled out of the envelope. George won the table topics award.
Marie was grammarian and noticed several filler words throughout the meeting. She would like us to be on the lookout for the filler word "so".
Quizmaster George had some great quotes from the members. Diane presented the General Evaluation. She welcomed the new slate of officers for 2008-9.

February 28, 2008

February 28, 2008

Congratulations to Marie McCutcheon and Leo Brisebois in winning the International Contest.

Congratulations to Jane Stoltz and Marie McCutcheon in winning the Evaluation Contest.

Please mark Wednesday March 5th for the Area Contest at the Harriston Community Living Building at 7:00 p.m.

Please mark Saturday March 29th in London for the Western Division Contest.

Tony Martens was our Target Speaker from the Clinton Communications Club who spoke on his Journey in making fold up desk beds. He has graduated from single, to double to now king size fold up beds. Way to go Tony!

Marge Seawright was our Chief Judge for both contests and as always did a great job!

I would like to thank everyone who helped out with the contest last night and for those who brought refreshments.

It's a great team effort!

Next week our theme is Education, please let Marie know what role you would like to partake in.

Saturday April 26th is an area executive meeting at the Clinton Agricultural Building from 1 - 4 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend!

Thursday May 1st is our elections meeting...I encourage everyone to think about what role they would be interested in.

Thursday March 6th is an executive meeting following our regular meeting.

Have a great weekend and see you next week!

Jane Stoltz
Pres



The contest on Thursday February 28:

International Speaker: 5 - 7 minutes1) Marie McCutcheon2) Leo Brisebois

Evaluator: 2 -3 minutes 1) Jane Stoltz 2) Marie McCutcheon 3) Wayne Stoltz

Chief Judge: Marge Seawright

Chairpersons: Keith and Jane

Timers: Alan Mann and Wayne Stoltz

Judges: Audrey, Diane ,George,

Sargeant at Arms George.

February 21, 2008
Theme Winter Haven

Call to Order: We welcomed former member Diane Russell back for an evening of fun and entertainment.
Chair Jane
Loyal Toast was given by Leo.
Alan Mann challenged us with the word Dysphoric. It means a chronic feeling of discontent.
Literary Corner- Audrey read from Country Magazine “Grampa’s Greatest Gift”
Educational module from the better Speaker Series “Closing the Sale” was presented by Diane.
Wayne Stoltz gave a manual speech Get to the Point. His title was “Come Cruise with me”. It sounded like a wonderful Winter Haven! Marie evaluated.
George led Table topics portion of the meeting.
Quizmaster was Brent. Everyone listened very carefully throughout the meeting.

Marie, Audrey, Jane, George, Leo, Diane presented the murder mystery Little Sicily to the Atwood Lions club

Murder Mystery on Wednesday February 20th at the Atwood Community Centre.

Social Time: 6:30 p.m.

Dinner: 7:15 p.m.

Come and be part of an exciting new Advanced Club in Mount Forest.

The purpose of an advanced club is:

*to provide an opportunity for exposure so that members may learn and practice advanced communication techniques and receive evaluation in harmony with their specific needs, and
*to enable members to share their common interests in communication skills and development.

The Toastmasters International policy governing advanced clubs reads:
"---members who have developed skills to an advanced level and wish extended time for the practice of communication and evaluation techniques nearing professional level may participate in a Toastmasters club with programs devoted to this purpose:.
Come and be part of a brand new club Saturday Feb. 23 at 9:00 am at St. Paul's Anglican Church Parish Hall.
Flyer attached.

Marge Seawright, ATMG/CL, Area 18 Governor
519 323-9053 alamar@wightman.ca

Thursday Feb 14, 2008

Greeting to all snow covered toastmasters,
Hopefully everyone gets dug out by Thursday where our theme is Hearts .

I will be running an impromptue workshop for the night so I hope your hearts will be up to it.

It is a good night to bring family and guests they can have their hearts warmed up too.

Keep blowing that snow,
Marie

February 7, 2008

Murder Mystery Cast don't forget to polish up on your characters Feb 20th is when we present it again and we should try to run through a quick rehearsal because Jane is stepping in as Madame Clair Voyant.

Feb 7 theme- Catalogues


Chair-Jane welcomed everyone with a stack of magazines from her house. She mentioned the kind of catalogue that she thought each member would enjoy.
Toast annd Timer-George
Language enricher-Leo gave us the words catalog and catalogue. It was used many times throughout the meeting.
Educational spot light-Audrey reviewed all of the wonderful items in the toastmasters catalogue. She did a very lively presentation and encouraged members to purchase items with the toastmasters logo to improve our public relations and let everyone know about this great organization.
Speaker-Brent presented speech # 4 from his competent communicator manual. His speech title was "What I will be doing a lot of When I Retire" He spoke about his goals to become a great golpher. He spoke with confidence and enthusiasm for this sport.
Evaluator- Diane was very impressed with his speech and praised his use of humour and improved use of gestures and voice variations.
Table Topics was led by Keith. He passed around an envelope of Sears catague advertisements and challenged everyone to make a sale. Audrey won the trophy for her smooth talking sales pitch.
Wayne was quiz master and challenged us to remember all the important quotes of the evening!
Diane VP Public Relations.

January 31, 2008

January 31, 2008
Theme Fire and Ice
The last week of January ended with Fire and Ice. A small attendance with lots of warmth and sub zero temperatures prevailed throughout the evening. George Nichol did an excellent job on chair and began the evening with a Robert Frost poem on 'fire and ice'. We had two loyal toasts in the evening by Brent Jemmett and Elizabeth Coghlin ...way to go! Our word for the evening was 'brimstone' which was used by everyone. Jane gave an Educational Module on Gaining New Members is working towards getting another CL by June. Brent did a wonderful job on Table Topics and the winners were Audrey Orth and George Nichol. Next week's theme is Catalogues and the International and Evaluation Contest is fast approaching on Thursday February 21st. Lots of time for everyone to prepare a speech. Come on out and join in the fun at toastmasters! Remember the female gender is in the lead so far.
Till next week,Jane Stoltz

Sergeant at Arms George Nichol carries the banner at Fall Conference in Deerhurst Nov 9-11, 2007.

January 24, 2008

Linguists of Listowel Toastmasters
Club 9016
Date: January 24th, 2008, 7:15

Theme: “Poetry”


7.15 Call to Order ..............Jean
Chairperson ..................................Marie
Marie loves poetry and had written a short poem for every member as they were introduced throughout the meeting.
Keith presented Jean with her name tag and officially welcomed her to Linguists of Listowel.

Loyal Toast and Timer………Elizabeth read a poem celebrating Canada.
Language Enricher …George presented the word parsimony which means undue sparingness in the expenditure of money.

Literary Corner........Audrey read a selection of poetry from Robert Burns. Tomorrow is Robbie Burns Day and she wore a beautiful Scottish Kilt to set the mood.
Speaker........... Leo presented speech #6 on Vocal Variety from his Competent Communicator manual “When fear is all you hear”. Brian gave an excellent evaluation.
Tatiana was our guest speaker. She talked about her horse Ranger. She loves going for rides and caring for him. She will present this speech to her grade 5 class next week. Good luck.
Table Topics…..Diane challenged members to respond to a Grade 5 poetry test. Wayne won the award because of his quick wit and love of poetry.
General Evaluator……Keith was very pleased with the quality of this toastmasters meeting. Everyone was excited to welcome Elizabeth as a new member. She had taken Speechcraft course last spring.

Closing Remarks.....................Marie
The meeting closed with samples of Scottish oatmeal cookies and shortbread supplied by Audrey.





Linguists of Listowel Toastmasters
Club 9016
Date: January 17th, 2008, 7:15



Theme-Movies
Chair Jane had the meeting room set up to represent going to the movies. Everyone had a cup of freshly popped popcorn to snack on. She had a list of all the current movies and mentioned which movie each member would most likely want to see in the near future.
She welcome guests Marge and Dorothy from the Mount Forest Motivators.
Call to Order… Brent
Toast and Timer… George presented a toast to Canadian actors and especially John Candy. Dorothy… evaluated this advanced manual speech.
Language enricher… Leo challenged us with the French word Boniface which means owner of an inn. It was used 4 times during the meeting.

Speaker… Keith presented an advanced manual speech as he interviewed Brent about his love of sports. Marge evaluated
Speaker… Marie gave an excellent interpretive reading. Diane evaluated
Brian presented table topics by giving a movie name to one person to explain how well they liked the movie and then the next person had to tell everyone why they shouldn’t see it. Audrey won the Table Topics award.
My challenge to you is to remember who was quiz master and spoke for 2 min 38 sec.
General Evaluator was Audrey. She explained this role and how important it is to have immediate feedback with grow and glow points. She had lots of suggestions to help the meeting flow smoothly. She also complimented everyone on a job well done.
Jane closed the meeting with lots of movie quotes and quips.

January 10, 2008

Hi Toastmaster Members: It was definitely a black and white meeting as one looked around the room on Thursday January 10th! Audrey Orth brought the meeting alive with her humour with a great introduction for the chair Marie McCutcheon. Wayne Stoltz gave a great toast to Canada. Diane Bender delighted us with a humorous reading on Holstein cattle. Marie chaired the meeting well and told members of her exerience on the farm with holstein calves.
Elizabeth Coghlin gave a terrific #4 speech entitled Prelude to a Kiss (2 more to go) and Jane Stoltz and Brent Jemmett role played in Speaking with Ease #1 speech from Interpersonal Communication.
George chaired Table Topics and presented the members with black and white photos. Members had to speak about the people in the picture on a situation that happened either before or after. Audrey Orth was the overall winner at Table Topics for the evening.
A round table evaluation was done for Elizabeth Coghlin and Brent Jemmett evaluated Jane's speech.
We are doing another Murder Mystery on Wednesday February 20th for the Atwood Lion's Club.Our club on Thursday February 21st is doing the Int'l and Evaluation Contest!Induction Ceremony is slated for next week!
Leo Brisbois is coming up to his number sixth speech...looking forward to hearing it!Our area and district governor will be coming to our club next week...get those speeches ready. One speech per month is recommended!The ladies are up 3 to 2 against the guys...way to go ladies!Till then,Jane

January 3, 2008

Hi Everyone:What a great meeting last night to begin 2008!
Audrey Orth chaired the meeting very well with the Snowbirds theme. Everyone was named a snowbird and Audrey included some interesting facts on her selected birds. Marie McCutcheon was able to whisper out a great toast to Canada and successfully used one timer throughout the entire evening. George Nichol had an informative literary corner on Snowbirds (referring to people) and interesting migrating facts to the sunny south. Brent Jemmett entertained us with his literary corner with Casey at the Bat. Keith Stoltz had the rare opportunity to be interviewed by Opera Winfield last night on his latest website Foodkm.com. Leo Brisbois gave an informative talk on can you hear me?..although most of us had a difficult time hearing him!Jane Stoltz presented Table Topics with members taking a puff ball soaked in a mystery solution and how that smell brought back memories from their childhood.Both Diane Bender and Wayne Stoltz gave excellent evaluations to our speakers last evening. Brent Jemmett was the Table Topics winner.The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. with some great treats from Marie. Thank you.P.S. Marie, I have your container and will bring back next week. Please help out Marie on next week's agenda and volunteer for a role for Thursday January 10th. Take care,JaneP.S. We had 3 guests out...so the men are ahead winning 2 to 1 over the females!

December 13, 2007

December 13, 2007

Linguists of Listowel met at the St. Pauls Lutheran Church for their annual Christmas potluck dinner and Awards night.

Western Division Governor Al and Area 18 Governor Marge were welcomed to this meeting by President Jane.

Leo called the meeting to order. President Jane welcomed members and guests. Audrey said grace before everyone enjoyed a delicious supper. Jane presented awards to everyone. She said that all members had worked hard at accomplishing their goals during the past year. VP membership Keith presented certificates to new members Wayne and Brent. Jean was absent for this meeting.

Diane gave an after dinner humorous speech " It all depends on how you look at it."

She emphasized that every day you should try to find humour in the situations you find yourself in.

Brian gave his speech entitled "Culture Shock". He has travelled abroad and found himself in many humorous situations.

Marie McCutcheon was gift master. All members enjoyed swiping gifts from fellow toastmasters and explaining why they should be able to keep the gift of their choice.

December 6, 2007

Theme: Bring a Friend

Marie called the meeting to order and introduced chairperson Keith. All guests were introduced and welcomed to toastmasters, Leo gave the loyal toast to Canada. Diane was language enricher and presented two words amicable and amiable.

George presented literary corner with a Christmas reading.

Jean gave her speech # 4"Life is short so wear your party pants". She has a wonderful sense of humour. Jane evaluated.

Audrey challenged everyone to give a one minute table topic from a photograph.

Brent was quizmaster. Chairperson Keith closed this very enjoyable meeting.

December 3 2007

Western Division Officer Phase 11 training took place December 1, 2007 in Hanover. Event Coordinator was Diane O'Brien. Keith and Jane Stoltz and Diane Bender represented the Linguists of Listowel. Western Division Govervnor Al Seawright welcomed everyone, and Bill Bienna challenged everyone to get the most our of toastmasters and to spread the word about our excellent programs. Guest speaker Merri McCartney is a professional speaker, author and teacher. She is also a member of Kincardin To the Point Toastmasters club. She gave a motivational speech challenging everyone to make the most out of their life. Dare to step out and take a risk.

Keith led the treasurers officer training and Diane led the Public Relations officer training. This was followed by a delicious lunch. Workshops were enjoyed in the afternoon and everything was wrapped up by 3:15 pm. Many people won door prizes and everyone enjoyed their day.

November 29, 2007 Linguists of Listowel met at the St Pauls Lutheran church at 7:15 pm. The theme was "Shopping". Chairperson Marie McCutcheon enjoyed that theme! Wayne Stoltz gave the Loyal Toast to Canada. Diane Bender challenged everyone to use the word Propitious during the evening. It means friendly, amicable, favorable circumstances. It was used over a dozen times. For literary corner Keith Stoltz read a Country Guide christmas list of TECH toys. There was certainly something for everyone on his list. Leo Brisebois presented an excellent speech - "Handling Change". Jane Stoltz evaluated it with lots of glow points. Jean Vander Straeten challenged everyone to wear a hat explaining who you are and what you are. Wayne Stoltz won the Table topics award.

Jane Stoltz conducted a brief executive meeting.

Here's a few pictures of activities that Linguists of Listowel have been involved in during the fall of 2007

George and Marilyn Nichol and Ron and Diane Bender went to the fall conference in Deerhurst on Nov 9-11th. George proudly carried our banner in the Saturday Morning Parade of Banners.

Sept 13, 2007 Humorous and Table Topics Contestants

Al Mann, Diane Bender, George Nichol, Audrey Orth, Jane Stoltz, Gary Elg

Speechcraft: September 20, 2007

Press Release
For immediate Release
Contact person Diane Bender 519 343-2880 VP Public Relations Toastmasters


Public speaking is considered one of man’s greatest fears. The Linguists of Listowel Toastmasters club is presenting a six session SPEECHCRAFT workshop as a means of helping people improve their skills and to reduce their fears of public speaking.

Successful speakers convey confidence, credibility, and enthusiasm when they make presentations. Whether in training new employees, giving presentations or conducting interviews, enhanced communication skills are invaluable. Many people who were once shy and timid in front of a group have come away with confidence and strength they didn't know they had.

The Linguists of Listowel club provides a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which each individual has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth.
Open to the general public, the program begins September 20, 2007. The fee is $30 per person. Class size is limited so interested people are encouraged to enroll as soon as possible.
For registration information please call Diane at 519-343-2880, Marie at 519-887-6419 or Keith at 519-291-1656.

August 23, 2007

Linguists of Listowel

Theme: Dog Days of Summer"

George welcomed all members and guests and called the meeting to order. He reviewed the agenda. In his opening comment he mentioned that the dog days of summer are the hot and sultry days between July 3 and August 11. Audrey presented the loyal toast to Canada. Diane read a humorous article about taking a road trip with your family in the heat of the summer.
Marie wrote play and Jane and Keith volunteered to act out the actions and sound effects. Everyone felt it was worthy of an academy performance nomination.
Keith led table topics, with everyone taking an article out of a basket and then having to comment on what their neighbour picked out. Jane was general evaluator and had lots of glow points for this summer meeting.
We had a fun night at George and Marilyn's beautiful house, a show stopper indeed and the dessert was out of this world.
Business meeting followed.
Linguists of Listowel Humorous and table topics competition Sept 13, 2007.
Speechcraft September 20, 2007.
Area 18 contest is October 2, 2007 in Clinton.
Division contest is October 19, 2007 in Listowel.
Murder mystery is November 17, 2007 if we have enough members available.

Linguists of Listowel
August 9, 2007



Tall Tales Contest:
From left- Marie McCutcheon First; George Nichol Second; Diane Bender and Audrey Orth.
August 9, 2007- the Tales were tall and very funny. We heard about a Big Foot sighting from George, Bumper Boating from Diane Bender, Magical Doors from Marie and a Marketing plan to sell weeds by Audrey Orth. Dorothy Reid, Mount Forest Motivators presented her prize winning speech where she was knighted by the Queen! Marge and Al Seawright were counters and Marge presented the award certificates to the winners.
The Humorous Speech Contest will be held September 13, 2007 where Linguists of Listowel will also be celebrating their 15th anniversary.


Toastmasters are offering a six week Speechcraft course beginning Thursday, September 20, 2007 to October 25, 2007.
This will be followed by a youth leadership class for grades 7-8 from November 1, 2007 to Dec 6, 2007.
Speechcraft is designed to help people become better speakers in the workplace as well as in the public sector. It offers participants the opportunity to gain confidence as a presenter, a speaker and to apply their leadership skills to their job and personal life.
If anyone has the need or desire to learn these skills, contact Diane 519 343-2880, Jane 519 291-1656, Marie 519 887-6419 or George 519 291-6806.
Effective communication depends on self- confidence, education, and practice. This is a life- long journey. Get started with Speechcraft today.