Cromwell Community Toastmasters
Club 5908 ~ District 53
November 5,
2013
“Go Big or Go Home”
Attendees: members
attended:, Tom
Alvord ACB, ALB, Bo Bogart,
Micheal Brillas, Robert Dalo, Miroslav Grajewski, Charlie Hubert, Elizabeth
Landeen, Cheryl Mason DTM, Phil Mason CC, Donald Ostertag, Catherine Rose, Hollie Rose CC, William Sullivan ACB,ALB, Brian Terry, Heather Turner ACS, and
Andrew Watt
Guests: John Hart, Jeff Naples, Robin Thompson and Carmen Jenkins
Business Meeting:
The meeting was called to order
by Sergeant at Arms Charlie Hubert. (Welcome back Charlie!) Vice President of Education – Elizabeth Landeen
gave opening remarks and invited Rob Dalo to talk about the recent Division Contest held Oct. 16 at
Northeast utilities in Berlin,
CT. Rob won 3rd place in the Speech Evaluation
Contest! Congratulations Rob! Heather
Turner spoke about the enthusiasm and encouragement found at Toastmaster
meetings. She explained how Toastmasters
helps develop public speaking and leadership skills, and that members work at
their own pace.
Meeting Roles:
Toastmaster: Brian Terry
Invocation: Phil Mason – Phil shared a number of inspiring quotes from Teddy
Roosevelt. Two of the quotes were “Nobody cares how much you know until they
know how much you care” and “Keep your eyes to the stars and your feet on the
ground.”
Word Master: Catherine Rose
Word - of - the - Day: Superfluous – being more than is
sufficient or required, excessive, unnecessary or needless
Table Topics Master: Heather
Turner ACS
Theme: Dining in the Dark – Heather had
been to a dinner where the diners were blindfolded. She brought a box full of objects and had the
Table Topic speakers choose and discuss their object while blindfolded. Andrew Watt described an object with a ball
joint, plastic protuberances and an empty battery case. He deduced it was a radio or walkie talkie.
Charlie Hubert described a glass paperweight, he embellished saying it might be
the type with a snowstorm and snowman or maybe Jesus. Rob was fortunate to choose the device he
most needed in his life. He discussed
how the hand sized, pillow shaped object was a great stress reliever; he could
squeeze it when technology wasn’t working the way he would have liked. Don Ostertag pulled a slinky from the box. He reminisced about having one as a child and
playing with it on the stairs. Robin
Thompson enthusiastically told us how much she liked the little odd shaped
brush that she had pulled from the box and she described the unusual shape of
its handle.
Speaker # 1: Elizabeth Landeen
Manual/Project: Competent Communicator/Project 4 How to Say It
Title:
Start Now, Don’t Wait
Elizabeth described to us
how she plans to spend her next birthday – doing the Tough Mudder obstacle
course. She has already started training
for the 10 - 12 mile race held in VT. She
showed slides and described different obstacles in the race including the: Arctic Enema; Cage Crawl; Funky Monkey; Electric Shock Therapy; Wall Climb and
Firewalk
Speaker
# 2: Micheal Brillas
Manual/Project: Competent Communicator/Project 2 Organize Your Speech
Title: Transitions
Subscribing to 5 year plans – after
returning from a trip Micheal started life from scratch. He had a well paying
job but hated it, he found the money was superfluous and he convinced himself
that he had 5 years left to live. He was a dedicated non breeder wanting his
life to unfold in a way that could happen only if he didn’t have a family. He lived life and had a great time,
remembering about his 5 year cut off only the night before he originally
thought he would die. Living through the day, he appreciated many things and
now celebrates every November 3rd.
Because of the angle from which Micheal views the world he feels he can
help others overcome their fears.
Speaker
# 3: William
Sullivan ACB,ALB
Manual/Project: Successful
Club Series/ Project Evaluate to Motivate
Title: Evaluate to
Motivate
Bill told us that evaluations
can be harder than speeches; they are incorporated in every aspect of our
lives, and are composed of opinions and honest reactions. An evaluation style called the Sandwich
Method involves saying something positive, suggesting an improvement and noting
some other positive aspect. Some pointers for giving evaluations include
focusing on a few key points, evaluating the speech not the person, mentioning
how the speech made you feel, and promoting the speaker’s self esteem.
General Evaluator: Rob Dalo
Evaluator # 1: Cheryl Mason DTM
Evaluator # 2: Andrew Watt
Evaluator # 3: Tom Alvord, ACB,ALB
Functionary Reports:
Ah Counter: Bo Bogart
Grammarian: Micheal Brillas
Timer: Don Ostertag
In
closing Elizabeth
asked our guests for comments. John said
he enjoyed the meeting; Jeff had thought it would be intimidating with
spotlights and people making him speak, but he found it was all calm. Robin and Carmen decided to join our club. Welcome Robin! Welcome Carmen!
Rob Dalo
suggested we all have name tags. Charlie thanked everyone for their cards and
good wishes. Hollie
announced that she was selected for an Ambassador position with Toastmasters International's Revitalized Education Program.
Congratulations Hollie!
Next meeting: November 19th 2013.
Respectfully
submitted by
Bo Bogart, Secretary
[Posted, with minor corrections, by Hollie Rose, CC]
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