Parsons Toastmasters' 40th Anniversary has been reported in Pasadena Now. It was a great turn out, well organized and the guests were exceptional. The guest of honor, Dr. Lucy Jones proved beyond worthy of the award when she delivered a captivating acceptance speech.
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On April 22, 2014, Parsons Toastmasters Celebrated 40 Years and Dr. Lucy Jones
Highlights
from our 40 Year Anniversary Celebration
History was made when Parsons Toastmasters Club 2151 celebrated its 40
year anniversary and presented Toastmasters Communication Achievement Award to
Dr. Lucy Jones who is a US Geological Survey Science Advisor for Risk Reduction. Division B Governor
Ryan Matsunaga presented our club with a certificate to commemorate our
anniversary and honored us by stating that our club ranks best in class
standing among our peers. We enjoyed a speech from Tom Volz one of the founding
members of the club and Janet Suzuki past president and long standing member of
our club. Dignitaries from Parsons and Toastmasters International organization
joined the festivities along with member & non-member guests who thanked us
for inviting them to be part of such a well organized and exciting event. Our
planning committee Kristin Blomstrom, Krystal Rose, Pam Tartaglio &
Michelle Bender deserve special honors for making the event a great success. View all the photos here
Highlights from April 1st Meeting
Word of the day
“thwart” transitive verb \ˈthwȯrt\ : to prevent (someone) from doing
something or to stop (something) from happening. Nothing could thwart our
productive and fun meeting. Our Toastmaster Vernon Budinger explained the
history of April Fool’s Day. Jolene Horn and Nancy Huang both gave speeches
from CC Manual Project 2 “Organize Your Speech”. Sonja-Sophie and
her team of evaluators provided us with feedback on what was done well and
offered tips for improvement. Kim Acedo is no prankster when it comes to being
Table Topics Master who offered up great questions allowing participants to
practice speaking for 1-2 min. with no advance preparation. Best awards went
to: Speaker - Jolene Horn; Table Topics – Andy Tien; Evaluator – Michelle Bender.
Congratulations to Shannon O’Connell who won 2nd place in the Area B2
International Speech contest! Kudos to Michelle Bender and Leslie Suhy who
competed in the Table Topics speech contest and to Vernon, Rose & Karen,
who volunteered and helped to make the area contest last Saturday a successful
one
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