Highlights from
our last meeting –Special recognition
was given to distinguished club members who were honored at the Founders
District Meeting. Toastmaster Sonja-Sophie gave us fun facts on our theme
International Bird Day and General Evaluator Krystal Rose and her evaluation
team (Pamela, Nutan and Jennifer) gave us valuable feedback on how to improve
our speaking, time management and grammar skills. Karen Gibson gave CC Manual
speech #3 titled “Get CERT (Community
Emergency Response Team) Training” and accomplished the goal of giving a
persuasive speech and getting to the point. Table Topic Master Vernon Budinger
asked members Vardan and Jolene questions relating to birds and guest Lotus won
best Table Topic speaker. Another great meeting everyone!
When are you ready to give a speech?
Good tips from Lance Miller, World Champion of Public Speaking. I also saw his winning
speech from 2005 World Champion on YouTube. If you have 7 minutes, check it out. It talks about
being positive and encouraging to others.
Club 2151 Awards Recognition
On Saturday, May 3rd I attended the Founder’s District 2014
Spring Conference and am pleased to recognize club members who were given
awards at the conference.
A special pin was created for the Distinguished Member
Program award which recognizes the commitment and persistence needed
to earn this award; three members qualified for the DMP designation:
Bill Harmon former club president earned his CC in September and CL award in October of 2013 to become a DMP. In addition Bill earned the Advanced Leader Bronze designation in Feb. of 2014 which earned him the Triple Crown Award!
Rose Abbott earned the CC and ALB designations in 2013-2014
Kim Acedo earned the Advanced Communicator Bronze and Competent Leadership in 2013-2014
Krystal Rose who is our club VP of PR was the rock star of
the conference winning three VPPR achievement awards:
1.
1st Place the Founder’s Film Award
(awarded to our club) production team: Krystal Rose, Vernon Budinger,
Sonja-Sophie and Leslie Shuy
2.
2nd Place VP PR Achievement Award
3.
2nd Place Diamond Web Award
Our club also won a $10 Toastmasters Gift Certificate for
“Beat the Clock” membership contest, and Michelle Bender was recognized for her
contribution to the District newsletter and won best decorated table.
We are proud of our member
achievement which honors our club and distinguishes us over 200 clubs in the
Founders District and over 4,000 members. Please give a virtual round of
applause to our distinguished TM members and club! ~ Rose Abbott VP of Education
Parsons Toastmasters Wins 2014 Founder's Film Award
Parsons Toastmasters Wins 2014 Founder's Film Award
Film produced by Sonja-Sophie, Vernon Budinger , Leslie Suhy and Krystal Rose
Highlights from our last meeting: May 6 2014
Highlights from
our last meeting – We had a full meeting
with two speakers giving their Project #3 speech with the objective of “Getting
to the Point”. Sonja-Sophie presented “When Equations’ Don’t Add Up” with the
purpose of motivating; Nancy Huang presented “Anti Cancer” with the purpose of
informing. Both speakers did a fabulous job using PowerPoint presentations and
left the audience with information on how to live a healthier lifestyle.
Toastmaster Janet Suzuki gave us a history lesson on Cinco de Mayo and General
Evaluator Shannon O’Connell led our team that gave us valuable feedback. Topic
Master Kristin Blomstrom asked questions on our theme and worked in humor to
make it fun. Best Winners: Speech, Sonja-Sophie; Table Topics, Andy Tien
(chimichanga’s anyone?); Evaluator Rose Abbott. We had 4 guests join our
meeting who made the following comments about our meeting: “Professional
setting, good setting to improve skills & confidence”; “Liked the meeting
my best Toastmasters experience yet”; “Surprised at health topics on Cinco de
Mayo enjoyed the meeting”. Please join us next week for a special
recognition & awards ceremony and a visit from our Area B2 Governor
Naga Net!
Meeting Highlights: Oscar Movies Was the Theme 40th Anniversary Committee Was Recognized By the "Academy"
Highlights from
our last meeting – Members were
challenged to use the word of the day disparity: different from each other
1: containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous
elements. Toastmaster Nancy Huang led our meeting and introduced our theme
Oscar Movies, Kristin Blomstrom led our evaluation team: Sonja Sophie, Michelle
Bender, Mary Marasco, Andy Tien and Vardan Gazarian who gave valuable feedback
to our members and guests. Pam Tartaglio presented CC speech #2 “How I Lost
Weight” and met her objective of presenting an organized speech. Shannon
O’Connell presented advanced speech “Do’s & Don’ts of Performance” which
was both entertaining and informative. Table Topic Master Krystal Rose invited
our guests to practice speaking without preparation. Best awards were presented
to: Andrew (guest) Table Topics; Shannon, Speaker; Michelle, Evaluator. In
closing the 40 Year Anniversary Committee were presented with a certificate of
appreciation and flowers.
Kristin Blomstrom, Rose Abbott, Pamela Tartaglio, Krystal Rose, Michelle Bender, and Shannon O'Connell.
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