Here's a picture of me, presenting the recommendations from our Case Study working group to the group at the District Training on December 13.I copied this picture from Dave Wheeler's District 53 blog, http://areaa4.blogspot.com/
Monday, December 29, 2008
District Training: Case Study
Here's a picture of me, presenting the recommendations from our Case Study working group to the group at the District Training on December 13.I copied this picture from Dave Wheeler's District 53 blog, http://areaa4.blogspot.com/
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Report from District Training event
Cheryl and I attended the District Training event at the Russell Library last Saturday, Dec. 13.
This training was put on by our District 53 leadership. We heard presentations on promoting our club on the internet, the Competent Leader manual, and the Speechcraft program.
We participated in a Case Study about a struggling TM club. Volunteers from the Springfield club gave us information about the challenges that they have been facing. We then broke into 2 groups to come up with some recommendations. The exercise became an unexpected speaking opportunity for me, as I was chosen to present our recommendations to the whole group.
The District team announced plans for a 2009 Kickoff event on January 17 in Hartford, 2-4 PM. This event will feature 3 speeches from some of the best speakers in the District, followed by evaluations, plus presentations by the leadership team. They are also planning a Pecha Kucha segment. Pecha Kucha is a highly structured, PowerPoint-based speech, requiring 20 slides. Each slide is shown for 20 seconds, for a total speech time of 6:40. This kickoff is open to all Toastmasters, and it should be a lot of fun!
This training was put on by our District 53 leadership. We heard presentations on promoting our club on the internet, the Competent Leader manual, and the Speechcraft program.
We participated in a Case Study about a struggling TM club. Volunteers from the Springfield club gave us information about the challenges that they have been facing. We then broke into 2 groups to come up with some recommendations. The exercise became an unexpected speaking opportunity for me, as I was chosen to present our recommendations to the whole group.
The District team announced plans for a 2009 Kickoff event on January 17 in Hartford, 2-4 PM. This event will feature 3 speeches from some of the best speakers in the District, followed by evaluations, plus presentations by the leadership team. They are also planning a Pecha Kucha segment. Pecha Kucha is a highly structured, PowerPoint-based speech, requiring 20 slides. Each slide is shown for 20 seconds, for a total speech time of 6:40. This kickoff is open to all Toastmasters, and it should be a lot of fun!
Friday, December 12, 2008
Meeting notes, December 11, 2008
We had a wonderful year-end meeting last night, with 16 participants. Our festivities included 3 guests: first time visitor Charnaie Gordon and old friends Ute Brinkmann and Rose Rota Riccitellii.
Nancy Green was Toastmaster for the evening. She organized the meeting around the theme of Giving, and the theme was reflected in the Word of the Day, the Table Topics, the prepared speeches, and in the Toys for Tots collection that accompanied the meeting. Great job, Nancy!
We heard 5 prepared speeches: A reading of "The Gift of the Magi" from Rob, an original fairy tale from Rose Rita, persuasive speeches from Tom and from Anne Marie, and an excellent Ice-breaker from Marc. Arun was the General Evaluator, and he managed to squeeze in the 5 evaluations and still end the meeting almost on time.
Thanks to everyone who brought refreshments. This was a great way to close out the year.
Our next meeting is January 8, 2009. Happy New Year!
Nancy Green was Toastmaster for the evening. She organized the meeting around the theme of Giving, and the theme was reflected in the Word of the Day, the Table Topics, the prepared speeches, and in the Toys for Tots collection that accompanied the meeting. Great job, Nancy!
We heard 5 prepared speeches: A reading of "The Gift of the Magi" from Rob, an original fairy tale from Rose Rita, persuasive speeches from Tom and from Anne Marie, and an excellent Ice-breaker from Marc. Arun was the General Evaluator, and he managed to squeeze in the 5 evaluations and still end the meeting almost on time.
Thanks to everyone who brought refreshments. This was a great way to close out the year.
Our next meeting is January 8, 2009. Happy New Year!
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