The Middlesex County Toastmasters Club met on Thursday, October 28th, at the Village at South Farms.
14 Members Present: Tom Alvord, Charnaie Gordon, Erik Jarboe, Kay Jeyapalan, John Keppler, Jackie Kirwan, Pam Mulready, Michael Nicastre, Sally Nicastre, Michael O’Brien, Murali Pemmaraju, Kim Price, Rob Schaff, and Jeanette White.
Business Meeting: Charnaie put out a call for Toastmasters for our upcoming meetings. If you have never been Toastmaster for a club meeting, or haven't been Toastmaster in a long time, please take this opportunity to sign up.
Our next meeting will be held Thursday, November 11th, at Middlesex Community College. We will have a guest speaker, Isaak Gelbinovich, offering “Storytelling Secrets”.
Club Meeting:
Michael Nicastre was our Toastmaster for the evening. Our invocator was Charnaie Gordon. Jeanette White provided the word of the day, "pensive". Rob Schaff was our humorist.
Jackie Kirwan was our Table Topics Master. She provided a Jeopardy-style table topics sessions, complete with buzzers and prizes for 6 volunteers.
Prepared speeches:
John Keppler, "The Good Ol' Days", evaluated by Pam Mulready.
Sally Nicastre, "The Mother's Group", evaluated by Tom Alvord.
Michael O'Brien, "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head", evaluated by Murali Pemmaraju.
Rob Schaff, "Concluding Your Speech", a presentation from the Toastmasters Better Speaker Series. Evaluated by Erik Jarboe.
John Keppler served as our General Evaluator, and pointed out the preparation that went into this well-organized meeting, and the people that stepped in to fill roles. Our technicians were Erik (Ah Counter), Charnaie (Grammarian), and Jackie (Timer).
The meeting concluded on time.
Respectfully submitted,
Rob Schaff, VPPR
Middlesex County Toastmasters
Friday, October 29, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Division C Contest Results
Evaluation Contest
1st – Wendy Holleran, Valley-Shore Toastmasters
2nd – Suzanne DeMerchant, Energy Toastmasters
3rd – Abhijit Mhetre, Nathan Hale Toastmasters
Humorous Speech Contest
1st – Rob Schaff – Middlesex County Toastmasters
2nd – Lynnea P. Mahlke - Niantic Toastmasters
3rd – Larry Savage - Nathan Hale Toastmasters
Udaya Neelam, Rob Schaff, Cheryl Mason, and Dave Wheeler
District 53 Website Contest Results
1st – Wendy Holleran, Valley-Shore Toastmasters
2nd – Suzanne DeMerchant, Energy Toastmasters
3rd – Abhijit Mhetre, Nathan Hale Toastmasters
Humorous Speech Contest
1st – Rob Schaff – Middlesex County Toastmasters
2nd – Lynnea P. Mahlke - Niantic Toastmasters
3rd – Larry Savage - Nathan Hale Toastmasters
Udaya Neelam, Rob Schaff, Cheryl Mason, and Dave Wheeler
District 53 Website Contest Results
Division C Contest Report
From Cheryl Mason, Division C Governor:
Hi Everyone,
The Division C Speech Contests were held at Eagle Club in Wallingford tonight, and Middlesex County was well represented with Michael O'Brien as the Area C5 Evaluation Contestant and Rob Schaff as the Area C5 Humorous Speech Contestant. We're so very proud of both of them making it to the Division level contests! Murali served as the primary timer, and Michael Nicastre, Tom Alvord, and John Keppler were also present to cheer on our contestants!
The speeches were all great and the competition fierce! It was a fun filled evening, and Eagle Club did a great job as the host club!
Drum roll please . . . .
Rob Schaff placed FIRST in the Humorous Contest, and will move forward to the District 53 Conference on November 20th!
District 53 Evaluation & Humorous Speech Contests
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Holiday Inn Fishkill
542 Route 9
Fishkill NY 12524
Phone: 845.896.6281
Hope you'll join us in supporting Rob at the District Conference!
Registration information
-Cheryl
Hi Everyone,
The Division C Speech Contests were held at Eagle Club in Wallingford tonight, and Middlesex County was well represented with Michael O'Brien as the Area C5 Evaluation Contestant and Rob Schaff as the Area C5 Humorous Speech Contestant. We're so very proud of both of them making it to the Division level contests! Murali served as the primary timer, and Michael Nicastre, Tom Alvord, and John Keppler were also present to cheer on our contestants!
The speeches were all great and the competition fierce! It was a fun filled evening, and Eagle Club did a great job as the host club!
Drum roll please . . . .
Rob Schaff placed FIRST in the Humorous Contest, and will move forward to the District 53 Conference on November 20th!
District 53 Evaluation & Humorous Speech Contests
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Holiday Inn Fishkill
542 Route 9
Fishkill NY 12524
Phone: 845.896.6281
Hope you'll join us in supporting Rob at the District Conference!
Registration information
-Cheryl
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Oct. 14 Meeting Notes
The Middlesex County Toastmasters Club met on Thursday, October 14th.
Members Present: Tom Alvord, Anne-Marie Cannata, Jennifer Cimilluca, Siva Digavalli, Charnaie Gordon, Kay Jeyapalan, John Keppler, Jackie Kirwan, Yolanda Lowe, Michael Nicastre, Sally Nicastre, Michael O’Brien, Ramesh Padavala, Murali Pemmaraju, Kim Price, Rob Schaff, and Arun Sodani.
Guests Present: Stacy Davis, Debra Flynn, Jessica Maxan, and Ashley Oliver.
Business Meeting: Charnaie presented a new member pin to Yolanda. She updated us on the club’s progress in the Distinguished Club Program. We have five points so far, and have earned Distinguished Club status again.
The Area C5 contest was held in Cromwell on October 7th, and we have a lot to be proud of. Rob won the Humorous Contest, with Michael Nicastre coming in 2nd place. Michael O’Brien won the Evaluation contest. Rob and Michael O’Brien will next compete in the Division Contest on Monday, October 18th at the Eagles club in Wallingford.
Charnaie mentioned some updates from the club officers’ meeting on October 5th. To sign up for a 5th speaking slot, see Kay or Charnaie. Also, the backup speaking slot might be an opportunity to get a speech in, if a scheduled speaker is unable to attend a meeting. She brought up the possibility of selecting a particular individual to evaluate your speech, if you would like to do so.
Our next meeting will be held Thursday, October 28th, at the Village of South Farms (in the Show Room).
Our VP of Public Relations, Rob, gave us a club calendar for the next few months. Upcoming highlights: November 11th – we will have a guest speaker, Isaak Gelbinovich, offering “Storytelling Secrets”. There will be an extra, “speechathon” meeting on November 18th. The District 53 Fall Conference will be on November 20th, in Fishkill, NY. There will an extra meeting (a movie night) on December 2nd. On January 20th, there will be an extra meeting, a joint speechathon in Cromwell with the Cromwell Community Toastmasters.
Tom Alvord offered a hike recap. On Sunday, October 10th, Tom, Anne-Marie, Ramesh, Murali, and several friends (12 people altogether) hiked up to the Hublein Tower on Talcott Mountain in Simsbury. More dates to come!
Kay presented Tom with a certificate of recognition to Tom for all his efforts in putting the hikes together. She also presented certificates to Michael O’Brien, Michael Nicastre, and Rob for representing our club and doing so well in the area contests.
Club Meeting:
Rob was our Toastmaster. Our invocator was Anne-Marie, who gave us inspiring words from John Lennon, from his song, “Imagine”. Lennon would have been 70 years old on October 9th.
The Word of the Day was offered by Michael Nicastre. He gave us “Extemporaneous”, meaning impromptu, off the cuff, given without notes. In addition to posting the word, he gave us a handout to help us keep the word in mind.
Our Humorist, Siva, gave us three political anecdotes including an exchange between Benjamin Disreali and William Gladstone, and words from Mohandas Gandhi.
Tom was our Table Topics Master. He gave autumn themed questions to John; our guests Ashley, Stacy, and Deb; Arun; and Kim.
We had four prepared speeches:
Charnaie gave a speech from the Special Occasion Speeches manual, “Mastering the Toast”. Her speech was evaluated by Anne-Marie.
Jackie presented her Ice-Breaker, “My Search for Meaning: What I have Learned from My Favorite Book.” Rob evaluated Jackie’s speech.
Kay presented “The Toastmasters Educational Program” from the Successful Club Series. Her speech was evaluated by Murali.
Anne-Marie gave a speech, “Proper Flossing,” that was evaluated by Mike O'Brien.
Jen was our General Evaluator. Our technicians were Ramesh (Ah Counter), Siva (Grammarian), and Charnaie (Timer).
Jen’s evaluation of the meeting noted that as usual, club members were very supportive of each other. There were signs and banners congratulating Rob, Michael O’Brien, and Mike Nicastre for their performance in the Area Contest. Members stepped in to fill in roles, as Anne-Marie and Siva stepped in to fill a speaking slot and the grammarian role, respectively. Members were willing to evaluate each other in speaking roles and for the CL manual.
Comments from our guests: Stacy said she enjoyed it. Ashley thought it was great. Deb just loved it, and said that she will be back.
The meeting concluded on time.
Respectfully submitted,
Jennifer Cimilluca, Secretary
Middlesex County Toastmasters Club
Members Present: Tom Alvord, Anne-Marie Cannata, Jennifer Cimilluca, Siva Digavalli, Charnaie Gordon, Kay Jeyapalan, John Keppler, Jackie Kirwan, Yolanda Lowe, Michael Nicastre, Sally Nicastre, Michael O’Brien, Ramesh Padavala, Murali Pemmaraju, Kim Price, Rob Schaff, and Arun Sodani.
Guests Present: Stacy Davis, Debra Flynn, Jessica Maxan, and Ashley Oliver.
Business Meeting: Charnaie presented a new member pin to Yolanda. She updated us on the club’s progress in the Distinguished Club Program. We have five points so far, and have earned Distinguished Club status again.
The Area C5 contest was held in Cromwell on October 7th, and we have a lot to be proud of. Rob won the Humorous Contest, with Michael Nicastre coming in 2nd place. Michael O’Brien won the Evaluation contest. Rob and Michael O’Brien will next compete in the Division Contest on Monday, October 18th at the Eagles club in Wallingford.
Charnaie mentioned some updates from the club officers’ meeting on October 5th. To sign up for a 5th speaking slot, see Kay or Charnaie. Also, the backup speaking slot might be an opportunity to get a speech in, if a scheduled speaker is unable to attend a meeting. She brought up the possibility of selecting a particular individual to evaluate your speech, if you would like to do so.
Our next meeting will be held Thursday, October 28th, at the Village of South Farms (in the Show Room).
Our VP of Public Relations, Rob, gave us a club calendar for the next few months. Upcoming highlights: November 11th – we will have a guest speaker, Isaak Gelbinovich, offering “Storytelling Secrets”. There will be an extra, “speechathon” meeting on November 18th. The District 53 Fall Conference will be on November 20th, in Fishkill, NY. There will an extra meeting (a movie night) on December 2nd. On January 20th, there will be an extra meeting, a joint speechathon in Cromwell with the Cromwell Community Toastmasters.
Tom Alvord offered a hike recap. On Sunday, October 10th, Tom, Anne-Marie, Ramesh, Murali, and several friends (12 people altogether) hiked up to the Hublein Tower on Talcott Mountain in Simsbury. More dates to come!
Kay presented Tom with a certificate of recognition to Tom for all his efforts in putting the hikes together. She also presented certificates to Michael O’Brien, Michael Nicastre, and Rob for representing our club and doing so well in the area contests.
Club Meeting:
Rob was our Toastmaster. Our invocator was Anne-Marie, who gave us inspiring words from John Lennon, from his song, “Imagine”. Lennon would have been 70 years old on October 9th.
The Word of the Day was offered by Michael Nicastre. He gave us “Extemporaneous”, meaning impromptu, off the cuff, given without notes. In addition to posting the word, he gave us a handout to help us keep the word in mind.
Our Humorist, Siva, gave us three political anecdotes including an exchange between Benjamin Disreali and William Gladstone, and words from Mohandas Gandhi.
Tom was our Table Topics Master. He gave autumn themed questions to John; our guests Ashley, Stacy, and Deb; Arun; and Kim.
We had four prepared speeches:
Charnaie gave a speech from the Special Occasion Speeches manual, “Mastering the Toast”. Her speech was evaluated by Anne-Marie.
Jackie presented her Ice-Breaker, “My Search for Meaning: What I have Learned from My Favorite Book.” Rob evaluated Jackie’s speech.
Kay presented “The Toastmasters Educational Program” from the Successful Club Series. Her speech was evaluated by Murali.
Anne-Marie gave a speech, “Proper Flossing,” that was evaluated by Mike O'Brien.
Jen was our General Evaluator. Our technicians were Ramesh (Ah Counter), Siva (Grammarian), and Charnaie (Timer).
Jen’s evaluation of the meeting noted that as usual, club members were very supportive of each other. There were signs and banners congratulating Rob, Michael O’Brien, and Mike Nicastre for their performance in the Area Contest. Members stepped in to fill in roles, as Anne-Marie and Siva stepped in to fill a speaking slot and the grammarian role, respectively. Members were willing to evaluate each other in speaking roles and for the CL manual.
Comments from our guests: Stacy said she enjoyed it. Ashley thought it was great. Deb just loved it, and said that she will be back.
The meeting concluded on time.
Respectfully submitted,
Jennifer Cimilluca, Secretary
Middlesex County Toastmasters Club
Friday, October 8, 2010
Area C5 Fall Contest
Cromwell Community Toastmasters hosted the Area C5 Fall Contest on October 7. There were 27 people in attendance, including Dave Wheeler, District 53 Governor, and Cheryl Mason, Division C Governor.
Here are the results:
Evaluation Contest
1st - Michael O'Brien, Middlesex County Toastmasters
2nd - Kate Kelly, Eagle Toastmasters
3rd - Rachel Mele, Eagle Toastmasters
Humorous Speech Contest
1st - Rob Schaff, Middlesex County Toastmasters
2nd - Mike Nicastre, Middlesex County Toastmasters
3rd - Biju Kunjummen, Eagle Toastmasters
The winners will move on to the Division C Contest, Monday, October 18th, hosted by Eagle Toastmasters in Wallingford, CT.
Here are the results:
Evaluation Contest
1st - Michael O'Brien, Middlesex County Toastmasters
2nd - Kate Kelly, Eagle Toastmasters
3rd - Rachel Mele, Eagle Toastmasters
Humorous Speech Contest
1st - Rob Schaff, Middlesex County Toastmasters
2nd - Mike Nicastre, Middlesex County Toastmasters
3rd - Biju Kunjummen, Eagle Toastmasters
The winners will move on to the Division C Contest, Monday, October 18th, hosted by Eagle Toastmasters in Wallingford, CT.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Club Speechathon, Sep. 30
The Middlesex County Toastmasters Club held a special meeting, a “Speech-A-Thon”, on Thursday, September 30th.
Members Present: Tom Alvord, Jay Broderick, Anne-Marie Cannata, Jennifer Cimilluca, Siva Digavalli, Charnaie Gordon, Erik Jarboe, John Keppler, Jackie Kirwan, Michael Nicastre, Sally Nicastre, Murugan Pachaiyappan, Ramesh Padavala, Murali Pemmaraju, Rob Schaff.
We were joined by a guest, Krisha Kumar, invited by Murali.
Business Meeting: Charnaie updated us on the club’s progress in the Distinguished Club Program. We have five points so far, and are now a Distinguished Club! Yolanda Lowe joined the club (giving us a point for adding four new members), and we gained another point by turning in our club renewals and officer lists on time.
The Area C5 Humorous and Evaluation Contests will be held on Thursday, October 7th, at the Cromwell Community Toastmasters (7pm). We will be represented in the Humorous Contest by Rob and Michael Nicastre, and in the Evaluation Contest by Rob and Michael O’Brien.
Tom spoke about a hike to be held on Sunday, October 10th at the Hublein Tower on Talcott Mountain in Simsbury at 2pm. All area Toastmasters will be invited. Members will soon be able to get information for upcoming hikes, and sign up, at the website http://www.meetup.com/.
Speechathon:
Our Toastmaster was Tom Alvord.
Jackie led us off with the Word of the Day, “mendacity”: the quality of being mendacious, untruthfulness, tendency to lie, an instance of lying, falsehood. She gave an original quote using the word, then gave a dramatic reading from the play, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”, in which mendacity is a recurring theme.
We had seven prepared speeches:
Siva – “A Walk in the Woods – What I Found by Getting Lost” (evaluated by John). This was Siva’s second speech from the CC manual, “Organize Your Speech.”
Charnaie – “Mega Memory” (evaluated by the group in a round robin evaluation).
Anne-Marie – “Go With Your Gut” (evaluated by the group in a round robin evaluation)
Charnaie and Anne-Marie each spoke from Toastmasters’ advanced manuals.
Erik – “Composting Basics” (evaluated by Rob)
Murugan – “ICD-10” (evaluated by Charnaie)
These were Erik and Murugan’s first speeches since rejoining Middlesex County Toastmasters, and we are so glad to see them both return!
Michael – “Upsides and Downsides” (evaluated by Anne-Marie)
This was Michael’s second speech from the CC manual, “Organize Your Speech”, and the third he has presented to the club overall (the other was his speech in last week’s Humorous Contest).
Jen – “Lessons from the Mouse” (evaluated by the group in a round robin evaluation)
This was Jen’s 10th speech – she has now completed the CC manual!
Our General Evaluator was Murali, who did a great job in his first time in the role.
Our technicians were Jackie (Ah Counter), Anne-Marie (Grammarian), and Jay (Timer).
Respectfully submitted,
Jennifer Cimilluca, Secretary
Middlesex County Toastmasters Club
Members Present: Tom Alvord, Jay Broderick, Anne-Marie Cannata, Jennifer Cimilluca, Siva Digavalli, Charnaie Gordon, Erik Jarboe, John Keppler, Jackie Kirwan, Michael Nicastre, Sally Nicastre, Murugan Pachaiyappan, Ramesh Padavala, Murali Pemmaraju, Rob Schaff.
We were joined by a guest, Krisha Kumar, invited by Murali.
Business Meeting: Charnaie updated us on the club’s progress in the Distinguished Club Program. We have five points so far, and are now a Distinguished Club! Yolanda Lowe joined the club (giving us a point for adding four new members), and we gained another point by turning in our club renewals and officer lists on time.
The Area C5 Humorous and Evaluation Contests will be held on Thursday, October 7th, at the Cromwell Community Toastmasters (7pm). We will be represented in the Humorous Contest by Rob and Michael Nicastre, and in the Evaluation Contest by Rob and Michael O’Brien.
Tom spoke about a hike to be held on Sunday, October 10th at the Hublein Tower on Talcott Mountain in Simsbury at 2pm. All area Toastmasters will be invited. Members will soon be able to get information for upcoming hikes, and sign up, at the website http://www.meetup.com/.
Speechathon:
Our Toastmaster was Tom Alvord.
Jackie led us off with the Word of the Day, “mendacity”: the quality of being mendacious, untruthfulness, tendency to lie, an instance of lying, falsehood. She gave an original quote using the word, then gave a dramatic reading from the play, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”, in which mendacity is a recurring theme.
We had seven prepared speeches:
Siva – “A Walk in the Woods – What I Found by Getting Lost” (evaluated by John). This was Siva’s second speech from the CC manual, “Organize Your Speech.”
Charnaie – “Mega Memory” (evaluated by the group in a round robin evaluation).
Anne-Marie – “Go With Your Gut” (evaluated by the group in a round robin evaluation)
Charnaie and Anne-Marie each spoke from Toastmasters’ advanced manuals.
Erik – “Composting Basics” (evaluated by Rob)
Murugan – “ICD-10” (evaluated by Charnaie)
These were Erik and Murugan’s first speeches since rejoining Middlesex County Toastmasters, and we are so glad to see them both return!
Michael – “Upsides and Downsides” (evaluated by Anne-Marie)
This was Michael’s second speech from the CC manual, “Organize Your Speech”, and the third he has presented to the club overall (the other was his speech in last week’s Humorous Contest).
Jen – “Lessons from the Mouse” (evaluated by the group in a round robin evaluation)
This was Jen’s 10th speech – she has now completed the CC manual!
Our General Evaluator was Murali, who did a great job in his first time in the role.
Our technicians were Jackie (Ah Counter), Anne-Marie (Grammarian), and Jay (Timer).
Respectfully submitted,
Jennifer Cimilluca, Secretary
Middlesex County Toastmasters Club
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