Meeting, Thursday, March 11, 2010 - Middlesex Community College, Room 808 D, Middletown, CT Middlesex Toastmasters Club #8340
Last night we held our International & Tall Tales Speech Contest. If you missed the meeting – you missed a fun time!
Members present: Amy Alvord, Tom Alvord, Jen Cimilluca, Charnaie Gordon, Kay Jeyapalan, John Keppler, Cheryl Mason, Deb Nason, Ramesh Padavala, Emily O’Brien, Mike O’Brien, Dianne Olsen, Murali Pemmaraju, Michael Perlman, Pete Plotica, Rob Schaff, and Arun Sodani. Guests: Barrington Gordon (Charnaie’s husband), Jonathan Martin, Frances Ocansey (Charnaie’s mother-in-law), and Eric Roise.
Jonathan Martin and Eric Roise joined our Club tonight! Welcome Eric and Jonathan!
President Cheryl Mason began the meeting with business. She gave out awards to Dianne Olsen and Rob Schaff. Dianne earned the Competent Communicator (CC) award and Rob earned the Advanced Leader Bronze (ALB) which is quite an achievement. Congratulations Dianne and Rob!
Other business:
· Our Club is in the top 10 in our District for meeting educational goals!
· March 25, Open House, with special guest Jerry Aiyathurai
· April 1, extra meeting, held at The Village at South Farms
· April 8, Area C5 Spring Speech Contest, hosted by our club; also participating will be Cheshire, Cromwell Community, Holy Apostles, and Wallingford Clubs
· If you have not already done so, please submit your dues to John Keppler before April 1 for the six-month renewal
Cheryl was the Contest Master and “expertly” led the speeches.
International Speeches:
Winner – Charnaie Gordon, “Mama Dot”
2nd Place – Mike O’Brien, “Attitudes of Gratitude”
3rd Place – Jen Cimilluca, “When Molasses Ran Fast in January”
Tall Tales
Winner – Tom Alvord
Congratulations to all our contestants! We heard 4 superb speeches. Our best goes out to our winners, Charnaie and Tom as they compete in the Area C5 Spring Contest! In the event that Charnaie would not be able to give her speech, Mike will then compete.
Area Governor, Rob Schaff was the Chief Judge. He did an excellent job explaining all the briefings, rules and results.
Kay Jeyapalan was the Contest Chair who put this meeting all together. Kay did an “outstanding job planning.”
Other roles:
Sargent at Arms: Pete Plotica
Judges: Dianne, John, Murali, and Ramesh
Timers: Deb and Mike
Ballot Counters: Emily and Pete
Thank you to all for your participation in tonight’s Speech Contest. Also, thanks to everyone who brought refreshments – they were very enjoyable!
Jen made an announcement that she is putting together a team of Toastmasters for a Walk Against Hunger to be held on May 2 in Hartford. She is also looking for a savvy name for our team, so if you have any suggestions and/or would like to walk, send her an email.
Comments by visitors:
Barrington “…well thought out, done, and executed…”
Eric (now a member) “…very interesting… great variety…”
Frances “interesting…learned a lot…”
Jonathan (now a member) “…really exciting…enjoyed the stories…”
Respectfully,
Dianne Olsen, Secretary
Middlesex County Toastmasters Club
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Meeting, Thursday, February 25, 2010 - Middlesex Community College, Room 808 D, Middletown, CT Middlesex Toastmasters Club #8340
We held our last meeting on February 25, 2010 with 14 members and 3 guests! Members present: Amy Alvord, Tom Alvord, Ann-Marie Cannata, Jen Cimilluca, Kay Jeyapalan, Cheryl Mason, Emily O’Brien, Mike O’Brien, Dianne Olsen, Murali Pemmaraju, Pete Plotica, Kim Price, Rob Schaff, and Arun Sodani. Guests: Jay Broderick, Erin Mulhern, and Eric Roise.
President Cheryl Mason presented the business:
· Upcoming District Events:
o Spring Contests – Tall Tales & International
o Saturday, May 22, 2010, St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield, CT
· Upcoming Club Events
o March 11, 2010 - Club Speech Contest – Tall Tales & International
o March 25, 2010 - Open House with Guest Speaker Jerry Aiyathurai
o April 1, 2010 – Extra Meeting – Village at South Farms
o April 8, 2010 – Area C5 Contest, Middlesex Hosting
Our Toastmaster was Kay Jeyapalan. You can really see that Kay has grown by leaps and bounds!
Table Topics Master, Jen Cimilluca presented her Table Topics in pictures projected on a screen from her laptop computer. Kim commented on how different it was to speak about displayed pictures. Nice idea, Jen! Participating in Table Topics were Pete, Ann-Marie, Kim, Tom, Michael, Murali, Arun, Erin, Emily, Amy, Rob, and our guest: Jay.
It was a night for our veteran members who gave the speeches, evaluations and general evaluation!
We had 3 excellent speeches by:
Cheryl Mason, (Make Them Laugh), “The Believer”
Rob Schaff, (Organize Your Speech), “Breaking the Rules”
Ann-Mare Cannata, gave an impromptu speech, (Storyteller), “The Scott Story”
General Evaluator was Kim Price and evaluators were:
Arun Sodani for Cheryl
Ann-Marie Cannata for Rob
Tom Alvord for Ann-Marie
Other Roles:
Invocator: Michael O’Brien
Word of the Day: Murali Pemmaraju, “Sedulous”, involving great care and effort
Humorist: Michael O’Brien
Grammarian: Dianne Olsen
Ah Counter: Peter Plotica
Timer: Emily O’Brien
A terrific job done by all. One could say it was a sedulous meeting!
Comments by our guests:
Eric: “My first impression was, is this a cult?...Everybody was so outgoing…I’ll be back!”
Erin: This was her second visit and she has decided to join. She loved “all the stories…the themes seemed to relate to me!”
Jay: “The meeting was very friendly…I will be back…there was a lesson to each speech!”
The following people have signed up to bring food to the Open House on March 25th:
Murali – Chips
Kay – Cookies
Emily – Soda
Kim – Water
Tom - ?
Jen – Fruit
Dianne - ?
We need your help. If you have not already signed up, please contact Dianne and let her know what you can bring. Her address is olsend@wcsu.edu
We held our last meeting on February 25, 2010 with 14 members and 3 guests! Members present: Amy Alvord, Tom Alvord, Ann-Marie Cannata, Jen Cimilluca, Kay Jeyapalan, Cheryl Mason, Emily O’Brien, Mike O’Brien, Dianne Olsen, Murali Pemmaraju, Pete Plotica, Kim Price, Rob Schaff, and Arun Sodani. Guests: Jay Broderick, Erin Mulhern, and Eric Roise.
President Cheryl Mason presented the business:
· Upcoming District Events:
o Spring Contests – Tall Tales & International
o Saturday, May 22, 2010, St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield, CT
· Upcoming Club Events
o March 11, 2010 - Club Speech Contest – Tall Tales & International
o March 25, 2010 - Open House with Guest Speaker Jerry Aiyathurai
o April 1, 2010 – Extra Meeting – Village at South Farms
o April 8, 2010 – Area C5 Contest, Middlesex Hosting
Our Toastmaster was Kay Jeyapalan. You can really see that Kay has grown by leaps and bounds!
Table Topics Master, Jen Cimilluca presented her Table Topics in pictures projected on a screen from her laptop computer. Kim commented on how different it was to speak about displayed pictures. Nice idea, Jen! Participating in Table Topics were Pete, Ann-Marie, Kim, Tom, Michael, Murali, Arun, Erin, Emily, Amy, Rob, and our guest: Jay.
It was a night for our veteran members who gave the speeches, evaluations and general evaluation!
We had 3 excellent speeches by:
Cheryl Mason, (Make Them Laugh), “The Believer”
Rob Schaff, (Organize Your Speech), “Breaking the Rules”
Ann-Mare Cannata, gave an impromptu speech, (Storyteller), “The Scott Story”
General Evaluator was Kim Price and evaluators were:
Arun Sodani for Cheryl
Ann-Marie Cannata for Rob
Tom Alvord for Ann-Marie
Other Roles:
Invocator: Michael O’Brien
Word of the Day: Murali Pemmaraju, “Sedulous”, involving great care and effort
Humorist: Michael O’Brien
Grammarian: Dianne Olsen
Ah Counter: Peter Plotica
Timer: Emily O’Brien
A terrific job done by all. One could say it was a sedulous meeting!
Comments by our guests:
Eric: “My first impression was, is this a cult?...Everybody was so outgoing…I’ll be back!”
Erin: This was her second visit and she has decided to join. She loved “all the stories…the themes seemed to relate to me!”
Jay: “The meeting was very friendly…I will be back…there was a lesson to each speech!”
The following people have signed up to bring food to the Open House on March 25th:
Murali – Chips
Kay – Cookies
Emily – Soda
Kim – Water
Tom - ?
Jen – Fruit
Dianne - ?
We need your help. If you have not already signed up, please contact Dianne and let her know what you can bring. Her address is olsend@wcsu.edu
Monday, February 22, 2010
Meeting, Thursday, February 11, 2010 - Middlesex Community College, Room 808 D, Middletown, CT Middlesex Toastmasters Club #8340
Our last meeting was held on February 10, 2010 at Middlesex Community College. It was a full house and a very exciting meeting!
Members present: Amy Alvord, Tom Alvord, Anne-Marie Cannata, Jen Cimilluca, Craig Fresher, Charnaie Gordon, Kay Jeyapalan, John Keppler, Cheryl Mason, Pam Mulready, Deb Nason, Dianne Olsen, Kim Price, Murali Pemmaraju, Pete Plotica, and Rob Schaff. Our guests were: Bob Briggs, Monica Lozano, Erin Mulhern, and Sarada Pemmaraju (Murali’s wife).
Two memorable events have recently occurred for two of our members. Kim Price had his 2nd grandchild and Ramesh had a baby girl born on Valentine’s Day! Congratulations to both of you!
President Cheryl Mason led the meeting with announcements:
· Snow cancellations: We follow the MxCC College class cancellation policy. If classes are cancelled, we will not meet. The Web site features a red bar that will appear on the home page when the determination is made to close classes. http://www.mxctc.commnet.edu/
· Amy Alvord is our newest member! Welcome Amy!
· Bowling Event: our Club recently had a bowling event and 5/6 lanes were filled! High scorers were: Tom, Jen, and Barry (Charnaie’s husband).
· Our Club has achieved 8/10 goals for the President’s Distinguished Club status
· Saturday, May 22, will be the District Spring Conference, St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield, CT
· Rename the District 53 Yankee Activator Newsletter! All toastmasters are invited to submit a new title by March 31st. The winner will be awarded a $25 gift credit to the Toastmasters store and a $20 gift card to Borders Bookstore. For more info: http:www.district53toastmasters.org/index.php/district-newsletter or http:www.district53toastmasters.org/file_cabinet/YA/YA10_winter.51.46.pdf
Vice President Charnaie Gordon also had announcements:
· Congratulations to Deb Nason for receiving a district awarded certificate for completing ½ of her CC manual!
· March 11 – Club Speech Contest – International & Tall Tales – please sign up for a role!
· March 25 - Open House will be at Middlesex Community College, room 808 A&B. We will have a guest speaker, Jerry Aiyathurai, and are looking for past guests to come. If you know any that you would personally like to invite, please do so. We also need people to help out with refreshments.
· April 8th – Area C5 Contest, International & Tall Tales, hosted by Middlesex at MxCC.
Area Governor Rob Schaff was our Toastmaster for the evening. He did an excellent job, managing to fit 5 speeches in and still have Table Topics!
Table Topics Master, Pam Mulready had a variety of questions she pulled off the Internet, and prospective speakers pulled them randomly out of a bag. John, Kay, Anne-Marie, Craig, Amy, Tom, Kim, Pete, and 2 of our guests, Erin and Monica, all participated.
Five very different and wonderful speeches were given as follows:
Jennifer Cimilluca – (Persuade with Power) - The Mission of Mercy
Deborah Nason – (Vocal Variety) - Putting It Out There
Dianne Olsen – (Research Your Topic) – The Germs Lurking Around You (This was Dianne’s 10th and final speech in the CC manual!)
Murali Pemmaraju – (Get to the Point) – Global “Warming”, or is it “Cooling”?
Kay Jeyapalan –(Vocal Variety) – One Memorable Day of the Past
General Evaluator for the evening was Anne-Marie Cannata. Anne-Marie graciously volunteered for this role at the last minute and did a terrific job! Fantastic evaluations were done by the following:
For Jen: Tom Alvord
For Deb: John Keppler
For Dianne: Craig Fresher
For Murali: Charnaie Gordon
For Kay: Kim Price
Other roles:
Wordmaster: Pete Plotica – “Ubiquitous” – being or seeming to be present everywhere.
Ah-Counter: Amy Alvord
Grammarian: Pam Mulready
Timer: Cheryl Mason
At the end of the meeting, our guests were asked if they had any comments to make. They summed it up very nicely with these “ubiquitous” comments
Bob – “the meeting was interesting;”
Monica – “people learn to express themselves;”
Sarada – “it was very good, Table Topics was really nice;”
Erin – “pleasantly surprised.”
Our last meeting was held on February 10, 2010 at Middlesex Community College. It was a full house and a very exciting meeting!
Members present: Amy Alvord, Tom Alvord, Anne-Marie Cannata, Jen Cimilluca, Craig Fresher, Charnaie Gordon, Kay Jeyapalan, John Keppler, Cheryl Mason, Pam Mulready, Deb Nason, Dianne Olsen, Kim Price, Murali Pemmaraju, Pete Plotica, and Rob Schaff. Our guests were: Bob Briggs, Monica Lozano, Erin Mulhern, and Sarada Pemmaraju (Murali’s wife).
Two memorable events have recently occurred for two of our members. Kim Price had his 2nd grandchild and Ramesh had a baby girl born on Valentine’s Day! Congratulations to both of you!
President Cheryl Mason led the meeting with announcements:
· Snow cancellations: We follow the MxCC Co
llege class cancellation policy. If classes are cancelled, we will not meet. The Web site features a red bar that will appear on the home page when the determination is made to close classes. http://www.mxctc.commnet.edu/· Amy Alvord is our newest member! Welcome Amy!
· Bowling Event: our Club recently had a bowling event and 5/6 lanes were filled! High scorers were: Tom, Jen, and Barry (Charnaie’s husband).
· Our Club has achieved 8/10 goals for the President’s Distinguished Club status
· Saturday, May 22, will be the District Spring Conference, St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield, CT
· Rename the District 53 Yankee Activator Newsletter! All toastmasters are invited to submit a new title by March 31st. The winner will be awarded a $25 gift credit to the Toastmasters store and a $20 gift card to Borders Bookstore. For more info: http:www.district53toastmasters.org/index.php/district-newsletter or http:www.district53toastmasters.org/file_cabinet/YA/YA10_winter.51.46.pdf
Vice President Charnaie Gordon also had announcements:
· Congratulations to Deb Nason for receiving a district awarded certificate for completing ½ of her CC manual!
· March 11 – Club Speech Contest – International & Tall Tales – please sign up for a role!
· March 25 - Open House will be at Middlesex Community College, room 808 A&B. We will have a guest speaker, Jerry Aiyathurai, and are looking for past guests to come. If you know any that you would personally like to invite, please do so. We also need people to help out with refreshments.
· April 8th – Area C5 Contest, International & Tall Tales, hosted by Middlesex at MxCC.
Area Governor Rob Schaff was our Toastmaster for the evening. He did an excellent job, managing to fit 5 speeches in and still have Table Topics!
Table Topics Master, Pam Mulready had a variety of questions she pulled off the Internet, and prospective speakers pulled them randomly out of a bag. John, Kay, Anne-Marie, Craig, Amy, Tom, Kim, Pete, and 2 of our guests, Erin and Monica, all participated.
Five very different and wonderful speeches were given as follows:
Jennifer Cimilluca – (Persuade with Power) - The Mission of Mercy
Deborah Nason – (Vocal Variety) - Putting It Out There
Dianne Olsen – (Research Your Topic) – The Germs Lurking Around You (This was Dianne’s 10th and final speech in the CC manual!)
Murali Pemmaraju – (Get to the Point) – Global “Warming”, or is it “Cooling”?
Kay Jeyapalan –(Vocal Variety) – One Memorable Day of the Past
General Evaluator for the evening was Anne-Marie Cannata. Anne-Marie graciously volunteered for this role at the last minute and did a terrific job! Fantastic evaluations were done by the following:
For Jen: Tom Alvord
For Deb: John Keppler
For Dianne: Craig Fresher
For Murali: Charnaie Gordon
For Kay: Kim Price
Other roles:
Wordmaster: Pete Plotica – “Ubiquitous” – being or seeming to be present everywhere.
Ah-Counter: Amy Alvord
Grammarian: Pam Mulready
Timer: Cheryl Mason
At the end of the meeting, our guests were asked if they had any comments to make. They summed it up very nicely with these “ubiquitous” comments
Bob – “the meeting was interesting;”
Monica – “people learn to express themselves;”
Sarada – “it was very good, Table Topics was really nice;”
Erin – “pleasantly surprised.”
Friday, January 29, 2010
Meeting, Thursday, January 28, 2010 - Middlesex Community College, Room 808 D, Middletown, CT Middlesex Toastmasters Club #8340
The roads were pretty slippery tonight with the light snow coming down, so understandably a number of people were unable to make it to the meeting.
For those of us that did, it was a GREAT meeting! We played "fill in the roster" with all kinds of changes from our original program, and had lots of fun nonetheless.
Meeting Theme: Properly Set Goals Aid Success
We had 10 members attending: Amy A., Tom A., Ana B., Craig F., John K., C. Mason, Murali P., Pete P., Kim P., Rob S.
Toastmaster: Cheryl Mason
Opening Remarks / Business Meeting:
Welcome to Amy Alvord, our newest Middlesex Member! Amy was presented with a Toastmasters pin and a warm round of applause.
Cheryl talked about some of the highlights from the District 53 Jan Jam event in Hartford last weekend, including the fun music (our own Tom Alvord provided entertaining performances -- check these links to see more!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzqH1o9HlTk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg3x-Pkuxb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2S351BzGtQ
Mary Cheyne gave her International Speech Contest speech as well as a motivational 45-minute speech about her journey to the international stage as well as some very useful lessons she learned along the way.
Flyers were provided for the District 53 Spring Conference, & DTM guide (will bring copies again next meeting).
DCP Status -- Middlesex Club has earned 8 of 10 Points (2 remain, and are quite achievable -- we need only 1 more new member and 2 more CCs!)
Upcoming Club Events:
Feb 2nd - Officer's Meeting (feel free to send any comments or suggestions to any of the club officers, for discussion at the meeting).
Feb 6th Bowling Event (sign up using the on-line roster)
March 11 - Club Speech Contest, March 25 - Open House with Guest Speaker Jerry A.
Upcoming District Events: May 22, 2010 Spring Conference, St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield, CT
Table Topics - Craig Fresher. Table Topics were related to the goal oriented meeting theme and were lots of fun.
Word of the Day - Pete Plotica, curmudgeon, a difficult, bad-termpered person, a grump!
Invocator - Tom Alvord
Humorist - Murali Pemmaraju
General Evaluator - Pete Plotica
Timer - Pete Plotica
Grammarian - Kim Price & Amy Alvord
Ah Counter - Amy Alvord
We had 4 excellent speeches given:
Speaker 1 - Tom Alvord, "Shet" -- A Truly Captivating Story about a Man's Best Friend
Speaker 2 - Ana Bowman, "The Family Map" -- Informative Speech About Technology & How It Helps Her Family
Speaker 3 - Rob Schaff, "Goal Setting & Planning" -- a Leadership Excellence Series Speech, Given With Practical Tips
Speaker 4 - Kim Price, "Grampy" -- All About The Great Experience of Welcoming Baby John Michael Chapin, His Grandson Born Yesterday Morning. CONGRATULATIONS, KIM!
Speech Evaluators:
Evaluator 1 - Kim Price
Evaluator 2 - John Keppler
Evaluator 3 - Craig Fresher
Evaluator 4 - Tom Alvord
Everyone did such a great job being flexible and adjusting the agenda, including Tom & Kim who agreed to give speeches tonight, John and Tom who jumped in as Speech Evaluators, Amy who helped to cover both Ah Counter & Grammarian roles, and Craig who put together engaging Table Topics! It turned out to be a great meeting.
Meeting ended approx. 8:45 p.m.
The roads were pretty slippery tonight with the light snow coming down, so understandably a number of people were unable to make it to the meeting.
For those of us that did, it was a GREAT meeting! We played "fill in the roster" with all kinds of changes from our original program, and had lots of fun nonetheless.
Meeting Theme: Properly Set Goals Aid Success
We had 10 members attending: Amy A., Tom A., Ana B., Craig F., John K., C. Mason, Murali P., Pete P., Kim P., Rob S.
Toastmaster: Cheryl Mason
Opening Remarks / Business Meeting:
Welcome to Amy Alvord, our newest Middlesex Member! Amy was presented with a Toastmasters pin and a warm round of applause.
Cheryl talked about some of the highlights from the District 53 Jan Jam event in Hartford last weekend, including the fun music (our own Tom Alvord provided entertaining performances -- check these links to see more!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzqH1o9HlTk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg3x-Pkuxb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2S351BzGtQ
Mary Cheyne gave her International Speech Contest speech as well as a motivational 45-minute speech about her journey to the international stage as well as some very useful lessons she learned along the way.
Flyers were provided for the District 53 Spring Conference, & DTM guide (will bring copies again next meeting).
DCP Status -- Middlesex Club has earned 8 of 10 Points (2 remain, and are quite achievable -- we need only 1 more new member and 2 more CCs!)
Upcoming Club Events:
Feb 2nd - Officer's Meeting (feel free to send any comments or suggestions to any of the club officers, for discussion at the meeting).
Feb 6th Bowling Event (sign up using the on-line roster)
March 11 - Club Speech Contest, March 25 - Open House with Guest Speaker Jerry A.
Upcoming District Events: May 22, 2010 Spring Conference, St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield, CT
Table Topics - Craig Fresher. Table Topics were related to the goal oriented meeting theme and were lots of fun.
Word of the Day - Pete Plotica, curmudgeon, a difficult, bad-termpered person, a grump!
Invocator - Tom Alvord
Humorist - Murali Pemmaraju
General Evaluator - Pete Plotica
Timer - Pete Plotica
Grammarian - Kim Price & Amy Alvord
Ah Counter - Amy Alvord
We had 4 excellent speeches given:
Speaker 1 - Tom Alvord, "Shet" -- A Truly Captivating Story about a Man's Best Friend
Speaker 2 - Ana Bowman, "The Family Map" -- Informative Speech About Technology & How It Helps Her Family
Speaker 3 - Rob Schaff, "Goal Setting & Planning" -- a Leadership Excellence Series Speech, Given With Practical Tips
Speaker 4 - Kim Price, "Grampy" -- All About The Great Experience of Welcoming Baby John Michael Chapin, His Grandson Born Yesterday Morning. CONGRATULATIONS, KIM!
Speech Evaluators:
Evaluator 1 - Kim Price
Evaluator 2 - John Keppler
Evaluator 3 - Craig Fresher
Evaluator 4 - Tom Alvord
Everyone did such a great job being flexible and adjusting the agenda, including Tom & Kim who agreed to give speeches tonight, John and Tom who jumped in as Speech Evaluators, Amy who helped to cover both Ah Counter & Grammarian roles, and Craig who put together engaging Table Topics! It turned out to be a great meeting.
Meeting ended approx. 8:45 p.m.
Meeting, Thursday, January 14, 2010 - Middlesex Community College, Room 808 D, Middletown, CT Middlesex Toastmasters Club #8340
Our 1/14 meeting was the first one of the new year at Middlesex College, and was well attended and lots of fun!
The room dividers were down, so we had a very large meeting space to work with. We set up the large round tables close to back wall, and acoustics were not a problem at all. It was a nice change.
Meeting Theme: Creating an Extraordinary Career Path
We had 20 attendees.
Members attending (12) - Tom A., Ana B., Jennifer C., Craig F., Charnaie G., John K., C. Mason, D. Nason, M. O'Brien, Murugan P., Kim P., Rob S.
Visitors attending (8) - Amy A., Seth G., Jay B., Sharon R., and from Mass Mutual: Michael L., wife Virginia, Jon Toner, Richard Chang
Mass Mutual visitors participated in the meeting and successfully captured gavel Drew from our Club.
Toastmaster: Charnaie Gordon
Opening Remarks: Given by Cheryl Mason, included comments about the successful Speech-a-Thon held on 1/7 at the Cromwell Town Hall, which was an event that combined both the Middlesex & Cromwell Community Toastmaster Clubs. At the Speech-a-thon, speeches were given by Charnaie G., Pam M., Ron Reeve, Murali P., Rob S., and Murugan P. The event was very successful, and Cheryl gave thanks of appreciation to Charnaie Gordon for all her efforts with coordinating the event.
DCP Status -- 4 officers attended training in December, Middlesex Club has now earned 8 of 10 Points (2 remain, and are quite achievable -- we need 2 more new members and 2 more CCs!)
Upcoming District Events: Jan 23rd is the Jan Jam, and our own Tom A. gave us some info about the event, and he will be performing!
Upcoming Club Events: Feb 6th Bowling Event (sign up using the on-line roster)
March 11 - Club Speech Contest, March 25 - Open House with Guest Speaker Jerry A.
Charnaie led the meeting with inspriational thoughts related to the meeting theme, and introduced each of the roles for the meeting. At the end of the meeting, one of our guests commented that he really enjoyed her opening remarks!
Table Topics - Tom Alvord. Table Topics were related to the Career theme, and questions involved many of our guests, a great way to encourage their participation and (hopefully) future involvement with our club!
Word of the Day - Kim Price, who provided lots of entertainment with his unveiling of the special word
Invocator - Michael Lavery
Humorist - Jon Toner
General Evaluator - Jon Toner
Timer - Craig Fresher
Grammarian - John Keppler
Ah Counter - Murugan P.
We had 4 excellent speeches given:
Speaker 1 - Craig Fresher, "Energy Game Changers"
Speaker 2 - Jennifer Cimilluca, "When Molasses Ran Fast in January"
Speaker 3 - Deborah Nason, "Perfect Pitch"
Speaker 4 - Michael O'Brien, "First Day on the Job"
Speech Evaluators:
Evaluator 1 - Rob Schaff
Evaluator 2 - Ana Bowman
Evaluator 3 - Richard Chang
Evaluator 4 - Cheryl Mason
Meeting was ended promptly at 9 p.m.
Gavel handover to our visitors from Mass Mutual concluded the meeting.
Click here for the picture and story on the D53 website!
http://www.district53toastmasters.org/index.php/traveling-gavel/travelin-gavel-news
Our 1/14 meeting was the first one of the new year at Middlesex College, and was well attended and lots of fun!
The room dividers were down, so we had a very large meeting space to work with. We set up the large round tables close to back wall, and acoustics were not a problem at all. It was a nice change.
Meeting Theme: Creating an Extraordinary Career Path
We had 20 attendees.
Members attending (12) - Tom A., Ana B., Jennifer C., Craig F., Charnaie G., John K., C. Mason, D. Nason, M. O'Brien, Murugan P., Kim P., Rob S.
Visitors attending (8) - Amy A., Seth G., Jay B., Sharon R., and from Mass Mutual: Michael L., wife Virginia, Jon Toner, Richard Chang
Mass Mutual visitors participated in the meeting and successfully captured gavel Drew from our Club.
Toastmaster: Charnaie Gordon
Opening Remarks: Given by Cheryl Mason, included comments about the successful Speech-a-Thon held on 1/7 at the Cromwell Town Hall, which was an event that combined both the Middlesex & Cromwell Community Toastmaster Clubs. At the Speech-a-thon, speeches were given by Charnaie G., Pam M., Ron Reeve, Murali P., Rob S., and Murugan P. The event was very successful, and Cheryl gave thanks of appreciation to Charnaie Gordon for all her efforts with coordinating the event.
DCP Status -- 4 officers attended training in December, Middlesex Club has now earned 8 of 10 Points (2 remain, and are quite achievable -- we need 2 more new members and 2 more CCs!)
Upcoming District Events: Jan 23rd is the Jan Jam, and our own Tom A. gave us some info about the event, and he will be performing!
Upcoming Club Events: Feb 6th Bowling Event (sign up using the on-line roster)
March 11 - Club Speech Contest, March 25 - Open House with Guest Speaker Jerry A.
Charnaie led the meeting with inspriational thoughts related to the meeting theme, and introduced each of the roles for the meeting. At the end of the meeting, one of our guests commented that he really enjoyed her opening remarks!
Table Topics - Tom Alvord. Table Topics were related to the Career theme, and questions involved many of our guests, a great way to encourage their participation and (hopefully) future involvement with our club!
Word of the Day - Kim Price, who provided lots of entertainment with his unveiling of the special word
Invocator - Michael Lavery
Humorist - Jon Toner
General Evaluator - Jon Toner
Timer - Craig Fresher
Grammarian - John Keppler
Ah Counter - Murugan P.
We had 4 excellent speeches given:
Speaker 1 - Craig Fresher, "Energy Game Changers"
Speaker 2 - Jennifer Cimilluca, "When Molasses Ran Fast in January"
Speaker 3 - Deborah Nason, "Perfect Pitch"
Speaker 4 - Michael O'Brien, "First Day on the Job"
Speech Evaluators:
Evaluator 1 - Rob Schaff
Evaluator 2 - Ana Bowman
Evaluator 3 - Richard Chang
Evaluator 4 - Cheryl Mason
Meeting was ended promptly at 9 p.m.
Gavel handover to our visitors from Mass Mutual concluded the meeting.
Click here for the picture and story on the D53 website!
http://www.district53toastmasters.org/index.php/traveling-gavel/travelin-gavel-news
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Winter Speech-A-Thon was a Great Success Packed with Humor!
Middlesex and Cromwell Toastmasters joined together for a Speech-A-Thon on January 7, 2010 at the Cromwell Town Hall. The Speech-A-Thon meeting format is a variation of the standard meeting format, and is organized from time to time by toastmasters’ clubs around the world to facilitate the completion of speeches by members so they can achieve their educational goals.
There were 7 well-prepared, entertaining speeches given by 7 ebullient speakers. Humor overflowed in speech after speech. The audience was greatly entertained by each of the fascinating, personal stories told. Speech topics were varied, and included unique vacationing experiences with the in-laws, being trapped in a chimney, the day Neil Diamond Called, the challenges of communication between women and men, time management, and an inspirational informative speech titled "That's the Spirit" among others. All speakers captured the audience by the powerful use of real-life stories in their speeches, and also received constructive feedback from other toastmasters that served as their evaluators.
Be a guest at an upcoming club meeting and explore your communication and leadership potential! Visitors are always welcome.
Middlesex and Cromwell Toastmasters joined together for a Speech-A-Thon on January 7, 2010 at the Cromwell Town Hall. The Speech-A-Thon meeting format is a variation of the standard meeting format, and is organized from time to time by toastmasters’ clubs around the world to facilitate the completion of speeches by members so they can achieve their educational goals.
There were 7 well-prepared, entertaining speeches given by 7 ebullient speakers. Humor overflowed in speech after speech. The audience was greatly entertained by each of the fascinating, personal stories told. Speech topics were varied, and included unique vacationing experiences with the in-laws, being trapped in a chimney, the day Neil Diamond Called, the challenges of communication between women and men, time management, and an inspirational informative speech titled "That's the Spirit" among others. All speakers captured the audience by the powerful use of real-life stories in their speeches, and also received constructive feedback from other toastmasters that served as their evaluators.
Be a guest at an upcoming club meeting and explore your communication and leadership potential! Visitors are always welcome.
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