San Diego High School is WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 not Thursday.
I misspoke when I said that the second workshop at San Diego High
School would be on May 5, because it's actually on Wednesday, May 4
from 9-11. We had a phenomenal session today, and the seniors seemed to really
appreciate the support. Special thanks to Jim Tucker, Stephen Jaworski, Cher Vargas and Darcy
Konold for participating today. Anyone is welcome to attend and participate. San Diego High School is
located right at the 163 and Park Blvd between the Navy Hospital and
City College. Park in visitor parking in the front lot. Location: When you come to the main office, tell them you're doing a
workshop in the particular school, and they'll direct you the correct
location. San Diego High School is located at the edge of downtown San Diego,
less than a mile from historic Balboa Park, and right next to San Diego
City College. San Diego High School
1405 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92101 Program: The focus of the workshop is to help the seniors achieve the
requirement of giving an oral presentation to a panel of 5 adults. The workshop will spend much of the time helping the students determine
what to talk about. Since they can really talk about anything, I'm
going to ask them to focus on one individual, one story or one
experience that they learned one lesson from. After speaking with several students, I found that the subject matter
was the most challenging. My presentation also covers:
- What to wear
- How to write an opening statement
- How to write a closing statement
- Putting together an outline
- Using props and PowerPoint I'd like you to perhaps speak on body language, vocal variety, eye
contact, relaxing before getting up, or any other basic TM topics. You won't really need to prepare anything. I will have handouts and a
PowerPoint outline. My cell phone is (760) 579-1005. Don't hesitate to ask questions.
Century Toastmasters Meeting Minutes 4-27-05
Century Toastmasters Meeting Minutes 4-27-05 Theme: Wordplay
WOW: Conundrum – a riddle; something puzzling, confusing or mysterious President Dick Larkin began the meeting with great attendance before handing the Toastmaster duty over to Stephen Jaworski. Stephen asked everyone to stand up and introduce him or herself and tell about a common conundrum in life. Turns out Century Toastmasters are puzzled by their own children, spouses, why hamburgers are called hamburgers, and many other things. VP of Membership Byron Shovlain had the honor of inducting four new members into Toastmasters, Maria Bastian, Tanya Fragomeno, Darcy Konold, and Rhonda Walthall. The new members took their New Member Pledge and the current members gave their pledge to the new members. We are grateful to have our new, active members. Allison Converse, completing her CTM 6, gave a speech about the “words of our lives.” She explained her love of words, especially words that make her think of things that are lovely. Allison has a great appreciation for education, and expanding one’s vocabulary, and worries that for children today words are empty and sporadic. With compassion, vigor, and enthusiasm, she gave us all something to think about. Next, completing her CTM 1 speech, the Icebreaker, Rhonda Walthall introduced us all to herself. Titled “My Life So Far,” Rhonda did impressively well for her first speech, and did not use any notes. Growing up in southern Ohio, Rhonda learned at an early age with her brother and sister how to laugh at herself. She is a self-titled middle child over achiever, and was the first in her family to attend college. She graduated from Purdue with a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering and worked for McDonald Douglas in Long Beach, and had the opportunity to work on the C-17, allowing her to be the first civilian woman to fly the plane. She met her husband Larry while living in Minnesota, and likes cats, dogs and scuba diving. She moved to San Diego in August 2003, and now enjoys carpooling with her husband to work, and being a grandmother. Her next goal is to learn how to play the guitar. Another new member spoke today, Darcy Konold, delivering a speech titled “Life Lessons from the Wizard of Oz,” from the ATM Silver Manual. Darcy posed a question at the beginning of her speech asking audience members if we like treasure hunts. Darcy herself enjoys treasure hunts, and has found the movie Wizard of Oz to be a chest full of life lesson treasures. One of the lessons she’s learned was from the good fairy. Dorothy always had the power to go home, “she had to learn it for herself.” Darcy encouraged us to go on treasure hunts ourselves for life lessons. Matt Greenbergs served as General Evaluator, Andres Acosta evaluated Allison’s speech, Joe Stewart evaluated Rhonda’s speech, and Don Wiggins evaluated Darcy’s. Doug Goodman was the Grammarian/Ah Counter, noting that everyone used the word of the week, and Amir Sherif acted as timer. Darcy won Best Speaker and Don won Best Evaluator. Congratulations to Jim Tucker for moving on in the International Speech Contest! He competes in District 5 on May 21. The next Century Toastmasters meeting is Wednesday, May 4, at noon, Century Park, Building 4, room 4120C. We hope to see you there!
Century Toastmasters Meeting Agenda 4-27-05
Please let me and Joe (joe.stewart@twp.cc) know if you'd like to fill in for an open position. CENTURY TOASTMASTERS CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, You CAN“ Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2005 12 NOON TO 1:00 P.M. San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C Theme: Wordplay
WOW: Conundrum – a riddle; something puzzling, confusing, or mysterious 12:05 CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGE Jude Awiylika OPEN MEETING Dick Larkin 12:10 TOASTMASTER Dick Larkin 12:12 SELF INTRODUCTIONS All 12:15 EDUCATIONAL MOMENT New Member Induction – Byron S.
12:20 SPEAKER #1 Allison Converse, CTM 4 12:28 SPEAKER #2 Rhonda Walthall, CTM 1 12:36 SPEAKER #3 Darcy Konold, ATM-S 1
12:46 GENERAL EVALUATOR Open
EVALUATOR #1 Open
EVALUATOR #2 Open
EVALUATOR #3 Open
GRAMMARIAN/AH COUNTER Open
TIMER Open 12:55 TOASTMASTER - PRESENT AWARDS Dick Larkin 12:58 BUSINESS WRAP UP Dick Larkin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE – Wednesday May 4, Building 4, Room 4120C Toastmaster: Open Grammarian/Ah Counter: Open
Educational Moment: Darcy Konold General Evaluator: Open
Speaker #1: Jill Pasqualetto, CTM 2 Evaluator #1: Open
Speaker #2: Jude Awiylika, CTM 4 Evaluator #2: Open
Speaker #3: Dee Williams, CTM 6 Evaluator #3: Open
Table Topics Master: Open Timer: Open
2005-2006 Charger Girl Speechcraft
I received the following message from Martin Olmeda requesting assistance from our club members.
| DIck; Please distribute to the entire club membership. I have recently agreed to host a speechcraft for this years 28 charger girls. This will be a 6 week program meeting for 1 to 1 1/2 hours one day a week. I coordinated their first speechcraft a few years ago and they have asked Toastmasters back. A demonstration meeting will be this weekend, Saturday (May 30th) at the Mission Valley Hilton starting at 8:15 am. A breakfast is scheduled starting at 7:30 am. So I'm looking for volunteers (not just the guys) to help make this a memorable and rewarding experience for the girls. They do alot of public speaking as part of their community outreach programs. My plan for this weekend is to do introductions about what Toastmasters is and what it can do for them. I have asked Jim Tucker to do his award winning speech for the girls and I need an evaluator for him. I also plan to conduct a round robin speech evaluation by the girls to Jim. The next item is to conduct table topics and to attempt to involve as many of the 28 charger girls as possible. The end will be a question and answer session with Tammy (their director) to answer any specifics. At the end of the demo meeting I will meet with Tammy and setup the subsequent next 6 meetings which I would greatly fully appreciate any and all help. I can tell you that these yound ladies are extremely bright and have amazing stories to tell you about their achievements and plans to make the world a better place. If any Century Park Toastmaster is interested please let me know otherwise I will have to open it up to the District and I would rather have this be a club event. Thanks in advance; Martin Olmeda Contract Administrator/ VMS Listing Supervisor
Office: 858-654-8617
Cell: 619-921-2244
Fax: 858-650-4080
Pager: 619-978-3837 MOlmeda@semprautilities.com
"You must do the thing you think you cannot do!" Eleanor Roosevelt | | |
Century Toastmasters Meeting Minutes 4-20-05
Century Toastmasters Meeting Minutes 4-20-05 Theme: Keeping cool
WOW: Composure – calm and steady control over emotions Sergeant in Arms Jude Awiylika began the meeting on time with the Pledge of Allegiance. President Dick Larkin made several announcements before leaving for a special engagement. In the next couple of weeks, Century Toastmasters will be trying a new way to schedule members for speeches and functionary positions in meetings. Joe Stewart will schedule people for positions on a rotational basis. The purpose in trying this is to help members get experience trying new things in the club, and to help people better reach their goals in Toastmasters. More details will come soon. Dick also announced that he is helping students at San Diego High School by facilitating workshops on how to be a better speaker. He’ll be there April 28 and May 4, from 9-11 a.m. You may email or call him (760-579-1005) if you’re interested in volunteering and assisting. He’ll take as many people as want to volunteer. Byron Shovlain soon stepped in as Toastmaster and introduced the theme and word of the week. He mentioned that with speaking, preparation and practice brings confidence and composure. Very true. He asked everyone to stand up and introduce him or herself and explain how he or she maintains composure. Some responses included exercise, meditation, anticipation, getting to places early, thinking positively, and not stressing out over the small things. I (Molly Frisbie) delivered an Educational Moment on “10 Tips for Successful Public Speaking.” Tony Gutierrez presented his CL 2 speech, completing the series. Congratulations Tony! It is a big boost for the club. Tony talked about the promises of a Toastmaster. He asked us to close our eyes and remember why we joined Toastmasters and what our original goals were. Then he asked if we’re achieving our goals. If so, great, if not, it’s never too late to evaluate where you are and how you can eventually reach your goals. Tony’s speech served as a great reminder to all that it’s so important to remember why we are at Toastmasters, and if our actions match our goals and dreams as a member. Jude led the group as Table Topics Master, first telling a story of how he kept his composure as a boy facing a big and scary dog. Stephen Jaworski told a story of officiating high school basketball when his composure was tested. Doug Goodman spoke of his dog Deacon that also has the capability of acting as a guard dog. Darcy Konold and myself answered two of Jude’s questions involving somewhat scary circumstances. Thank you Jude for your inventiveness and enthusiasm. Dee Williams served as General Evaluator, Darcy evaluated Tony’s speech, Amir Sherif was the Grammarian/Ah Counter, and Jose de la Torre acted as timer. Tony won Best Speaker and Stephen won Best Table Topics. We also welcomed Tony’s friend from San Francisco, Antonio, to the meeting. The next Century Toastmasters meeting is Wednesday, April 27, at noon, Century Park, Building 4, room 4120C. We hope to see you there!
Century Toastmasters Meeting Agenda 4-20-05
Please let me know if you'd like to fill in for an OPEN position. CENTURY TOASTMASTERS CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, You CAN“ Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com WEDNESDAY, April 20, 2005 12 NOON TO 1:00 P.M. San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C Theme: Keeping cool
WOW: Composure – calm and steady control over emotions 12:05 CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGE Jude Awiylika OPEN MEETING Dick Larkin 12:10 TOASTMASTER Byron Shovlain 12:12 SELF INTRODUCTIONS All
12:17 SPEAKER #1 Tony Gutierrez, CL 2 12:27 SPEAKER #2 Molly Frisbie, CTM 6 12:35 SPEAKER #3 Andres Acosta, CTM 2
12:45 GENERAL EVALUATOR Dee Williams
EVALUATOR #1 Darcy Konold
EVALUATOR #2 Doug Goodman
EVALUATOR #3 Open
GRAMMARIAN/AH COUNTER Open
TIMER Open 12:55 TOASTMASTER - PRESENT AWARDS Byron Shovlain 12:58 BUSINESS WRAP UP Dick Larkin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE – Wednesday April 27, Building 4, Room 4120C Toastmaster: Dick Larkin Grammarian/Ah Counter: Open
Educational Moment: New Member Induction General Evaluator: Open
Speaker #1: Allison Converse, CTM 4 Evaluator #1: Open
Speaker #2: Rhonda Walthall, CTM 1 Evaluator #2: Open
Speaker #3: Darcy Konold, ATM-S 1 Evaluator #3: Open
Table Topics Master: Open Timer: Open
Century Toastmasters Meeting Minutes 4-13-05
Century Toastmasters Meeting Minutes 4-13-05 Theme: Thomas Jefferson
WOW: Revolutionary – so new and different as to cause a major change in something Eleven people came to the Century Toastmasters meeting, going where very few have gone before… participating in a meeting with no speakers. With last minute changes and cancellations, attendees knew very little of what to expect. But the Toastmaster of the day, Darcy Konold, and everyone else present, did a fine job of participating and being flexible with the meeting. Darcy started off the meeting with giving us a good introduction to the revolutionary person Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson invented the first copy machine, devised the monetary decimal system we use today, was the first to study fossil bones, designed music stands for four instruments, invented many other things we still use today, and on top of that acted as a founding father, writing the Declaration of Independence and serving as President of the United States. His accomplishments are truly inspiring. Darcy led the group with self introductions. Two guests were present, Tanya Fragomeno, visiting for her second time, and Sabrina, visiting her first time. Also in attendance were new members Maria Bastian and Rhonda Walthall. After introductions Joe Stewart led Table Topics, asking Doug Goodman, Tony Gutierrez, Tanya, and Rhonda some engaging questions. With no speeches to evaluate, the evaluation team consisting of me (Molly), Tony, Rhonda, and Doug, took the time to explain the various functionary positions in a meeting. Joe made an announcement about the Central Division Speech Contest on April 23 at Solar Turbines at 1 p.m., with Century Toastmasters members Jim Tucker and Martin Olmeda competing. Contact Joe if you’d like more information about attending. Doug won Best Table Topics Speaker and Darcy closed the meeting with some more fun facts about Thomas Jefferson. The next Century Toastmasters meeting is Wednesday, April 20, at noon, Century Park, Building 4, room 4120C. We hope to see you there!
Century Toastmasters Meeting Agenda 4-13-05
There are still speaker spots open if anyone's interested, and other positions as well. Also, someone could do an Educational Moment. Please email myself or Joe Stewart (Joe.Stewart@twp.cc) if you're interested. Thanks CENTURY TOASTMASTERS CLUB 9273 – Vision statement “YES, You CAN“ Club website: www.centurytoastmasters.com WEDNESDAY, April 13, 2005 12 NOON TO 1:00 P.M. San Diego Gas & Electric, 8306 Century Park Court, Building 4, 4120C Theme: Thomas Jefferson
WOW: Revolutionary – so new and different as to cause a major change in something 12:05 CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGE Jude Awiylika
OPEN MEETING Dick Larkin 12:10 TOASTMASTER Darcy Konold 12:12 SELF INTRODUCTIONS All
12:15 SPEAKER #1 Heather Stachelrodt, CTM 1 12:22 SPEAKER #2 Open 12:30 SPEAKER #3 Open 12:38 TABLE TOPICS Joe Stewart
12:48 GENERAL EVALUATOR Molly Frisbie
EVALUATOR #1 Tony Gutierrez
EVALUATOR #2 Open
EVALUATOR #3 Open
GRAMMARIAN/AH COUNTER Rhonda Walthall
TIMER Open 12:55 TOASTMASTER - PRESENT AWARDS Darcy Konold 12:58 BUSINESS WRAP UP Dick Larkin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE – Wednesday April 20, Building 4, Room 4120C Toastmaster: Open Grammarian/Ah Counter: Open
Educational Moment: Open General Evaluator: Open
Speaker #1: Tony Gutierrez, CL 2 Evaluator #1: Open
Speaker #2: Molly Frisbie, CTM 6 Evaluator #2: Open
Speaker #3: Open Evaluator #3: Open
Table Topics Master: Open Timer: Open
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