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  CLUB #28 HUMOROUS SPEECH & EVALUATION CONTESTS ANOTHER GIANT SUCCESS!! 

 New Article: "AIM FOR 7TH HEAVEN!" CLUB #28 EYES #7 STRAIGHT PRESIDENT'S DISTINGUISHED! (Click Here & Scroll Down) 

   LEADERSHIP, DUES AND MEETING ROOMS: A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT DENNIS GOLA!

  COME UP WITH A MOTTO FOR OUR CLUB!!

 SPEAKER TIPS:Learn to be a better speaker (FAST!) with these GREAT Tips!! (Click Here & Scroll down)     

MORE NEWS! (Click on story to bring page and then scroll down)

AWARDS ABOUND!  Barbara Cusack Paul Hagge Dr. Mike Deichen Bob Blaydes EARN CC and CL AWARDS!!!  (Always Updated Article!)

 THE NON-VERBAL ART OF SPEECHMAKING! By Ken Walley

MEET OUR NEW OFFICERS FOR THE JAN.- JUNE 2008 TERM!!  

What is the Central Florida Dead or Alive Show? By Diana Walley

 

 

 

 

CLUB #28 EYES INCREDIBLE 7TH PRESIDENT'S DISTINGUISHED AWARD!! AIM FOR 7TH HEAVEN! 

By Dr. Mike Deichen, Vice President of  Education and Kenneth H. Walley, Website Editor:

Club #28 has done something truly extraordinarily difficult for a Toastmaster Club to accomplish. We won  six straight President's Distinguished Awards from 1999 to 2005! We were unable to achieve our 7th straight for the last Toastmaster term but we gave it a good try.  The award is rare even among large Toastmaster Clubs because it requires that all of the club's members take a part in earning it.  It is the highest award that Toastmasters International can bestow upon an individual club, For a club our size to have accomplish this feat for six years in a row was been nothing less than remarkable. But I believe that we should not rest on our laurels! We have a wonderful opportunity to go for "7th Heaven!" our 7th in 2008/2009, the 7th in the last 8 years...which would be still remarkable. We will keep track here updating every week.  

We will need at least 20 members in our club on June 30th 2008...I challenge this club to have at least 30 by then!

GOAL #1: TWO CC's (Competent Toastmaster / Completing Basic Manual): 1.)Paul Hagge (July 2008)  2.) 

GOAL #2: TWO MORE CC's!: 1.) 2.)

GOAL #3: ONE AC (Advanced Toastmaster) Bronze, Silver or Gold)! 1.)  

GOAL #4: ONE MORE ACB, ACS or ACG: 1.)  

GOAL #5:DONE! ONE  CL  (Competent Leader Award), AL (Advanced Leader Award) or DTM (Distinguished Toastmaster Award)!:1.) Mike Deichen  

GOAL #6: ONE MORE CL, AL OR DTM:1.)

GOAL #7:DONE! FOUR NEW MEMBERS! 1.) John Bonowitz-Coffey 2.) Monica Walley 3.) Stephen Bentley 4.) Jesse Baker 

GOAL #8:DONE! FOUR MORE NEW MEMBERS!: 1.) Ed Dimayuga 2.)  3.) 4.)  

GOAL #9: AT LEAST FOUR OFFICERS TRAINED (Attending TI Officer Training): July/August 2008:  VPPR, Secretary, Treasurer

 Jan. 2009: Pres. VPE, VPM, VPPR, Sec. Treasurer, Secretary, SAA.   

GOAL #10: SUBMITTED ON TIME: SEMI-ANNUAL PER CAPS SUBMITTED ON TIME AND AT LEAST ONE CLUB OFFICER LIST!:

Semi Annual (Per Caps) due by 9/30/2008 and 3/30/20098: Per Caps #1: Per Caps #2:

Officer List due by 12/31/08 and 06/30/09: DONE!

 Club #28 is also in easy reach of a 7th  President's Distinguish award. No other club in our Area had won as many of these top honors as our club and we are going to keep going and going because we want to GO TO #7 HEAVEN IN 2009!! WE ROCK! 


SPEAKER TIPS:

 5 Super Duper Basic Speaking Tips:

1. Rehearse. Practice until you have confidence. Practice in front of a mirror. Tape yourself while practicing until it sounds just the way you want it to sound. 2. Visualize. "See" the audience in your mind and how you would like them to react to different parts of your speech. 3. Give a performance, your audience will react to your emotions, actions and feelings as much as they will to the words. Speak from the heart. 4. No notes. Use sincerity and Conviction instead. 5. Use a conversational tone. Speak to your audience as if you were speaking to a single, close friend.   

5 Non-Verbal ways to hold your Audience: 1. Vary the "tone" of your body language: A relaxed speech relaxes your audience and might put them to sleep. A rigid speech might have them thinking you are scolding them! You are not their mom! 2.You are what you wear! Dress for the part. A well dressed speaker demands respect. 3. Work the room! Speak to different "zones" and get out from behind the lectern. 4. Create the environment you want. Get to the location before your audience and have props, projectors and effects set up and ready to go. Create some "magic"! 5. Eye contact, eye contact, eye contact!  

Speech Writing Tips (From Paul Meunier, DTM): 1. Pick a Topic that interests you. 2. Pick a Topic that does NOT interest you! Almost any topic becomes interesting with a little research. 3.  Let your Ideas Flow. 4. Focus on Your Theme. Use outlining or mind-mapping to begin to get your ideas down. 5. Less is More. The shorter the speech, the better! 6. The Power of a Personal Story. 7. Practice your Speech. Rehearse OUT LOUD in front of a mirror, to a tape recorder, and with your mentor. 8. Memorize Your Beginning and Ending!

The Power of Speech, A Six Point Checklist:

1. Strong Start. 2. Pause for Effect and Drama. 3. Eye Contact. 5. Enthusiasm and Energy. 5. Conversational Style. 6. Humor 

Trite Phrases Guaranteed to Lose Your Audience:

1. "Without Further ado..." 2. "Last but not least..." 3. None other than..." 4.At this point in time..." 4. "Let me turn over the lectern ..." 5. As you probably already know..." 6. I don't want to bore you, but..." 6. "Now as I was saying..." 7. "Thank you so much for having me..." 8. "This speaker needs no introduction..." 9. "Let's give a BIG HAND to..." 10. "I'm Sorry 'bout that.."