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iBrief
- October Update
The Long
& The Short of It - Table Topic Skill
- Fall Conference - Paiute
Division Winners - Passing Torch - Poll
Report - Outstanding Division Toastmasters
- TLI - Club Officers Not Home
Alone 2 - Don't Recycle Your Newspapers -
Estrella at New Location Members
join PR Team - Worn 0ut Phrases - Printer
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The Long and
the Short of It
The best guideline for public
speaking
That anyone has been able
to spawn
Is get to the point as soon
and you can
And then take off and be
gone.
- Wall
Street Journal
The Table
Topic Skill
Table Topics is an exercise
in developing a skill while responding extemporaneously. The skill --
is to make a point, illustrate that point with two or three examples and
to tie it soundly together for a solid close.
In addition to speaking impromptu,
it requires listening --- to hear the question, and thinking --- to decide
quickly how to present a worthwhile idea.
Fall Conference
Registration Chairman, Dan
Winscot, ATM, says its not too late to register
for the Fall Conference. If there is not sufficient time to register by
mail, he will gladly accept your registration when you arrive. Download
Registration form and Agenda
“Step
Up To The Plate" suggests Hanny El-hizawi in a flyer
promoting the conference. "Come join Toastmasters from across the state
for a fantastic Fall Conference, October 20 & 21, at the Presidio
Plaza Hotel, 181 W. Broadway, in Tucson. Friday night includes a Dessert
Social as well as the Evaluation Contest.
"Saturday includes a Banner
contest, Opening ceremonies with keynote speaker Ab Jackson.
There will be lots of stimulating educational sessions including:
“Laugh & Nobody Gets
Hurt” by Peter Francis, “Speaking Excellence Through Self Hypnosis”
by Melinda Nay, “How To Keep Them Happy Once They've Joined” by
John
Smelser, “Calling All News Hounds” by Lucille Houston, “Keeping
the Commitment” by Dan Dawson, “20+=Quality Clubs” by Art Nieto.
And more.
Fall 2000 Conference to
be held in Tucson's
magnificent Presidio
Plaza Hotel, October
20-21.
Click map for larger view |
"Participate in the
Executive Council Meeting. See who gets the awards at the Hall
of Fame luncheon. Socialize with fellow Toastmasters. Following dinner,
watch the best of District 3 in the humorous contest." |
Final Division
Speech Contest
The Paiute Division
contests, held October 7, 9:30am, at the Az Republic, 200 E Van Buren,
concluded the District's division round of Speech Contests. Paiute's winners
were:
Humorous
Winner: Cathy Gauger,
Area P3, Palm Lane, "Happy Trails"
Alternate: Jana Ruth,
Area P4, Noontime, "Mommie Where Do Babies Come From?"
Evaluation
Winner: Liz Bebo,
Area P1, Valley
Alternate: Harry Wolfe,
Area P2, Park Central
Outstanding
Paiute Division Toastmaster:
Janice Winscot,
ATM, Media Masters
All Division & Area
winners
and alternates for the Humorous and Evaluation Contests are listed
on this page link.
Passing the
torch
Winding its way across the
District --- passing through clubs in every division on a journey to the
Fall Conference, the Olympic-styled TM Torch arrived last Wednesday at
Western
Sages where it was presented to club president Buddy Rosengarden,
ATM. Tm-runner
Jodie Kay Petra, DTM, took the torch on the next
leg of its journey --- to Gilbert Toastmasters.
Poll Report
In the last edition we asked
readers if they would participate in polls conducted in this newsletter.
87% of the respondents said Yes, 9% Maybe, 3% No. Based on the positive
responses the newsletter will include a polling feature. Poll questions/
topics are welcome.
Outstanding
Division Toastmasters Named
Cholla - Vasanti Deshpande,
ATMS/CL
Gila - Julie Stevens,
ATMB/CL
Paiute - Janice Winscot,
ATM
Sonoran - Marcia Golombik,
DTM
Yavapai - Judy Edmond,
ATM/CL
The winning Outstanding District
3 Toastmaster of the Year will be announced during the Fall Conference,
following the evening Banquet and Speech Contest.
Outstanding
Area Toastmasters reported previously are listed here.
TLI- Facilitator
& Judges Training
One-full day event---set
for October 22, immediately following the Fall Conference. Facilitator
Training: 9AM to Noon. View
Flyer. Judges Training: 1PM-4PM. Officer Training dates
set. View
flyer.
Club Officers
not "home alone", con't
When is it time to look
for help? Before it gets dark! At the first sign that the lights may be
beginning to dim in your club --- make a 911 call to reach a variety
of support services provided by experienced Toastmasters. Educational and
Marketing Committees, Area and Division Governors, and other willing Toastmasters
can be there to help when they know it is needed. Who are they? Club
Officers---Not Home Alone, continued.
Don't recycle
your newspapers --- until...
One of our long time toastmasters
seemed to always be willing to fill a speaking position when called the
night before a meeting. Why was he always available on such short notice?
"I clip speech ideas from
the daily newspaper." he said. "I have a box of vanilla folders which I've
labeled with subjects that intrigue me: "Art, Human Interest, Music, etc.
As I read the paper I clip out items that catch my attention.
"Newspaper files are inexpensive,
easily accessible, and very beneficial. I know I will will be called on
to speak sooner or later, so why not be prepared?"
Do this on a regular basis,
he says, and you will be surprised at how your awareness of various
subjects will expand and you are developing a good source of easy get material
for future speeches.
Harvest your newspaper for
ideas, look for good speech material on every page, and when you've gleamed
your resources, its time to recycle those papers --- but not before.
New Meeting
Location for Estrella TM
Estrella Toastmasters
has a new address: Goodyear Fire Station No. 3, 3075 North Litchfield Road,
Goodyear, Arizona. (This is NOT a mailing address change.)
The City of Goodyear has
graciously allowed us to use the conference room in their newest facility.
We'll also be informing you about our upcoming open house soon. - Submitted
by June Van Valkenburg
What is your
favorite "worn-out phrase?"
Andy Rooney of Sixty
Minutes made notes during a Presidential State of the Union Message, and
discovered the speech could have been cut from 64 minutes to 45 minutes
without losing anything but fat by eliminating clichés and
worn-out phrases. Phrases from his notes included: "And so tonight,
let us resolve ...", " We must do more..", "It is time to stop..", "I know
it will be difficult...", "I say to you...", "And let's be honest...",
"Therefore, I urge you ..." All of these phrases (and others he includes
in the full story) he says have been used in all State of the Union messages
for the past 50 years. Full
story. What "worn-out phrases" peeve you?
Susan Thayer
and Alta Staley have joined PRO Lucille Houston's team of
PR people. "Susan will help me do a PR
presentation at the Conference
in Tucson," said Lucille. "She has a degree in PR and is a great asset.
Alta has already acquired an up-to-date list of newspapers and other
possible contacts."
Kind Words
Modern science is till trying
to produce a tranquilizer more effective than a few kind words.
~ Glenn Pike, DTM | Next
issue: November 1, 2000
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