Dear Fellow Toastmasters,
The meeting was well attended by the Cedar Hill Toastmasters, there were three guests in attendance and a guest speaker from another Toastmaster club. Great meeting, lots of laughs and learning.
John was the Toastmaster of the evening. Elizabeth presented the Word "ruminate", which was a hit of the evening and many incorporated this word in their speaking.
Mohammed was the Joke Master.
We had three prepared speeches that evening. Kevin spoke about the dreams and aspirations as part of Using Visual Aids project. Rick, the guest speaker, in his speech contemplated the subject of happiness and what holds us back from pursuing our dreams. Lastly, Paul volunteered his motivational speech about the benefits of completing the Competent Leadership manual.
In the Table Topics section, Anna challenged the participants with the creative and thoughtful topics on our dependence on the computer devices and social media on one hand and unplugging on the other.
Lyn was the General Evaluator assisted by the speech evaluators, timer and grammarian. Larry evaluated Kevin's speech, Paula evaluated Rick's speech and Kevin evaluated Paul's speech. Elizabeth presented the timer's report and explained the use of timing cards to the guests. Martha was the Grammarian.
John wrapped up the meeting and introduced Larry as the Contest Master for the upcoming Spring speech contest to be held on March 17. The contest will feature two categories, Tall Tales and International speech. Larry handed the contest forms to those who volunteered to participate in many different capacities, speakers, judges etc.
We will see you all on March 17 for the Cedar Hill Toastmasters Club contest.
Respectfully submitted,
Martha Danielewicz
Secretary
Cedar Hill Toastmasters
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Monday, February 22, 2016
Meeting Minutes - February 18
What a great meeting we had last night! It is important to mention the great attendance and the fact that two guests came to the meeting. The cold weather did not scare anyone away from participating in a fun and educational meeting at Cedar Hill Toastmasters.
Paul, Sergeant of Arms was also the Toastmaster of the evening. Lyn made everyone laugh with her trivia humor questions. Next, Paul introduced the word "frangible".
In the speaking portion of the meeting, two Icebreaker speeches were presented by the new members. First, Katie spoke about her life experiences and how they had helped her realize that she wanted to live a life of no regrets. Then, Nikki presented the evidence that humans have a tendency to assign meaning to events in life thus often creating negative events in their minds that actually never happen. In addition, Paula presented a speech on her High Performance Leadership project. We learned about Paula's efforts to help Cedar Hill Toastmasters earn the Distinguished club recognition during the time when she was the club President. Paula shared the experiences and challenges she had encountered while working on this goal.
Eliot put together the Table Topics questions by selecting a Toastmaster theme. The topics ranged in the level of difficulty, but all participants managed very well in their impromptu speaking roles.
Evaluators, Timer and Grammarian provided some helpful feedback to all speakers. Larry evaluated Katie's speech, John evaluated Nikki's speech and Anna evaluated Paula's speech. Kevin presented the Timer's report and Joyce provided a thorough Grammarian report. Martha, as a General Evaluator wrapped up the evaluation portion of the meeting.
John addressed a couple of club business topics. First, he announced that the Spring Speech contest at Cedar Hill will take place on March 17. The contestants will compete in two categories - Tale Tales and International speech. Next, John reminded of the mentor program offered by the club to all members.
Paula took roles for the next meeting, which will take place on March 3.
Respectfully submitted,
Martha Danielewicz
Cedar Hill Toastmasters
Secretary
Friday, February 5, 2016
Meeting Minutes - February 4
The first meeting of February was well attended on the part of Cedar Hill Toastmasters members in addition to the three guests.
Paul provided the opening remarks welcoming everyone to the meeting.
John, serving as a Toastmaster of the evening, announced in the very beginning that it was the Appreciation Day at Cedar Hill Toastmasters. John encouraged everyone to participate in this celebration by paying a compliment to a fellow Toastmaster every time he/she took the stage. Eliot presented the Word - "jentacular" and many stood up to the challenge of using this word throughout the meeting. Larry brought some humor by introducing a joke.
Three speakers presented their prepared speeches. Lyn's speech was from project 7 of the Competent Communicator, Research Your Topic. Lyn presented a wealth of information about the Groundhog itself, the tradition behind celebrating the Groundhog Day and the associated activities, in a very interesting format.
Next, Anna shared her knowledge about mindfulness and meditation and also provided some tips on how to make it part of our daily routine in order to counteract the stress. This was project 3 from the Competent Communicator, Get to the Point.
Veronika presented her Icebreaker speech and she revealed her love for the adventure and travel to distant places, such as India. In her speech, she also highlighted her educational and career accomplishments.
During the Table Topic session, Marla presented questions to volunteers who wanted to practice the impromptu speaking. The theme was Valentine's Day. Amazingly, all guests were participating in Table Topics!
Prepared speeches were evaluated as follows: Martha evaluated Lyn, Kevin evaluated Anna and Elizabeth evaluated Veronika.
Larry tracked the Grammar and gave his report. Elizabeth was the Timer. Joyce provided the General Evaluation. Among her comments, she brought up the need for using the Toastmasters preferred way for announcing the speakers, including their name and speech titles.
Paula took the roles for the next meeting, which will be held on February 18.
John wrapped up the meeting thanking everyone for complimenting other fellow Toastmasters, for the words of appreciation expressed during the meeting.
Also, he addressed a couple of business items, such as a reminder about the mentorship program and the upcoming events:
Jan Jam - February 13, 12-4pm, Manchester Church of Christ
Cedar Hill Toastmasters Open House event - February 17, 6:30-8:00pm Lucy Robbins Welles Library in Newington.
Respectfully submitted,
Martha Danielewicz
Secretary
Cedar Hill Toastmasters
Paul provided the opening remarks welcoming everyone to the meeting.
John, serving as a Toastmaster of the evening, announced in the very beginning that it was the Appreciation Day at Cedar Hill Toastmasters. John encouraged everyone to participate in this celebration by paying a compliment to a fellow Toastmaster every time he/she took the stage. Eliot presented the Word - "jentacular" and many stood up to the challenge of using this word throughout the meeting. Larry brought some humor by introducing a joke.
Three speakers presented their prepared speeches. Lyn's speech was from project 7 of the Competent Communicator, Research Your Topic. Lyn presented a wealth of information about the Groundhog itself, the tradition behind celebrating the Groundhog Day and the associated activities, in a very interesting format.
Next, Anna shared her knowledge about mindfulness and meditation and also provided some tips on how to make it part of our daily routine in order to counteract the stress. This was project 3 from the Competent Communicator, Get to the Point.
Veronika presented her Icebreaker speech and she revealed her love for the adventure and travel to distant places, such as India. In her speech, she also highlighted her educational and career accomplishments.
During the Table Topic session, Marla presented questions to volunteers who wanted to practice the impromptu speaking. The theme was Valentine's Day. Amazingly, all guests were participating in Table Topics!
Prepared speeches were evaluated as follows: Martha evaluated Lyn, Kevin evaluated Anna and Elizabeth evaluated Veronika.
Larry tracked the Grammar and gave his report. Elizabeth was the Timer. Joyce provided the General Evaluation. Among her comments, she brought up the need for using the Toastmasters preferred way for announcing the speakers, including their name and speech titles.
Paula took the roles for the next meeting, which will be held on February 18.
John wrapped up the meeting thanking everyone for complimenting other fellow Toastmasters, for the words of appreciation expressed during the meeting.
Also, he addressed a couple of business items, such as a reminder about the mentorship program and the upcoming events:
Jan Jam - February 13, 12-4pm, Manchester Church of Christ
Cedar Hill Toastmasters Open House event - February 17, 6:30-8:00pm Lucy Robbins Welles Library in Newington.
Respectfully submitted,
Martha Danielewicz
Secretary
Cedar Hill Toastmasters
Friday, January 22, 2016
Meeting Minutes - January 21
Our club officers met prior to the regular meeting to discuss Cedar Hill Toastmasters open house event scheduled for February 17 at Lucy Robbins Welles Library in Newington. Joyce will be sending an email to the members with a blurb on how to advertise this event on the social media.
Larry was the Toastmaster of the evening making sure that the meeting ran smoothly. Anna brought some humor with the Joke of the Day. Then, Joyce presented the Word - "kvell". Members seem to like this word and they came up with ideas on how to use the word throughout the meeting.
We had three speakers last night. First, Joel shared his stories from the latest trip to Cuba and provided some helpful traveling tip. John, as a second speaker, presented an impromptu speech on accepting his role as a President of Cedar Hill Toastmasters. Finally, Elizabeth delivered a folk tale "The Ugly Duckling", a project from the Storytelling advanced manual.
Elizabeth was also the Table Topics Master. Table Topics participants were asked to select an item from the box full of items and tell everyone a story associated with this item. Among the items picked were - TV remote control, teddy bear, paint samples etc.
Kevin served as a General Evaluator. Eliot evaluated Joel's speech, Joyce evaluated John and Paul evaluated Elizabeth's speech. Veronika served a Timer for the first time and did a great job tracking time requirements for the speaking assignments. As a Grammarian, Anna provided members with some feedback and suggestions.
John addressed the club' s business on a couple of issues. Also, he reminded all members about the mentoring program available at our club. Then, Paul took the roles for the next meeting on February 4.
Respectfully submitted,
Martha Danielewicz
Secretary
Cedar Hill Toastmasters
Larry was the Toastmaster of the evening making sure that the meeting ran smoothly. Anna brought some humor with the Joke of the Day. Then, Joyce presented the Word - "kvell". Members seem to like this word and they came up with ideas on how to use the word throughout the meeting.
We had three speakers last night. First, Joel shared his stories from the latest trip to Cuba and provided some helpful traveling tip. John, as a second speaker, presented an impromptu speech on accepting his role as a President of Cedar Hill Toastmasters. Finally, Elizabeth delivered a folk tale "The Ugly Duckling", a project from the Storytelling advanced manual.
Elizabeth was also the Table Topics Master. Table Topics participants were asked to select an item from the box full of items and tell everyone a story associated with this item. Among the items picked were - TV remote control, teddy bear, paint samples etc.
Kevin served as a General Evaluator. Eliot evaluated Joel's speech, Joyce evaluated John and Paul evaluated Elizabeth's speech. Veronika served a Timer for the first time and did a great job tracking time requirements for the speaking assignments. As a Grammarian, Anna provided members with some feedback and suggestions.
John addressed the club' s business on a couple of issues. Also, he reminded all members about the mentoring program available at our club. Then, Paul took the roles for the next meeting on February 4.
Respectfully submitted,
Martha Danielewicz
Secretary
Cedar Hill Toastmasters
Help spread the word about our "drop-in" event
You can help make this event a success and increase the membership of Cedar Hill TM.
Email your friends and/or place on Facebook:
Have you ever wondered what Toastmasters is all about? Come to the Cedar Hill Toastmasters "drop-in" event to get your questions answered; pick up one of our magazines; enjoy some refreshments. Feb 17, 6:30-8:30 PM (come anytime between those times- stay a minute, stay an hour), Newington Library, 95 Cedar St, Newington, CT.
Joyce, VP PR
Email your friends and/or place on Facebook:
Have you ever wondered what Toastmasters is all about? Come to the Cedar Hill Toastmasters "drop-in" event to get your questions answered; pick up one of our magazines; enjoy some refreshments. Feb 17, 6:30-8:30 PM (come anytime between those times- stay a minute, stay an hour), Newington Library, 95 Cedar St, Newington, CT.
Joyce, VP PR
Friday, January 8, 2016
Meeting Minutes - January 7
It was the first meeting in the New Year for Cedar Hill Toastmasters. What a night - we had 5 guests in attendance!
Paul was the Toastmasters and he very diligently explained the meeting roles throughout the meeting to help the guests understand the flow.
Eliot presented the Joke of the Day. Elizabeth in her role as a Word Master, introduced the word "benevolence".
Larry presented a dramatics speech entitled "Alone With Self", a project from the Entertaining Speaker series. In a creative and dramatic manner, Larry showed us a progression a person undergoes a transition in their life from a "selfish" newborn requires care and nurturing to a mature individual who cares for others and contributes to the family and community.
Anna in her role as a Table Topic Master, brought a whole array of questions starting with reminiscing about Christmas and New Years celebrations and ending with topics on New Year's resolutions. All members participated in the Table Topics, including some guests. Kudos to the guests!
Joyce evaluated Larry's speech. Elizabeth presented the Timer's report. Kevin served as a Grammarian and reminded everyone of the common grammatical errors. He also noted that several members used the word of the day skillfully.
Paul wore many hats at the meeting - Toastmaster and General Evaluator. He also took the roles for the next meeting which will be held on January 21.
Have a great weekend!
Respectfully submitted,
Martha Danielewicz
Secretary
Cedar Hill Toastmasters
Paul was the Toastmasters and he very diligently explained the meeting roles throughout the meeting to help the guests understand the flow.
Eliot presented the Joke of the Day. Elizabeth in her role as a Word Master, introduced the word "benevolence".
Larry presented a dramatics speech entitled "Alone With Self", a project from the Entertaining Speaker series. In a creative and dramatic manner, Larry showed us a progression a person undergoes a transition in their life from a "selfish" newborn requires care and nurturing to a mature individual who cares for others and contributes to the family and community.
Anna in her role as a Table Topic Master, brought a whole array of questions starting with reminiscing about Christmas and New Years celebrations and ending with topics on New Year's resolutions. All members participated in the Table Topics, including some guests. Kudos to the guests!
Joyce evaluated Larry's speech. Elizabeth presented the Timer's report. Kevin served as a Grammarian and reminded everyone of the common grammatical errors. He also noted that several members used the word of the day skillfully.
Paul wore many hats at the meeting - Toastmaster and General Evaluator. He also took the roles for the next meeting which will be held on January 21.
Have a great weekend!
Respectfully submitted,
Martha Danielewicz
Secretary
Cedar Hill Toastmasters
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Happy New Year from Cedar Hills Toastmasters !
Happy New Year
2015 is over
and we all look forward to 2016!
With the New
Year beginning, most of us spend time reflecting on the events from the past
year while, at the same time, make plans for the New Year. The majority of us
also make New Year’s resolutions, some that we will remain faithful to and
others that will fade away.
Resolutions
such as, joining a health club, spending more time with family, volunteering,
taking up a new hobby, going back to school or running a marathon for the first
time, just to name a few.
If one of
your resolutions involves becoming a better public speaker or leader, you
should consider attending one of our Toastmasters meetings. By attending our meeting, you will see
first-hand how you can develop your speaking and leadership skills in a
friendly, supportive environment. You will also have the opportunity to meet
with our club members.
If you
decide to join our club, you can progress at your own pace and can even request
a mentor who will assist you in achieving your own personal goals.
Our club is
here to help each individual member achieve their speaking and leadership
goals.
Why not plan
to attend a meeting soon.
You will be
glad that you did!
Paul Horvath
Cedar Hill Toastmasters Club
Sergeant at Arms
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