Toastmasters Meeting Notes - 5/21/2009

Today's meeting was another fine gathering and a great way to spend the lunch hour.

Don served as Toastmaster and chose a "My Fair Lady" theme for the meeting. We will honor our fallen heroes coming up on Monday, but did you know that May 20th is Eliza Doolittle Day?

Connie presented her 2nd speech from the Advanced Communication Series--Special Occasion Speeches. Today's project was Speaking in Praise. She honored Ralph C. Smedley... founder of Toastmasters. Her speech gave all of us new insights into Ralph's history and was a great introduction for our guests Al and Steve. Gary served as General Evaluator and Dan evaluated Connie's speech.

Carolyn was our Table Topics Master. She chose a theme of "life questions". She hit us with questions such as: What song describes your life? Tell about a recent time when you helped a stranger. Tell us about an event that changed your life. If you could invent one thing to help the world what would it be? Tell us about a movie that made you cry. What makes you feel close to nature.

Connie and Gary tied for best Table Topic. Connie would invent a potion that would soothe the butterflies that we ToastMasters get. Gary related to us how his marriage was a life changing event. Dan chose Tom Petty's "Into the Great Wide Open" as his theme song since he is “a rebel without a clue.”

Linda provide a fun word of the day: toady.

Next week we have officer speeches and elections. Our esteemed President, Mike, will preside over the meeting. Please make it a priority to attend.

I leave you with a quote from "My Fair Lady":

Colonel Pickering: Have you NO morals, man?
Alfred P. Doolittle: Nah. Nah, can't afford 'em guv'nor. Neither could you, if you was as poor as me.

Krystyna Noworytta - Ice Breaker

TOASTMASTER ICE-BREAKER SPEECH
OUTLINE

OPENING

1. GOOD MORNING FELLOW TOASTMASTERS

2. MY NAME IS KJN – SHAW GROUP – ELECTRICAL DRAFTER


MAIN BODY

1. BORN AND RAISED

2. SMALL FAMILY – OLDER BROTHER AND GRANDMOTHER

3. LEARN FROM GRANDMOTHER

4. MEDICAL EDUCATION – MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST

5. ANALYZING BODY FLUIDS, FECES, BLOOD TESTS

6. APPLY FOR IMMIGRATION TO USA

7. ARRIVED IN DENVER, COLORADO

8. MET FUTURE HUSBAND – ANDREW

9. CIVIL WEDDING – 29 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

10. BROADMOOR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

11. CAREER CHANGE – ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN CARTOGRAPHY

12. ECONOMIC CHANGES REFOCUSED MY GOALS

13. WORKED FOR CABLE AND TELECOM COMPANIES

14. IN ADDITION – STARTED FOUR DIFFERENT BUSINESSES

15. MARY KAY COSMETICS – MARKETING AND SELLING

16. TRADE BALANCE INTRNAL – LOOKING FOR COMMODITIES – BUYER/SELLER TO MAKE A DEAL

17. FIBER LOOP COMMUNICATIONS – DOING COAXIAL AND FIBER OPTIC CABLE DESIGN

18. PHOENIX LOSS CONTROL – RECOVER COST OF PROPERTY DAMAGES FOR COMCAST

19. I DID NOT MAKE MUCH MONEY FROM MY FOUR VENTURES BUT I LEARNED HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS AND PAY TAXES

20. JOINING THE SHAW GROUP – POWER ENERGY FIELD

21. MY AMBITION – TO BECOME AN ELECTRICAL DESIGNER


CLOSING

22. IN CONCLUSION – IMMIGRATING TO U S WAS THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED. I DO NOT REGRET IT. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ALL OPPORTUNITIES THIS COUNTRY OFFERS

23. THANK YOU

Meeting Notes - 14 May 2009

Hello Toastmasters and guests:

Today's meeting may have appeared to be unorganized, but with great aplomb club members stepped up and presented an A+ meeting with six members and three guests attending.

Connie Pshigoda served as Toastmaster, introducing guests Martin Cobb, Area Governor; John Graham and Maureen ( ) from Kiewit and speakers Krystyna Noworytta and Dan Pratt.

Krystyna's Ice Breaker Speech gave the audience insight to the remarkable achievements she has made in her life---including learning the U.S. tax structure once she became a citizen.

Dan's speech, #5 from the Competent Communicator Manual, titled "The Planet Play" was an amusing account of a day in the life of anthropomorphized celestial bodies. Dan played the part of all of these bodies.

Gary Fuller and guest, Martin Cobb served as evaluators,sharing valuable suggestions for growth and improvement. Dan Pratt took Best Speaker Award and Martin Cobb Best Evaluator.

Connie closed the meeting with her Advanced Manual speech: Mastering the Toast. She provided the bubbly for all in attendance to toast the Triskelion Club for excellence in communication, leadership and confidence.

Please join us next week. Rev up your passion for your Toastmaster Club---it's a happening place!

Connie Pshigoda
Speaker/Teacher, Author and Wellness Guide at the Garden Gatherings
The Wise Woman's Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to Your Physical-Emotional-Spiritual Health
www.WellnessForAllSeasons.com

Meeting Notes - 07 May 2009

Hello Fellow Triskelions----

If you missed today's Toastmaster's meeting you missed the opportunity to learn the difference in a Marriage License and a Learner's Permit!

The meeting was attended by 6 members and one guest--Matt Weesner from Colorado Public Radio. Don Lyman gave his 5th speech from the manual titled: "Temporary Marriage" and Don Pratt evaluated.

Julie Williams tested our cranial creativity with Table Topics. Todd Rys won with his "Soft-touch Brass Knuckles." You just had to be there. . . and we do hope we'll see you next week.

Several positions are open to serve and grow in your speaking and leadership potential. Please email Connie with the role you plan to fill. To date here is next week's agenda:

TM---open

Speaker #1-Krystyna (with a maybe)

Speaker #2-Dan

Evaluator #1--

Evaluator #2--

GE--

Timer--

Ah Counter--

Grammarian--

WOD--Krystyna

Table Topics

Speaker for May 21: Julie Williams

Speaker for May 28: Todd Rys

Connie Pshigoda
Speaker/Teacher, Author and Wellness Guide at the Garden Gatherings
The Wise Woman's Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to Your Physical-Emotional-Spiritual Health
www.WellnessForAllSeasons.com
303-584-1612

Meeting Notes - April 2 2009

Connie Pshigoda began today's meeting as the Toastmaster.

Tod Rys provided the Word of the Day: discombobulate. Due to the seasonal storms, our schedules have been discombobulated.

Speaker #1, Gary Fuller gave a Demonstration Talk from the Speak to Inform manual. He demonstrated how to make jerky. . . with samples for all! Yum, thanks Gary,

Speaker #2, Dave Trzupek gave an impromptu speech inspiring the group to review the principles from a 20-year old paradigm shift.

Krystina courageously stepped up as General Evaluator (her first attempt) and did an outstanding job!

Speech Evaluators Linda Holm and new member Neal Hoffman gave gracious and helpful suggestions.

Dan Pratt lead Table Topics following the theme of "out of sync" and Don Lyman won the vote.

Roles filled for next week include:

TM-

Speaker #1-Mike Angell

Speaker #2-

Evaluator #1- Dan Pratt

Evaluator #2-

GE-Krystina

Timer-

Grammarian-

Ah Counter-

Table Topics- Dave Trzupek

Meeting Notes - March 5 2009

Here is our meeting summary for March 5, 2009.

Fun and Refreshments!
Today's meeting was a refreshing break from our normal routine. We had pizza and pop! :-) We had a short, mini-meeting. Each officer described their duties. After a short review of meeting responsibilities, we spent the remainder socializing. The turn out was encouraging.

Focus on Fundamentals!
I think in these trying times it is important to keep our heads up, stay positive and focus on what is really important in life. It is also important to stay relaxed and calm, yet alert.

I extend a special thanks to Connie, VP of Membership, for putting together today's shindig on short notice. We held a formal initiation ceremony for two of our newer members, Todd and Linda. We also had a guest today, Noah.

March Madness - Ice Cream!
I liked today's meeting so much I'm going to do it again. I'm calling an ice cream social next week! Crazy? Maybe. ;-) Call it March Madness. I'll order some Subway too to make sure we get some real food in the afternoon.

I'll end with my quote for the day: "English is a funny language--that explains why we park our car on the driveway and drive our car on the parkway."

Keep Toasting. Please RSVP to the Ice Cream Social ASAP. Thank you.

Mike
Triskelion President

Meeting Notes - 12 February 2009

February 12, 2009

Toastmaster Connie Pshigoda opened the meeting with Chocolate trivia . . .although chocolate is not a trivial indulgence!

Todd Rys gave his second speech from the Competent Speaker Manual titled: "Disneyland is for Kids." Our club plans to join Todd & his family on their Disney journey in May. (just kidding, Todd)

Guest, John Mager entertained and enlightened us with an impromptu speech about his search for a Toastmaster Club and took the winning speech honor.

Evaluators, Dan Pratt and Gary Fuller gave insight to all in improving speaking skill and ability.

Krystyna dealt the cards for Table Topics and Mike Angell won . . .hands down!
Thanks to all who helped make this another successful meeting! Dark Chocolate with Chili & Cherries and Chocolate Girl Scout cookies may become the new meeting staple!

Mike Angell will be the TM next week so please email him with the role you wish to fill. Have a great week!