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The
Latest Word Newsletter
of The Last Word Toastmasters Volume 6 – |
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Tom Brien leads TLI Tom
Brien, DTM, a longtime member of The Last Word, has
won high praise for his role as Dean of the District 31 Toastmasters
Leadership Institute (TLI) conference held on January 13 in Milford, Mass.
TLI meetings are held periodically to train current and potential club
officers for leadership roles. Guest speakers presented sessions on topics
such as youth leadership, speech contests, and mentoring. For the first time,
a session was also offered for new Toastmasters. Last
Word members Al Rowe, Cheryl Walsh, and Rich Levesque took an active role in
TLI as presenters of breakout meetings for officer training, with Al and
Cheryl offering the session for Presidents and Rich leading the
Sergeant-at-Arms session. Club
officers Ellen Stanford, Joan Turnberg, Susu Wong,
Carlene Falvey, and Lee Yates, who attended TLI,
all report that they found the meetings exceptionally informative and
enjoyable. Last Word earns Distinguished Club award President
Carlene Falvey announces that The Last Word has
earned enough points for recognition by Toastmasters International as a
Distinguished Club for the year ending The
Distinguished Club program recognizes clubs that achieve certain goals, such
as enrolling new members; having members earn CTM, ATM, CL, and other educational
awards; and sending club officers to training sessions. Carlene reports that
the club has a strong chance of earning enough additional points before the
year’s end to win a Select Distinguished Club award or even the highest
award, President’s Distinguished Club. |
Contestants sought for March 8 speech contest The
speaker list is still open for the club-level round of the International
Speech Contest to be held during the club’s March 8 meeting. The winner of
the club contest will advance to the Area contest; the winner there will
proceed to the District contest; and so on up to the final round at the
International level. Any
club member who has completed at least 6 speeches from basic manual is
eligible to participate. You may choose any topic. For more information or to
sign up, see Ellen Stanford, Vice President of Education. The twofer: Your contest speech can count as one of the
speeches from your manual. Just let Ellen know so she can assign an
evaluator. Who,
me? Why not! Why
enter the contest? Because… …in
this contest, everyone is a winner. …it’s
fun to get in there and give it a try. …you’ll
be very proud of yourself. …those
who don’t compete will envy your spunk. …you’ll
have an excuse to leave work early. “Bye! I’m going to be in a SPEECH CONTEST
tonight and I have to rehearse. Wish me luck!” …the
sooner you begin competing, the sooner you’ll be ready to try for the
International title! Membership
soars to 32 The
Last Word is proud to note that with the recent addition of five new members
– Ruth Barragan, Tim Cannata,
Frank Cormier, Bill McGowan, and Pam Moffat – membership has grown from 21 at
the beginning of the club year to a new high of 32. Welcome, all! |
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New members give Icebreaker speeches Several
new members have recently given their Icebreaker speeches. Here are some of
the highlights. Jenn Fallon narrated
several episodes in her continuing quest for The Perfect Job. During one period,
she was commuting daily between Mira Kaselj introduced
the audience to her homeland, When
Frank Cormier was a schoolboy he drew up a list of seven goals for
himself. He completed the last, most difficult goal – earning a college
degree at night while working full-time – with the encouragement of a special
person in his life. Samba Nadella introduced
the Japanese word kaizen, meaning “continuous improvement,” a concept that
helps him make the transition from life in eastern Hearty
congratulations to Jenn, Mira, Frank, and Samba on
reaching this important milestone! Did you know… After
you earn your Competent Toastmaster award by completing the 10 speeches in
the basic manual, you can begin making speeches from the advanced manuals. Toastmasters
International offers a choice of 15 advanced manuals, each with 5 speeches.
They are Communicating on Television, The Discussion Leader, The
Entertaining Speaker, Humorously Speaking, Interpretive Reading,
Interpersonal Communication, Persuasive Speaking, The Professional Speaker,
Public Relations, Special Occasion Speeches, Specialty Speeches, Speaking to
Inform, Speeches by Management, Storytelling, and Technical
Presentations. After
earning a CTM, a member is eligible to receive two advanced manuals at no
charge. The club owns a complete set of these manuals for members to browse
before making their choice. |
Calendar The
Last Word Toastmasters club meets at Snow cancellations: In the event of snow, meetings are
canceled only if the Burlington Public Library closes early.
Before coming out on a snowy night, please phone the library (781‑270‑1690)
to make sure they'll be open. Upcoming
meetings of The Last Word:
Last Word officers President/Newsletter Publisher: Carlene Falvey, Immediate Past President: Cheryl Walsh VP of Education: Ellen Stanford VP of Membership: Rosemary Henchey VP of Public Relations: Susu Wong Secretary/Newsletter Editor: Lee Yates, Treasurer: Teddy O’Connell Sergeant at Arms: Joan Turnberg |
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