Congratulations Barry Rinehart

Congratulations to Toastmaster Barry Rinehart on his third place win at the Toastmaster International Regional competition in Greensboro, NC last weekend. Barry's wins at the local, division and area competitions earned him the right and honor to compete at this elite level. We look forward to Barry sharing his experiences with our club.

The Rule of Three

During last weekend's Toastmaster Leadership Training, I heard about the "Rule of Three" and how it can improve your speeches. Click here to read an excellent article from Andrew Dlugan. Andrew is an award-winning speaker and his web site is entitled "Six Minutes."

As we’ve learned in the earlier articles, there’s something magical about words, phrases, or sentences that come in sets of three. Three-element sets are found in many cultural areas, including religion.

The title "Six Minutes" refers to the average length of a Toastmaster speech (5-7 minutes). You will find many helpful tips and useful information on his site.

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PowerPoint is NOT Your Speech

Click here to read a great article by Bert Decker explaining that your PowerPoint (or Keynote for Mac users) should not be the focus of your presentation. However, the article points out that visuals are important because most learning comes from seeing and observing. What the article stresses is striking the correct balance between you, your speech and the visuals.

He compliments Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple (pictured above) on being able to use his energy and enthusiasm to captivate an audience's attention. He especially likes that Job's will put up a blank slide to bring attention back to the presentation. Click here for an analysis of how to present like Steve Jobs.

Upcoming Contests - Save The Dates

Great news! Humorous Speech and Evaluation contests will be this fall. These will be some important, interesting and entertaining contests that I encourage all of our Toastmasters to participate in.

The Area 44 contest will be held Friday, September 11, 2009 at the Boca Raton Community Center. Palmetto Park Road and Crawford Blvd.

The Division D will be held on Friday, October 2, 2009. Location TBD.

Keep watching this blog and the main web site for further details and developments.

TLI Training 6/20/09

From Toastmasters TLI Training

Here is a link to some pictures from yesterday's training session.

TO ALL TOASTMASTER FATHER'S

Happy Father’s Day.

Kind regards, Patricia

Patricia Anne Martinez

District 47 Secretary Elect
Boca Raton Toastmasters, President
District 47 Fall Conference Chair
ToastmastersD47.org

Tips From Toastmasters

Be sure to check out the Toastmasters International site for some terrific information about our organization. The site has information for free to the public and special sections for members and officers. While you are there, be sure to look at the Tips & Techniques section for great information on how to make your next speech or evaluation even better.

Don't forget this valuable resource!

John Schneyer - Speech #3 Cost Effective Problem Solving

This is John Schneyer's third speech titled "Cost Effective Problem Solving"

Visit Toastmaster Clubs

I did something today that I recommend to all other Toastmasters - visit another Toastmaster club to see how other people run meetings.  I spent lunchtime visiting a the Bill Gove Golden Gavel Toastmasters Club that meets every Friday from noon - 1PM.  Because of the one hour time limit the agenda ran at a much different pace then our club.  I found the afternoon club was full of the same kind of friendly and supportive people that make up our club.  It is also a great way to meet new people with similar interests.  Maybe you already have a friend or know somebody in another club.  Ask that person if you can come and visit.  If you travel, seek out TM clubs where you will be staying.  And if you find that the club you visit does something great or innovative, bring it back to our club so perhaps we could incorporate it into what we do to make our club even better.

Your TM Goals

What goals do you want to achieve with Toastmasters?  Are you looking to conquer your fear of public speaking or do you want to practice your presentation techniques in a friendly and supportive environment?  Whatever your goal, I encourage you to work with the club officers and members so we can help you reach it.  Even if you are an experienced TM, I hope that you share your goals and let the group provide support in any way we can.

Toastmaster Leadership Institute

Fellow Toastmasters,

The local TLI training session will take place on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at the BankAtlantic Corporate Center, 2100 W. Cypress Creek Road, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309.

Please be sure to sign up for the TLI event. All officers are required to attend training and it will move our club forward in the first step to becoming a distinguished club. We can sign up as individuals or as a group. This training is open to all Toastmasters.

Please do not hesitate to sign up as an individual. Click here.

Thanks,

Walter Bald, President Elect

Save Your TM Magazines

Do you just throw your old Toastmaster magazine away after you read it? Is there a way we could use these old issues to increase membership and awareness in our club? Here are some suggestions I read about:

• Put a sticker over the address part with your club info and distribute (with permission) to doctor's offices, dentists, car repair waiting rooms, etc.
• Give them to someone helping to build a new club.
• Insert club information, pamphlets, and an application form and hand them out to the potential members at meetings.
• Leave them on tables wherever you eat lunch.

Any other suggestions?