Toastmaster of the Day: Lisa Beatty, CC Timer: Hoover Ah Counter: Open Grammarian: Open Word of the Day: Open Humorist/Thought of the Day: Open Speaker #1: Ryan Hoover, TM Speaker #2: Open Speaker #3: Open Table Topics Master: Open General Evaluator: Open Evaluator #1: Open Evaluator #2: Open Evaluator #3: Open Listener: Open … [Read more...]
Sep 21 *Club Contest*
September 21, 2011 By
2011 TASC Toastmasters Club Contests Wednesday, September 21, 2011 @ 11:30 AM Fall is here so let’s fall in with our “A” game! TASC Toastmasters will host the 2011 Humorous Speech and Table Topics Speaker Contests at the Independence Center Building, Chantilly, VA. Join us to be inspired and entertained by some of the best speakers right here in your hometown! Come out to support your friends and colleagues. See how much fun we all have and how much we have … [Read more...]
Sep 14 Meeting Agenda
September 14, 2011 By
Toastmaster of the Day: Scott Lee, TM Timer: Open Ah Counter: Open Grammarian: Open Word of the Day: Open Humorist/Thought of the Day: Open Speaker #1: Ryan Hoover Speaker #2: Open Speaker #3: Open Table Topics Master: Ryan Hoover, TM General Evaluator: Dorion Baker, CC Evaluator #1: Lisa Beatty, CC Evaluator #2: Open Evaluator #3: Open Listener: Open … [Read more...]
Sep 07 Meeting Agenda
September 6, 2011 By
Toastmaster of the Day: Dorion Baker, CC Timer: Tom Boggess, ACB CL Ah Counter: Rachel Ayers, CC Grammarian: Rachel Ayers, CC Word of the Day: Kim Nussbaum, TM Humorist/Thought of the Day: Dwight Dopilka, ACB, CL Speaker #1: Stefanie Wall, TM Speaker #2: Open Speaker #3: Open Table Topics Master: Kim Nussbaum, TM General Evaluator: Wendy Daunheimer, ACS, CL Evaluator #1: Dwight Dopilka, ACB, CL Evaluator #2: Open Evaluator #3: Open Listener: Rachel Ayers, CC … [Read more...]
Housekeeping
July 16, 2011 By
Happy New Toastmasters Year! As part of gearing up for another year of learning, leadership and fun, it's time for some changes to this site. Please be patient this weekend, and return on Monday to see what's new. (Or, you are welcome to keep browsing but be prepared for something to be totally different the next time you refresh!) … [Read more...]
District Contest News
May 2, 2009 By
Rich and I are at the District 27 conference today where Rich is representing our club and Division D in the evaluation contest. Rich delivered a masterful evaluation speech, but was disqualified due to time. He ran over by 32 seconds, 2 seconds over the variance allowed. Rich, we're proud of your well deserved accomplishment of making it to District after only six months of membership! We will be proud to cheer you on in future contests! … [Read more...]
When to Ignore Your Grammarian's Evaluation
April 14, 2009 By
Does your grammarian in your Toastmasters meeting call you out for ending sentences with a preposition (e.g. what we're here for), splitting infinitives (e.g. to confidently speak), or beginning your sentences with conjunctions (e.g. And, if that wasn't enough...)? Some members might not be on the lookout for grammatical errors such as the above when filling the role of grammarian, but some delight in catching such common patterns of speech. Should you ignore the callout, or strive to … [Read more...]
The "How Do You Do That?" Meeting
April 8, 2009 By
We had a terrific meeting today! Though the "how do you do that" theme from this month wasn't overtly mentioned, everyone learned something they could take away with them. Rich Scanlon delivered an entertaining and information speech on Body Language, based on project 5 from the Basic Communication manual, Your Body Speaks. The next time a visitor arrives, take a look around the room and notice which members have their eyebrows raised as they say Hello - those were the members who applied … [Read more...]
April 1st Meeting Summary
April 1, 2009 By
Today's meeting was so much fun! In honor of April Fool's Day, our TOTD Diana Crandall announced that our meeting would be a "backwards meeting". In case you don't know what that is, it means that all events are held in backwards order - the reports are given at the beginning of the meeting, the evaluations are given before the speeches, the opening announcements are given at the end, etc. I hadn't experienced a backwards meeting before, though I had heard of them, and was surprised to … [Read more...]
Mar 25 Meeting Summary
March 25, 2009 By
There is no question that everyone who attended today's meeting found it valuable (even though there was dissent among the ranks about whether Joe deserved to be tarred and feathered or not!). We learned about the process and benefits of Lean Six Sigma from Black Belt Lisa Beatty (who knew?). Then we saw evidence of persuasive speaking in action as Tom Comeau convinced us all that our youth needs additional resources for building life skills. This was followed by a Table Topics session … [Read more...]