Dyehard Toastmasters

Man did we have a GREAT MEETING tonight!! Our Toastmaster was Anne Dawson! Anne you did a great job of keeping the meeting moving and on track. We had three guests tonight!!!!  We would like thank Ms. Emily Lorance, Mr. Charles Hutson, and Ms. Marcey Walsh for visiting our meeting tonight.

Man did we have a GREAT MEETING tonight!! Our Toastmaster was Anne Dawson! Anne you did a great job of keeping the meeting moving and on track. We had three guests tonight!!!!  We would like thank Ms. Emily Lorance, Mr. Charles Hutson, and Ms. Marcey Walsh for visiting our meeting tonight.

We had two prepared speeches tonight. Lateefah Holley discussed her career path with the NC Dept. of Revenue. She told stories about her experiences as being the “dreaded tax collector” to her present position of being an auditor. Needless to say she held the audience’s attention.

Our second speaker was Khaled Elraie. Khaled’s speech was entitled: “Mr. Nice Guy”. The crux of the story is that you can be a civil individual and still stand up for your beliefs. I had the pleasure of evaluating Khaled’s speech. When discussing standing up for an individual’s belief, Khaled stated being focused on your goal eliminates the chance encountering issues which will sideline your success. He stated when we take our eyes off the prize; we are more likely to make errors in judgment. As Toastmasters let us focus on our fellow toastmasters and assist them in achieving their goals.

Jada Criswell was General Evaluator tonight and did a great job. Ron Crews evaluated Lateefah . He mentioned a powerful tool for a Toastmaster to use which is storytelling. Tell a story, make your point and repeat the process. Storytelling draws an audience into the speaker’s world. Ron demonstrates week in and week out why he is a DTM. A DTM stands for Distinguished Toast Master; it is the pinnacle achievement in Toastmasters. His insight and ability to encourage is boundless. Ron for all you do, we appreciate your hard work and dedication to Toastmasters.

Finally, we had Educational Presentation tonight from our Club President, Chad Bordeaux. Chad did a presentation from the Successful Club Series, entitled “How to become a Successful Club”.  You can find more information at toastmasters.org.

Our 2009 Club Goals:

1.) Four new members

2.) Two Competent Communicator Awards

3.) One Advanced Communicator Award

4.) At least 4 officers trained

5.) One Advanced Leadership  Award, (Competent Leader, Advanced Leader Bronze or Silver, or DTM)

6.) An additional 4 new members

7.) Two Additional Competent Communicator Awards

8.) One Additional Advanced Communicator  Award

9.) One Additional Advanced Leadership Award

10.) Semi annual dues submitted on time and an Officer List submitted to Toastmaster’s on time.

If we achieve five goals we become a Distinguished Club.

If we achieve seven goals we become Select Distinguished.

If we achieve nine goals we become President’s Distinguished.

We will acheive all ten goals!

Allow me to make one comment about Toastmasters. The above goals are a measure to see if a club is meeting its reasonability’s to its members. The whole purpose of Toastmasters is to be supportive and to reach whatever goals the member has for himself/herself. I will be happy to assist anyone in achieving their educational goals, just ask. Now fellow toastmasters think over the next couple weeks and let Bert know your goals for this Toastmaster year are and how we can assist you in achieving them!!!