Working on your CC/AC/CL/AL?

Don’t think you’ll have time to finish all your speeches by the end of the Toastmaster Year?

Well, Division A wants to say “YES you can” and to help you, we are pleased to announce our

Year      End       Super meeting
Speech-a-Thon and Membership Drive

Saturday, May 30^th, 2009 9:00AM to 3:00PM

King of Kings Church
543 Union Ave
New Windsor, NY

The day will consist of two Toastmaster meetings, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. This will provide an opportunity for up to 12 people (6 each in AM and PM) to give a speech and up to 12 people to serve as Speech Evaluator (for CL). 

Also, up to 10 people (two each role) can serve as Toastmaster, Timer, Grammarian, Ah-Counter, and General Evaluator (for Competent Leader). (Note, there will not be Table Topics, just speeches). Roles will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. The event is open to all Toastmasters and all Toastmasters are invited to bring guests (AKA potential members) as well. Membership information and forms will be available. Agenda is as follows:

9:00AM           Registration/Gathering/social time

9:45AM           Welcome and Introductions

10:00AM         First Meeting starts

12:00PM          Lunch  / Registration for PM Session Only Attendees

1:00PM            Second Meeting starts

3:00PM            Wrap up

There will also be prizes for:   

• Club with most attendees, 
• Club with most guests/visitors attending, 
• Area with most clubs (percentage of total in area) participating, 
• Farthest traveled, and more. 

There will also be a Silent Auction and 50/50 Raffle. 

 COST: Meetings are FREE!!!

 An optional $5.00 pizza lunch will be available at the site or you can go off site

If you’d like to participate, please email  Registration Chairman Andre White at dtxr2001 [at] gmail.com and ask for the applicaiton form.

It will be a lot of fun !  Don't miss it !

An interesting TableTopics Question...

Neatorama.com had a recent post about a "new Stonehenge" in Georgia which ends with a question that would make for an interesting TableTopics session ...

In 1979, an anonymous group erected a massive stone structure in Elbert County, Georgia. This modern-day stonehenge is more than twenty feet tall and arranged to serve as a calendar and a clock. Its slabs have instructions in eight languages for reconstructing society after the collapse of civilization. The instructions are more philosophical than technological, but perhaps nonetheless prudent:

PROTECT PEOPLE AND NATIONS WITH FAIR LAWS AND JUST COURTS. LET ALL NATIONS RULE INTERNALLY RESOLVING EXTERNAL DISPUTES IN A WORLD COURT. AVOID PETTY LAWS AND USELESS OFFICIALS. BALANCE PERSONAL RIGHTS WITH SOCIAL DUTIES. PRIZE TRUTH—BEAUTY—LOVE—SEEKING HARMONY WITH THE INFINITE. BE NOT A CANCER ON THE
EARTH—LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE—LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE.

If you were composing brief instructions for survivors of the collapse of civilization,
what would you write?

The original article in Wired magazine has additional background ... which could spur additional questions for your TableTopics session, such as "Where did this structure come from?" and "What does it do?".

Have you found something interesting that you have turned into a TableTopics Session? If so, please leave a comment below and tell us how it went !

Multiple Magazines ... as a Marketing Tool !

Did you know that if you are a member of multiple clubs, you will get multiple copies of the Toastmasters magazine?

If you are already a member of multiple clubs, that is probably not news to you ... but have you been leveraging those extra magazines into PR for your clubs?

Toastmasters International will, according to this webpage, ...

... the magazines can be shipped directly to an address of your choice.

Simply contact World Headquarters and ask to have that extra copy redirected to another address. It can be sent directly to a local library, friend or business associate.

To make this request, please send an e-mail to membership@toastmasters.org with your name and club number as well as the new name and address. A staff member will make sure your magazine gets a new home.

Toastmasters also has another good suggestion before you start sending magazines to your mechanic, and doctor and dentist and ...

It’s always a good idea to ask permission of any office staff before leaving
copies.

The more places that have a Toastmasters magazine where someone is waiting, the more likely it will find its way into the hands of someone who could become a member of your club !

Give it a try !