Coffee and Buns Day

Tomorrow is "Coffee and Buns" day to celebrate the wonderful achievements of Snohomish City Toastmasters and to officially welcome our new members. We will also be treated to a special 15-20 minute speech called "One Step at a Time" from our guest speaker, Mike.

What do overcoming fears, sales, and bear encounters have in common?

They were the topics of last week's speeches. Three very interesting speeches on three completely different topics and three excellent evaluations on how each speaker -- and all of us -- can improve. 

Glen started off by putting us all on the edge of our seat with a tale of a bear encounter with clients (!) while giving them a bear tour in a float plane.

Jay then gave us all a process for overcoming your fear of public speaking. (Hint: Use the "reduction to the ridiculous" - visualize those butterflies in your stomach as being real to get over your anxiety.) 

Todd wrapped up the speeches by showing us the 12 Steps to injecting "sales" in your website. 

Table Topics Master Joy shook things up a bit by bringing a grab bag of words which people had to pull and make up a story that included the words they pulled. 

Another slate of interesting speeches awaits us this week. 

Kylie will be working on Your Body Speaks while giving a speech on the "Six Essentials of a Successful Fundraising Offer." She says, "There are six keys to creating an offer that moves your community from inaction to action. Looking for more success in your fundraising appeals? Reshape your fundraising request around these elements and you are guaranteed to increase your response!" Mickie will be working on Vocal Variety while giving a speech called “The Introduction of Abigail Grace.”

Feel free to join us.  Attend as a guest and see what our club is all about.

Annual Fall Humorous and Table Topics Club Contests

Our Annual Fall Humorous and Table Topics Club Contests will be held today, Friday, September 5 at our normal club place and starting time. The Humorous competition speeches will be original content and between 4:30-7:30 minutes in length.

Those in 1st Place from the two club contests will advance to the Area 16 Contests tomorrow at the Snohomish Library. 

We hope to see you at our club contests on September 5! 

Note: This themed meeting might run extra due to the number of contestants we have.

Area 16 Contest Details

Saturday, September 6

2:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Snohomish Library

311 Maple Ave

Snohomish, WA 98290

Welcome!

We invite visitors to join us at our meeting location overlooking the Snohomish River! Learn more about our Toastmasters' educational programs, opportunities for professional development, and how you can increase your communication and leadership skills in a supportive environment. Guests are always welcome. Note our meeting time 7:30-8:45 a.m., every Friday. We hope to see you there! For more information, e-mail snohomishcitytoastmasters@gmail.com
 

A visit from the President! George Yen, President of Toastmasters International.

On November 8th, George Yen, the President of Toastmasters International visited our Snohomish City Toastmasters Club. We were very honored to have him join us. We are grateful to our past and present leadership team who created a club worthy of such an honor. Mr. Yen spoke about how Toastmasters provided the opportunity to practice English, and public speaking. He has been quoted as saying that Toastmasters is "a practice field," or "dao chang," for personal growth.

Special guest, Area 16 Governor, Todd Cudaback.

On November 15th, Todd Cudaback, our Area Governor, will give a presentation titled “Crafting Your Speech”. Meetings are open for all to attend, this also is a good time to learn more about Toastmasters.

Snohomish City Toastmasters Elects Next Club Officers

In June, the Snohomish City Toastmasters club elected its new club officers for the Toastmasters year 2013-2014.  Serving as a volunteer club leader is a great responsibility and an exciting opportunity.

President: Harold

Vice President Education: Andrene

Vice President Membership: Bob

Vice President Public Relations: John

Secretary: Stephanie

Treasurer: Zach

Sergeant at Arms: Bob

We’d also like to extend congratulations to the following district 2 elections:

            Our former club president Jay Sunderland elected as area 55 governor, division E.

            Our former club coach Todd Cudaback elected as area 16 governor, division A.

            Our former area governor Barbara Bell elected as division A governor.

 

And thanks to our former leadership team for their hard work on achieving the club’s President’s Distinguished status.  Thank you: Jay, Eden, Kathleen, Ann & Mark!

 

Guests are always welcome to our exciting club meetings.  Our club’s humorous contest will be on August 30^th, come have a laugh.  We meet every Friday at 7:30 - 8:45 a.m.  Hope to see you there!  For more information, e-mail snohomishcitytoastmasters@gmail.com