Sunday, May 11, 2008
Toastmasters Club Meets 5/1/08. Plans Open House.
Jim Blankenship was the prepared speaker at Thursday’s Tri-County Toastmasters meeting. He gave a presentation from the Advanced Communicator Manual on Persuasive Speaking called “Why To Join Toastmasters”.
The Tri-County Toastmasters club met on Thursday 5-1-08 at the Virden Area Community Center. Club members in attendance at Thursday’s meeting were: Todd Austin, Jim Blankenship, John Davidson, Liz Mollett, Casey Tom and Bill Watkins.
Todd Austin from Virden served as the meeting’s Toastmaster or master of ceremonies. Casey Tom was in charge of the Tabletopics, which is the impromptu speaking portion of the program. During Tabletopics, Tom presented each participant with a different question related to Disney theme parks with all questions inspired by his recent family vacation to Disney World. Each respondent then gave a 1 to 2 minute impromptu response.
The evening’s prepared speaker was Jim Blankenship from New Berlin. Blankenship, a member of both the Tri-County Club and Springfield’s recently chartered AIG Club, gave an informative presentation about how anyone could benefit from joining Toastmasters entitled “Why to Join Toastmasters.” John Davidson evaluated Blankenship’s speech.
The Tri-County Toastmasters club, which services the counties of Macoupin, Montgomery and Sangamon, will next meet on Thursday May 15, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. at the Virden Area Community Center located at 105 West Jackson Street. The May 15th meeting will be a special open house meeting in conjunction with ‘District 8 Toastmasters Week’. Guests are welcome and refreshments will be served. For more information about how the Toastmasters program can help you to become both a better leader and communicator, or for information about attending the open house meeting on May 15th please call (217) 965-3100 or send e-mail to draustin@royell.net.
