Sunday, March 22, 2009
Toastmasters Welcome a Guest
Club president Les Apps (left) welcomed Mick Bray as a guest at the last Tri-County Toastmasters meeting.
Todd Austin (from left) and John Davidson were the prepared speakers at the 3-19-09 Tri-County Toastmasters meeting. Austin spoke about improving communication skills in all facets of life through Toastmasters training and Davidson spoke.The Tri-County Toastmasters club met on Thursday 3-19-09 at the Virden Area Community Center. Club members present at Thursday’s meeting were: Les Apps, Dr. Todd Austin from Virden, Jim Blankenship from New Berlin, John Davidson, Bill Fulstick, Liz Mollett from Auburn, Casey Tom and Billy Watkins. One guest, Mick Bray was also present.
Todd Austin served as the meeting’s master of ceremonies. Jim Blankenship, a Certified Financial Planner from New Berlin, coordinated the impromptu speaking portion of the program, during which each participant gave a 1 to 2 minute impromptu response to his or her question.
The evening’s first prepared speaker was Todd Austin. Austin delivered an inspirational speech entitled “Communication – The Key to Success”. This presentation was a revised version of the one Austin presented one week earlier to a non-Toastmasters audience as part of a Speechcraft ‘Public Speaking 101’ workshop. It fulfilled the tenth project from the Toastmasters basic communication manual. Liz Mollett evaluated Todd’s speech.
The final prepared speaker was John Davidson. Les Apps evaluated John’s speech.
The Tri-County Toastmasters club will next meet on Thursday April 2, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the Virden Area Community Center. Billy Watkins from Morrisonville will be the prepared speaker. The club will be hosting an open house as a way of introducing the Toastmasters program to the general public. For more information about the Toastmasters program, or about joining or attending the ‘open house’ meeting, please call (217) 965-3100 or send e-mail to draustin@royell.net.
// posted by Jim @ 5:47 PM 
