Sunday, October 25, 2009
Blankenship earns Advanced Communicator Award
Dr. Todd Austin (left) and Bill Fulstick, both from Virden, were the speakers at the most recent Tri-County Toastmasters meeting. Austin gave a special “Successful Club Series” presentation, while Fulstick fulfilled project # 2 from the Competent Communication manual with his entertaining presentation about the 3 clubs he’s been a member of.
Tri-County Toastmasters club VP Todd Austin (left) presented the Advanced Communicator Silver award to Jim Blankenship. One must complete a minimum of 30 Toastmasters speech projects to achieve this honor from Toastmasters International. The Tri-County Toastmasters club met on 10-15-09 at the Virden Area Community Center. Jim Blankenship was the evening’s Toastmaster (or master of ceremonies). Bill Fulstick served as the Tabletopicmaster, who coordinated the impromptu speaking portion of the program. During tabletopics, each participant gave a 1 to 2 minute unrehearsed response to a different question. A special guest, Area 1 Governor Joann York was also in attendance.
During club business, club VP Todd Austin presented fellow club member Jim Blankenship with the Advanced Communicator Silver (ACS) award from Toastmasters International. Blankenship, a Certified Financial Planner, is originally from Nokomis and now resides in New Berlin. The ACS award was given to Blankenship for having completed his 3rd and 4th Toastmasters Advanced Communication manuals.
The evening’s first prepared speaker was Dr. Todd Austin from Virden. Austin delivered a Powerpoint speech entitled “Keeping the Commitment” which covered the different aspects which make up the “Toastmasters Promise”. This was a project from the “Successful Club Series”.
Giving only his second speech as a member of Toastmasters was Virden’s Bill Fulstick. His speech was called “The Three Clubs I’ve Belonged To” and was about his membership experiences in two former clubs (American Legion & VFW) and one current club (Toastmasters). Fulstick’s entertaining presentation which fulfilled project # 2 from the Competent Communication manual on “Organizing Your Speech” was evaluated by Jim Blankenship.
During club business, club VP Todd Austin presented fellow club member Jim Blankenship with the Advanced Communicator Silver (ACS) award from Toastmasters International. Blankenship, a Certified Financial Planner, is originally from Nokomis and now resides in New Berlin. The ACS award was given to Blankenship for having completed his 3rd and 4th Toastmasters Advanced Communication manuals.
The evening’s first prepared speaker was Dr. Todd Austin from Virden. Austin delivered a Powerpoint speech entitled “Keeping the Commitment” which covered the different aspects which make up the “Toastmasters Promise”. This was a project from the “Successful Club Series”.
Giving only his second speech as a member of Toastmasters was Virden’s Bill Fulstick. His speech was called “The Three Clubs I’ve Belonged To” and was about his membership experiences in two former clubs (American Legion & VFW) and one current club (Toastmasters). Fulstick’s entertaining presentation which fulfilled project # 2 from the Competent Communication manual on “Organizing Your Speech” was evaluated by Jim Blankenship.
// posted by Jim @ 10:00 PM
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Tri-County Member Competes in Contest
Tri-County Club member Bill Fulstick (right) was presented a ‘Certificate of Participation’ by Toastmasters Area 1 Governor Joann York. Fulstick competed in Saturday’s Toastmasters Area 1 Table Topics Contest which was held in Springfield.
Bill Fulstick from Virden represented the Tri-County Toastmasters club in the Area 1 Table Topics (impromptu speaking) Contest on 10-10-09 in Springfield, IL. During the Table Topics competition, each contestant including Fulstick, was to give a 1 to 2 minute unrehearsed response to the question “You have three wishes. What would you want?”
The Tri-County Toastmasters club will next meet on Thursday October 15, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the Virden Area Community Center. The speakers will be Todd Austin and Bill Fulstick. The Tri-County club, along with many other Toastmasters Clubs throughout the world will be celebrating the fact that Toastmasters International is marking it’s historic 85th anniversary this month. Over 5 million people have benefitted from the Toastmasters program over the years. Toastmasters Clubs currently meet in 106 different countries. Toastmasters was originally founded by Dr. Ralph Smedley, a native of nearby Waverly, IL.
// posted by Jim @ 6:45 AM
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Toastmasters Welcome Humorous Speaker
Tri-County Club Vice President Todd Austin (right) welcomed special guest humorous speaker Margaret Walker at Thursday’s meeting. Margaret’s humorous speech was called “Daddy Gave Me Permission to Date”.
The Tri-County Toastmasters club met on 10-1-09 at the Virden Area Community Center. Dr. Todd Austin from Virden was the evening’s Toastmaster (or master of ceremonies). Jim Blankenship served as the Tabletopicmaster, who coordinated the impromptu speaking portion of the program. During tabletopics, each participant gave a 1 to 2 minute unrehearsed response to a potpourri of questions.
The evening’s prepared speaker was special guest Margaret Walker. Margaret, a member of Springfield’s Capital City Toastmasters Club which meets at IDOT, gave a humorous speech called “Daddy Gave Me Permission to Date”. This is the speech that she will be giving during the Toastmasters Area 1 Humorous Speech Contest on 10-10-09 in Springfield. Another special guest, Toastmasters Area 1 Governor Joann York evaluated Walker’s humorous presentation.
// posted by Jim @ 6:49 AM
