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 
