Okefenokee Toastmasters

Club #8269, Area 82.

Division H, District 14. Volume 11 Issue 7 July 2019 Chartered Club since June 1991

 Lunch Hour Meetings: Okefenokee Toastmasters meet at Okefenokee Toastmasters Club

South Georgia State College, Waycross Campus, James Dye Officers 2019-2020
Student Services Building in Room 108 on Wednesdays at President: DeVonn Smith
noon.
VP Education: Wayne Caffarel
 Mission: We provide a supportive and positive learning ex- VP Membership: Trey Adamson
perience in which members are empowered to develop com-
VP Public Relations/Secretary: Janice
munication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self- Williams
confidence and personal growth.
Treasurer: Linda Titus
Sergeant at Arms: Bud Montero
Retweets @Oketoast

Event Coming Up
@effectleader
Leaders are developers,
team builders, imaginers, Event: Toastmasters Inter-
culture caretakers, road- national Convention
block removers and in-
spirers. Their success de- Date: August 21– 24, 2019
pends on enabling the
success of others. Location: Denver, Colorado
@LollyDaskal
Great Leaders Do the Fol-
lowing: They make things Word Power
happen. They seize oppor- One role of the Grammarian at a
tunity. They add value.
Quote of the Month Toastmasters meeting is to
@PFripp bring a “Word of the Week” and
“As you begin to write out a goal,
Three Ways to Emotional- listen for its usage. Here are
make sure it’s something you really
ly Connect with Your Au-
want. Be sure that it is not something some words we have used at our
dience: club meetings recently:
1. Eye Contact
that sounds good or something you
2. You-Focused Language think you ought to want. When set- caveat emptor (n.) let the buy-
3. Stories ting goals remember that they must
er beware
be consistent with your values. If you
@JerryAcuff don’t know what your values are, elucidate (v.) = to explain
Be so FOCUSED on im- now’s a good time to ask yourself
mirthful (adj.) = merry, amus-
proving yourself that you about them in an assertively curious
don’t have time for any- way.” ing
thing that doesn’t align prolific (adj.) = plentiful, abun-
with your GOALS. 5 Essential People Skills by Dale
Carnegie Training, p. 99. dant
 A Toast to Toastmasters!
1. Yvonne Lott (center) was our first guest for the
month of June. She was voted Best Impromptu
Speaker in the Table Topics section of our meeting.
Toastmaster Aaron (left) was voted Best Evaluator,
and Toastmaster Michael-Angelo was voted Best
Speaker.
2. Our other guests for the month of June were Ire-
ne Shadron, Aaron Carver, and SGSC student peer
tutor, Evan.
3. We are starting another Toastmasters club in
Waycross at 600 Genoa Street on Mondays at
7:00pm. Thanks Toastmaster DeVonn for hosting a
demonstration meeting on Monday, June 24th.
Toastmaster Wayne was the speaker and Toastmas-
ter Linda was the Table Topics Master.

Pathways Help: Connect and Share

Check out our social media links for com-
How to Print Your Speech Project
munication and leadership tips.
For those Toastmasters who prefer to work with a
“hard copy.”
• LinkedIn
• Facebook
1. Log into toastmasters.org.
2. Click on Pathways.
• Pinterest
3. Go to Base Camp. • Twitter
4. Open Curriculum for your selected Path. • Website:
5. Launch your Path and select “Your Evalua-
http://okefenokee.toastmasterscl
tion” from drop down menu. ubs.org
6. Look under Resources. Click on Print My • Email:
Project. oketoast8269@gmail.com

“Why pay thousands of dollars for a seminar or class when you can join a Toastmasters
Club for a fraction of the cost and have fun in the process?”

CHARTER MEMBERS: John Penland 1926-2015 (Sponsor), Andrew Slocum, Joe Gant,
Harry D. Dixon, Jr., Carolyn Morton (Akins), Phil Wysong, C.J. Broome, Paul O’Cain, James
C. Bunch, W.F. Stephens, Jeanette Stipe, Tom Strickland, Fred Barber, John Karew, Reuben
Flanders, E. Nash Williams, Jerri Davis, Doris Germano, Andy Spivey, Audrey West, and
Margaret Park. Compiled by Janice Williams.