Okefenokee Toastmasters

Club #8269, Area 82,

Division H, District 14, Volume 11 Issue 10 October 2019 Chartered Club since June 1991
Region 8.

 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: Barbara Jackson
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
@JonGordon11
5 F’s for Team Success:
District 14 Annual Confer-
1. Fight—for each other
2. Faith—keep believing ence, April 24-25, 2020 at the
3. Fun—enjoy it. Renaissance Concourse Hotel,
4. Focus—tune out dis- Atlanta Airport
tractions
5. Finish—strong

@SteveGutzler
10 Leadership Priorities: Word Power
1. Clarity
2. Connectedness One role of the Grammarian at a
3. Purpose Quote of the Month Toastmasters meeting is to
4. Goals bring a “Word of the Week” and
5. Stories “Winners have developed strong listen for its usage. Here are
6. Honesty beliefs of self-worth and self
7. Challenge
some words plus an idiomatic
8. Passion confidence. They weren’t neces- expression that we used at our
9. Modeling sarily born with these good feel- meetings recently:
10. Strategy ings, but as with any other hab- “the ball is in your court” =
it, they have learned to like it’s your turn/move
@GordonTredgold
themselves through practice.”
Leaders respond & confirm (v.) = corroborate, au-
change; the rest quit and The Psychology of Winning thenticate
blame. ~ Orrin Wood-
ward
by Denis Waitley, p 36. ultimatum (n.) = a demand or
threat that is final
 Photo: Okefenokee Toastmasters Club
congratulates new members Hannah
and Tyler on being voted Best Speaker
and Best Table Topics Speaker respec-
tively at a recent meeting. Toastmaster
Hannah’s inspirational 4-6 minutes
speech was about breaking out of com-
fort zones. Okefenokee Toastmasters
meet on Wednesdays at noon at South
Georgia State College, Waycross Cam-
pus. The public is invited to visit and
observe a meeting in the Dye Student
Services Building. A second Toastmas-
ters Club meets in Waycross on Thurs-
days at 6:00pm at 600 Genoa Street.

Did You Record Your Meeting Role? Connect and Share

Check out our social media links for com-
1. Log into Toastmasters.org. munication and leadership tips.
2. Click on Pathways. (On some devices look
under Menu icon: 3 horizontal lines, top left) • LinkedIn
3. Click on Base Camp. • Facebook
4. Click on Base Camp Profile – About Me.
5. (Optional) Use pencil icon to complete • Pinterest
Summary and Interests.
• Twitter
6. Click on My Account.
7. Add dates for Meeting Roles fulfilled week- • Website:
ly. Use the calendar. http://okefenokee.toastmasterscl
8. Save. ubs.org
9. Log Out. (gear icon)
• Email:
oketoast8269@gmail.com

Who will you invite to Toastmasters this month?

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.