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Wednesday, 30 June 2010 07:43 |
AT&T Middletown at 10 Years - A Perfect 10
Tom Kenny, VPR of AT&T Middletown Toastmasters Club
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AT&T Middletown Toastmasters completed its tenth year as a perfect 10 club. Chartered on June 30 2000 by Past District Governors Mark Lavergne and Nick Lobue, the club was initially named AT&T Lincroft Toastmasters club. The club had some growing pains and nearly withered away but survived with the help of members – Michael Sidey, Cheryl Lechtanski and Radhi Spear. The club received the Phoenix award from Toastmasters International.
Currently only two of the initial members Michael Sidey and Radhi Spear are still in the club. Last year AT&T Middletown club member Chris Hansen won the District 83 Table Topics contest and Mark Rosewell won the District 83 Evaluation contest. The club was proud to have Mrs. New Jersey, Ceylone Grooms, the 2009 beauty pageant winner as a member. Mrs. Grooms said the club helped her polish up her impromptu speaking skills.
Radhi Spear has held an officer position every year since the inception of the club, she went on to become Lieutenant Governor of Marketing, winning the Excellence in Marketing award from Toastmasters International, then as District Governor, she led District 46, which includes the present day District 83 to Distinguished status and was awarded a Presidential citation by Toastmasters International President Jana Barnhill.
Members polled say that one of the greatest assets on this club is the diversity in the membership and many members who have English as a second language say they have been helped tremendously.
AT&T Middletown toastmasters club has hosted, area and division contests and has been a distinguished or better club, for the past four years.
The club meets every Monday from 12 to 1 pm at the AT&T facility at 200 S. Laurel Ave in Middletown, NJ. The club is open to the public; please contact Radhi Spear at
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010 00:00 |
Club Newsletter Contest - Final 2010 Round
Joanne Callahan, District Newsletter Editor
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The latest District 83 newsletter contest only saw 2 submissions out of the many clubs in our District and both entries managed to walk away with a prize. Below are the categories in which the newsletters were judged, although only two of the goals were actually met.
Winners will receive a $10.00 gift certificate to the Toastmasters Supply catalog. Congratulations to both of our winning clubs!
Newsletters are published as Adobe Acrobat files. Acrobat Reader is required for viewing.
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Friday, 11 June 2010 09:00 |
Speaking of Milestones
Michael Sedon, Staff Writer, The Ridgewood News
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The Ridgewood Toastmasters Club has reached another milestone in its 51-year existence.
The 64 members were recently recognized as one of the premier clubs in the area by the Toastmasters International organization, earning the President’s Distinguished Club Award for the second consecutive year. “That’s the highest level of achievement in the program,” said club President John Engeman.
The Toastmasters Club helps members develop public speaking skills through delivering speeches to an audience. Another member evaluates the speaker and offers advice on what they need to improve in their presentation, while highlighting strong points.
The club, which meets monthly in the Unitarian Society’s Fellowship Room, achieved nine goals that it set for its members. One goal was to have four members achieve a Competent Communicator (CC) designation, given after a member delivers 10 speeches. At last month’s meeting, Toastmaster and Ridgewood resident Gimia Ma accomplished her 10th speech, which appropriately focused on goal setting.
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Wednesday, 19 May 2010 19:00 |
Somerset Toastmasters holds speech contest to honor The Somerset Patriots
Donna Juzva - submitted to myCentralJersey.com
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Batter up! The Somerset Toastmasters is holding a special speech contest to honor our local baseball team, The Somerset Patriots, on June 16 at noon at the Franklin Township Library on DeMott Lane. The public is invited to attend this special contest and participate. The prize will be a pair of baseball tickets supplied by the Somerset Patriots.
“The goal of our club is to have fun while learning public speaking skills,” says Donna Juzva, club president, “We like to do a special meeting every so often that celebrates the season. We thought, what says summer more than baseball?”
“And, since we have such a great baseball team right in our own back yard,” Donna continues, “We contacted The Somerset Patriots. They were very happy to supply tickets. So, not only will the contest member win a gift certificate for a pair of tickets but a lucky audience member will win one as well.”
The club's vice president of education, Mary McGinley, explained how the contest would work: “The contest will be during the section of our meeting that we call Table Topics. This is a time when participants are asked a question and given an opportunity to speak off-the-cuff for 1 to 2 minutes to answer that question.”
Read more about Somerset Toastmasters on myCentralJersey.com |
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