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    Okefenokee Toastmasters

    Club #8269, Area 82,


    Division H, District 14, Volume 12 Issue 9 September 2020 Chartered Club since June 1991
    Region 8.

     Online Lunch Hour Meetings: Okefenokee Toastmasters Okefenokee Toastmasters Club


    meet on Zoom at noon on Wednesdays. Officers 2020-2021
    MEETING ID: 85159643419
    President: Aaron Alderman
     Mission: We provide a supportive and positive learning ex-
    VP Education: Wayne Caffarel
    perience in which members are empowered to develop com-
    munication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self- VP Membership: DeVonn Smith
    confidence and personal growth. VP Public Relations: Janice Wil-
    liams
    Secretary: Alec Beyer
    Retweets @Oketoast Treasurer: Linda Titus
    Sergeant at Arms: Bud Montero
    @VirtualOrator
    The importance of tone.
    Your tone communicates Free Events Coming Up
    even before your audience Area 82 Online Table Topics
    understands your words.
    Contest: Saturday, September
    @Andy_OSullivan 5th at 10:00am. Meeting ID to be
    Public Speaking Tip: A announced via email.
    question to ask before
    creating presentations is,
    “If I were attending, what
    details would I like to
    hear?” You can then focus Word Power
    your speech to include
    any facts, evidence, statis- Quote of the Month One role of the Grammarian at a
    tics, stories & testimoni- Toastmasters meeting is to
    als to achieve it. “The challenge of simple and di-
    bring a “Word of the Week” and
    rect communication is that it re-
    listen for its usage. Here are
    @JohnMaxwell quires great clarity of thought plus
    Four ways to gain the some words that we have used at
    more than a little courage...It’s
    trust of others:
    much harder to be clear and con- our club meetings:
    1.Openly communicate
    cise than overcomplicated and allusion (n.) = an indirect and
    vision and values
    2.Focus on shared goals wordy. Simple also means no bam- passing reference
    rather than personal boozling. Technobabble is a deviate (v.) = depart from an estab-
    agendas shield.” lished course
    3.Listen with an open
    mind
    propensity (n.) = tendency, incli-
    Leading Change by John Kotter. page nation
    4.Do the right thing re-
    91.
    gardless of personal risk. rife (adv.) = prevalent
    Smedley Award: Georgia Toastmasters Division H
    Membership Building
    Distinguished Toastmaster Terry Duncan was a
    "Can your club add five new, dual, presenter at the Toastmasters Leadership Institute
    or reinstated members with a join for Division H on August 11th. She said clubs need-
    date between August 1 and Sep- ed to strive to have quality meetings, make meet-
    ings fun, and work as a team. We also need to
    tember 30? Accomplish this goal
    M.E.E.T. our members where they are:
    and you’ll qualify to receive a
    Smedley Award ribbon, named in Motivate
    honor of Ralph Smedley, which Encourage
    you can display on your club’s ban-
    ner." Excite

    From Georgia Toastmasters Dis- Transform


    trict 14 Newsletter "Together We Can Become Limitless"

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    ubs.org
    • Email:
    [email protected]

    BECOME LIMITLESS: Limitless Potential, Limitless Possibilities, Limitless Growth

    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.

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