Toastmasters Club

News Flash !

Hello Everyone, Lavanya

Lavanya's meeting summary:

Everyone did an amazing job, sticking to the way the roles were described in the book while bringing in their personal touch. A special congratulations to Connie and Brenda for their icebreakers. Both of them were very confident and wow'ed us all with their speeches. They both concentrated on one aspect of their life and elaborated on it. This not only gave us a taste of their life, but also made the speech very interesting.

Tip: Bring your Competent Leadership manual to every meeting so you can get credit for any role you perform and finally get the CL recognition

Club News:
1. TLI training workshops are being held in full swing; officers are encouraged to attend and anyone else who is interested too; contact me/Sue if you would like to check one of these sessions; they definitely add value to being a Toastmaster
2. Area Contest (International speech and Evaluation) is set for March 27th; we will have our club contest either in the 2nd meeting of February or 1st meeting of March; so buckle up and sign up to participate; winners from the club will go to Area, winners from Area to District, and so on until the International contest; this is a good way to challenge yourself and meet the other established/proficient speakers in other clubs

Meeting Schedule:

Schedule - note if you cannot fulfill your role please make arrangements with another toastie to switch nights and then let the TMoE (and Sue) know about the substitution:

	A	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q
1	2009-2010
2	Role	2/4	2/18	3/4	3/18	4/1	4/15	5/6	5/20	6/3	6/17
3	ToastM	Don	Cholina	Mike	Carol	grab bag?	Sue	Brenda	Rick	David	Connie
4
5	Helful Hint	Sue	Julie	Brian	Rick		Ralph	Jim	Gary	Carol	Sean
6	Table Top	Brenda	Sue	Ralph	Mike		Gary	Connie	Matthew	Cholina	Lavanya
7
8	Speaker 1	Cholina	Brenda	Don	Matt		Sandy	Matthew	Sue	Gary	Matt
9	Speaker 2	Rick	Carol	Sue	Brian		David	Brenda	Sean	Mike	Julie
10	Speaker 3	Connie	Matt	Reina	Betsy		Connie	Don	Connie	Brian	Connie
11	Speaker 4	Lavanya	Diana	Sandy	Cholina		Todd	Carol	Lavanya	Diana	Jim
12
13
14	Gen Eval	Sue	Brian	Lavanya	Sean		Matthew	Todd	Brenda	Rick	David
15	Eval 1	Todd	Mike	Rick	Gary		Cholina	Lavanya	David	Sandy	Brenda
16	Eval 2	Mike	Ralph	Jim	Reina		Sean	Gary	Don	Reina	Diana
17	Eval 3	Matthew	Gary	Todd	Ralph		Don	Diana	Carol	Connie	Matthew
18	Eval 4	Lavanya	Betsy	Diana	Jim		Julie	Rick	Todd	Sue	Cholina
19
20	Gramm	Julie	Rick	Cholina	Sandy		Matt	Reina	Ralph	Sean	Carol
21	Timer	Sandy	Sandy	Matt	Lavanya		Mike	Ralph	Diana	Gary	Sue
22	SAR sub		Ralph

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Experienced professionals and beginning speakers alike can benefit from our practical, face-to-face learning program. Whether you're speaking to the board of directors, your customers, your co-workers or your kids, Toastmasters can help you do it better. You'll learn and practice in a friendly, comfortable environment with people who are there for the same reason you are—to become better communicators.

how? At Toastmasters, members learn by speaking to groups and working with others in a supportive environment. Our Toastmasters club is made up of 20 to 30 people who meet twice a month for two hours. Each meeting gives everyone an opportunity to practice conducting meetings, giving impromptu speeches, presenting prepared speeches, and offering constructive evaluation.

where?

Loudoun Toastmasters is an evening club located in Lansdowne, VA. Our members come from the surrounding communities, including Ashburn, Lansdowne and Leesburg. We even have several members that come all the way from West Virginia to attend our meetings!

We meet at the National Conference Center in Lansdown, VA. Follow the link for Directions on the left for more information! Look in the Public Downloads folder for a detailed map of the campus.

when?
We meet twice a month on the first and third Thursday evenings from 7:15 until 9:00 PM. Guests are encouraged to arrive around 7:00 PM to get to know the members prior to the meeting.

We hope to see you at the next meeting!