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Okefenokee Toastmasters Club #8269, District 14, Area 11B

Volume 5 Issue 4

May 2013

Chartered in 1991

Mission: The mission of a Toastmasters club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every individual member has the opportunity to develop oral communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth. Lunch Hour Meetings: We meet at South Georgia State College, Waycross Campus on Wednesdays 12:00pm Membership: Open to anyone 18 years old and over.
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Officers for Okefenokee Toastmasters 2012-2013 President: Kathy Odam VP Education: Bud Montero VP Membership: John Conger VP of Public Relations: Janice Williams Treasurer: Addie Crews Secretary: Sharon Vickers Sergeant of Arms: Larry Kearson

Upcoming Event
International Conference: August 21-24, 2013, Cincinnati, Ohio.

@JoelOsteen When fear knocks, let faith answer the door. Dont give those thoughts of fear the time of day. @DrAmitInspires Some stories touch us, some stories move us, some stories shake our very beliefs. What will your story do for people. #Storytelling

Grammarians Corner
The role of the Grammarian at a Toastmasters meeting is to listen and report on the misuse of words. Here are two words that we often misuse: Ironic means expressing one thing when you mean the opposite. e.g. What a wonderful afternoon! (Saying or writing it when it is obviously a dreary afternoon.) Literally means word for word, exactly, opposite of figuratively. e.g. It literally blew up. (This means it really did explode.)

Quote of the Month

When we care, we share. So how can we craft messages and ideas that make people feel something? Naturally contagious content evokes some sort of emotion. we need to pick the right emotions to evoke. We need to kindle the fire. Sometimes even negative emotions may be useful. p23 Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger

10 Things Extraordinary People Say Every day by Jeff Haden

Want to make a huge difference in someone's life? Here are things you should say every day to your employees, colleagues, family members, friends, and everyone you care about: 1. Heres what Im thinking. 2. I was wrong. 3. That was awesome. 4. You are welcome. 5. Can you help me. 6. I am sorry. 7. Can you show me. 8. Let me give you a hand. 9. I love you. 10. Sometimes the best thing to say is nothing.

Congratulations to Linda Shoemaker, standing to the left, from Southern Background Services in Hazlehurst, and David Dowling, pictured right, from Hoboken. They were inducted as new members of the Okefenokee Toastmasters Club on April 3rd, by club President, Kathy Odam, in the center. The club welcomed Rhonda Dowling and Joseph Holloway as guests to the meeting. Joseph, a former Toastmaster, was voted Best Table Topics Speaker at the meeting. The main speakers were Toastmasters, Jeff Carr and Larry Kearson. Jeff Carr delivered an entertaining speech about baseball titled, Runners at First and Third. Larry Kearson, speaking from the Toastmasters Advanced Communicator manual, offered solutions to the countrys economic issues in a speech titled, The Easy Button.

Read complete article online: http://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/10-thingsextraordinary-people-say-every-day.html

Connect with Us Find us on Facebook. We need at least 24 Likes. Follow Okefenokee Toastmasters on Twitter: http://twitter.com/oketoast Check out Okefenokee Toastmasters website: http://okefenokee.toastmastersclu bs.org 1+1 Membership Building Campaign INVITE + ENCOURAGE = GROWTH

CHARTER MEMBERS: John Penland (Sponsor), Andrew Slocum, Joe Gant, Harry D. Dixon, Jr., Carolyn Morton (Akins), Phil Wysong, C.J. Broome, Paul OCain, 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 and Edited by Janice Williams