Swamp TALK

Okefenokee Toastmasters
Club #8269, Area 74,
Division G, District 14 East.

Volume 7 Issue 6

June 2015

Mission: We provide a supportive and positive learning experience in which members are empowered to develop communication
and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth.
Lunch Hour Meetings: We meet at South Georgia State College, Waycross Campus, James Dye Student Services Building ,
Room 108 on Wednesdays at noon
Membership: Open to anyone 18 years old and older.

@LollyDaskal: Love
heals. Leadership
mentors. Life guides.

Toastmasters 2014-2015
President: Rodney Hooks
VP Education: Kathy Odam
VP of Public Relations:
Janice Williams
Treasurer/Secretary: Bud Montero

Upcoming Events
Toastmasters International Conference: August 12-15, 2015 at Caesars
Palace Hotel and Ca-sino, Las Vegas, Nevada.

@HugSpeak:
Nothing you want to
say is more important than respecting your audiences
time.

@oketoast: "To
Toastmasters, the
very best investment
I ever made." Ed
Mihalka in the
Toastmaster magazine (May 2015)

Officers for Okefenokee

Sergeant at Arms/VP of Membership: Wayne Caffarel

Tweets @Oketoast

@ozlifeadvice:5
things you can control every day:
1 attitude
2 words
3 actions
4 manners
5 effort

Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads in

our club, June 21st!

Georgia Toastmasters Fall Conference: Oct 30 -Nov 1, 2015 at Wyndham Peachtree Hotel, Peachtree

City, Ga.

Word Power
Quote of the Month
Charismatic behavior can be broken
down into three core elements: presence, power, and warmth. These
elements depend both on our conscious behaviors and on factors we
dont consciously control. People pick
up on messages we often dont even
realize were sending though small
changes in our body language. In
order to be charismatic, we need to
choose mental states that make our
body language, words, and behaviors
flow together and express the three
core elements of charisma. Olivia Fox
Cabane in The Charisma Myth, page 13.

The role of the Grammarian at a

Toastmasters club is to bring a word
for the day, listen and give feedback
on the usage of the English language
during the meetings. Do you know
how to use these words correctly?
Finesse (noun) - skillful handling
of a situation
Gauche (adj.) socially awkward,
klutzy
Irascible (adj.)- having a bad temper
Terminus (noun) - end of something

Interview with Toastmaster Bud

Montero: HPL Project
Q: What was your High Performance
Leadership (HPL) project and how
would you describe your vision?
Bud: My High Performance Leadership
project was to set up and promote a gospel meeting at my church. My vision was
to encourage all members of our congregation to actively promote the meeting
by praying; by talking to friends, neighbors, co-workers; and by preaching about
spreading God's Word.
Q: How many persons were there on
your Action Committee?
Photo: Club President, Rodney Hook, and VP of Public
Relations, Janice Williams, are delighted to show off the
gift certificate won for Best Club Newsletter.

Yes! We did it! At the Georgia Toastmasters Spring

Conference held recently at Callaway Gardens, Okefenokee Toastmasters Club was awarded first place
for the "Best Club Newsletter" in District 14s Public
Relations Incentive Contest. Janice Williams, VP of
Public Relations for Okefenokee Toastmasters Club,
said, "I am excited that we won first place. Our newsletter has made an impression in past competitions
but we have never placed first. I want to thank Sharon Vickers, Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM), for
starting the first Swamp Talk ever for the club and all
the past and current Okefenokee Toastmasters who
have helped by proofreading the monthly newsletters."
Wayne Caffarel, Area 74 Director for 2015 -2016, was
the sole representative from Waycross at the Georgia
Toastmasters Spring Conference. He brought home
the prize, a gift certificate, to be spent at the Toastmasters International store.

B.M.: I had three church members on

the Action Committee and three Toastmasters on the Guidance Committee;
Janice Williams, Sharon Vickers, and
Rodney Hooks.
Q: What did you personally learn about
leadership?
B.M.: I learned that leadership for a project like this takes imagination. Use of
time and getting others, my three-person
church team, involved was difficult
mainly because they work long hours. I
am retired so I did many of the projects.
Mine was a "service leadership role."

Why pay thousands of dollars for

a seminar or class when you can
join a Toastmasters club for a
fraction of the cost and have fun
in the process?

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. Okefenokee Toastmasters Club was chartered in 1991.
Compiled and edited by Janice Williams. Contact: oketoast8269@gmail.com