Okefenokee Toastmasters

Club #8269, Area 74,

Division G, District 14.

Volume 8 Issue 11

November 2016

Lunch Hour Meetings: Okefenokee Toastmasters meet

at South Georgia State College, Waycross Campus, James
Dye Student Services Building in Room 108 on Wednesdays at noon.
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.

Chartered Club since 1991

Okefenokee Toastmasters Club
Officers 2016-2017
President: Wayne Caffarel
VP Education: Debi Pearce
VP Membership: Steve Pearce
VP Public Relations: Janice Williams
Treasurer: Linda Zechmann
Secretary: Jason Strickland

Retweets @Oketoast

Sergeant at Arms: Bud Montero

@ToShawnAnderson:
Fear is a thief.
It steals our wings.
It hijacks our dreams.
It kidnaps our confidence.

Change of Meeting Venue

Our regular Wednesday meeting
will be off campus December 21st
and 28th at noon at the Railway
Depot, downtown, Waycross.

@SMHendriks:
Choose to soar, dream
big. "A life without
dreams, is like a bird
without wings." Mansvini
@AdeleDR:
Your professional or personal goals can leap
from mere dreams to
amazing reality with the
benefit of Toastmasters
training.

Word Power

Quote of the Month

We are always connectedin our

cars, at home, at work. Everything
is a source of information. The implication is that your mastery of
brevityyour ability to get to the
point quickly will make the difference between being heard or
@c_shepherds:
Career Excellence: What notand your idea getting through
have you done to make
or being dismissed.
yourself stand out? Set
Brief: Make a Bigger Impact by
personal goals in tandem with business goals. Saying Less by Joseph McCor-

mack, p. 17.

The role of the Grammarian

at a Toastmasters meeting is
to bring a Word of the
Week and listen for its usage. Here are some words
we have used at our club
meetings recently:
Ecletic (adj.)= wide-ranging
Elusive (adj.) = evasive
Equanimity (n.) = calmness
Froward (adj.) = habitually
disposed to disobedience and
opposition

VPPR Janice Williams (left) and club

president, Wayne Caffarel (right),
pose with new members, Greg Smith
(2nd from left) and Helen Price
(right). Following the brief induction
ceremony, the new members performed
key roles at the meeting. Price delivered her first speech, the icebreaker.
Smiths role was to listen and keep
track of unnecessary filler words used
throughout the meeting. Toastmaster
Gina Marie Senters was also a speaker. She shared her unusual interest in
tracking gravesites.
Ideas for Retaining Members

Are You Connecting?

1. Have a mix of speeches.

2. Follow the agenda.

3. Recognize progress.
4. Have a social yet learning atmosphere.
5. Complete an annual Member Interest survey.
6. Have members write down their goals.
7. Motivate and teach.

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Website:
http://okefenokee.toastma
stersclubs.org

8. Have well organized meetings.

9. Send lost members the club newsletter.

10. Talk up the benefits of Toastmasters.

Email:
oketoast8269@gmail.com

Vision of Georgia District 14 Directors: ...we encourage all of you to be

ENGAGED, become EDUCATED and feel EMPOWERED.
CHARTER MEMBERS: John Penland 1926-2015 (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 by Janice Williams.