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Active Listening–a Communication Skill

published Thursday, March 17th, 2011 at 5:53 pm by

Here is a good ebook that covers everything we need to know about active listening.
It will be here as a post for a while. Then, I may make it a bonus for membership.

Communicate better with active listeningYou can download the pdf file here.

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Presence as Present

published Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 at 2:53 am by

Our club president, Loretta Buckner, represented Tarpon Talkers at the recent Area Contest. We have a video of her talk.

She got second place and is going on to the Division Contest.

Yea, Loretta. Way to go, gal!

Presence as Present–Loretta Buckner from Elan Chalford on Vimeo.

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The Less Formal Meeting

published Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 at 2:31 pm by

Twice we have tried a meeting format that is streamlined. This is when we had fewer than usual members to take roles. It seemed to work out well. It was as if we had more people attending than really were there!

We let our president, Loretta run the whole meeting. She took on roles of Toastmaster and General Evaluator, too.

Everyone who wanted to speak was able too. Then, the speaker used the manual to evaluate the next speaker. (Like a speakathon.)

Each had an opportunity to give an oral evaluation, too.

Then, we finished with Table Topics. First Loretta asked a member to answer a question. Then the person did the table topic. And followed up by asking a question of the next person.

The meeting went smoothly. It was fun and spontaneous, and yet, we got our tasks done.

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A New Season Begins at Toastmasters

published Saturday, September 25th, 2010 at 4:51 pm by

The meeting Wednesday night went smoothly for the seven members and two guests who were there. Our guests were students of SPC who were attending as part of the course requirements.

Robert was Toastmaster of the meeting. Speeches were given by Jonathan, Elan, and Loretta.

Jonathan is continuing to build on his surprising strength as a story teller. He revamped the traditional Goldilocks fable to make some points on the subject of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine.

Elan confessed to starting a marketing campaign to move a nutritional product. He asked for comments about the best way to use media for hand to hand marketing. If you weren’t there you missed the insightful comments from members and guests.

Loretta gave the talk on the Distinguished Club Program. Her theme was “written goals.” You could just about see Brian Tracy, Tony Robbins and Bob Proctor in the background nodding their heads.

Arnie was General Evaluator and also evaluated Jonathan. Kim evaluated Loretta and also led Table Topics. Elan got a written evaluation in the manual.

If Mel or Pam had been there we might have had an Ah Counter and Grammarian. Timing is the one task we cannot defer, and Alison handled that very well.

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At our next meeting Kim will step up for her first time as Toastmaster of the meeting. Speeches are looked for from  Alison and Robert. Jonathan will serve as Table Topics Master. Loretta will be General Evaluator. That leaves Arnie and Elan to pick up what slack we can as Timer, Evaluators, Grammarian, Ah Counter and word of the day.

One idea that got discussed was allowing the Timer to select the word of the day. If I get to be Timer, I’ll have a word.

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How We Appreciate Our Guests at Tarpon Talkers

published Monday, September 13th, 2010 at 9:15 pm by

Kim Kerbs and Elan Chalford worked out a message to send guests by email. This represents out club. All the members of Tarpon Talkers can read it and see how it fits the spirit of out club.

Dear [name],
We enjoyed your recent visit to our Tarpon Talkers Toastmaster Club meeting.  We hope you found the experience interesting and fun. We certainly appreciated the energy you bring to the meeting.

The Toastmasters program of training in public speaking and leadership is completely adaptable to your goals and needs. Every member of our club would like to help you develop your public speaking and leadership potential.

As a reminder,  We meet every 2nd and 4th Wednesday at 6:30 in the evening. Our meeting room is the Kappa Building on the St Pete College campus in Tarpon Springs on Klosterman Road..  You are welcome to visit any future meeting as a guest.

You may consider joining us as a member on your own time table. We are ready to pitch in and set you up for success.

If you wish to call an active member for more information, try Elan Chalford at 938-1417. Or, email Elan by chalford@earthlink.net,
Kim by kkerbs@tampabay.rr.com,
Loretta by lobuckner@gmail.com.

Again, thank you for sharing your time with us. We hope to see you again.

Kim Kerbs, Secretary

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At our last meeting our newest member, Alison Shepard, gave her Ice Breaker. She spoke of her reading as  means of disengaging from social activity as she was growing up. Now she has to stand in front of all of us and talk.

Arnie inspired us to fly and pursue our dreams. Enough waddling and quacking already!

Jonathan did a smooth and effective job as Toastmaster of the meeting. And it was  his first time, too.

Loretta gave an especially supportive and insightful evaluation for Alison. She recognized the good cadence of the story teller and arc of exposition.

Kim recognized Arnie for his good physical presence. She invited him to dare a more heart centered talk next time.

For the meeting coming up on Sept 22, Toastmaster of the meeting is Robert. Elan and Jonathan are scheduled speakers. There is room for another. Arnie shall be General Evaluator. (Let’s all salute him.) Kim is handling Table Topics.

Hope to see you all there!

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