Club Newsletter
News for the Club: Sept 3, 2008
Tonight's meeting had a theme of "Comedy/ What's so funny"Our Toastmaster was Laura R. Fritz who led us through the program with positive energy and good humor. The Word of the Day, presented by Mary Rubino was "Inspire"a very appropriate word for a club whose theme is to Encourage, Enlighten and Inspire each other!
The word usage was recorded throughout the meeting .
Francine Lombardi gave the invocation and set the tone for the meeting as she spoke of a great book entitled "The One Minute Manager"this little gem of a book points to the fact that people are the key to the success of any business. Belen Lazaro gave a joke about the frustration of being told "You'll be next" when attending weddings and baby showers. This
is not pleasant to hear at wakes or funerals either!
Our first speaker, Joe Maressa, gave a speech entitled " Lead or be Led" he shared his great wisdom on career transitioning and the importance
of making choices that provide satisfaction
in all areas of your life. build on exsisting
strengths.
Elizabeth Johnson's speech" Survival of the Fitist" described her survival stratagies when dealing with sixth and eighth grade girls on a community service project in St.Croix.
Next Tim Foley spoke of his challeges as a proud
Worcester native upon realizing he had an accent and the teasing he took for it in college. Dealing with
and appreciating the differences we all have helps to
make Tim the compasionate attorney he is today.
Our most accomplished speaker of the night, DTM (Distinguished Toastmaster) Y.S. Kim gave a thoughful birthday toast to her sister,
that special person in her life whom she shared a special connection with.
Her clever use of body language made everyone feel her sister was right there with us!
Mary Ford, our Treasurer, let us all know the benefits of
the Toastmasters new competent leadership program.
How every role we take within the club is another step towards this award giving us all more "bang for the buck"
Table topics was lead by Rony Delorian, the topic was Charity. This was a great and timely topic for all.
Our Area governor Kazia Navas joined us and spoke of the
importance and benefits of mantaining a healthy, positive
club and commended our club for it's enthusiam and positve energy.
Please join us for our next meeting Sept. 17th, 2008
from 7-9pm when We will be having our annual Humorous Speech contest! Hope to see you there!
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