Naples Italy
Issue # 2
NEWSLETTER January - March 2013
A Message From Our President, Jasandra Brown
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appy New Year Fellow Toastmasters,
I love January! For me it feels like an early spring. I feel refreshed, renewed and ready to take on new goals with a new level of enthusiasm. I am not sure about you but for me the New Year is also a time of deep reflection on what I have accomplished and where I want to go. My goals range from personal, financial, travel, retirement and of course my Toastmasters goals. As President of the Naples Toastmasters Club I have the responsibility of not only my personal Toastmasters goals but the goals I have set for this club. My personal Toastmasters goals are to: give more speeches; enhance my public speaking skills; earn my Advanced Leadership Silver; earn my Advanced Communicator Bronze; continue meeting the goals necessary to make it to Distinguished Toastmaster. What are your TM goals? I would love to hear them. Let’s reflect on the four point plan I created for our club when I became president.
In this Issue: Words from the President Page 1 Education Corner Page 2 Pictures Page 3 Member Testimony Page 4 Welcome & Achievements Page 4 Schedule of Events Page 5 Contact & Committee Page 5
1. The Naples Toastmasters Club will have 30 members by June 2013 – in hindsight this was a lofty goal and the process is slower than I anticipated. However, I stand by this goal. We WILL have 30 members by June 2013. This goal can only be reached with the help of each and every member. If each one of us brought in one guest who would eventually become a member we would exceed this goal! 2. The Naples Toastmasters Club will be FUN!!!!! This one is harder to judge because to me just going to our meetings is fun. But I want this view to be shared by every member and guest who walks through the door. We will continue to work on this. 3. The members of the Naples Toastmasters Club will give effective evaluations! We have worked hard on this goal. We had one guest speaker and a few educational sessions. As I monitor the feedback given during evaluations in our club, I can say with confidence that we are on our way to better evaluations without a doubt. 4. The Naples Toastmasters Club will develop a website. We can say that this is the first goal that we have met!!! Thanks to Virginie and her diligence as the Vice President of Public Relations we now have a website. I am so proud of it I could scream. Instead I will light a sparkle on New Year’s Day. In the year 2013 as you all reflect on your personal goals, I want to ask you to also think about the goals and standards we have set for our club. Ask what you can do to help us reach our goals for the remainder of this Toastmaster year. Club # 1932007
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Education corner by Janet Murdoch Vice President Of Education
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nce again, I’d like to remind everyone about the wealth of materials available on the Toastmasters website. One terrific resource is the selection of 62 archived Podcasts. http://www.toastmasters.org/podcast
Why not download a few to your ipod; and next time you’re working out, taking a walk, or traveling you can enjoy a new informative & educational interview. Have you discovered the Three digital manuals; available in several languages for FREE to every Toastmasters member? http://www.toastmasters.org/Members/MemberExperience/NewMember.aspx Your Speaking Voice Gestures: Your Body Speaks Effective Evaluation These important manuals will help you develop key speaking and leadership skills as you grow in our Toastmasters club. Participating in Toastmasters meetings twice a month is important, because we not only improve our speaking skills, but we also gain a great deal by improving other communication skills: listening, evaluating, and providing meaningful feedback. You can’t gain these skills from reading the magazine; you need to attend our meetings to gain the most benefit from the club. Please strive to attend every meeting, and you will grow through these experiences. Improving our Communication Skills, is much more than presenting prepared speeches. It involves participating in all the roles. Try signing up for a new role, or one that challenges you in a new way. The role of Evaluator offers the perfect opportunity to sharpen these skill sets, and we’re always looking for volunteers to fill these roles!
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TOASTMASTERS IN ACTION Market Playce Saturday 15th December 2012 Once again our Toastmasters Club was at the Market Playce, and it was with a great pleasure that we gave away information about our Club and Public Speaking. We hope to have guests visiting us in January who seemed interested when passing by our table. We do not have pictures of all our members who participated that day, but we do thank them all for their involvement ! And congratulations to Theresa McAlpine who is our raffle winner and won a free membership.
THANK YOU to all our members who participated
Best Table Topics on the 18th December 2012
As you know, during our meeting we vote for our best table topics member. Our last best table topics of the year was :
Kenisha Walker We are looking forward to 2013 to discover more talents and improvements.
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Why did I join Toastmasters by Tara Krause Member
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eeling stagnant while here in Naples, I wanted to become so much more! In search of bettering myself for employment opportunities, I happened to stumble upon Jasandra Brown, the president of Toastmasters Naples Italy. Unsure of what Toastmasters was, Jasandra invited me! I took a leap, went to a meeting, and I am proud that I did. Toastmasters gave me confidence in public speaking! Confidence in who I am and what I have to say! I am no longer shy to speak in front of crowds! In a comforting and educational environment, I continue to perfect my public speaking skills. I am taking the knowledge I’ve gained in just a few months from Toastmasters, and already applying it to training seminars while feeling competent! Who would have thought. Fear is the only thing holding you back!! Toastmasters can help you break down those walls! I invite you.
To Our New Members
Welcome corner by Peggy Baker Vice President Of Membership For the Period of October - December 2012
Mike Maddox Michelle Thibodeaux Theresa McAlpine
Congratulations On Your Achievement Congratulations to:
Tara Krause - Virginie Silva - John Lepkowicz– Janet Murdoch for completing your 5th speech, you are half way to becoming a Competent Communicator
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JANUARY
FEBRUARY
Toastmaster Meeting (exceptionally) Tuesday 15th 18.15
Toastmaster Meeting Tuesday 5th 18.15 Speeches Theme : LOVE
Toastmaster Meeting (exceptionally) Tuesday 29th 18.15
Happy Valentines Day Wednesday 11th November
MARCH Toastmaster Meeting Tuesday 5th 18.15 Club Contest Toastmaster Meeting Tuesday 19th 18.15
Toastmaster Meeting Tuesday 19th 18.15
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Check out our website:
http://naplestoastmasters.wix.com/toastmastersnaples Toastmasters Naples Italy, Executive Committee: Jasandra Brown President
Tatiana Green Secretary
Janet Murdoch Vice President Of Education
Kenisha Walker Treasurer
Peggy Baker Vice President Of Membership
John Lepkowicz Sergeant At Arms
Virginie Silva Vice President Of Public Relation
Leonard Augustine Immediate Past President
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