Toastmasters International District 19
The Transmitter Winter 2010
Covering all of Iowa and the best parts of Illinois and Nebraska In this issue: It’s Halftime!.......... 1 It’s Never too Soon to Think Ahead...... 1 D19 PR Team....... 2 A Successful Second Half................ 3 Recharge with TLI................. 3 Your Club Can Host Demo Mtg............. 4 Profile: Leah Cox.. 4 Boost Your Mentoring Program.......... 5 D19 Education Achievements....... 6 From the D19 Fall Conference......... 10 TM Tidbits........... 12
It’s Halftime! T
he gun goes off, the players retreat, and fans turn to other entertainment for a bit. I don’t usually turn to sports metaphors, but I think the concept of halftime is well understood. Halftime is not just a time of rest. It’s a time of serious reflection with an eye toward improvement. Adjustments are decided, planned, and set into motion. Coaches are held responsible for the play of the team even though they aren’t on the field. A good coach earns respect by the ability to engage, inspire, adjust, and lead his team to victory. Our Toastmasters year is at halftime. Our offense has been working hard and our Communication and Leadership awards have been making huge gains. Our defense—the concept of holding up our standards against attack and engaging the respect of the general public—has held its own. But this year we face a tough opponent. The economy has created uncertainty that hurts our marketing on the District and club levels. People face stress in their
personal lives and are concerned about taking risks. Toastmasters might be an interesting concept to them, but right now they are focused on keeping their heads down and plowing straight ahead. So, does your club need to adjust? Are you losing key players to the injuries of the economy? Will the game plan you started in July still play out to a Distinguished year? Your Area Governors are key mentors—assistant coaches—ready to help you ‘get game.’ If you are a club officer, you are a player-coach, someone right on the field with a great perspective on what is really happening. Now, the second round of officer training and club visits is upon us. This isn’t a time to rest thinking we covered everything six months ago and that we can coast the rest of the Toastmasters year. It’s halftime, the time when we make the strategic changes that win the game. This is when we earn our respect as Toastmasters! Let’s redevelop that crucial game plan. Let’s go out into the world and draft some new players in our clubs to show the world that we have what it takes to be great communicators and leaders. How? By working as a solid team using a well-thought-out plan. There’s the whistle. Let’s take the field! Doug Nelson, District 19 Governor dnelson@netins.net 641-430-8378
It’s Never too Soon to Think Ahead
T
here may be snow on the ground, and there might be a lot more to come, but it’s not too early to start thinking about spring! Along with the pretty flowers, green grass, and warmer days to enjoy, there
are a few Toastmasters-related events that occur in the spring:
1. The Spring Conference in Des Moines. We always have a spring Never too Soon, continued page 2
Never too Soon, from page 1
conference, but this year is special because International President Gary Schmidt is going to visit. That means District 19 will be pulling out all the stops to make the 2010 Spring Conference in Des Moines an event to remember! Register now and save money!
2. The International Speech Contest.
Right now everyone is tied for first in the competition to determine the 2010 World Champion of Public Speaking. Challenge yourself to compete this year! With recent rule changes adopted by Toastmasters International, the International Speech contest will be run differently than in past years. The winner of the District International Speech contest gets to go to the International Convention in Palm Desert, California, to compete for a shot at being the World Champion of Public Speaking. As anyone who has competed on the big stage will tell you, it’s a thrill like none other. If you want to seriously compete, you should at least be thinking about your speech topic.
the ring! Remember - Club elections are supposed to be held in May! It’s not too soon to be thinking about who among your club members is ready for a new challenge! (And encourage them to attend an upcoming TLI.)
5. SMARTcraft. Is there a topic you wished
would have been covered more at the TLIs? Is there an educational program you’ve been dying to try? Looking for more opportunities to speak? Hold or attend a SMARTcraft! There will be opportunities to do both coming up during the second half of the Toastmasters year, so be on the lookout for them or start working now to create your own!
For these and other reasons, in District 19, it’s never too early to Think Spring! Thomas Lindaman, DTM Lt. Governor of Education and Training District 19
Speaking of spring...
Plan now to attend the spring conference May 14-15 in Des Moines. To find out more and to register, go to: http://www.district19.camp9.org/
3. The Table Topics contest. Just because
the International Speech Contest gets so much attention doesn’t mean that the District Table Topics Contest is any less special. This is a great opportunity for newer Toastmasters to get outside of their clubs and experience Area, Division, and even District speech contests. Practice helps! Use the next few weeks of club meetings to sharpen your skills.
4. Election of officers. Every spring, clubs
meet to discuss the election of officers from the club level on up to District level and beyond. These are important decisions that will shape the direction of the District by giving members a voice. We can’t function as a District without leaders at every level. If you haven’t started thinking about being an officer at some level, give it some thought and throw your hat into
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District 19 2009-2010 Public Relations Team Public Relations Officer/Mike Anderson andymh@mchsi.com Database Coordinator/ Cliff “Spam Man” Scherrer, Sr. dtmcliff@machlink.com Assistant PRO/Laura Meade lauram@FisherGroup.com Web Master/Ann Mangan amangan@mancomm.com Transmitter Editor/Diane DeBok diane-debok@uiowa.edu
Preparing for a Successful Second Half
T
he first day of 2010 was halftime of the 20092010 Toastmasters year, as District Governor Doug Nelson noted in his column in this edition of the Transmitter. Just as a football team does at half-time, it is, indeed, a great time to do some assessing of your own. First: Assess your club. This especially applies if you’re a club officer, but all members take on some responsibility for a club’s success. Part of that “mutually supportive learning environment thing,” you know. And the success of a club reflects the skills and dedication of its members. How has your club grown in the past six months? How many new faces have walked through your door or, even better, are now placed among you? How many accomplishments have you achieved collectively? If you can’t point to very many “touchdowns” - or even “first downs” maybe it’s time to review your strategy, and almost certainly your execution. What have you done to build up your fan base? Has your club made an effort to tell the community about what you have accomplished? Have you tried an open house or a Speechcraft to create some “buzz” about your club? Second: Assess yourself. Remind yourself why you’re playing this game in the first place. Toastmasters is a team effort, but the ultimate goal (in sharp contrast to our sports analogy) is individual achievement and growth. So how are YOUR halftime stats? While it’s true that in Toastmasters we all have the freedom to work at our desired pace, at the same
time, we’re also here to work on our weaknesses as well as our strengths. Have you stepped outside your proverbial comfort zone and become involved outside the club? Have you competed in a contest, even at the club level? Have you taken that next step in your speaking progress—maybe moving out from behind the lectern, doing a speech without notes, or make a special effort to organize a speech in a new way? Use this halfway point to rethink your strategy and set some new goals, especially if you’re a club officer. In fact, every club should have an officers’ meeting this month and create a checklist of objectives and an evaluation of how each officer is doing in his or her role. Don’t point fingers; work as a team to identify where execution has been weak, and develop a strategy to work together to shore up your game plan. If you need help, contact your Area Governor for advice. In six months, the whistle will blow again, and your club will take a win or a loss. Will you be able to say you made the most of the opportunity you had in 2009-2010?
By Mike Anderson District 19 Public Relations Officer
Recharge with TLI
A very successful Division C and D TLI (Toastmasters Leadership Institute) was held Saturday, January 16, at the Farm Bureau Building in West Des Moines. Be sure to look for a training opportunity being held in the next few weeks near you! Urge as many of your club officers to attend TLI as possible. Officer training is part of achieving or maintaining distinguished club status. Toastmasters who are not club officers are welcome to attend, too! Check the District Calendar at www.district19.me for details.
Toastmasters from Divisions C and D attend TLI on January 16 in West Des Moines
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Your Club Can Host a Demo Meeting
Y
our club can help District 19 start new clubs by holding a demonstration meeting. A demo meeting simply involves working with a local company, church, or community group to take your club meeting on the road and demonstrate how Toastmasters meetings work. Now, by doing so, your club will be entered into the new Club Demo Sweepstakes and will have an opportunity to win a Portable Wood Lectern (Toastmaster Catalog #379), Timing Signal Light with Remote (Catalog #6698) or $70 towards any Toastmaster Catalog purchase. Each new club demo meeting your club conducts enters your club in the sweepstakes, so the more demos you do, the more chances you have to win. Each club holding a demo meeting before June 30, 2010 will be eligible. Any club that has already held a demo meeting after July 1, 2009 is also eligible, whether or not the demo actually led to the start of a new club. The goal of hosting a demo meeting for another group is that you will inspire that group to form its own club. It is also an opportunity for Toastmasters in your club to get some great experience and position themselves for a possible club sponsorship or mentor role that would lead to an Advanced Leader Silver award. A District 19 officer will assist your club in choosing a location and organizing your agenda. Help your club and District 19 win, win, win! Please contact me for additional information and assistance. My contact information appears below. By Susan Saltou District 19 Lieutenant Governor of Marketing susansaltou@mchsi.com 641-420-7274
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Transmitter Profile: Leah Cox By Cindy Hanevy, Area 36 Governor
This issue’s profile is of Leah Cox, ACB, CL and Division C Governor. Leah has been a member of Toastmasters less than two years. She is a member of Crosswinds in Marshalltown, iToast in Ames, and Professional Achievers in Altoona. What do you like to do outside of Toastmasters? Is there a life outside of Toastmasters? I love to read. I don’t even care what it is. A murder mystery, the stock market…OK, not that so much. Westerns, spy thriller, science fiction. I also have a new grandson that I am looking forward to spoiling rotten soon. He just turned a year old and moved back to Iowa so Grandma is going to put her mark on him! I also like to travel. Again, not picky. There is always something new to see or do. To me, Des Moines counts as traveling because it is not in Marshalltown!!! Where are you from? I am originally from southern Iowa—Oskaloosa. I have lived in Bussey and Eddyville, also in southern Iowa. I have also lived in Montana. What keeps you interested in Toastmasters? Wow, what a great question! What keeps me interested in Toastmasters is the opportunity for constant change and learning. The people like Clyde Eisenbeis, John Carlson and Joan Johanson who have been in Toastmasters almost forever are continually learning and spurring me to continue learning and re-creating myself. There is not a lot wrong with most of us when we join Toastmasters, but we still need to learn. Recreation is a continual improvement of yourself. A pond without an influx of fresh water soon becomes stagnant. Stagnant water cannot grow anything new, at least not for long. I like learning and I thrive when I am able to teach someone. As you may know, I belong to three different clubs. I do mean different. One is pretty relaxed— Crosswinds. One is just learning and is multicultural—iToast. One is an advanced club—Professional Achievers. I catch myself writing a different type of speech for each club. In Crosswinds I try out new material. Profile continued next page
Profile from previous page (They have superb evaluations.) With iToast I tend to be more somber and educational. I am not necessarily myself when I am there. With the Pro Achievers I am myself, and as an advanced club their evaluations are helpful, sometimes to the point of hurting, but in an appropriate way. They are not vindictive, just more insightful and geared to different type of audience. I tend to be the professional and give more instructional speeches there. But that is their goal. Choose your club with an open mind. They all have different ideas and modes of learning and usefulness. What advice do you have for new members? I love new members. I remember being one not very long ago! My advice would be threefold, first GET ACTIVE!!!!!!!! You can’t learn to drive by sitting in the back seat of the car. Get active, go to meetings, volunteer for any job needed. Visit other clubs. Go to the TLIs even if you are not an officer. Second: Learn by doing. This goes hand-in-hand with the first bit of advice. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. There used to be an artist on IPTV—Bob Ross. He said that we don’t make mistakes, we have happy accidents. I strongly believe this. Last but far from least…LISTEN. This sounds easy, but probably is the hardest for a “newbie” to do. We tend to act like we are listening. We do not hear what is being said, but most importantly, we do not hear what is not being said. A good part of each conversation is nonverbal. As Toastmasters, we need to focus on the nonverbal as well as the verbal. Go back to the car. Dad taught us how to steer the car, look both ways, what the lights and signs meant, by never saying a word. We probably knew all of this by the time we were 9. We could no more drive a car down I-80 at 4 pm outside Iowa City than we could walk on the moon. Until we got behind the wheel of that car, we did not
realize what all we had to do to drive that car. From adjusting the mirror, seat belt, getting the seat in the right position for our comfort and safety. Not to discount the need to be sure that we had gas in the car, air in the tires. From hearing, listening and learning from an older (figuratively) more experienced person we learned to drive a car. A Toastmaster probably knows before he or she ever sits in the first meeting that a speech needs an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. We know how to fill 5-10 minutes with talking. But they do not usually know the nuances that Toastmasters teaches us. You see, each of us is a mentor whether we have the title or not. We are mentoring everyone we speak to, Toastmaster or not. Leah Cox, ACB, CL Division C Governor. (Less than 2 year member)
Boost Your Mentoring Program By Lauri Hughes, Area 34 Governor
K
irkwood Keynotes #1564 (Cedar Rapids) is spending the month of January promoting the club’s mentoring program. The club started off with an “introduction” at its regular meeting December 22. As Toastmaster, I talked about the M&M candies, shared a few with the group, and told the members interesting facts about them. Toward the end of the meeting, I suggested another thing to think about when eating these candies, our own club’s MnM, or mentor/ mentee program. Now each week this month, we’re sprinkling facts and fun about our MnM program. On January 26, we’ll wrap it up with a meeting entirely focused on the mentoring program (TM, speeches, table topics and evaluation feedback), we’ll formally introduce our new “logo” for the program, and end the meeting with a quiz to gauge their learning. The winner receives a gift bag of M & M’s chocolates! For more information, contact Lauri at lhughes@ kirkwood.edu.
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Toastmasters International - Education Achievements, District 19 Club
Div
Area
Award
Date
Member
Club Name
Location
2791
A
12
ACG
09/09/2009
Ahrens, LaDean M.
Ah Masters Club
Fort Dodge
875
D
74
CL
12/04/2009
Anderson Mba, Amber
Town And College Club
Ames
3515
B
33
LD REXC
01/01/2010
Anderson, Michael H.
Sunrise Marion Club
Cedar Rapids
1443
B
34
ALS
01/06/2010
Anderson, Michael H.
Crossroads Story Tellers Club
North Liberty
1089
E
92
CL
12/11/2009
Antosiak, Sharon K.
Washington Toastmasters Club
Washington
7515
E
92
CL
07/17/2009
Atkinson, Arthur A.
Golden Speakers Club
Fairfield
3135
D
72
CC
07/10/2009
Bakker, Teresa K.
Early Risers Toastmasters Club
West Des Moines
9592
E
93
CC
07/21/2009
Bark, Candice L.
Stanley Consultants Toastmasters
Muscatine
3250
B
33
CC
07/24/2009
Barnidge, Tracy J
Collins Avionics Club
Cedar Rapids
2316
A
12
ACS
09/14/2009
Benton, Rhonda M.
Wright On
Clarion
3515
B
33
ACB
07/23/2009
Berry, Ron C.
Sunrise Marion Club
Cedar Rapids
3135
D
72
CC
07/10/2009
Binns, Kathy A.
Early Risers Toastmasters Club
West Des Moines
1765
D
74
CC
09/30/2009
Biswas, Rana
TGIF Toastmasters Club
Ames
2388
D
73
CC
07/29/2009
Boicourt, Dale L.
Esquire Toastmasters Club Des Moines
3250
B
33
CL
11/05/2009
Boland, Pat J.
Collins Avionics Club
Cedar Rapids
7515
E
92
CC
11/24/2009
Braun, Seth
Golden Speakers Club
Fairfield
3135
D
72
ACS
11/20/2009
Brown, Steven E.
Early Risers Toastmasters Club
West Des Moines
2187
D
74
CL
09/15/2009
Budd, Thomas James
Ames Toastmasters
Ames
164
B
36
CC
11/15/2009
Butler, Dori H
Old Capitol Club
Iowa City
4477
C
54
DTM
07/16/2009
Carlson, John D.
Ankeny Club
Ankeny
184
D
74
ALB
09/05/2009
Chen, Henry
iToast Toastmasters Club
Ames
3135
D
72
CC
11/17/2009
Chirico, Frank J.
Early Risers Toastmasters Club
West Des Moines
2187
D
74
ALB
07/27/2009
Chung, Kueier
Ames Toastmasters
Ames
1089
E
92
PCC
12/01/2009
Cody, Patricia A.
Washington Toastmasters Club
*Award Pending
1089
E
92
CL
12/01/2009
Cody, Patricia A.
Washington Toastmasters Club
Washington
7515
E
92
CC
11/19/2009
Cole, Livia
Golden Speakers Club
Fairfield
7858
C
51
CL
07/23/2009
Cox, Leah Rae
Crosswinds Toastmasters Club
Marshalltown
7858
C
51
ACB
08/11/2009
Cox, Leah Rae
Crosswinds Toastmasters Club
Marshalltown
6628
E
92
ACB
10/23/2009
Creagan, Samuel Joseph
Burlington Area Toastmasters Club
Burlington
2670
A
11
ACB
11/10/2009
Crofutt, Laura Ellen
Siouxland Ciceros Club
South Sioux City
875
D
74
CC
08/17/2009
Dai, Renchang
Town And College Club
Ames
6.
3049
D
75
CC
08/02/2009
Davis, Todd Alan
Greater Des Moines Toastmasters Club
Des Moines
164
B
36
CC
07/29/2009
DeBok, Diane R
Old Capitol Club
Iowa City
7515
E
92
CL
12/04/2009
Denbaum, Diane M.
Golden Speakers Club
Fairfield
1274432
B
36
CC
01/07/2010
Dizard, Betty J.
GEICO Dynamos
Coralville
1564
B
34
CL
09/16/2009
Driscoll, Marcia Kaye Kirkwood Keynotes Club
Cedar Rapids
663
E
92
CL
11/05/2009
Eddy, William J.
Ottumwa Toastmasters Club
Ottumwa
663
E
92
ALB
08/03/2009
Eddy, William J.
Ottumwa Toastmasters Club
Ottumwa
3193
D
73
CC
08/11/2009
Fell, Janeen M.
Regency Club
West Des Moines
1089
E
92
ACB
08/20/2009
Flynn, Kevin C.
Washington Toastmasters Club
Washington
7889
E
94
ALB
07/04/2009
Grant, Sidney
Hilltop Toaster Club
East Moline
4477
C
54
CC
09/02/2009
Gray, Tina R.
Ankeny Club
Ankeny
839618
D
73
CL
11/13/2009
Halblom, Dave
Voices in Motion Club
West Des Moines
3193
D
73
CC
12/16/2009
Hansen, Sondra A
Regency Club
West Des Moines
1209
B
36
CL
08/10/2009
Hartman, Sally
Affirmationists Club
Iowa City
1282753
B
32
CC
09/03/2009
Hatter, Christy
Aegon Articulators
Cedar Rapids
1205
B
33
CL
01/02/2010
Hatter, Christy
Heritage Toastmasters Club
Cedar Rapids
839618
D
73
CL
09/01/2009
Hawley, Dale V.
Voices in Motion Club
West Des Moines
6787
A
11
CL
07/08/2009
Hennings, Jason
Future Communicators of America
Cherokee
645182
C
54
ALB
08/23/2009
Hicks, Sharon L
Nexus Toastmasters Club
Des Moines
1205
B
33
CC
07/27/2009
Hinkel, Nancy Ellen
Heritage Toastmasters Club
Cedar Rapids
4477
C
54
CC
09/28/2009
Horn, Diane M
Ankeny Club
Ankeny
2670
A
11
CC
08/18/2009
Huber, Michelle L.
Siouxland Ciceros Club
South Sioux City
6787
A
11
ACB
09/01/2009
Hummel, Alvin
Future Communicators of America
Cherokee
3193
D
73
CC
09/17/2009
Jensen, Kathryn J
Regency Club
West Des Moines
2791
A
12
CC
10/22/2009
Johanson, Joan M.
Ah Masters Club
Fort Dodge
4477
C
54
CL
07/07/2009
Kallem, Jeff D
Ankeny Club
Ankeny
4477
C
54
CC
01/11/2010
Kallem, Jeff D
Ankeny Club
Ankeny
7858
C
51
CC
07/08/2009
Kenney, Rachel Susan
Crosswinds Toastmasters Club
Marshalltown
711779
E
94
CC
09/01/2009
Kerns, Adam J
Quad Cities Executive Toastmasters Club
Davenport
7515
E
92
ACS
11/19/2009
Khare, Ron
Golden Speakers Club
Fairfield
7515
E
92
ALB
10/27/2009
Khare, Ron
Golden Speakers Club
Fairfield
7515
E
92
CL
08/04/2009
Khare, Ron
Golden Speakers Club
Fairfield
7.
184
D
74
ACS
07/02/2009
Kimura, Kayoko
iToast Toastmasters Club
Ames
184
D
74
ALB
01/11/2010
Kimura, Kayoko
iToast Toastmasters Club
Ames
7978
A
13
ACS
09/15/2009
Kock, Russell E
WIT Masters Toastmasters Club
Sioux City
4477
C
54
ACB
08/22/2009
Lacombe, David A
Ankeny Club
Ankeny
3193
D
73
CC
11/10/2009
Larson, Erin K
Regency Club
West Des Moines
4804
C
53
CC
09/01/2009
Larson, Julie A.
Tower Toasters Club
Des Moines
875
D
74
CC
10/19/2009
Lau, Chooi Kim
Town And College Club
Ames
1209
B
36
CC
12/10/2009
Leifker, Nicholas
Affirmationists Club
Iowa City
4605
D
75
CC
09/18/2009
Lisle, Jeffery
Johnston Club
Johnston
3193
D
73
CC
08/11/2009
Mahoney, Anne Marie
Regency Club
West Des Moines
617
B
34
CC
10/14/2009
Mangold, Sherry Lee Hawkeye Toastmasters Club
Cedar Rapids
1089
E
92
CC
08/10/2009
Martin, Mary Louise
Washington Toastmasters Club
Washington
6787
A
11
CC
09/29/2009
Mauro, Adam
Future Communicators of America
Cherokee
9708
B
31
CL
08/20/2009
McMahon, Mary R.
Waterloo Speechmasters Club
Waterloo
617
B
34
CC
01/11/2010
Meade, Laura M.
Hawkeye Toastmasters Club
Cedar Rapids
3193
D
73
CC
10/20/2009
Middendorf, Sarah A
Regency Club
West Des Moines
7889
E
94
CC
07/04/2009
Moreno, Fidel
Hilltop Toaster Club
East Moline
3515
B
33
CL
10/11/2009
Myers, Coleen K.
Sunrise Marion Club
Cedar Rapids
875
D
74
CC
12/04/2009
Ng, Kam Weng
Town And College Club
Ames
3588
E
91
CC
11/20/2009
Nielsen, Keith A.
Speak-Easy Club
Dubuque
972362
E
91
ACS
08/25/2009
Nielsen, Kelly
Tri-State Toasters
Dubuque
1937
C
52
ACB
09/01/2009
O’Leary, Kathleen
Statesmen Toastmasters Club
Des Moines
1282753
B
32
CL
01/04/2010
Oehler, Mark
Aegon Articulators
Cedar Rapids
1282753
B
32
CC
11/05/2009
Oehler, Mark
Aegon Articulators
Cedar Rapids
7515
E
92
CC
09/15/2009
Oetken, Todd Allen
Golden Speakers Club
Fairfield
2187
D
74
CC
08/04/2009
Olson, Hillary A.
Ames Toastmasters
Ames
1937
C
52
ACS
09/02/2009
Palmisano, Virginia M.
Statesmen Toastmasters Club
Des Moines
3250
B
33
ACB
11/05/2009
Pasker, Steve W.
Collins Avionics Club
Cedar Rapids
1325
E
94
CC
11/03/2009
Pathak, Pankaj Padmakar
Downtowners Toastmasters Club
Davenport
2670
A
11
CC
08/12/2009
Pittenger, Emily JC
Siouxland Ciceros Club
South Sioux City
9047
C
52
ACS
08/13/2009
Powell, Marginell E.
Mid City Toastmasters Club
Des Moines,
1991
C
53
CL
12/17/2009
Rasmussen, Erica Regina
Ruan Center Club
Des Moines
839618
D
73
ACB
07/10/2009
Reavis, Jay
Voices in Motion Club
West Des Moines
8.
6787
A
11
CL
07/29/2009
Reinlasoder, Ray
Future Communicators of America
Cherokee
3049
D
75
ACG
07/30/2009
Richardson, Dale R.
Greater Des Moines Toastmasters Club
Des Moines
164
B
36
ALB
07/20/2009
Roalson, Eric B.
Old Capitol Club
Iowa City
617
B
34
ACB
10/14/2009
Rocarek, Richard M.
Hawkeye Toastmasters Club
Cedar Rapids
3588
E
91
CC
01/04/2010
Rolwes, Brenda A.
Speak-Easy Club
Dubuque
7515
E
92
CL
11/09/2009
Rose, Jeannie
Golden Speakers Club
Fairfield
972362
E
91
CL
12/07/2009
Schmieder, Cheryl
Tri-State Toasters
Dubuque
1209
B
36
CC
12/10/2009
Schubert, Michael Andrew
Affirmationists Club
Iowa City
684
B
32
CC
07/06/2009
Skeers, Linda S.
Downtowners Watts of Talk Cedar Rapids Club
3193
D
73
CC
08/20/2009
Stopulos, Joseph Patrick
Regency Club
West Des Moines
1209
B
36
CC
08/19/2009
Sudarmawan, Anthony
Affirmationists Club
Iowa City
1209
B
36
CL
08/19/2009
Sudarmawan, Anthony
Affirmationists Club
Iowa City
7515
E
92
ALB
10/27/2009
Symington Craig, Jean
Golden Speakers Club
Fairfield
1564
B
34
CL
10/15/2009
Tharp, Kristine M.
Kirkwood Keynotes Club
Cedar Rapids
7515
E
92
ACS
11/19/2009
Traynor, Thomas H.
Golden Speakers Club
Fairfield
7515
E
92
CC
08/04/2009
Traynor, Thomas H.
Golden Speakers Club
Fairfield
1325
E
94
CC
09/16/2009
Walker, Marilyn L.
Downtowners Toastmasters Club
Davenport
4996
A
13
CL
07/17/2009
Waltz, Jon
Red Oak Club
Red Oak
987584
D
72
CC
11/20/2009
White, David Charles R&R Realty Group
West Des Moines
7858
C
51
CC
07/16/2009
Wieland, Lu A
Crosswinds Toastmasters Club
Marshalltown
1104627
C
55
CC
07/09/2009
Wiese, Sharon
Stagecoach Speakers Downtown DSM
Des Moines
1937
C
52
ACB
07/16/2009
Willett, Patricia Rae
Statesmen Toastmasters Club
Des Moines
101
B
31
CC
07/24/2009
Williams, Reginald
Waterloo Toastmasters Club
Waterloo
1051385
D
73
CL
07/17/2009
Wilson, Jeff
Voices from the Farm
West Des Moines
617
B
34
ALB
11/12/2009
Woerdeman, Ladonna OSF
Hawkeye Toastmasters Club
Cedar Rapids
875
D
74
CC
08/04/2009
Wu, Yen-Nung
Town And College Club
Ames
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From the District 19 Fall Conference
The fall conference was held November 13-14 in Dubuque at the Julien Hotel. In case you can’t guess, the event had a riverboat gambler theme (remember Maverick?). If Ann Mangan’s photos are any indication, District 19’s Toastmasters had a great time! Have a look at the next couple of pages. Thanks, Ann, for capturing so many fun moments.
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Don’t mess with these guys These award winners were ready for all comers. From left: Reginald Williams, Toastmaster of the Year; Kory May, winner, Humorous Speech Contest; Mark Latta, winner, Evaluation competition.
Teamwork makes it happen From left, Brenda Martinek, co-chair; Keith Nielsen, Voice of the Conference; and Kelly Nielsen, co-chair helped make it all happen.
International Director,Theo Black, DTM, was a keynote speaker at the conference. Theo was elected to the Toastmasters International Board of Directors at the International Convention in August. Meanwhile, all kinds of costumes were in evidence, but everyone shared at least one thing at the fall conference--fun!
Toastmaster Tidbits
Recruiting
By Clyde Eisenbeis, DTM, Crosswinds #7858
What is one of the most important responsibilities of a club member? Recruiting! While there are many other important responsibilities, recruiting new members is at, or near, the top of the list. Over time, some members leave, so recruiting new members is essential to maintaining a vibrant club. What is the best way to recruit? Here are some guidelines: 1) talk to others about Toastmasters; 2) be enthusiastic; 3) be prepared with information (see below); 4) invite someone you know to attend a meeting. Toastmasters Can Help You • Conquer the fear of speaking to a group. • Run efficient meetings. • Become an effective speaker by improving presentation skills. • Develop and maintain professional conduct. • Improve listening skills and people skills. • Think quickly on your feet. • Develop communication skills vital to personal and business growth. • Become more interesting to others. • Become more efficient with your time. • Learn Parliamentary Procedures (Robert’s Rules of Order). • Become comfortable with last minute changes. • Develop skills to be a Master of Ceremonies. • Develop and refine your leadership skills.