When your Vice President of Education asks whether you want to participate in the club contest this August, resist the impulse to turn away. Instead, say “yes.” You’ll thank yourself for doing it! I’ll tell you why you should participate in your club’s Table Topics and Tall Tales contests.
Category: Contests
You’re Invited to the Hunterdon Speak Easy Club Contest
We are ramping up for our club speaking contest, August 28, 2017 at the auditorium at Hunterdon Medical Center, 7:30 – 9 pm. All are welcome.
Two categories are Tall Tales and Table Topics.
This is a great opportunity to throwdown in the “speaking gauntlet” and participate or volunteer in the contest for leadership requirements.
Please RSVP to June Kellogg at jkfroghouse@gmail.com.
Why Hold a Club Contest?
For most people, the seasons are Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring. For Toastmasters, the seasons are Officer Training, Contest Season, Officer Training, and Contest Season. For Fall 2017, District 83 is holding two contests: Tall Tales and Table Topics. Club contests are traditionally run in August. Winners move on to Area contests in September and Division contests in October, eventually culminating in the District contest at our Fall Conference on November 18.
But why hold a club contest at all? Here are four great reasons:
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An Interview with Stacey Greene: Winner of District 83’s International Speech and Evaluation Contests
After the Spring 2017 convention, Su Brooks sat down with the Winner of District 83’s International Speech and Evaluation contests, Stacey Greene, to ask her a few questions.
Where do you work and what is your occupation?
I work at Prudential Financial as a Project Manager in the Global Business Technology Systems Organization.
What made you decide to become a Toastmaster?
I loved the opportunity to work on projecting my naturally soft-spoken voice as well as the instantaneous feedback that Toastmasters provides. The feedback has allowed me to develop a fondness for healthy and constructive feedback and to know the difference between that and destructive feedback.