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Lunch Hour Meetings: Okefenokee Toastmasters Meet at

The Okefenokee Toastmasters Club meets on Wednesdays at noon at South Georgia State College in Waycross. The club's mission is to provide a supportive learning environment for members to develop communication and leadership skills. Upcoming events include the Division H speech contests on October 7th. The club uses "Word of the Week" to highlight vocabulary. Photos show the past president presenting an award to the current president and winners of the Area 83 speech contests. The club encourages connecting through social media for tips. The district vision is "L3 - Leading Inward, Outward, & Onward." A list of charter members from 1991 is provided.

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Lunch Hour Meetings: Okefenokee Toastmasters Meet at

The Okefenokee Toastmasters Club meets on Wednesdays at noon at South Georgia State College in Waycross. The club's mission is to provide a supportive learning environment for members to develop communication and leadership skills. Upcoming events include the Division H speech contests on October 7th. The club uses "Word of the Week" to highlight vocabulary. Photos show the past president presenting an award to the current president and winners of the Area 83 speech contests. The club encourages connecting through social media for tips. The district vision is "L3 - Leading Inward, Outward, & Onward." A list of charter members from 1991 is provided.

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Okefenokee Toastmasters

Club #8269, Area 83.


Division H, District 14. Volume 9 Issue 10 October 2017 Chartered Club since 1991
East.

Lunch Hour Meetings: Okefenokee Toastmasters meet at Okefenokee Toastmasters Club


South Georgia State College, Waycross Campus, James Dye Officers 2017-2018
Student Services Building in Room 108 on Wednesdays at President: Dennis OConnor
noon.
VP Education: Kathy Odam
Mission: We provide a supportive and positive learning ex- VP Membership: Michael-Angelo James
perience in which members are empowered to develop com-
VP Public Relations: Janice Williams
munication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-
confidence and personal growth. Treasurer: Linda Zechmann
Secretary: Steve Pearce
Sergeant at Arms: Bud Montero
Retweets @Oketoast

@JoanDetz:
Upcoming Event
How will you use words Division H Humorous
to create possibilities
today? Its a big dic-
Speech and Evaluation
tionary. Choose wisely. Contests. October 7th at
11:00am. The Waterfront
@lvgarciag:
Words give us a world
Church, Richmond Hill, Ga.
of possibilities. Las
palabras nos dan un
mundo de posi- Word Power
bilidades. One role of the Grammarian at a
Quote of the Month Toastmasters meeting is to
@Inspireu2Action:
bring a Word of the Week and
A positive attitude Mutual Purpose means that others
makes it easier to han- listen for its usage. Here are
perceive that youre working toward
dle anything that some words we have used at our
a common outcome in the conversa-
comes your way. Focus tion, that you care about their goals, club meetings this year:
on possibilities. interests, and values. And vice ver- Evocative (adj.) = bringing
sa. You believe they care about strong images, memories, feel-
@JCISheffield: yours. Consequently, Mutual Pur-
Public speaking tip: Be ings to mind
pose is the entry condition of dia-
a giver. Audiences ap- Prognosticate (v.) = foretell or
logue. Find a shared goal, and you
preciate a speaker prophesy
have a good reason and a healthy
whose aim is to give
value, teach and in- climate for talking. Rectify (v.) = remedy
spire. Crucial Conversations by Kerry Pat- Ritzy (adj.) = very fashionable
terson et al, p.77.
Top photo:
The 2016-2017 president Wayne Caffarel (left)
presenting the Presidents Distinguished Club ban-
ner to current president, Dennis OConnor.
Bottom photo:
For the first time ever, we had speech contests for
Georgia Toastmasters Areas 74 & 83 on Saturday,
September 9th at the same location, Ambling Man-
agement Company in Valdosta. (Left to right) Tar-
get Speaker at the Evaluation Contest for Georgia
Toastmasters Areas 74 and 83, Toastmaster Mi-
chael-Angelo James; winner of Area 83 Evalua-
tion Contest, Toastmaster Ritu Linhart; and win-
ner of Area 83 Humorous Speech Contest, Toast-
master Wayne Caffarel. The title of the target
speech was Express Yourself.

Connect and Share


Check out our social media links for com-
munication and leadership tips.
LinkedIn
Facebook
Pinterest
Twitter
Website:
http://okefenokee.toastmasterscl
ubs.org
Email:
[email protected]

Vision Statement for Georgia Toastmasters District 14:


L3 = Leading Inward, Outward, & Onward.

CHARTER MEMBERS: John Penland 1926-2015 (Sponsor), Andrew Slocum, Joe Gant,
Harry D. Dixon, Jr., Carolyn Morton (Akins), Phil Wysong, C.J. Broome, Paul OCain, James
C. Bunch, W.F. Stephens, Jeanette Stipe, Tom Strickland, Fred Barber, John Karew, Reuben
Flanders, E. Nash Williams, Jerri Davis, Doris Germano, Andy Spivey, Audrey West, and
Margaret Park. Compiled by Janice Williams.

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