Have you enjoyed the rocking summer thunderstorms we have had in Minnesota since the middle of June? Great! Be ready to bring all your stories about all the thunderstorm experiences you have had over the years. Daytime, nighttime, rain, hail, tornadoes, wind, all the fun aspects of thunderstorms.
The 90 days of no-capture period ends on August 13th and it just so happens that the holding club – Tri-Dynamics – meets on Monday, August 16th. They meet from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at the Jim Lupient GM-Buick dealership at 394 and Hwy 100. It would be considerate of us as a club to relieve Tri-Dynamics of the responsibility maintaining possession of the EGG. Another capture would also tie us with the Saturday Morning Live club who has made five EGG captures. I’m thinking the District should be handing out a ribbon to those clubs with five or more captures – in the spirit of club excellence and camaraderie.
I just read a fabulous book entitled “Give Your Speech, Change the World”, by Nick Morgan ISBN 1-59139-714-6. The chapter that caught my interest was on the topic of crafting the elevator speech, as this is a critical skill in recruiting new members to our Toastmasters club.
The key learnings are:
1. It must contain a benefit for the potential member. Something that the person will get out of joining our club.
2. It must contain the word you, to ensure that you keep your attention directly focused where it belongs.
3. It must contain some reference to emotion in order to engage the potential member to be interested in what you have to say.
Given these key elements, your elevator speech may sound something like…
“By joining the Hutchinson Toastmasters club, you will learn how to give presentations without fear, presentations that will move your audience to action every time.”
Vickie Shoutz
VP of Membership
Check out the picnic pics on FaceBook.
Members and Guests are invited to a Potluck!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
5:30 Social Time, 6:00 p.m. Meal, 6:30 TM Meeting
Masonic Picnic Shelter – Hutchinson (west of the sanctuary, south of the Victorian Inn)
Please bring a dish to share.
Meat for the grill, beverages, plates, napkins & utensils provided.
RSVP to Kay DeSmith by July 19, 2010
Hope to see you there!
REMINDER: You can sleep in…… there is no 7:00 a.m. meeting on Thurs. 7/22/10, we will have our meeting at the picnic.
The Distinguished Club Program (DCP) is Toastmasters International’s way of ensuring clubs are growing, well-run and meeting the needs of their members. It starts with the club officer team’s commitment to success and progresses to each member setting and making speaking and leadership goals throughout the year.
Under the leadership of past-President Mike McInerny, our club has earned the President’s level of DCP – the highest of the DCP awards. This marks the sixth year in a row where the Hutchinson II club has earned President’s DCP. Congratulations to every club member and let’s commit for success in year seven!
Today is the first day of the rest of your life! Have you heard or read these words before? It’s not an original quote, but it is very profound.
What have you accomplished in your life thus far? Have you realized the dreams and ambitions you have carried in your heart since you were a youth? Have you successfully achieved all of the goals in life you have set for yourself? Do you possess the confidence and leadership skills to take control of your life and walk in your full potential?
If you are like the majority of people in our world, you were not able to answer “yes” to all of the questions. However, you may have wanted to, but have not found a way to achieve this yet.
What if I told you that for $26.00 I would be willing to share a “sure fire” way for you to get on the right track of fulfilling those dreams and goals and to ensure reaching your potential. Have I caught your attention yet?
What if I told you that for the same $26.00 I can guarantee your placement on the short list of any qualified job you pursue and as an added bonus you will be able to express to family members, friends, and politicians exactly what is on your mind (in a good way of course!).
Do you suspect that this is some sort of “bait and switch offer” with strings attached? You are absolutely correct! In the fine print of my offer you must suffer from any or all of the following symptoms:
- Shake and quake anytime someone even hints that they may call upon you for an answer to a question
- Lose sleep at the thought of sharing what you really think.
- Turn three shades of red and break out in a cold sweat when speaking before groups of people.
- Hyperventilate anytime someone disagrees with you.
- Get mad at yourself for not knowing how to respond in a crucial situation.
If you suffer from one or more of these symptoms, this offer is for you! I want to start by welcoming you to visit (as often as you like for FREE) our local Hutchinson II Toastmasters meeting every Thursday morning at 7:00 a.m. At these meetings you will find many people in various stages of the same journey of realizing their dreams and potential.
The cost to join us is a mere $26.00 a year! As an added bonus to this offer, I will throw in the most laughter and good-natured camaraderie that you will find anywhere at 7:00 a.m.
Today is the day! We look forward to your visit.
Raymond Norton
President
Hutchinson II Toastmasters Club
A set of scoundrels stole the EGG from the scoundrels who stole it from us; thus, step 1 for recapturing the EGG is completed. If my math is correct, the EGG becomes eligible to return to HTMII sometime in mid August. Check out the District 6 website for further details.
Area 64 Governor, Bob Anderson, presented the Area 64 2009-2010 Toastmaster of the Year award to Hutchinson II member, Bob Lea. Governor Anderson cited Bob’s efforts in promoting Toastmasters and participation in club, area, division and district events as notable achievements.
Descriptive words are the paint brush a speaker uses to create vivid images in the mind of the listener. Pay attention to the words you speak as you craft your speech. Think about the words before you speak them. Do they project an image, or fall flat? . Listen to words others use that effectively describe a word picture.
To this day, I still remember Bob’s description of scalding the hairy pig in Japan and the elephant walking down the streets of Cokato that Kay described.
Be careful when crafting your words that you do not use so many that you need to memorize every word of your speech, as Karen communicated in a previous Tip Of The day. Rather, sprinkle colorful words throughout your speech for impact and dramatization. This practice also is a very effective method in navigating through your speech, as you recall your key words.
Raymond Norton
Yes, it is that time of year again. It is time for all officers to attend their summer training sessions for the first half of the 2010-2011 Toastmaster year. Why should everyone go? To improve your Leadership skills and to stay up to date on the Toastmasters program so you can take it back to the club. You can share your knowledge and skills from the training inside and outside of the club.
Most of the current training sessions are in the Twin Cities metro area and the list is changing all the time. So check the District 6 Website frequently for future training opportunities that fit your summer schedule.
