Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and and best wishes throughout the New Year from South Plains Toastmasters!

Photo is from our club Christmas party.

District Conference in Amarillo (by Stacy Cain)

This is a guest blog from our member and past president Stacy Cain. Stacy won first place in the district speech contest. Congratulations Stacy!

While I was not planning on attending the Fall District Conference, I ended up having a great time.  I wanted to compete in the evaluation contest to push myself out of my comfort zone, contests make me super nervous, but I did not believe I would make it all the way to the District level.  As soon as I found out I won the Division level I knew I had to go to the conference to compete.  

The evaluation contest was held on Friday night and after leaving town late we arrived about 1 hour before the contest started.  I was feeling very frazzled as I ate my dinner and decided I needed some quite time.  I went to the room, which I was sharing with Kerry Mobley and Amber Marsh – other story, and prayed for peace and the correct words to say.  I went to the contest feeling great and apparently it worked because I walked away with first place….woo hoo!!!

The speakers/presenters were all great.  One speaker was a past World Champion of Public Speaking, David Brooks, he talked about writing your speech, presenting to an audience (even unfriendly audiences) and how to be engaging.   I have notes and will be giving a speech over it.  ☺

The food was good, entertainment was entertaining and the slumber party was a lot of fun.  It is always interesting to share a room with two other grown women.  ☺

It is nice to meet Toastmasters from other areas and to pick their brains on what they do in their clubs.  

I really encourage everyone to attend at least one Toastmasters conference….the Fall 2015 conference will be in Ruidoso…………..

Visual Aids

Our 2 speakers Val, and Charlie. Both used photos as visual aids for their speeches.
Our meeting room is also equipped w/ an HD screen, PowerPoint, and internet access.

Way to go!

October Schedules

We had a fun "dance" theme lead by our Toastmaster Jamie, two great speeches by  Stacy and Anthony, and great "dance" table topics led by Rick. Way to go everyone!

Fall 2014 Speech Contest

The contest took place on September 20th at Texas Tech's Rawls Business College. Kudos to those who participated. You can compete too! Speech contests are a great way to sharpen your presentation skills and meet other club members.

Aug 21st: 30 Rock

This week's Toastmaster Andy ran a terrific meeting using the hit TV show "30 Rock" as his theme. He also made a smooth presentation using visual aid and multi-media. Stephanie, our speaker, completed the 5th speech in the Competent Communications Manual.  Thank you to all those who make this a successful meeting.

Regional Speech Competitions are coming up in early September--more info to be shared.  We encourage club members to compete!