Parker Toastmasters member Michele O’Brien-Rose wants to remind you that there is an event tomorrow night at the Success Charter Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA). They meet at the SE Christian church as well. The program is: Making your Net…Work Tools and Tactics for Expanding your Network Presented by Diane S. Johnson, […]
Presentation Poll – April 28th Meeting
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Best Meeting Yet!
Arguably the best meeting (so far) of 2011 last night. Major kudos to Sandy Marthaler for in creative approach to table topics. Selecting quotes from one of three subject headings kept the discussions lively and provided a great challenge to everyone who participated. Additionally, Joanna began discussing next year’s officers. If you think you might […]
April 14 Meeting Report
Paul Johnson was our Toastmaster tonight. We had an outstanding meeting with nine people attending, including: Sandy Marthaler, Eric Dunham, Caroline Nguyen, Bill Morgan, Joel Stevenson, Joanna Knott, Michele Rose-O’Brien, and our guest Ken Hobbick. Three speeches were given – Joanna Knott presented “A New CRM”, Bill Morgan spoke of his son Sean in “Cornerstone”, […]
April 14 Liveblog
Tonight we are having a great meeting with 9 people! Lots of great participation by everyone!
April 14 Agenda
Here is the agenda for tonight’s meeting.: Meeting Agenda_04142011 Looking forward to seing everyone there.
Coming back to meetings
Ever had that dream where you haven’t been to class all semester? I’ve had it a couple of times lately and it go me to thinking about coming back to a Toastmasters meeting after you have not been in a while. But unlike that dream where you have to take the final without ever having […]
Congratulations
Joanna Knott and Bill Morgan represented the club in tonight’s Metro 6 International Speech and Table Topics Contest, respectively, and made the club proud. Joanna did an excellent presentation of her speech “Taming the Dragon” and she earned third place. Bill reminisced about the horrors of being 25 again, and that earned him a second […]
Updated Website
We at Parker Toastmasters believe in challenges, and this new venture is no different! By changing its website content provider from Joomla to WordPress, Parker Toastmasters hopes to make its presence in the world more collaborative, innovative, and challenging to its members and to the world at large. Our next venture? Podcasting? Video of our […]
Choosing and Using the Word of the Day
Written by Bill Morgan | 1 February 2011 It is sometimes the most challenging thing we do every meeting. Choosing the Word of the Day is deceptively hard. If you use an obscure word from Elizabethan England you will not get much participation. If you choose a word with negative connotations people are not attracted […]