It was a great meeting tonight with a theme of Every Day Heroes.

Ryan gave a passionate speech about the heartbreak he endured on Oct 14, 1992 when his Pittsburgh Pirates were defeated by the Cardinals. This was such a terrific speech, earning Ryan Best Speaker! While giving a humorous evaluation, Bruce made it apparent that Ryan succeeded in sharing his tale.

Eric presented a Thank You speech, accepting his Toastmaster of Year 2012-2013 award. His many thanks were to Toastmasters International, Joanna Knott as a mentor and our members/club. Nina offered her suggestions on how to create a fun environment but also encouraged Eric to continue to give wonderful speeches.

Ashley made a historical account of the important role Clara Barton took on in the Civil War. Evaluating Ashley was Nikita and he did a good job to point out what her strengths were while still providing feedback for improvement.

Table Topics carried our theme and members shared their stories about who is their Every Day Hero. It was a nice personal touch to hear members discuss such a beloved topic.

Also we actually had a family as our guests tonight.

Thank you for a great meeting!

We look forward to seeing ya’ll next week.

We are proud to publish our newsletter for the Fall of 2013.  Inside, you will find updates, photos, and news that occurred since the fiscal start of our new year (Mid 2013).  A big thank you goes to our contributors to the newsletter: Nikita Kazakov, Nina Minary, and Michelle DeVore.

View Fall 2013 Parker Toastmasters Newsletter

Congratulations to the participants of the the 2013 Fall Toasmasters Tall Tale Contest.  The participants were:

Speech Contest

• Nina Minary (1st Place)
• Ashley Jones
• Bill Bevard

Evaluation Contest

• Michelle DeVore
• Bruce Ekins

Contest Chair: Raani Varma
Chief Judge: Eric Dunham

Here are some of the photos taken during that night on August 29th, 2013.

We had our open house this saturday on August 24th, 2013.  The event was a success with two newscaster guest speakers: Deborah Takahara and Beverly Weaver.  In addition, we had a keynote speech given by our own Elaine Chancellor.  Clubs LunchoutLoud and Castle Rock Toastmasters also joined the open house.

The event brought many guests who were interested in public speaking and the networking opportunity was present.  Way to go team!

I am so excited to lead a new group of Parker Toastmaster Officers into the 2013-2014 year! This club has become a great addition to my life in many ways. My personal and professional life has evolved to include many great friends and networking opportunities. I have also gained more confidence in my public speaking and leadership abilities- and I’m finding the more I take on the better I become.

So what does that mean for you? It means that you have a club right here in Parker, Colorado that can help you start to gain confidence in yourself with impromptu speaking, planned speeches, leadership roles in the club and in the community, and have supportive people that turn into friends.

We have produced great Toastmasters such as Janell Ames, Mrs. Colorado 2011, and Alyssa Tenorio, an author of children’s books and many others that have had job promotions or increased their revenue. We have been Distinguished Club for the past three years and we are onto our fourth year to grab that title again. We have an exciting year planned and we need your help. Each of us contributes something great and unique to the world- and we need your skills to make us even better.

Take the time to visit and meet a smiling face every Thursday from 7-8:15pm.

Come see what Parker Toastmasters can do for you!

Nina Minary

Parker Toastmasters, President

We attended the TLI session which was held in Lakewood, Colorado.  Our hats are off to our district for setting up a wonderful experience to learn officer roles and to listen to the keynote speaker.  The keynote speaker was Ed Tate, who gave us a glimpse into his methodology of convincing people to say yes.

We decided to take a picture and make it a keeper!

From left to right: Todd, Ashley, Michelle, Nina, Nikita, Ryan at TLI, July 2013.

We had an awesome summer party on June 27th to celebrate the end of the Toastmasters year 2012-2013.  With the end, we also had an inauguration of the new Parker Toastmaster officer team.  Check out the photos!

By: Eric Dunham, PTM President

I am excited to announce that Nina Minary was nominated and voted in as our next club President for the 2013/2014 club year. Please join me in congraulating the President Elect Nina Minary.

Remember, next week, Nina will nominate her officer team and the club wil vote the new officers into their role. This will be an important meeting. Please join us in electing your next officer team who will lead us over the next year.

Let’s keep our pace going.  We are here to improve ourselves and to do that, we should get used to speaking in front of audiences.

We had a good night with funny and educational speeches given by our member.  The roles involved are shown below.