Educational Achievements

Congratulations to the following members who have completed another step toward their Toastmaster education designations -

Bob Titiryn - Competent Communicator (CC)

Tammy Bailey - Competent Communicator (CC)

Brenda Daniels - Competent Communicator (CC)

Theresa Eller - Advanced Communicator Bronze (ACB)

Pat Quick - Advanced Communicator Silver (ACS)

George Arndt - Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM)

As of the last District 25 report, Afterburners was #1 in the district for educational completions from July 1st - present.... 

Congratulations to all the individual accomplishments and to Afterburners who continue to Lead the Way!!!!!!

Pat Quick

Nov 17: Speech-A-Thon Was Fun

Former member Tommy Lively attended the meeting.

 

I enjoyed last Tuesday night's meeting. The format was all prepared speeches (manual of course). The other normal features of the program were eliminated for this one night. Pat Quick, Bob Titiryn, John W., Tammy Bailey and I all gave prepared speeches. Theresa Eller presided and everyone else sat back, enjoyed, and provided written evaluations. 

Pat's excellent visual presentation took us to 10 places in the world not to visit. Bob had a moving story on mental illness. John told us all about closing the deal. My speech encouraged end of life planning and Tammy's winning speech motivated us as toastmasters.

This coming meeting may be even more fun as we dine on turkey and concentrate on impromptu speaking. 

Tom Brents

Speaking of eating . . .

Hunter Allen enjoys doing just that at the Fall Youth Leadership festivities on Nov 5th.

Thanksgiving meeting and eating on Nov 24

First, we will be having FOOD! Linda Coleman is coordinating, so let her know what side dish you will bring. (The turkey and dressing are already arranged.)

Second, the meeting will be all Table Topics — think of a topic on the subject of Thanksgiving (the holiday).

Third, we will have our monthly business meeting which was postponed from last meeting because we did not have a quorum.

Fall Youth Leadership Program wraps it up

The fall Youth Leadership program came to an end on Nov 5 with a Recognition Party and Speech Contest. Six young men gave speeches while their parents and other family members listened. Afterburners members served as timers, vote counters and judges, along with several outside judges from District 25. The rules, standards and procedures were the same as for a regular Toastmasters speech contest.

The contest winners were:
First Place - Austin Starnes, "The Difference Between Error and Failure"
Second Place - Dan Walton, "Picture Perfect"
Third Place - Seth Morehead, "What Happened to the Hindenburg"

Coordinator Pat Quick  recognized several Afterburners members for their contributions and announced there will be a spring session of the program, dates to be determined later. Some of the current participants are planning to be back.

The parents brought lots of delicious food and a celebratory cake to the "party" segment of the evening's program. A very good time was had by all!

Jodie Sanders

Don't forget about the Youth Leadership Speech Contest on Thursday night

It starts at 7 pm in the Kornfeld Room which is downstairs on the first floor of the building where we normally meet. The parents are bringing food. If you can help out in any way, call Pat Quick, 214-537-1788. Otherwise, please come and support an important project of our club, and several very fine young people who deserve an appreciative and discriminating audience.

November 3 meeting: "What I want to be when I grow up"

Mack in his new grammarian/rapper persona

Even though several club stalwarts were absent (and much missed), we had a full slate of speakers for Toastmaster Parker Arndt to introduce, which he did very concisely. Rodney King was again an engaging and appealing speaker in "Change." Bob Titiryn tried to convince us to go run a race while the turkey's in the oven. Tony Morris had us believing that "It's Okay to Win," and Theresa Eller showed us DWI mug shots and her PowerPoint skills, meanwhile qualifying for her Advanced Communicator Bronze award.

Mack Mercer gave us a new perspective on our meeting role opportunities with "The Grammarian Rap." Once again, Table Topics were a source of amusement and information, especially when Tom Tollison described the aerodynamic qualities of Tom Brents' head. (We can see for ourselves that there isn't much wind resistance there.) That, plus having large feet to land on, will stand Tom in good stead when he grows up to be a skydiver.

Jodie Sanders