Have You Been to an Afterburners Club Meeting Lately?

Steven Timmons, CC/ALB

If you have been missing the Afterburners Club meeting for a while or have only been coming on occasion, you are missing a great deal. Afterburners has a great combination of Advanced Speeches from any number of the Advanced Communication Manuals as well as Competent Communicator Speeches and Special Modules from the Leadership Excellence Series and Successful Club Series.

When you attend an Afterburners Club meeting, you really cannot be sure what you are in for except that you can rest assured that you will have a great time and be well entertained. You could be front row center to a concert given by our own Steven “Jukebox Hero” Thorn as the Toastmaster opening the show. The themes at Afterburners range from the tried and true to the highly unusual prompting of our Toastmasters and Topicsmasters.  

Steven “Jukebox Hero” Thorn

We've had many great speeches including “The Competent Stripper” presented by Jim Hummel. My eyes! My eyes! “The Look” was presented by Antoinette Silas, who completed her first Competent Communicator Award and inspired us to achieve our goals and find our long lost waistline. “What Memorial Day Means to Me” was presented by David Thorn who also completed his Competent Communicator Award with an inspirational and first hand account of those that have given their all to keep this country great. Last but not least, we had a fantastic reading by Tammy Bailey of one of her favorites stories, “The Jackasses and I”.

Afterburners also has a great series of Table Topics Speakers standing up to the challenging questions posed by our fantastic Topicsmaster, Pat Quick, discussing what I am sure is one of her favorite subjects “Diamonds Galore”. Bill Erwin rose to the challenge as he discussed that he is a “Diamond in the Rough” when it comes to Spanish and yet he strives to understand the many facets of the language in order to flawlessly shine one day in the future.

Then came the evaluation portion of our meeting led by Setma Maddox,a fantastic General Evaluator. We have the best Evaluators around who support our speakers with positive affirmations for their speaking abilities as well as brilliant suggestions to improve. George Arndt and Gary Chiu to name just a few have presented brilliantly as well as provided feedback that both inspires and entertains, ensuring our growth as a club of great speakers.

Consider saving some money by attending our next Afterburners Club meeting. You would have to pay about $10.00 to go to the movies and you cannot be assured that you will even enjoy it anymore. By coming to our club meeting, you will be with great friends and have a wonderful time. By coming to our February 14th meeting, you will have the best excuse to avoid paying those inflated restaurant prices as we embrace the theme “Have a Heart” led by our Toastmaster Rose Timmons.

Monthly Membership Dues for Toastmasters International  $6.00
Monthly Membership Dues for Afterburners  $2.00
A Night at a Afterburners Club Meeting  Priceless