Working on the Leading in Your Volunteer Organization project made me reflect on the time I’ve spent serving as an officer of the Bell Noontime club for the past year. I remembered how surprised I was when one of last year’s officers asked me to consider serving as the VP of Membership. I still felt …
We celebrated National Poetry Month on April 13, with poetry so calming we all felt serene. For Table Topics, we all got good news. People had 2 options from which to choose! The Table Topics Master read lines from a poet – the participant didn’t have to know it. For 1 to 2 minutes, they just had …
A study headed by Stephen Janik and Rodney Wellens at the University of Miami in Florida found that 43 percent of the attention we focus on someone is devoted to their eyes, with the mouth running a poor second at 13 percent. The mouth and the eyes together account for 56 percent of our attention. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/he-speaks-she-speaks/201009/the-politics-eye-contact-gender-perspective …
I agree with Maya Angelou when she said that “people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” I’ll never forget how I felt coming out of so many one-on-ones in my early days with a former boss. All too often, they …
April 22nd, 2022 was Earth Day – a time when people around the world celebrate the birth of the modern environmental movement. It is also a time to reflect on how well we are caring for the planet and to find ways to treat the planet better. The sad reality is that we are consuming …
Bell Noontimers, each one of us can and should give more prepared speeches – we can and we should. Let’s take the easy one first – the should. Confident communicators are developed through practice. Every Toastmasters meeting brings an opportunity to give at least one speech in a safe, supportive environment. Every time we don’t, …
For my third level 4 project, I chose to learn how to create a blog post. This website makes the first step easy – choosing a site to publish the blog! What better place than our club’s own website? This site already has templates that determine the design and layout of the blog. We hope …
Contents Toastmaster Topicsmaster General Evaluator Evaluator Timer Ah-Counter Grammarian Toastmaster The Toastmaster coordinates the meeting agenda in advance and hosts a large portion of the meeting. The Toastmaster should strive to excite the audience and motivate all to actively listen and participate. The Toastmaster creates an atmosphere of interest, expectation, and receptivity. Before the Meeting …
Here is our Moments Of Truth Action Plan based on the evaluation we conducted on 11/17/2021. Thanks to everyone who participated!
