THE POQUOSON TOASTMASTERS' WEBSITE
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The Poquoson Toastmasters Club will be moving to the new club web site shortly. The new web site is being updated and is more current that this web site. I will keep this site up until I am able to transfer all the information from this site to the new site. If you click on any reference of the Poquoson Toastmasters Club, I will have the link set to the new web site.
The Poquoson Toastmasters Club is one of the five clubs in Area 12. Area 12 consists of:
The The Oyster Point Toastmasters, V.O.I.C.E.S. of Williamsburg, and The Poquoson Toastmasters Club are �open� or �community� clubs. This means that the club welcome all to visit and join. The remainder are �company� or �closed� clubs. You can visit, but membership is dependent on working at that location.
Area 12 is one of seven areas in the Eastern Division. For meeting times of the other clubs, drop an e-mail to Rudy Moralez or check with the District 66 web site.
MEETING INFORMATION
The Poquoson City Hall at 500 City Hall Avenue. Image from the Poquoson City Web Site
The Poquoson Toastmasters Club meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month at the Poquoson Library. Meetings are in the large conference room and start at 7:30 PM. Since the Library closes at 9 PM, we try to keep the meetings under 90 minutes. Dress is casual. All are welcome to visit. Click here for a typical meeting agenda.
SO WHAT IS "TOASTMASTERS"?
Glad you asked! Toastmasters International is a self-paced club providing tools that enable people to develop their communication skills. In Toastmasters, you learn by doing. You speak before a small group of people�who at first�you do not know. However, in a short time, you will become more and more comfortable talking in front of the group. Once you can speak before your club, making the transfer to talking before groups that are new will become easier and easier. You learn in comfortable surroundings, not in a sterile classroom environment.
However, Toastmasters is not "Roastmasters." We do not train solely after dinner speakers. Other communication skills members improve are their presentation skillls, time management, evaluation skills, leadership skills, and self-confidence. For more information, check out Toastmasters International or the District 66 web sites. Click here to see a typical meeting schedule at Poquoson.
The main goal for the Poquoson Toastmasters Club is building the communication skills within our membership. Each year, Toastmasters international challenges us with ten goals ranging from educational to leadership to membership to administrative. The goal for this Toastmaster year is to increase membership by five; earn two Competent Toastmaster (CTM) Awards or a CTM and one Advanced Toastmaster (ATM) Award; complete a Competent Leader (CL) Award. So, how are we doing?
- Increase our 5 members�we started the year with 12. We have not gained nor lost a member. So, we are still at 12 members, and we are looking to grow.
- Earn 2 Competent Toastmaster (CTM) Awards (the completion of a member's first ten speeches)�We have one member at 9 speeches, one away from their CTM. We hope to have half of this goal completed in October 2005.
- Earn 1 Advanced Toastmaster (ATM) Awards (ATM requires another 10 speeches plus, possibly some other Club or District projects)�We have three members working on the Advanced Toastmaster-Bronze awards.
- Earn 1 Leadership Programs (2 training programs plus serve as a Club or District Officer)�All of the officers are striving to accomplish these goals by February 2006.
- Return to Charter Strength (20 members)�We are at 15 members, and looking to add new members.
I hope that you can come to visit and our club in the near future. The following events are upcoming:
- Club Speech Contest, 08 March 2006
- Paula McPherson, Table Topics
- Rudy Moralez, International Speech Contest
- Area 12 Speech Contest, 18 March 2006.
- Paula McPherson, 1st Place, Table Topics
- Rudy Moralez, 1st Place, International Speech Contest
- Both qualify for the Eastern Division Spring Contest
- The Eastern Division Speech Contest, 01 April 2006. The contest will be at the Work Development Center of the Thomas Nelson Community College in Newport News in Room 2235. The contest will feature speakers from the Hampton Roads and Williamsburg clubs. You are invited to attend and meet other Toastmasters from around the area.
- The District 66 Fall Conference, 19-21 May 2006. It will be in Harrisonburg, VA.
- The Region VIII Conference in Charlottesville, VA, 08-11 June 2006.
- The 2006 Toastmasters International Convention will be in Washington, DC, 23-26 August 2006. The 2007 Toastmasters Internatioanl Convention will be in Phoenix, AZ. This conference brings Toastmasters from over 65 nations. It is incredible the people that you meet at this conference.
We hope to see you at one of the meetings. Our meetings for March-June 2006 are: 08 & 22 March; 12 & 26 April; 10 & 24 May, and 14 & 28 June, one of our meetings in the future.
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LAST UPDATED 12 AUGUST 2006!!
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This site is under construction and subject to change. For more information, contact Rodolfo "Rudy" Moralez, Jr., ATM-S/CL, VP-Public Relations, Poquoson Toastmasters.
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