Officers - 2001/02

From the President's Desk.........

Dear Storytellers,
In light of what we have all experienced since September 11, I thought it fitting to share the excerpt below from "Zlata's Diary," which extols the value of simple pleasures. As Toastmasters, let us use our communication and leadership skills to help others and ourselves to appreciate the simple things and by so doing to create a better world, a world without war.

Sincerely, Amelia

From "Zlata's Diary," by Zlata Filipovic, Viking Press: "Eleven-year-old Zlata Filipovic, like so many girls her age, kept a diary in 1991. 'We picked the cherries off the tree in the yard and ate them all up. We had watched it blossom and its small green fruits slowly turn red and now here we were eating them. Oh. you're a wonderful cherry tree!' "Zlata's words read like any young girls's whimsical musings. But this innocent summer activity held a much deeper meaning: Zlata wrote the diary entry in the midst of war in her hometown of Sarajevo. 'I miss fruit a lot,' she continued. 'In these days of war in Sarajevo, there is no basic food or any of the other things a person needs, and there is no fruit. But now I can say that I ate myself silly on cherries.' "That simple pleasure brought tremendous joy to a girl who witnessed brutality daily. Simple pleasures can do that if we take the time to appreciate what the moment offers."

Amelia Abad

Halfway to CTM

Have you completed 5 or more speeches? If so, then you are now more than half way to earning The Competent Toastmaster (CTM) Award. We encourage you to "barrel down the homestretch" and to complete all 10 speeches by the end of the year. We want to help you do that. If you've completed 5+ speeches, please contact VPE Robert Archdeacon to schedule the dates for the remaining speeches in order to earn the CTM Award by the end
of the year. Robert can be reached by email at
[email protected] or by telephone at 212-331-3709.

Publisher:

Amelia Abad
34-49 81st Street, #6-Y
Jackson Heights, NY 1372
718-424-9754

StoryTellers Newsletter is Edited by Sheila Donohue and published on behalf of StoryTellers Toastmasters by Amelia Abad, President StoryTellers Toastmasters. For Private Circulation only.

Events and Happenings

We now have a club website! Check it out at www.geocities.com/nystorytellers

Special Club Meeting on Oct 25th

A Professional Storyteller will keynote our special club meeting on Oct. 25th. Don't miss this great opportunity to learn how to enhance your speaking through storytelling.

WELCOME ABOARD!

StoryTellers TM takes great pleasure in welcoming its newest members:

Cheryl Brown
Andrew Cohen
Marsha Flowers
Nicole Gerasimopoulos
Linda Rockhill

StoryTellers hopes that our members will take the opportunity to welcome them to the club........

We're Proud of our IceBreakers!

Congratulations to those new members who have delivered Icebreaker speeches since July 1st:

Andrew Cohen
Marsha Flowers
Nicole Gerasimopolous
Majella Payne
Linda Rockhill

Completion of Competent Toastmaster Award CTM

Congratulations to Steve Lintz who completed his CTM! This achievement represents a lot of hard work, commitment and talent!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: REMAINING CLUB MEETINGS IN 2001

October 25 [Professional Storyteller]
November 8
November 29
December 13 ["Holiday" Theme Meeting]
December 27

Think about it..

"The best way to teach, inspire and lead is through stories" according to the July 2001 issue of the Toastmasters International Magazine.