TOASTMASTERS CLUB 1841
AREA 50 <> DIVISION E <> DISTRICT 84
FRIDAY <> AUGUST 5, 2011
KISSIMMEE UTILITY AUTHORITY
CALL TO ORDER: RON SZASZ
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INSPIRATION AND PLEDGE –
“If opportunity isn’t knocking at your door, then perhaps you aren’t in front of the right door. Try moving to the next one. And, if it’s not knocking there, try another one.”
Neil Allen, ACS
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT – HEATHER SZASZ, CC
HUMOROUS SPEECH CONTEST – AUGUST 19 – SIGN UP TODAY,
HARRY FIX, CHAIR
GUESTS: TONY BETTS
19 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY
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TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY – MAIRA DURAN
THEME: “TOASTMASTER ON PHYSICAL”
WORD OF THE WEEK- TONY MORELLI
“RESILIENCE”
THE POWER OR THE ABILITY TO RECOVER OR RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL FORM.
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FIRST SPEAKER – LARRY MATTERN
SPEECH # 7 – 5-7 MINUTES
COMPETENT COMMUNICATOR MANUAL
“BRINGING YOU THE POWER”
“BRINGING YOU THE POWER”… The Kissimmee Utility Authority provides power to our area. Our newest unit is the Cane Island unit. We work in in conjunction with 14 other cities and that’s how we’re able to build a multi-million dollar power plant without you paying through the nose for your power. Unit’s one, two and three are built and unit
four is underway. We make power in a number of ways. The way we do it is by making alternating current power. To make A/C power you need a magnet and a conductor. That, in very simple terms, is how we make power. We use huge turbans to make
power. These turbans spin the magnet and that’s what generates the power. When we
spin the magnet, it makes electricity but then we have to deliver it. We haven’t had the best of luck in getting our units past a train as the first couple got hit. Our newest unit made it okay. Unit four is being built as we speak, allowing us to deliver even more power. It’s being painted as we speak. We’re doing testing right now and this is critical.
When you see the steam coming from the plant, you know it is working. We not only empower our citizens, we empower the community with some 400 jobs (at its peak), allowing us to not only delivering power but a lot of assistance to our community in general.
SECOND SPEAKER – GWEN FIX
5-7 MINUTES
SPEECH 2– COMPETENT COMMUNICATOR MANUAL
“IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR?”
“IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE
YEAR?”…. Is this the most wonderful time of the year? I wasn’t sure whether this is
or not. You decide. Imagine it’s an early August morning and you’re waving goodbye to your “honey.” You find a few more cars than normal on the road. You come across a road like 192 when your speed picks up. All of a sudden, you come to a dead stop because of a possible fender bender ahead of you. Way off in the distance, you see a “STOP” sign that’s attached to a school bus and you know you are in for frequent stops.
When you finally get going again, you’re asking yourself what’s keeping the bus driver, who is focusing on her number one priority- the kid’s safety. As she accounts for each child, she closes her doors, checks all seven of her mirrors, releases her airbrake and drops her stop sign and proceeds to her next pickup. Now you decide to start weaving in and of traffic to try to get around the bus, but you notice her amber lights are flashing, indicating she’s about to stop again. Now you’re irritated but you think to yourself, I may as well be resilient and just sit back and relax. Now there’s a long line of kids mounting the steps into this bus. It reminds you of your first day at school and the lunch box you took along with you. All of a sudden, you hear a horn blowing from the guy behind you because you’re daydreaming and not paying attention as the school bus departed. You speed and drive recklessly to get to work only to find your boss called your honey right as you left the house to say that he would not be in that day!
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TIMER REPORT- NEIL ALLEN
BOTH SPEAKERS QUALIFIED
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TABLE TOPICS –-MARY LEE GILL – WELCOME TO THE ZOO
Chris Hammock … frogs are pretty healthy.
David McKim … This little honey bee reminds me of baseball or actually softball. Baseball and softball is a “honey” of a sport…. get it “honey bee.” My little bee has a stinger and it likes to find some targets.
Charlie Tiffany … I have a small monkey here. My wife told me that the only difference between me and this monkey is I have a better barber. Monkeys are taught to be more resilient.
Michael Aun … blah, blah, blah. Ladybug humor….
Latoyia Stallworth … I have this beautiful butterfly to speak about today. All butterflies are different colors. It’s like me; I enjoying changing my colors from time to time. Butterflies sometimes get caught and they don’t know what to do; they die out and they don’t always know how to regenerate themselves.
TIMERS REPORT- NEIL ALLEN
ALL TABLE TOPICS PARTICIPANTS
QUALIFIED
BREAK TIME
MASTER EVALUATOR – FRED MOORE
EVALUATING LARRY MATTERN – HARRY FIX
Larry’s presentation this morning was about “researching your topic,” which was project seven in the Basic Communicator Manual. Larry brought you the power this morning. When you speak about something you know, you bring so much to the speech. Your PowerPoint showed us wonderful pictures which defined the Power Plant and the progress you’ve made in building the new unit. While you brought us a lot of
facts, you could have given us even more by telling us how much power these units could build. It was nice to learn about all the cities that benefit from the construction of this plant. In the future, slow down and take a moment to enunciate and make yourself clear to your audience. This would also be a great topic for your next project “Getting Comfortable with Visual Aids.”
EVALUATING GWEN FIX – MARIBEL URREA
Gwen’s presentation today was speech number two from the competent communicator manual. I can’t believe this was your second speech! Your goal was to have a clear,
well-defined goal in your presentation. You selected a situation that we all run into every day, getting behind a school bus that makes multiple stops.
We can all identify with that; we’ve been there, so it was very easy for us to identify with you. Your preparation was excellent. We were following you through your word pictures. We could see the school bus and the stop sign and the kids and the patience that the bus driver was showing. Your closing tied into your opening when your “honey” was waving goodbye with the phone to their ear. You did a really good job telling your story and I look forward to your next presentation.
TIMERS REPORT- NEIL ALLEN
BOTH EVALUATORS QUALIFIED
AH / GRAMMARIAN – ANNIE YAN
We all did a good job today
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WORD REPORT – TONY MORELLI
“RESILENCE”
Gwen, Chris, Dave, Charlie and Neil all used the word for the week.
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JOKE-MASTER- DAVID MC KIM
CLOSING AWARDS – HEATHER SZASZ, CC
TABLE TOPICS WINNER: CHARLIE TIFFANY
BEST EVALUATOR: HARRY FIX
BEST
SPEAKER: GWEN FIX
UPCOMING EVENTS
THE CLUB’S ANNUAL HUMOROUS SPEECH
& EVALUATION CONTEST – AUGUST 19, 2011
