Swamp TALK

Okefenokee Toastmasters
Club #8269, Area 74,
Division G, District 14 East.

Volume 7 Issue 1

January 2015

Mission: We provide a supportive and positive learning experience in which members are empowered to
develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth.
Lunch Hour Meetings: We meet at South Georgia
State College, Waycross Campus in James Dye Student Services Building, Room 108 on Wednesdays at
noon.

@RhinoForDinner:
The key to successful
leadership today is influence, not authority. Kenneth Blanchard.

President: Rodney Hooks

VP Education: Kathy Odam
VP of Public Relations: Janice
Williams
Treasurer: Bud Montero
Secretary: Carla Willingham

Club Contests: Table Topics on

January 28th & International
Speech on February 4th
Georgia Toastmasters District
14 Spring Conference: April 2425, 2015 at Callaway Gardens.

@NoSweatSpeaking:

Public Speaking Tip:

Your audience is craving
truth and authenticity
from you.

Toastmasters 2014-2015

Upcoming Events

@JudithField:
Why is public speaking
important? Speech helps
develop social skills, such
as confidence, eye contact, poise, and articulation.

@ArveeRobinson:

Officers for Okefenokee

Sergeant at Arms: Wayne Caffarel

Sample of the Best

Tweets of 2014
@Oketoast

Use EEEI for speaking

success:
E Engage your audience
continuously.
E Be entertaining.
E Be enthusiastic.
I Inform your audience.

Chartered in 1991

Word Power
Quote of the Month
Tact is a way of dealing with others
thoughtfully and with genuine concern for their feelings. Sensitivity to
what is appropriate in a given situation together with the ability to speak,
lead or act without offending are the
hallmarks of tact. Tact can be regarded as the great facilitator in all mutually successful interpersonal encounters. George W. Fotis in Improving Personal Effectiveness, p. 45.

One role of the Grammarian in a

Toastmasters club is to bring a
word for the day and listen for its
usage. Here are some of my favorite
words used at club meetings in
2014:
Discombobulate = to confuse
Segue = to make a transition from
one thing to another
Spurious = fake, false, inauthentic
Whippersnapper = insignificant,
or presumptuous person
Zippy = full of energy

Blast From the Past

Top Photo: Group picture 2014
Bottom Photo: Group picture 2013

Ideas for Attracting New Members

Ask someone.
Make prospective members feel important.
Form/Join a Speakers Bureau.
Circulate the clubs newsletter widely.
Letters or personal contact with local
Businesses.
Invite people in the news to visit.
Network with coworkers, friends & family.
Use billboards.
Place pamphlets in doctors offices, hospitals,
cafeterias, libraries, etc.
Club Runner

Connect with Us
Like us on Facebook.
Follow Okefenokee Toastmasters on
Twitter: https://twitter.com/oketoast
Check out our website:
http://okefenokee.toastmastersclu
bs.org/
Why pay thousands of dollars for a
seminar or class when you can join a
Toastmasters club for a fraction of
the cost and have fun in the
process?

CHARTER MEMBERS: John Penland (Sponsor), Andrew Slocum, Joe Gant, Harry D. Dixon, Jr., Carolyn Morton (Akins), Phil Wysong, C.J. Broome, Paul OCain, James C. Bunch,
W.F. Stephens, Jeanette Stipe, Tom Strickland, Fred Barber, John Karew, Reuben Flanders,
E. Nash Williams, Jerri Davis, Doris Germano, Andy Spivey, Audrey West, and Margaret
Park. Compiled by Janice Williams.