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Naples Italy
NEWSLETTER
In this Issue:
Words from the President Page 1
Education Corner Page 2
Pictures Page 3
Member Testimony Page 4
Welcome & Achievements Page 4 Schedule of Events Page 5 Contact & Committee Page 5
A Message From Our President, Jasandra Brown
H appy New Year Fellow Toastmasters,
I love January! For me it feels like an early spring. I feel refreshed,
renewed and ready to take on new goals with a new level of enthu-
siasm. I am not sure about you but for me the New Year is also a time of
deep reflection on what I have accomplished and where I want to go. My
goals range from personal, financial, travel, retirement and of course my
Toastmasters goals.
As President of the Naples Toastmasters Club I have the responsibil-
ity of not only my personal Toastmasters goals but the goals I have set for
this club. My personal Toastmasters goals are to: give more speeches; en-
hance my public speaking skills; earn my Advanced Leadership Silver; earn
my Advanced Communicator Bronze; continue meeting the goals necessary
to make it to Distinguished Toastmaster. What are your TM goals? I would
love to hear them.
Let’s reflect on the four point plan I created for our club when I be-
came president.
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1. The Naples Toastmasters Club will have 30 members by June 2013 – in hindsight this was a lofty
goal and the process is slower than I anticipated. However, I stand by this goal. We WILL have 30 members by
June 2013. This goal can only be reached with the help of each and every member. If each one of us brought in
one guest who would eventually become a member we would exceed this goal!
2. The Naples Toastmasters Club will be FUN!!!!! This one is harder to judge because to me just going
to our meetings is fun. But I want this view to be shared by every member and guest who walks through the
door. We will continue to work on this.
3. The members of the Naples Toastmasters Club will give effective evaluations! We have worked hard
on this goal. We had one guest speaker and a few educational sessions. As I monitor the feedback given dur-
ing evaluations in our club, I can say with confidence that we are on our way to better evaluations without a
doubt.
4. The Naples Toastmasters Club will develop a website. We can say that this is the first goal that we
have met!!! Thanks to Virginie and her diligence as the Vice President of Public Relations we now have a web-
site. I am so proud of it I could scream. Instead I will light a sparkle on New Year’s Day.
In the year 2013 as you all reflect on your personal goals, I want to ask you to also think about the goals
and standards we have set for our club. Ask what you can do to help us reach our goals for the remainder of
this Toastmaster year.
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Education corner by Janet Murdoch
Vice President Of Education
O nce again, I’d like to remind everyone about the wealth of materials available on the
Toastmasters website. One terrific resource is the selection of 62 archived Podcasts.
http://www.toastmasters.org/podcast
Why not download a few to your ipod; and next time you’re working out, taking a walk,
or traveling you can enjoy a new informative & educational interview.
Have you discovered the Three digital manuals; available in several languages for
FREE to every Toastmasters member?
http://www.toastmasters.org/Members/MemberExperience/NewMember.aspx
Your Speaking Voice
Gestures: Your Body Speaks
Effective Evaluation
These important manuals will help you develop key speaking and leadership skills as
you grow in our Toastmasters club.
Participating in Toastmasters meetings twice a month is important, because we not only
improve our speaking skills, but we also gain a great deal by improving other communication
skills:
listening, evaluating, and providing meaningful feedback.
You can’t gain these skills from reading the magazine; you need to attend our meetings
to gain the most benefit from the club. Please strive to attend every meeting, and you will grow
through these experiences.
Improving our Communication Skills, is much more than presenting prepared speeches.
It involves participating in all the roles. Try signing up
for a new role, or one that challenges you in a new
way. The role of Evaluator offers the perfect opportu-
nity to sharpen these skill sets, and we’re always
looking for volunteers to fill these roles!
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Market Playce Saturday 15th December 2012
Best Table Topics on the 18th December 2012
TOASTMASTERS IN ACTION
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THANK YOU to all our members who participated
Once again our Toastmasters Club was at the Market Playce, and it was with a great pleasure that we gave
away information about our Club and Public Speaking.
We hope to have guests visiting us in Janu-ary who seemed interested when passing by our table.
We do not have pictures of all our members who participated that day, but we do thank them all for their involvement !
And congratulations to Theresa McAlpine
who is our raffle winner and won a free
membership.
As you know, during our meeting we vote for our best table topics member. Our last best table top-ics of the year was :
Kenisha Walker
We are looking forward to 2013 to discover more talents and im-provements.
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To Our New Members
Mike Maddox
Michelle Thibodeaux
Theresa McAlpine
Welcome corner by Peggy Baker
Vice President Of Membership
For the Period of October - December 2012
Why did I join Toastmasters by Tara Krause Member
F eeling stagnant while here in Naples, I wanted to become so much more! In search of bettering myself for employ-ment opportunities, I happened to stumble upon Jasandra
Brown, the president of Toastmasters Naples Italy. Unsure of what Toastmasters was, Jasandra invited me! I took a leap, went to a meeting, and I am proud that I did.
Toastmasters gave me confidence in public speaking! Confidence in who I am and what I have to say! I am no longer shy to speak in front of crowds! In a comforting and educational envi-ronment, I continue to perfect my public speaking skills.
I am taking the knowledge I’ve gained in just a few months from Toastmasters, and already applying it to training seminars while feeling competent! Who would have thought. Fear is the only thing holding you back!! Toastmasters can help you break down those walls! I invite you.
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Congratulations On Your Achievement
Congratulations to:
Tara Krause - Virginie Silva - John Lepkowicz– Janet Murdoch
for completing your 5th speech, you are half way to becoming a Competent Communicator
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JANUARY
Toastmaster Meeting
(exceptionally)
Tuesday 15th 18.15
Toastmaster Meeting
(exceptionally)
Tuesday 29th 18.15
FEBRUARY
Toastmaster Meeting
Tuesday 5th 18.15
Speeches Theme : LOVE
Happy Valentines Day
Wednesday 11th November
Toastmaster Meeting
Tuesday 19th 18.15
MARCH
Toastmaster Meeting
Tuesday 5th 18.15
Club Contest
Toastmaster Meeting
Tuesday 19th 18.15
Jasandra Brown
President
Janet Murdoch
Vice President Of Education
Peggy Baker
Vice President Of Membership
Virginie Silva
Vice President Of Public Relation
Tatiana Green
Secretary
Kenisha Walker
Treasurer
John Lepkowicz
Sergeant At Arms
Leonard Augustine
Immediate Past President
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