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Okefenokee Toastmasters
Club #8269, District 14,Area 11B
SwampTALK
Chartered in 1991Volume 4 Issue 8 August 2012
Mission: The mission of a Toastmasters club is to pro-
vide a mutually supportive and positive learning envi-
ronment in which every individual member has the op-
portunity to develop oral communication and leader-
ship skills, which in turn foster self-confidence andper-
sonal growth.
Meetings: We meet every Wednesday morning at
7:00am at Quality Inn, 1725 Memorial Drive,
Waycross. Click here for map.
Membership: Open to anyone 18 years old and over.
. Officers for Okefenokee
Toastmasters 2012-2013
President: Kathy Odam
VP Education: Bud Montero
VP Membership: John Conger
VP of Public Relations: :
Janice WilliamsTreasurer:Addie Crews
Secretary: Sharon Vickers
Sergeant of Arms: Larry
Kearson
GRAMMARIANS CORNER
The English language has bor-
rowed quite a few words from the
French. Here are a few examples:
Esprit de corps = team spirit
Fait accompli = undeniable fact
Faux pas = false step, a mistake
Pass = out of date
Repartee = a witty response
Soiree = elegant party
Touch = You got me
Vis--vis = face to face, compared
to
Upcoming Events
August 4: Officers Training, Quality
Inn, Waycross, 10:00am
August 15-18: International Conven-tion, Orlando, Florida
Trivia for the Month of August
The original name for the
month of August was Sextilis,the sixth month in the original
ten-month Roman calendar.Every year August ends on
the same day of the week as
November.
In the southern hemisphere,August is the seasonal equiv-
alent to February in the north-
ern hemisphere.
Listen With Your Eyes!
The body has a language
of its own. We communi-
cate messages using our
facial expressions, ges-tures, body movements,
eye contact, and posture.Remember that glareyour parents gave
you
when they wanted to
send you a message?
Be aware of your non-
verbal cues as you com-
municate with your audi-ence. The larger the audi-
ence, the larger the ges-
tures should be.
Observe comedians, poli-
ticians, and pastors as
they communicate arange of emotions; hu-
mor, displeasure, pas-
sion. Listen to them care-fully with your eyes!
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The Definitive Book of Body Lan-
guage by Barbara and Alan Pease p.155
Drumming the fingers on the table and
continual tapping of the feet on the floor
are often misinterpreted by professional
speakers as boredom signals, but in fact
signal impatience. If you are addressing a
group of people and see these signals, astrategic move must be
made to get the
finger-drummer or foot-tapper in-
volved in the conversation to avoid his
negative effect on the other listeners. Any
audience that displays boredom and impa-
tience signals together is telling the
speaker that it is time for him to end.
Connect with Us
Follow Okefenokee Toastmasters on
Twitter: http://twitter.com/oketoast
Check out the new Okefenokee Toast-
masters website:
http://okefenokee.toastmastersclubs.org
Browse theVirtual Toastmasters Muse-
um:http://bit.ly/ukFQb4
Books about Body Language
Books that reveal the secrets of non-verbal
communication:
1. Definitive Book on Body Language
by Barbara and Allan Pease
2. Emotions Revealedby Paul Ekman
3. Silent Language of Leadersby Car-ol Kinsey Goman
4. What Every BODY Is Saying: an
Ex FBI agents Guide to Speed
Reading People by Joe Navarro and
Martin Karlins
5. Winning Body Language: Control
the Conversation, Command At-
tention, and Convey the Right
Message ... by Mark Bowden
.
Quality Meetings = Quality Clubs
CHARTER MEMBERS: John Penland (Sponsor),Andrew Slocum, Joe Gant,
Harry D. Dixon, Jr., Car-
olyn 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, Do-
ris Germano, Andy Spivey, Audrey West, and Marga-
ret Park.
Edited by Janice Williams
Okefenokee Toastmasters Club loves walk-in visitors.
Jeff Carrand Diego Martinez walked in minutes be-
fore 7:00 oclock on Wednesday morning, July 18that
Quality Inn to observe a club meeting. Jeff said he
had no idea beforehand what to expect at a Toastmas-
ters Club meeting.
Janice Williams was the Topics Master for the morn-
ing and posed questions beginning with, Is it nor-
mal? Larry Kearson was voted Best Table Topics
Speaker with his hilarious response to a question on
office refrigerator etiquette, Is it normal for someone
to eat a coworkers leftovers in the office refrigerator?
There were two speakers. The newest club member
Laura Fullard spoke about her job at Satilla Commu-
nity Services with the speech title, Agency Business.
Veteran Toastmaster Sharon Vickers gave us Tips for
Living Longer which was all about motor vehicle
safety.
Jeff Carr is now the newest member of the club.
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Speechcraft at Satilla Community Services
On Thursday, July 26th, staff at the Satil-
la Community Services (SCS) completed
a Toastmasters Speechcraft program con-
ducted by members of the Okefenokee
Club over six lunch-hour sessions. Kathy
Odam, President of the club, closed the
session with a five-minute talk on proper
word usage and grammar.
Veteran Toastmaster and Coordinator of
the program, Addie Crews, presented cer-
tificates to participants and also McDon-
ald's coupons courtesy of past Toastmas-
ters President, Dave Howe.
The Speechcraft program gave club
members new opportunities to introducethe fundamentals of public
speaking to
non-members and talk about the benefits
of joining a Toastmasters club. It also
gave participants from SCS a taste of the
Toastmasters experience outside of regu-
lar club meetings.
