Okefenokee Toastmasters

Club #8269, Area 82,

Division H, District 14, Volume 12 Issue 1 January 2020 Chartered Club since June 1991
Region 8.

 Lunch Hour Meetings: Okefenokee Toastmasters meet at Okefenokee Toastmasters Club

South Georgia State College, Waycross Campus, James Dye Officers 2019-2020
Student Services Building in Room 108 on Wednesdays at President: DeVonn Smith
noon.
VP Education: Wayne Caffarel
 Mission: We provide a supportive and positive learning ex- VP Membership: Barbara Jackson
perience in which members are empowered to develop com-
VP Public Relations/Secretary: Janice
munication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self- Williams
confidence and personal growth.
Treasurer: Linda Titus
Sergeant at Arms: Bud Montero
Retweets @Oketoast

Events Coming Up
@Motiversity_
Think. Club Speech Contests: January
Think proactively: What
8, 2020
do I need to anticipate?
Think critically: What do
District 14 Annual Conference,
I need to do better?
Think laterally: What do
April 24-25, 2020 at the
I need to do differently? Renaissance Concourse Hotel, At-
Stop and think. lanta Airport
All things are created
mentally before they be- Word Power
come real.
One role of the Grammarian at a
@happier_better Quote of the Month Toastmasters meeting is to
Growth happens in the bring a “Word of the Week” and
gap between achieve- “The word “express” literally listen for its usage. Here are
ment and aspiration. means to “push out,” to exert, to
Exponential growth be-
some words that we used last
show forth. The word “inhibit” year at our meetings:
gins with “I don’t know.”
You grow most when you means to choke off, restrict. Self-
anticipate (v.) = expect, foresee
say, “ I don’t know but expression is a pushing out, a
I’ll learn.” showing forth, of the powers, tal- attribute (v.) = credit, assign
ents and abilities of the self. It exoteric (adj.) = commonplace,
@SteveGutzler means turning on your own light universal,
Failure is not the oppo-
site of success. It’s part
and letting it shine.” imbue (v.) = inspire, inculcate
of the process. Turn fail- Psycho-Cybernetics by Max- intransigent (v.) = unyielding,
ure into a friend, men-
well Maltz, p. 193. stubborn
tor, and coach.
 Photo: Congrats to Toastmaster Jennifer
Murphy, in photo with her Ice Breaker ribbon,
on presenting her first speech to the club at a
recent meeting. She has started her Innova-
tive Planning Path in the Toastmasters Path-
ways program. The title of her speech was
simply, “Jennifer’s Journey”.
Best speaker at the meeting was Aaron Alder-
man, Best Evaluator was Linda Titus, and
Best Table Topics Speaker was Wayne Caf-
farel, DTM. We also had an extra special treat.
Toastmaster Sarah Braswell presented the
speech she intends to deliver at the contest
level.
Okefenokee Toastmasters are looking forward
to continued growth and development in 2020.

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communication and leadership tips.
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The Vision for 2019-20: Conceptualize, Strategize, Execute.

CHARTER MEMBERS: John Penland 1926-2015 (Sponsor), Andrew Slocum, Joe Gant,
Harry D. Dixon, Jr., Carolyn Morton (Akins), Phil Wysong, C.J. Broome, Paul O’Cain, 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.