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My plans for the 2010 District 30 Spring Conference

The District 30 Spring Conference will be taking place this Friday and Saturday at the Holiday Inn in Elk Grove Village.  In my 11 years in Toastmasters, this is the latest the Spring Conference is being held relative to the start of the calendar year, in part due to the loss of the Regional Conferences [...]

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Contest Table Topics questions

When a Contest Chair asked me suggestions on what kind of question to use for their Table Topics contest, I usually replied that it should be short one that everyone could answer and does not tilt for or against a contestant.  It should be a question that allows a contestant to answer a question in [...]

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Being a “linchpin” for an evening

Two weeks ago, I decided after work to attend the North 44 Area Contest at the Lincolnshire Village Hall.  It was the first Area Contest outside of those of my clubs I attended since Spring 2007.  There were primarily a couple of reasons I attended, one was I planned to head back to the curling [...]

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Coming full circle

When Bruce Jin gave his speech about his name at the XL Toastmasters Club around the time the club chartered in 2001, little did anybody know that he was going to give the same speech last month at the 2009 District 30 Humorous Speech Contest and come in second place!  I still remember when Mei [...]

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Some thoughts leading to the District 30 Fall Conference

With the Fall Conference taking place next weekend, here are some things I’m thinking about as I look forward to some of the festivities: Looking forward to seeing many old friends and new faces as the last District 30 event I attended was the Spring Conference (I was out golfing during the Summer TLI). Definitely [...]

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Don’t forget Humorous Speech Contest rule 6B!

Page 23 of the most recent Contest Rulebook has Rule 6B under Timing in the Humorous Speech Contest: Time will begin with the first word uttered by the contestant. However, should the contestant engage in definite verbal or nonverbal communication with the audience (including the playing of music or other sound effects, a staged act [...]

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Contest myths

Saw a recent entry in the ToastmastersPrime Google group that is very interesting about myths in contests perpetuated by those who were supposed to be respected, whether by a current district officer or a long-time Toastmaster.  When LinkedIn’s The Official Toastmasters International Members Group had an entry last month about general Toastmaster myths, I did [...]

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Need to work on my evaluation skills

Having done plenty of evaluations over the last ten years, you would think I am a master when it comes to doing that.  Well it turns out that I need to make some improvements.  And I hope to get my act together by the Northwest 4 Area Evaluation Contest on October 8th in which I’ll [...]

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When emotions override facts

There were times in which I did not take some facts well and expressed them emotionally, like the more recent entries here such as changing the contest room or finding the results of a recent election unfavorable.  At the end, it was a set of facts that I accepted, whether I like it or not, [...]

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Do I really want to get back to the “abyss”?

Not long after the District 30 Spring Conference, it appears work is now under way for the Fall Conference coming up on November 13th and 14th.  After last Thursday’s North Suburban meeting, one member who was on the Spring Conference committee mentioned that he will be the Publicity Chair for the Fall Conference.  He also [...]

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