New Club Officers

Fellow Toastmasters,

Welcome to our new club officers! Their term is from January 1st, 2018 until June 31st, 2018.

President
Kathleen Moon CC

VP of Education
Jo Anna Almonte

VP of Membership
Nicholas Smith ACS, ALB

VP of Public Relations
Yamilette Williams

Secretary
Alain Abbate

Treasurer
Phil Scott Sarfin

Sgt. at Arms
Cecilia Hogarth

Immediate Past President
Jo Anna Almonte

Please do all you can to support them in the coming months!

Contest This Weekend

Fellow Toastmasters,

Just a reminder that our club is now in Area A10 and that our Area’s Humorous and Evaluations contest is this Saturday, October 14th, from 8am to 12pm. This is a combination contest with Area A11, so there will be approximately 12 contestants (6 per contest per Area). It should make for a fun event.

The location:
DeVry University, 2300 SW 145th Ave, Miramar, FL 33027

For most of us in Plantation Toastmasters, I-75 south to Pines Blvd east then 145th Ave south will be the quickest route to get there (it’s basically due south of Pembroke Gardens), to give you an idea of the contest location.

Refreshments provided. No charge, no RSVP.

Let’s have a strong Plantation Toastmasters showing to support Jim Barber, our club’s humorous speech contestant, and Eric Jacobson, our club’s evaluation contestant! I have our club banner to display during this event.

If you are interested, this is an all day event, with Areas A12 and A13’s contest from 1pm to 5pm.

I will be there all day. Any questions call me.

-Nick

Plantation Toastmasters 2017 Club Humorous and Evaluations Contests

Toastmasters and Non-Toastmasters alike are ALL invited to Plantation Toastmasters’ 2017 Club Humorous and Evaluations Contests!

Tuesday, August 15th, 6:15pm – 8:30pm at the Jim Ward Community Center, 301 NW 46th Ave, Plantation, FL 33317 (Download a ics file here)

Come join the fun and prepare yourself for bellachying laughs and world class peer evaluations!

Heavy hitting humor from the likes of Jim Barber, Eric Jacobson, Nicholas Smith, Meredith Troy, Steven Hyatt, Teddy Hyatt and maybe more!

Sue Hershkowitz ATM-B, CL from the Beacon Point Advanced Toastmasters club provides a target evaluation for our evaluations contest. Evaluation Contestants so far: Michael Schoen, Eric Jacobson, Tanya Tricia

Thinking of being in the contest? The requirements for participating in this contest is that you be a member of Plantation Toastmasters in good standing (dues paid). Registration open until the moment the contest begins, but the sooner we know, the better. If interested in helping or being a contestant please, e-mail Kathy Moon directly.

If you are guest and have questions, please hit up our Contact form.

Contestants, Judges and other functionaries, please arrive as early as 6:00pm but no later than 6:15pm.

PTM This Week, August 1st, 2017

Another great Plantation Toastmasters meeting is coming up this Tuesday! This week’s meeting should be educational, as well as fun, of course.

Here are some of the highlights:

Toastmaster Alyssa Loeffler shares some interesting trivia about the month of August.

Speaking this week:

  • Kathy Moon tells us about an exciting night in the Moon household from last year as she presents “Playing Dead”, the “A Dramatic Talk” project from the Entertaining Speaker Manual.
  • As she continues her trek to earn her Competent Communicator with the “Research Your Topic” project, JoAnna Almonte presents “Rare and Powerful”. This is a fun fact about JoAnna you’ll need to attend to hear!
  • Steve Hyatt, whose speeches are always educational and uplifting, presents as well.

General Evaluator Mnena Iyorpuu’s team delivers insightful evaluation’s immediately following our speakers for that oh so useful feedback.

Nick Smith wraps up with an educational Table Topics session. He’ll ask members to share advice in various subjects they are a known subject matter expert in. This promises to be an enjoyable session as members will be able to speak on subjects they know, where the challenge is making it useful for the laymen.

We wrap the fun up with the awards ceremony and adjourn at 8:30pm!

There’s always a few of us who meet at Chili’s afterwards. Members and guests alike are welcome to join us at the unofficial after-meeting meeting! We can give you more after the official meeting ends.

We’ll see you Tuesday!

Plantation Toastmasters meets Tuesday nights, 6:30 – 8:30pm at the Jim Ward Community Center in Plantation, Florida. Guests are always welcome at no charge! For more information, visit https://plantationtoastmasters.com/ to find out more!

 

PTM This Week, July 25th, 2017

Fellow Plantation Toastmasters, other Toastmasters and visitors alike: Make sure you add a calendar reminder for Plantation Toastmasters this week!

After we begin at 6:30pm sharp and take care of a short budget vote, Daniel Kofler wow wow wow’s us as Toastmaster of the Evening.

The speaking lineup:

  • Kicking things off is Francis Kambobe with a touching story of a family vacation to the Luangwa River Basin in Zambia.
  • Alyssa Loeffler reminds us to Pay It Forward as she continues her work in the Advanced Manuals.
  • Kathy Moon gives us a Dramatic Talk from the The Entertaining Speaker advanced manual.
  • World traveler extraordinaire Tanya Magney continues her trek towards Competent Communicator as she impresses us with here experience working on motorcycles.

Josh Massias wraps up the evening with an exciting impromptu table topics session titled “Hypothetical Situations”.

We adjourn at 8:30pm and head to Chili’s for the unofficial after meeting!

Fun and good times for all! See you Tuesday! Make sure you RSVP!

Plantation Toastmasters meets Tuesday nights, 6:30 – 8:30pm at the Jim Ward Community Center in Plantation, Florida. Guests and Toastmasters from other clubs are always welcome at no charge!

Visit https://plantationtoastmasters.com/ to find out more!

PTM This Week, July 18th, 2017

Plantation Toastmasters invites you to another fun meeting!

Our meeting will begin at 6:30 pm sharp.

If you’re a guest…we’d love to see you at 6:15pm so we can answer questions and find you a seat before things begin, but don’t feel like you shouldn’t come if you are running late.

Here’s what you will not want to miss:

Following our short introductions and business meeting, Toastmaster of the Day, Shoshannah Zemach takes center stage. She’ll share with us some timely meeting protocol recommendations to help push that PTM experience even higher!

This week’s speaking lineup so far:

  • Nick Smith shares his experience working on an independent movie shoot right here in South Florida!
  • David Adelstein gives us a short test of empathy as he continues his progress in the Competent Communication Manual.
  • Update! Jim Barber has stepped to give a presentation on how un-complicated leadership really is.
  • There’s a good chance we’ll have a surprise fourth speaker (hey, it could be you…a slot’s still open!).

Make sure you bring a dollar (or five) for the 50/50 raffle!

Of course, our speakers can expect awesome evaluations from General Evaluator JoAnna Almonte’s evaluators team!

Finally, Kathy Moon presents “the rest of the story” for the impromptu part of the meeting. Table Topics participants are given the beginning of a short story, and they have the chance (without having prepared ahead of time) to finish the story, any way they possible can. As much fun to listen, as it is to speak, indeed!

We wrap the fun up with the awards ceremony and adjourn at 8:30pm!

There’s always a few of us who meet at Chili’s afterwards. Members and guests alike are welcome to join us at the unofficial after-meeting meeting! We can give you more after the official meeting ends.

We’ll see you Tuesday!

Plantation Toastmasters meets Tuesday nights, 6:30 – 8:30pm at the Jim Ward Community Center in Plantation, Florida. Guests are always welcome at no charge! For more information, visit https://plantationtoastmasters.com/ to find out more!

We’re in Division A, Area 10 Now!

Fellow Toastmasters,

As your IPAD, it is my pleasure to announce some exciting changes for Plantation Toastmasters,

Following a process Toastmasters International calls realignment, Plantation Toastmasters is now part of Division A, Area A10!

A lot of variables go into the realignment process (Geographic proximity to other clubs, the ability of an area director to effectively provide service, club size and strength, prospective clubs and expected growth, and the likelihood of eligibility for Distinguished programs). This happens periodically and is a normal part of Toastmasters club operations.

What are the ramifications of this move?

There are really two items that directly affect the club itself, and the impact is minimal for the first.

Training

Trainings are geographic now, so officers are still encouraged to attend the Broward TLI training on August 5th as a club. This has not changed (though if there are scheduling conflicts, other trainings can be attended for officer credit). TLI schedule is here.

Contests

We are now competing against a new set of Toastmasters in Area 10, and then in Division A.

What other clubs are in our Area now?

This graphic below shows the full Division A alignment:

The full lineup of club alignments can be seen here.

Who are our new Area and Division Directors?

The Upshot

This is exciting news! This organization continues to offer us great opportunities to meet and work with new people in new environments.

We also can enjoy new contest dynamics in the fall and spring…here is a fair warning to Area A10 and Division A: Plantation Toasmasters is a force to reckon with! Can’t wait for the fun!

Congratulations Plantation Toastmasters on this exciting move! Please join me in offering all the support we can to our new District Officers in all the things they do for us.

-Nicholas Smith, ACS, ALB, Immediate Past Area 23 Director

Tonight’s Meeting!

Plantation Toastmasters invites you to our kick off meeting for the 2017-2018 Toastmasters season!

Here’s what you can look forward to tonight:

  • Tanya Magney reminds us of vital hurricane preparedness tips as Toastmaster of the Day.
  • Tatiana Eisner shares with us the relationship between art and real life in speech #10 from the Competent Communication manual.
  • Also speaking are more of Plantation Toastmasters’ rock stars, Meredith Troy and Steve Hyatt.
  • Daniel Kofler wraps things as he “wow wow wows” us with an entertaining Table Topics session.

A fun time for guests and membership alike!

Plantation Toastmasters meets Tuesday nights, 6:30 – 8:30pm at the Jim Ward Community Center, 301 NW 46th Avenue, Plantation, FL 33317. Guests are always welcome at no charge! For more information, visit https://plantationtoastmasters.com/ to find out more!