Valley Toastmasters Newszine / January/February 1997 / Page 3

It has been a month of
Show & Tell . . . and Sing
at Valley Toastmasters

Members chose visual aids to help tell their story.

She revealed her love for horses and horseback riding in her icebreaker and for her number 4 manual "Show What You Mean" speech Kathleen Harnett used a saddle and its accompaning riding gear to explain its purpose and use.

Brian Cavanaugh, ATM, appeared as a guest speaker for the Reunion/Open House program with his banjo. The banjo, even with its bright "T" was more than a prop or visual aid. Brian's speech incorporated several short musical bits he had written to illustrate how a member could sing his way through the basic manual. The very entertaining speech won a spot for Brian in the District 3 Humorous Speech Contest last fall . . and he won the admiration of Valley Toastmasters who voted him best speaker.
Jerry Kadansky demonstrates the techniques of bricklaying. Speaking is like building a wall, according to Jerry Kadansky, CTM. You get up at 4 a.m. to load up your materials so you can be on the job (give your speech at Valley)---at 6:15 in the morning.

Jerry had bricks, mortar, sand, cement, cinder blocks, scaffolding---all the tools and a helper (Dave Hyde) to build a wall (short one) as he demonstrated his approach to meeting the objectives of the advanced manual presentation "The Demonstration." The outstanding effort places him at the top for the club's "Most building materials for a speech" award.

Brendan Kennedy (below) used graphical charts in his handouts to visually illustrate the growth of a savings plan under different interest rates. It was Brendan's third speech and he is off to a tremendous start in Toastmasters.

Irene Majava follows Brendan's request
to look at a sample comparison of
savings rates.


Jeff Katz, CTM, applies his skills at
impromtu speaking.

Although he didn't bring it (due to the impromtu nature of his speech), Jeff Katz, CTM, demonstated how he trained to complete a 100 mile fund raising bicycle trip for Muscular Dystrohy.

For some people speeches are like babies---easy to conceive, hard to deliver.

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