Tm Times June '09

Our new web: http://www.toastmasters.cz/pardubice/ Pardubice Enthusiasts Toastmasters Club

T I M E S Club #9854 · District 59 · Division D · Area 2

ISSUE 01

WELCOME TO NEW TIMES

INSIDE

Fellow memmbers, dear readers, an educational article from our VP Edu. There is a report from welcome to the new Times. Area D2 conference, which I Finally we have managed to find attractive for both our club release new issue. I hope you members and other will find many interesting Toastmasters. information. For these who are

• Word of President • About Times • New Webpages • Word of VP Education • Area D2 Conference report with photos • About Toastmasters • Mission of TM • Quiz

not familiar with the Toastmasters International an explanation can be found on the last page. If you are a member of Pardubice Toastmasters there is the word of our president and

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WHO ARE WE?

More info on the last page.

~ Robin Pokorný, VPPR

Photo by Brittany Randolph

Toastmasters International is a leader in helping people become more competent and comfortable in front of an audience. The nonprofit organization now has nearly 235,000 members in 12,000 clubs. There is no instructor; participants practice and learn skills by preparing a speech or serving as a leader in a role.

Whole newsletter has been redesigned and now uses style similar to the one of the Toastmaster magazine. I want to encourage you to write articles for next issues. All themes and subjects will be appreciated.

WORD OF PRESIDENT Štěpán Stehlík, President of our club, wrote his word named 'What do green apples, proud horses and experienced matadors have in common?' Read on the page 2.

WHAT DO GREEN APPLES, PROUD HORSES AND EXPERIENCED MATADORS HAVE IN COMMON? Once upon time during drinking my afternoon tea, I was thinking why our toastmaster club is so pleasant place to meet, where every member can feel warm and pleasant atmosphere and why we have not got serious problems with lack of members as the other clubs. I have many times realized what problems might be sometimes in society between young and old generations. Young people are often denoted as hotheaded youngsters with lack of experience and with excessive self-confidence. On the other hand, the elders are mostly viewed as slow thinking, hesitant and boring people who should stay at home and rather do not influence public events… As well as any society also in our club we have some age-structure of our members stretching from the

young green apples over the middle aged proud horses to the oldest, well experienced matadors. Despite of the society stereotypes, we are very happy that our agestructure is so rich and we can only profit from it! In our club we do not know the inter-generational conflicts, which I had sketched out in the introduction. Our toastmastering connects us firmly, the younger members enriches the older ones and vice versa. Younger green apples profit from the well experienced, wise matadors, and the enthusiasm and creativity of the young members enrich the matadors. Middle aged proud horses at the same time give the final shape to our club environment. Our club is bottom-less pot of boiling ideas, thoughts, inventions

and kindness which is provided to everyone, who cares for it and needs it. That is why our club is so nice place to meet, where everyone feels good and it is also illustration how initially incompatible green apples, proud horses and wise matadors make sense together if you visit Pardubice enthusiasts. At the bottom line I would like to thank all of you, the members, the green apples, the proud horses and the matadors for great effort you put every Monday, every week, every month and every year to keep our club running. In spite of our difficult personal lives, I admire your infinitive will and natural buoyancy. This makes our club unique! ~ Štěpán Stehlík, President

NEW WEB PAGES Our web pages had not been updated for a long time. So long that it was decided not to just make an actualization. They have been replaced with totally new web pages. You can expect new modern design, and functionality. Visit and enjoy them on

http://www.toastmasters.cz/pardubice/ Comments and suggestions are welcomed.

AREA D2 SPRING CONFERENCE PRAGUE Report from conference held on Saturday April 25 2009 in hotel Josef Prague Speakers Club were hosting club of Area D2 Speech and Evaluation Contests. They took this task seriously and chose very nice place in the middle of Prague in well-designed hotel Josef. Sandy Hu and her club fellows prepared well-timing program that included two EDU lessons given David Talacko – A story within a story and Anthony Achmat – Impress me. 4 contestants of evaluation contest, Vera Orac, Stepan Stehlik, Anezka Nowak and Tom Karger evaluated the speech performed by Ivan Vasyuk “How to manage the crisis”. Anezka Nowak was the most constructive and effective evaluator and won. Vera Orac was the second.

The same number of contestants competed in the speech contest – Vera Orac, Judi Challiner, Robin Pokorny and Geoff Nowak. The best speech was given by Judi Challiner, the second place was occupied by Robin Pokorny. The well done conference was finished in the pub Hastalsky Dedek. While the participants were having dinner, they are going on talking and having fun. The winners on the first and second position proceed to Division Contest which is held in Nuremberg May 9, 2009 ~ Marie Bibrova, Area Governor

▲► Evaluation contest participans (Anezka, Tom, Stepan, and Vera) ▲ Winners of the speech contest (Robin and Judi) ► In Hastalsky Dedek pub

WORD OF VP EDUCATION When I joined the club and received my New Member Kit I remember that I just read the title of the two manuals – Competent Communicator and Competent Leader – and put the second aside. That´s not for me, I said to myself. Now I regret it because working on Competent Leader does so much for you if you are a newcomer : it helps you to orient in all meeting roles and officer positions – what to do? how? why? But it is not just a “guide”, it enables you to participate on meetings and fullfill more difficult roles such as an Evaluator, or a Grammarian from the very beginning.

No matter in which stage of your Toastmaster life you are, try it! Just bring your CL manual to every meeting and you will be surprised how quickly you will proceed. Or study it in advance and then sign yourself for a role for next meeting. You will have each role evaluated by a fellow Toastmaster. And remember that the skills you will learn listening, planning, motivating, organising, and positive thinking - can be applied (also) outside Toastmasters. ~ Hana Pozdílková, VPE

To provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment to improve public speaking, listening and generally communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth. Toastmasters International is the leading movement devoted to making effective oral communication a worldwide reality. Through its members Toastmasters International Clubs help men and women learn the art of speaking, listening, and thinking - vital skills that promote self-actualization, enhance leadership potential, foster human understanding, and contribute to the betterment of mankind. It is basic to this mission that Toastmasters International continually expand its worldwide network of clubs thereby offering ever-greater numbers of people the opportunity to benefit from its programmes.

Where was the Division Contest held?

What is included in New Member Kit?

Which fruit was mentioned in this issue?

a) Nuremberg

a) All advanced manuals

a) Oranges

b) Dusseldorf

b) Personal nametag

b) Apples

c) Prague

c) Competent Leader manual c) Bananas

d) Vienna

d) Winning lottery ticket

d) Carrot Answers: 1a, 2c, 3b

Q U I Z

And what if you are an experienced Toastmaster? It

is never too late to start. You can use your knowledge and experience, and you may realize that to be a leader has been waiting for you for years!

MISSION OF TM

2009 © Pardubice Enthusiasts Toastmasters Club The name "Toastmasters International," "Toastmasters," and the Toastmasters International emblem are trademarks protected in the Europen Union, the United States, Canada, and many other countries. The information in this newsletter is for the sole use of Toastmasters members for Toastmasters business only. It is not to be used for solicitation and distribution of non-Toastmasters materials or information. Created with Scribus. Editor: Robin Pokorný ([email protected]); President: Štěpán Stehlík ([email protected])