Wilkes Toastmasters

02/07/2014

If you are following Roger Love (the number one vocal coach in America), check this out!!
Hello Bill,

I love to speak about how sound is all about vibrations. I teach people how to create the right sounds that will radiate from your body and affect everyone that listens to you.

I say that true influence is about making sure that you can control other people's perceptions of you. To do that you need to make them FEEL YOU. The sounds you make have to actually vibrate and change the emotions of your listeners.

Below you’ll find a passage from Lynn Grabhorn’s work that talks about the nature and power of our vibrations, for which she uses the metaphor of a musical instrument! I think it's important and interesting for all of you to know and think about this.

"Look, Ma, I’m Vibrating!

Everything in this world is made of energy: you, me, the rock, the table, the blades of grass. And since energy is actually vibration, that means that everything that exists vibrates. Everything! Including you and me.

Modern-day physicists have finally come to agree that energy and matter are one and the same, which brings us back to where we started: that everything vibrates, because everything–whether we see it or not–is energy.

But even though there’s only one energy, it vibrates differently. Just like the sound that pours out of a musical instrument, some energy vibrates fast (such as high notes) from high frequencies, and some vibrates slow (such as low notes) from low frequencies.

Unlike the tones from a musical instrument, however, the energy that flows out from us comes from our highly charged emotions to create highly charged electromagnetic wave patterns of energy, making us powerful–but volatile–walking magnets."


So the next time that you're speaking or singing, remember that your vocal chords are actually sending out vibrations that then resonate with the receiver's body. These vibrations greatly influence how you are perceived. Remember, it's not your content...it's the sounds you're making that deliver the content that creates the biggest and INFLUENTIAL impression on people.

Roger Love

www.rogerlove.com

02/07/2014

Hello Wilkes Toastmasters...here is a list of the most recent upcoming events coming up in our area. Be sure to contact the appropriate number if you are interested.
TLI Lites

Division A
Saturday, February 8, 2014, Event Time 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
McDowell Technical Community College, 54 College Drive, Bldg 17 - Dogwood Bldg, Marion, NC 28752.

Registration opens at 9 am with the sessions beginning at 9:30 am.

Division B, C and D
Saturday, February 8, 2014, Event Time 7:30 am – 12:00 pm Maersk, 9300 Arrowpoint Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28273

Registration will open at 7:30 am, with the first events beginning at 8 am and officer training starting at 9 am.

Sessions: Officers Training, Officer Integration, Judges Training, Youth Leadership Programs, Speech Crafts, Successful Contests, and Speech-A-Thon.

Division E
Saturday, February 15, 2014, Event Time 8:30 am – 12:00 pm Tracy's Little Red School House, 7730 North Point Drive, Winston Salem, NC 27106

Registration opens at 8:30 am with the sessions beginning at 9:00 am.

There will be light refreshments. Please come prepared with your Club Leadership Handbook in hand. If you no longer have one, you can download one from Toastmasters.org.

Division F
Saturday, February 15, 2014, Event Time 9:45 am – 12:00 pm Gate City Vineyard in Pomona Business Park.

Registration will be at 9:45 am and sessions will start promptly at 10 am.

Divisions G, H and I
Wednesday, February 19, 2014, Event Time 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Glaxo Smith Kline RTP in Ruvane Auditorium.

Registration will open at 6:00 pm. TLI sessions will start promptly at 6:30 pm, through 8:45 pm.

Division J
Area 92 is schedule for February 22, 9am, at the Union hall 331 W Main St Havelock NC

Area 93 was this evening 6:30 at 230 Govt Center Drive Wilmington NC.

Members of Areas 91 & 94 will need to attend one of the TLI Lite’s in Area 92 or 93 to complete the Officers training.


Spring Conference


There is still time to register for the Spring Conference at the early bird rate.

The conference will be at the Great Wolf Lodge in Concord on May 2-4.

Questions? Contact Pam Christopher ([email protected]) or Bryan Walsh ([email protected]).

Early bird-01/01-02/28
Toastastmers w/3 Meals - $140
Guest w/2 Meals - $110


Club Events

Goldmine Toastmasters Club

Will host a Free Improv Workshop
OTC Workshop Include:
· Adding humor to public speaking
· Developing teamwork through funny eye contact games
· Games and mental exercises to develop creativity
· Sharpening listeningskills
When: Saturday February 8, 2014 @ 8:30-10 am
Where: Rotary Hall, 211 West Avenue, Kannapolis, NC
Who: Paul Marks from Over The Counter Improv

High Energy Toastmasters

Has a club goal of improving our impromptu speaking with 150 table topics this year. High Energy Toastmasters plans a special PR campaign during the Talk Up Toastmasters membership drive period. We have a series of meeting events planned under the general theme of Table Topics with a Twist! Each meeting will have a different sub-theme and activities.

What: Talk Up Toastmasters Membership Drive
Where: Duke Energy, 526 S. Church Street, O.J. Miller Auditorium
When: 2/6/2014 12 P.M. – 1 P.M.
Theme: Table Topics with a Twist

What: Talk Up Toastmasters Membership Drive
Where: Duke Energy Center, 550 South Tryon Street, DEC 4653-4659
When: 2/20/2014 12 P.M. – 1 P.M.
Theme: Table Topics with a Twist

What: Talk Up Toastmasters Membership Drive
Where: Duke Energy, 400 South Tryon Street, Paul Anderson Auditorium
When: 2/27/2014 12 P.M. – 1 P.M.
Theme: Table Topics with a Twist

B4Nine Toastmasters

Will celebrate Friend's Day to target new members

Wednesday February 12 at 7:45 am at Grace Covenant Church in Cornelius, NC

City Talkers

Will have a Demo Meeting

Thursday, February 20, 2014, 12:00 pm - 1 pm at the municipal Building, 211 S Hamilton, High Point, NC in the Council Chambers

Lowes Club (Afternoon)

Will host an Open House Event

Thursday, February 20th 12:00p.m. - 1:00p.m. Lowe's CSE-M Campus 1000 Lowes Blvd Mooresville, NC (Must contact club leaders if interested in attending.) 704-758-5484

Power Speakers

Will be hosting a Membership Drive

Thursday, February 20, 2014 from 12:00pm - 1:00pm at First Citizens Building, Conference Room 1201 A/B, 12th floor, 128 S Tryon St, Charlotte NC 28202

Toastmasters at the Lake

Will host an Open House Event

Thursday, February 27th 6:00p.m. – 7:00p.m. The U Center, 517 Alcove Road, Mooresville, NC 28117

Chair City Toastmasters

Will host a Speechcraft the month of April.

Sessions will be each Tuesday in April, 12:00 PM - 1 PM, at the Thomasville Library, 14 Randolph St, Thomasville, NC.

Captivating Dialogue

Will host an Open House Event

April 16th from 11:30 – 1:00; at the Genworth Building, 8325 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, NC.

Will have lunch from 11:30 am – 12:00 pm and then presentations from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm.

02/04/2014

Announcing...
“8”
Attention all Toastmasters Clubs!

Eight is the magic number. As of the April 1, 2014 dues deadline, the requirement for a club to be considered in good standing is for there to be eight member dues paid. Three of the eight must be renewing members.

Please be sure everyone in your club gets this information.

01/30/2014

Update for the evening of Thursday, January 30, 2014 - The regularly scheduled meeting of Wilkes Toastmasters is cancelled by unanimous vote by remaining participating members due to issues related to member illness, extreme cold temperatures, and resulting road conditions. Weather permitting, we will resume next Thursday evening 2/6/2014 at 6PM.

10/29/2013

OK, now that you have seen the first two of Roger Love's vocal instruction videos, here is the third and last of this series...there may be more to come. Thanks for looking!
http://www.rogerlove.com/toastmasters/video3.html

The Entertainment Industry’s “Secret Weapon” Reveals His Surprisingly-Easy Short-Cuts To Help Speakers At Any Level Use The Power Of Their Voice To Hold An Audience Spellbound...Guaranteed

10/29/2013

Hi fellow toastmasters! This is the second in a series of three instruction videos from voice coach Roger Love designed to make us "great(er) speakers! Take just a few moments to listen to this genuine master of vocal finesse!
http://www.rogerlove.com/toastmasters/video2.html

10/28/2013

/fellow Toastmasters...I recently received a link to a very informative video by Roger Love who is an extremely accomplished vocal coach for speakers and singers. He recently became a part of Toastmasters and has made his top level instruction to members of Toastmasters everywhere! I will be posting the videos on this sight for your convenience and, possible, send them out to you at your private email address if requested. This is the first of three that I have. There will be more to come. Enjoy and grow!
http://www.rogerlove.com/toastmasters/video1c.html

09/05/2013

Wilkes Toastmasters will host the club-level "Humorous Speech" contest this evening at 6 PM at the club location at High Rock church on Boone Trail Road in Wilkesboro. Contestants arrive by 5:45 PM and the contest begins at 6 PM. Hope to see all members and friends there on time!

08/24/2013

Hey fellow Toastmasters and Facebook friends! Come join us at the Golden Corral MS Scholarship Fund Raiser in the Wilkeboro Golden Corral parking lot. There are lots of vendors and classic cars. It's a beautiful day!

08/06/2013

News for the week of August 5th - Wilkes Toastmasters VP of P***c Relations, Bill Coan is scheduled to do an on-air interview with WKBC's Steve Handy at about 9 am tomorrow morning (Wednesday, Aug. 7th). The interview will include important information about Wilkes Toastmasters designed to invoke interest in club membership for those in the Wilkes community. Be sure to tune in to WKBC, 800 on the "AM" dial, to hear the interview.

06/27/2013

Tonight, our new officers will be installed. Congratulations new officers!

05/27/2013

Toastmasters: Please share this with your friends.

Open House - Wilkes Toastmasters Wilkes business directory, free classifieds, and free personals for Wilkes County, Wilkesboro, and North Wilkesboro, NC. Wilkes County, NC