District 53 Toastmasters Fall Conference Schedule

Start	Schedule	Location
Morning Events
7:30	Registration Opens	Outside Constitution Room
8:00	First Timer Session	Congress Room
8:15	Opening Ceremony	Constitution Room
8:30	Keynote Address Rory Vaden	Constitution Room
9:30	Breakout Session 1 Heather Turner - Social Media Jeremey Donovan - Exceptional Keynote Presentations Nana Danso - Live Your Magic Life	TBA at Registration
10:30	Breakout Session 2 Brian Cavanaugh - Call To Leadership Jerry Aiyathurai - Turning Points Marilyn Jess - Virtually Speaking Sharon Roth - Together We Can Do  Table Topics Contest Judge/Contestant Briefing	TBA at Registration
Mid Day Events
11:30	Table Topics Contest	Constitution Room
1:00	Lunch Parade of banners 2010/2011 Hall of Fame By Past District Governor Dave Wheeler	8 Mile Brook Restaurant
2:30	Breakout Session 3 Rory Vaden The Discipline of Mastering Presentation Skills	Constitution Room
3:45	District Council Business Meeting	Constitution Room
Evening Events
5:00	Cocktail Reception (cash bar) Humorous Contest Judge/Contestant Briefing	Terrace Room
6:00	Dinner (Black Tie Optional)	8 Mile Brook Restaurant
Est. 7:30	Humorous Contest	Constitution Room
	Closing Announcements	Constitution Room
Conference Services Please note that the following services will be closed during lunch and Table Topics Contest
	Registration Hours	7:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
	Book Store	8:00 A.M. - 4:15 P.M.
	Credentials	8:30 A.M. - 2:45 P.M.
	Silent Auction will be available throughout the day from:	8:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Demonstration at Electric Boat

Groton, CT, October 27, 2011 - A team of twelve toastmasters presented a demonstration meeting to a group of 50-60 Electric Boat employees. Electric Boat, which is a division of General Dynamics, employs 15,000 in Groton, New London and Norwich. Other Electric Boat offices are located in Washington DC, Hawaii and Massachusetts. Established in 1899, EB has established standards of excellence in the design, construction and lifecycle support of submarines for the United States Navy. Adam Bull, an EB employee, joined Groton Toastmasters in January of this year. He worked with Bette McIntire and Beth Peterson to schedule the demonstration meeting. The Electric Boat Management Association has agreed to reimburse members dues, pay for the club charter and to purchase branded items such as the club banner, lectern and stopwatch. The demonstration meeting included prepared speeches, table topics speeches and evaluations. Team members explained their roles, describing what they did and why they did it. The team members were: Adam Bull, Julie Joshi, Beth Peterson, Eva Menon, Sharon Mercado, Rick Guenard, Lois Palmer-Anderson, Ed Watkins, Darrell Fox, Clyda DiNicola, Dongyang He and Sharon Roth. After the demonstration meeting, the team enjoyed a sumptuous dinner at Paul's Pasta in Groton. The first weekly club meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 15. Beth Peterson and Darrell Fox have signed up to mentor the new club.

Demonstration at Henkel

Rocky Hill, CT, October 20, 2011 - A team of nine toastmasters presented a demonstration meeting to a group of 30 Henkel of America employees. Henkel, which manufactures adhesives, tapes and cleaners employs 48,000 all over the world. Their home office is in Dusseldorf, Germany. There are Henkel installations in 48 states in America. The facility at Rocky Hill employs 425. Last spring, with the help of Cheryl Mason, three Henkel employees visited a meeting of the Energy Club at Northeast Utilities in Berlin. They were impressed and interested in forming their own corporate club. The Women's Network has agreed to pay for part of the members dues, to pay for the club charter and to purchase branded items such as the club banner, lectern and stopwatch. The demonstration meeting included prepared speeches, table topics speeches and evaluations Team members explained their roles, describing what they did and why they did it. The team members were: Richard Peck, Bette McIntire, Eva Menon, Louis Nizet, Heather Turner, Paul Randolph, Larry Cook, Liz Trendowski and Sharon Roth. Henkel is looking to sign up at least 20 members, which is the minimum needed to charter the club and expects to accomplish this goal within one month.

Schedule of Educational Sessions November 19

If you were not able to register for the educational sessions, here is the schedule:

9:30 a.m.

S1: Social Media Plusses and Pitfalls:  The ABCs of What To Do and Not  Do on SM: Heather Turner
S2: Step-By-Step Guide To Delivering Exceptional Keynote Presentations: Jeremey Donovan
S3: Live Your Magic Life: Nana Danso

10:30 a.m.

S4: Virtual Speaking - An Introduction: Marilyn Jess
S5: Together We Can Do What We Cannot Do Alone: Sharon Roth
S6: Answer the Call to Leadership: Brian Cavanaugh
S7: Turning Points - What transitions can teach us about ourselves ... and how you can put those lessons to work: Jerry Aiyathurai

Come and learn about the appropriate use of PowerPoint!

 It's a workshop led by DTM Ed Grosso at Greenwich Toastmasters 7pm, Wednesday, November 30, 2011.

About Ed Grosso, DTM:
Ed Grosso owns Vital Connections an executive and business coaching and consulting company

His clients are worldwide
He is a certified Teleclass leader from Coach University and Corporate Coach University and has trained over 3,000 coaches worldwide
He is a certified Guerrilla Marketing coach
He is a certified Behavioral and Value Analyst
He is the current President of the Chamber Toastmasters club and Emerging Speech Masters an advanced club
He is a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM)
He was an IBM executive for 20 years
He owned his own System Integration business for 10 years

Space is limited. If you plan to attend email Lwdowdey@optonline.net to rsvp.

Workshop Location:
Western Greenwich Civic Center
449 Pemberwick Road
Greenwich, CT 06831