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.