Club: Rockland Toastmasters
Charter Date: May 5, 2011 (Formally Nyack Toastmasters)
Distinguished Awards: 2016-2017 Distinguished Club Award
Club Members In Their Own Words:
“I joined Toastmasters because I wanted to improve my public speaking skills and my confidence. I have found the members and leaders very friendly and welcoming for which I’m grateful!” – Isabel Ebrahimi
How was your last Toastmasters year? Were you able to achieve the goals you set for yourself?
Let me give you some tips and tricks I used to achieve and exceed my goals which made a difference in my past year as a Toastmaster and gave me the opportunity to be one of the 6 speakers in the New York Spring Conference 2017 (Page 20).
Name: Paula Markert
Position: Immediate Past District Director
Club(s): Open Door and GSK Speakeasy
Other positions: Almost everything, except PR and Treasurer.
Continue reading “Meet the District Officers: Paula Markert”
When your Vice President of Education asks whether you want to participate in the club contest this August, resist the impulse to turn away. Instead, say “yes.” You’ll thank yourself for doing it! I’ll tell you why you should participate in your club’s Table Topics and Tall Tales contests.
Name: Jeanette (Jen) Fredericks, DTM
Position: District 83 Newsletter (The Voice) Co-Editor (2017-2018)
Club(s): Power Talkers Toastmasters
Other positions: Area 26 Governor (2014-15); District Conference Registration Chair (Fall 2016); District Conference Co-chair (Spring 2017)
How long have you been in Toastmasters? 13 years
What are your plans for the district/area/division?
To assist in bringing our members detailed reporting about district and club plans and activities that will enhance their opportunities to grow and meet their own personal and professional goals.
Club: What Exit? (5124091)
Charter Date: September 20, 2016
Recent Awards: For 2016-2017, What Exit? achieved a rare thing for a brand new club, we became a Select Distinguished Club in less than a year of being chartered!
Club members in their own words:
“Swathi (Karamcheti) and I founded the club because we realized that as involved as we both were, we didn’t share a club and we thought that was a shame. Very soon, our club, meeting on Saturday afternoons, was drawing people from Bergen County to Monmouth County and we knew were were onto something.”-Susan Chrusciel
The key thing to remember about social media is that it is SOCIAL. You can post whatever you want, but if no one comments, likes, or shares your content, you might as well be an old man screaming at a cloud. Without interaction from your followers, your content will fall into the Internet’s abyss and no one will see it. Newer content has a chance, but popular content reigns supreme.
Newer content survives by creating reactions. The reactions don’t have to be positive for content to survive. Often, the negative generates more feedback than inspirational stories. This is why your newsfeeds are constantly filled with people complaining about celebrities, politicians they hate, and whatever angered them at that moment. However, you also see stories about people miraculously surviving against all odds, succeeding in losing weight, and cute cats. A LOT of cute cats, this is the Internet after all.
Name: Thomas Somers
Position: Webmaster
Club(s): Old Bridge Toastmasters, Jim Friend Toastmasters, and ACES
Other positions: Past District Governor
How long have you been in Toastmasters? 13 Years
What are your plans for the district? Maintain the district’s website to help promote district events and continue to develop the website so that it can be transferred to a future webmaster.
Name: Frank Schuck
Position: Area 61 Director
Club(s): AT&T Middletown, Red Bank Toastmasters, and Talk of Monmouth
Other positions: Education Vice President of Talk of Monmouth and former Sergeant at Arms at AT&T Middletown.
How long have you been in Toastmasters? Four years currently and two years in the late 70s.
What are your plans for Area 61?
As Area 61 Director I plan to encourage greater participation of members and clubs. Speech Contests, multi-club parties, the Blue Claws Baseball outing and conferences will help individuals grow and expand their Toastmaster’s Network. The goal of every Toastmaster should be to complete their CC and CL and then focus on completing the advanced manuals that suit their interests and personal development objectives. Letting members know that joining multiple clubs enhances the Toastmaster experience exponentially.
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