Contest on January 28th

Visit Yaquina Toastmasters on Tuesday, January 28th at 7 AM for our club speech contest at Newport Pig 'N Pancake!
We will have several speeches and you can vote for your favorites! We will also be hosting an evaluation contest to see who will advanced and take the prize at Districts.
Each contestant at this contest has a chance to move on to the area level of the International Speech Contest to compete. The International Speech contest has six levels: Club, Area, Division, District, Region, International. Come cheer on our contestants and may the best speech win!

Detailed Pathways

Five Levels of Effective Coaching

Mastering Fundamentals

• Ice Breaker
• Evaluation and Feedback
• Researching and Presenting

Learning Your Style

• Understanding Your Leadership Style
• Understanding Your Communication Style
• Introduction to Toastmasters Mentoring

Increasing Knowledge

• Reaching Consensus

Building Skills

• Improvement Through Positive Coaching

Demonstrating Expertise

• High Performance Leadership
• Reflect on Your Path

Member Spotlight: Lauralee's Senior Project

One of our members, Lauralee Norris, wrote this article!

Editor’s note: This is the third and final article in a three-part investigative series on human trafficking. 

According to the FBI, on Oct. 17, Eugene McNeely was sentenced to 14 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release for transporting a minor with the intent to prostitute them. He was also charged with sex trafficking a child and sex trafficking with force, fraud or coercion. McNeely drove from Oakland, Calif., to Salem, Ore., to pick up a 14-year-old minor who he communicated with through text and Facebook Messenger. He took her back to California with him to make her one of his prostitutes. She was trafficked seven days a week for three months.

https://newportnewstimes.com/article/what-is-being-done-to-stop-human-trafficking?fbclid=IwAR3fJPcALtZXGqiCHJv4XJgitTCozC_2LSSuoQdZy-6WETnqolgyU2Vj1yU

Five Levels of Dynamic Leadership

Mastering Fundamentals

• Ice Breaker
• Evaluation and Feedback
• Researching and Presenting

Learning Your Style

• Understanding Your Leadership Style
• Understanding Your Communication Style
• Introduction to Toastmasters Mentoring

Increasing Knowledge

• Negotiate the Best Outcome

Building Skills

• Manage Change

Demonstrating Expertise

• Lead in Any Situation
• Reflect on Your Path

District Seven: Trouble Shooting Pathways

A Member of Yaquina Toastmasters Receives the Leadership Excellence Award

Lauralee Norris, a member of Yaquina Toastmasters, has been awarded the Leadership Excellence Award for the completion of her High Performance Leadership Project. This is one of the highest leadership awards recognized in Toastmasters, and the first time a member of Yaquina Toastmasters has achieved this award.
The High Performance Leadership (HPL) program puts into practice the critical skills needed to be a successful leader. This project is a minimum of six months long, and follows every step needed to carry out a major project, from goal setting and creating a feasible timetable, to pitching a project and presenting results at the end. As Vice President of Public Relations for Yaquina Toastmasters, Lauralee had already been awarded Advanced Leadership Bronze and Advanced Communicator Silver. Taking on a year long project, Lauralee chose to complete a Public Relations Campaign to work on for her High Performance Leadership Project.
Lauralee's campaign consisted of working with several forms of media, from a social media revival, to publicizing Yaquina Toastmasters through newspaper articles and a radio show. In addition to gaining publicity for her club through media outlets, Lauralee also organized an open house featuring the Loyalty Day's Princesses, drawing in 10 guests to a 7 AM meeting.
Lauralee became a member of Yaquina Toastmasters in 2016 to help with her communications class at Oregon Coast Community College. She has since graduated with two Associates degrees, and is currently attending Eastern Oregon University online as a Business Marketing student. Using the skills she learned at Toastmasters and her High Performance Leadership project, Lauralee created an awareness and prevention campaign, The Blue Butterfly Campaign, against human trafficking in Lincoln County, which she is currently carrying out.

How does Pathways Affect becoming a DTM?

Pathways requirements for becoming a DTM:

"Completing two paths

Serving as a club officer for 12 months

Serving as a club mentor or coach

Serving as a club sponsor or conducting Speechcraft or a Youth Leadership Program
Serving as a district officer for one year
Completing DTM project"


Currently to become a DTM, you need to have received your Advanced Communicator Gold, and Advanced Leadership Silver. This means you would need to complete the competent manual, as well as six advanced manuals for speaking. Instead of those extra manuals, you complete two paths through Pathways. For the Advanced Leadership Bronze, you are required to serve as an officer for six months, which has now been increased to a year. In the Advanced Leadership Silver, you need to serve as a district officer for a year, which is the same as the new DTM requirements. Serving as a club mentor or coach is also a current requirement for the Advanced Leadership Silver.

Our Contest Winners

Larry took first place (R), Dave placed second (M), and Lee placed third (L)

Mark Your Calendars

Join us September 17th, 2019 at 7:00 AM for our Humorous Speech Contest featuring four contestants:
Dave Coffman
Kathleen Ritzman
Larry Lehnerz
Lee Ritzman

Meet our 2019-202 Secretary

Brian Haggerty, 63, is a lawyer focusing his practice on estate planning, probate and trust administration.  Brian graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University in 1979, and earned his Juris Doctor degree, with a certificate in Federal tax law, from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College in 1997, passing the Oregon bar the following year.  In between, Brian spent twelve years as a tax consultant, and keeps current on the tax aspects of his legal work.

Brian is married, and he and his wife Linda have five children, and one grandchild.  Brian is a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician with the Newport Fire Department, and is on the boards of the Pacific Communities Hospital Foundation, and My Sister’s Place. Since coming to Newport, Brian became interested in musical theater, and has performed with Newport’s Porthole Players and Red Octopus Theatre Company.  In addition, Brian is a member of the Barbershop Harmony Society, and sings tenor with the Vocal Point barbershop quartet.

Brian is relatively new to Toastmasters, having joined in 2018. He still says “um” a lot.

“There isn’t one estate plan that fits everybody,” Brian says of his practice.  “With each client, we have to consider the extent and nature of their assets, as well as their particular family dynamics and goals, in order to craft the plan that best carries out the client’s wishes.”

Join us on September 17th

Meet our 2019-2020 Vice President of Membership

Brian Norris as he received his award for participating in a speech competition

Brian Norris

My name is Brian Norris, and I have been married to my best friend, Donna Norris, for over 35 years. I am a dad to four wonderful daughters, a grandfather of five, and am the Co-Owner and Manager of Bateman Funeral Home.

I attended a few meetings several years ago in Mexico with a friend when I was a manager at UPS. I wanted to work on my public speaking and I remembered the positive experiences I had in Mexico so I decided to check into Toastmasters in Newport.  I found out that Lee Ritzman was a member and he invited me to visit. I enjoyed the meeting so I joined. Since I have been a member of Yaquina Toastmaster, I have received wonderful advice and coaching from the club. Everyone in the club wants you to be successful, which is very encouraging.  All of the club members are willing to help; it's my favorite thing about the club is how wonderful they are.

This next year, I will continue to grow the club with more members and work on mentoring those members so we can participate in a fun, positive, safe place to practice public speaking. 

If you are debating on coming to our meetings, I know it can be a little scary to go somewhere new and “try to fit in”. I promise you that if you give us a try, you will be happy you did. We meet at Pig 'N Pancake in Newport, Oregon at 7 am on Tuesdays.

Meet our 2019-2020 President

My name is Dave Coffman, and for Yaquina Toastmasters, I am the President. During my time as a Toastmaster, I have competed in in speech contests, and finished many of the advanced manuals. I've found Toastmasters to be rewarding in so many ways, it's hard to decide the number one thing I've gotten out of Toastmasters. If I have to choose one thing, I suppose it's the self confidence I've achieved in my ability to speak in public. 
When I first joined Toastmasters I was a Youth Minister at my church which involved frequent speaking in front of many diverse groups of people. This is why I decided to join Toastmasters in the first place.

My advice to anyone considering joining Toastmasters is that there is no better place to develop public speaking skills in a supportive environment full of people whose one commonality is that they all want to help one another improve their speaking skills.Yaquina Toastmasters tends to be a little less formal than many other clubs and our meetings, at least to me, are a little more fun because of it.

Meet our 2019-2020 Sergeant At Arms

Lee presenting the Table Topics Award

Lee Ritzman

I am retired after a career in public works administration. I was born and raised in Utah, and graduated with a masters degree in civil engineering from the University of Utah. While at the UofU, I met and married Kathleen – we have 5 children and 13 grandchildren currently in three different states.

I had just started as Public Works Director/City Engineer in Newport when two colleagues invited me to attend Toastmasters with them. Kathleen and I both went – she enjoyed it because her public speaking skills were much better than mine – I went along. It was not long before I realized that improvement in my speaking ability could benefit my career. That was in 1994. Other than a 3-year gap, we have both been members of Toastmasters since then.

We have both accepted the opportunity to serve in various leadership positions, including club and district offices. We have also enjoyed District training sessions and conferences, and have participated in speech and evaluation contests. Best of all, we have met some great people.

My experience with Toastmasters has helped me tremendously with public presentations and the ability to think and respond quickly while on my feet. I have also learned that those skills help a lot, but are not a replacement for preparation.

I continue to enjoy the fun atmosphere in the Toastmasters meetings and watching others gain experience and skill as well.

Meet our 2019-2020 Treasurer

My name is Laurie Weitkamp, a member of Yaquina Toastmasters since 2006ish.  Professionally, I'm a fish biologist. Back in the mid 1990s I did a leadership program, which identified public speaking as a skill I needed to improve, so I joined a toastmasters club and the rest is history. Compared to any other commercial program that teaches public speaking, Toastmasters is a bargain.As a scientist, I have to give a lot of talks, such as at scientific meetings to my peers, and in a variety of venues to the public. I find attending toastmasters keeps my speaking skills sharp, so I'm effective in my presentations. It gives me the confidence to stand in front of a crowd and know "I can do this!". I've also also learned a lot about giving good evaluations, pointing out what was done well with how the speaker can improve. This skill is directly applicable to my work, since I often have to evaluate the work and writing students and my peers.
I've been a member of Toastmasters since 1996. I stay because it keeps my speaking skills sharp, but also because I enjoy getting to know my fellow toastmasters and we have a lot of fun at meetings.

2019-2020 Officers

Left to right: President Dave Coffman, Vice President of Membership Brian Norris, Secretary Brian Haggerty, Treasurer Laurie Weitkamp, Vice President of Public Relations Kathleen Ritzman, Vice President of Education Christa Colway, and Sergeant At Arms Lee Ritzman

Elections!

2019-2020 Election Results:  
President Dave Coffman
VP Education Christa Colway
VP Membership Brian Norris
VP Public Relations Kathleen Ritzman
Secretary Brian Haggerty
Sergeant At Arms Lee Ritzman
Treasurer Laurie Weitkamp.

District 7 Pathways Academy: Getting Started

For People Without Internet Access

All of the paths are available in printed material for those who do not have internet access. The vice president of education would need to log into the Toastmasters website, and can order the paths for the member without internet access. The materials would be sent directly to the members who the vice president would be ordering for.

Pathways Questions: Technical and progress

Q: Can I be in more than one path at a time?
A: Yes you can. In fact, if you are a member of more than one club before roll out, you receive two free paths.

Q: Is it more expensive?
A: No, actually it is a little cheaper. Your first path is free, and your second path online is 20 dollars. That will get you to your DTM. For the traditional program it is $6.00 for each advanced manual, making it $24 dollars to get your DTM.

Q: What is base camp?
A: Base camp is where you access your online materials. On base camp you can find your evaluations, projects, videos, and interact with members of your club.

Q: How long do we have to finish in the traditional program?
A: It is two year from the day it rolls out in the very last region. There are seven roll out phases that are left before those two years will start.

Q: Why is in not letting me see my project?
A: There could be a few reasons for that. If you have not reached that level, you cannot see the projects yet. If your pop-up blocker is on, your computer is refusing to open it. It will come up in a new window so check your windows to see if it is there.

Q: Do you have to use Pathways online?
A: No, there is a printed version that you can bring with you. Another way to do this is you can print the Pathways projects straight from Base camp.


Q: Will they let me keep my current progress?
A: Your current level in Toastmasters, such as an Advanced Communicator Silver and Advanced Leader Bronze, will still be present in your title. However, you will start back to your Ice Breaker with Pathways.

Welcome to Pathways

Join us on March 19th

The Loyalty Days Princesses from Newport High School will be coming to practice their speeches at Yaquina Toastmasters on March 19th at 7 AM.Princesses Breanna Russell, Natalie Hanna, Lupe Martinez, and Britnie Gwynn will give a 3-5 minute speech. After giving their speeches, members of Yaquina Toastmasters will give each princess feedback to help them improve. Please join us in celebrating these amazing princesses, and all of their hard work.

Yaquina Toastmaster Club meets every Tuesday morning at 7:00 AM in the meeting room at the Newport Pig ‘N Pancake 810 SW Alder St # A, Newport, OR 97365. Visitors are always welcome.

Loyalty Day Princesses First Visit

Steps to Print Your Pathways Projects

Step 1- Launch your project
Step 2- Make sure your popup blocker is disabled
Step 3- Find the navigation bar at the end of the page
Step 4- Go to evaluation page
Step 5- Hit print my project

Mentor Meetings

The First Meeting-
The mentor’s duties will vary, depending on whether their mentees are new members or existing members. Provide information over several meetings or several months, so that you do not overwhelm the mentee.
Once the new member has been assigned a mentor, at the first meeting the mentor should:
1. Sit with the new member. Explain the various parts of the meeting, such as the business session, Table Topics,™ prepared speeches, and evaluations as they happen, and answer questions the mentee may have.
2. Orient the new member to club customs and procedures. If your club has special awards or events or other special activities or procedures, explain those to a mentee. Help the mentee become comfortable and a part of the club in any way you can.
3. Explain how to sign up. Advise the mentee regarding what to do and whom to contact about signing up for meeting roles and whom to contact if he or she is scheduled to fill a  meeting role but is unable to attend the meeting.
4. Help with the Ice Breaker. Many experienced Toastmasters still consider the first speech to be the most difficult. This is because new members are not only uncomfortable speaking before a group, but they also are speaking before relative strangers. Your assistance can help the mentee overcome fears and get off to a good start. Discuss speech ideas with the mentee and offer suggestions for organization, if necessary. Listen to the mentee practice the speech and offer feedback.
The Next Meeting The next meeting, a mentor should:
1. Make mentees aware of resources. If your club has a library, show it to the mentee. Point out the material in the Toastmaster magazine. Discuss district conferences, and explain the roles of club officers.
2. Provide positive feedback. The first few weeks of membership are critical. Mentees must feel they are already benefiting from the Toastmasters experience. Compliment them on their progress.
3. Explain responsibilities. Membership requires more than just giving speeches and  receiving
 evaluations. It also means a commitment to helping the club and its members.
4. Help with speeches and other assignments. As you work with mentees on their speeches, be sure to help them use their evaluation feedback to improve their next speech, and then offer your own feedback. When mentees are assigned other meeting roles, explain the roles and offer tips for fulfilling them.

Upcoming Event

Join us on Tuesday for our Club Pathways Education day where you can learn how to choose your path, and begin your Toastmaster journey!


http://meetu.ps/e/GnPBS/H55kH/f

January 22nd Review

Lauralee was the Toastmaster of the day, whose theme was Winter Toastmasters Institute Leadership. She had asked all of the people who had roles to tell her one leader they admire. Answers varied from Jimmy Carter and Geraldine Ferraro to Norman Schwarzkopf and Desmond Tutu. Lauralee quoted at the end International Past President Pat Johnson who said at Winter TLI "As leaders, who do we think we have to be?" Lauralee was evaluated by Larry, who said that he really liked that Lauralee used introductions from people, and it helped him learn about the other Toastmasters in the room. He commented about how he valued when people put the name tags on since not everyone had them, and he said it is important to new members and guests. One suggestion he had was to have the table topics and the Toastmaster's theme to be the same.
Svetlana was the first speaker of the day, with a story about Sultan and his Four Wives. His fourth wife was pretty and he adorned her with the finest delicacies. The Sultan's third wife, he feared that she would be taken from him, so he took her everywhere. Sultan's second wife was his confidante and patient, but his first wife was loyal even if he did not pay attention to her. Each wife represented a part of a person's life, with the fourth wife being their body, the third their status and the second being their family. However, the first wife, who is loyal even if the person is not, is the soul. Brian N was Svetlana's evaluator who said that he appreciated that she had tried her slides before giving her speech, and used them to convey her story.
Our second speaker was Dave who gave his speech Okay and Ah Nothing. While taking a lifeguarding class, they came to a part about emergency child birth, and Dave thought it was quite graphic, and when he got home he told his mom that the class was okay. When she asked what he learned, he said "ah nothing". Later when Dave was getting back from training, he was on a bus and the driver asked if anyone knew about childbirth and he was tired enough to say yes. Then he found out it was not a rhetorical question, and he delivered a baby girl. Brian H was his evaluator who complimented Dave on his word choice such as his comment of it not being a rhetorical question. One suggestion Brian had was to focus on using a few more purposeful gestures.
Laurie was the Table Topics Master, whose theme was celestial events. She asked Larry about the solar eclipse, and he said that he was at home watching with his wife, and heard cheers as the sun fully eclipsed. Laurie asked Lauralee about Halley's Comet when it comes around again, and she said that when it comes around, she would like to take a picture of it. Sara won the Table Topics trophy, for explaining how she felt like she thought an ancient Egyptian would have during the solar eclipse.
Christa was the Grammarian of the day with her word flapdoodle, and Cindy was the timer of the day.

Pathways Questions: Cost and Differences

Q: What is the difference for DTM between the traditional program and Pathways?
A: To get to DTM in the traditional program, you need to complete the Advanced Communicator Gold and Advanced Leader Silver. This includes being in leadership positions and going through six advanced manuals. In contrast, Pathways requires you to complete two Paths, which include five manuals each. As an officer, you need to serve for twelve months in your club, as well as a district officer, just like today.
Other requirements:
Serve as a club mentor or coach.
Serve as a club sponsor or conduct a Speechcraft or Youth Leadership program.
Complete the DTM project. (Members are required to create and implement a project of their own design, in which they demonstrate the skills and expertise they have gained.)

Q: What do you get free?
A:Your first Path is free in Pathways. This means you get all five levels of that Path for free.

Q: How are the levels different than our manuals now?
A: 
This is an example of what a path would look like. In Pathways, the levels are broken down into projects where there are steps to completing each, like a survey, journaling activity, speech, and the reflection. In contrast, the traditional system would have you give a speech, such as competent communicator seven where you would need to research a topic and present it.