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!


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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.