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.