Christmas party: location change !
The location of our Christmas party must change. It will now take place at the IBM Klub, Schönaicher Str. 216 in Böblingen, where our usual meetings take place !!
The Christmas party will start at 7:30PM.
I hope to see you all there and don’t forget to bring an inexpensive gift for the White elephant game, as many guests as possible, and your good mood 
If you need a lift from the S-Bahn station Böblingen to the IBM Klub, please let me know at president (at) toastmasters-stuttgart.com
See you Thursday for a great Christmas party!
Report of the Fall district conference in Barcelona
Amy Hamilton, Kelly Brown, VP Education, and Hervé Marcy, president, represented the Stuttgart International Toastmasters Club at the District conference that took place in Barcelona last week end.
It was an excellent event, and for at least a good reason: Amy has reached the third place of the English-speaking table topics contest ! Congratulations for this amazing performance !
From an organizational perspective, we have abstained to vote for the budget of the district because the assembly could not reach a quorum and any decision would have hence not been valid.
The educational sessions were good to excellent and the quality of the speakers was impressive and extremely inspiring.
It is also a very nice opportunity to meet people from all over Europe.
The next district conference will take place in Lisbon, May 20th and 21st. You can already register and benefit from an early bird for both the conference and the hotel !
Take the chance to discover a new country, new people and great speakers !
Stuttgart International Toastmasters Club Christmas party!
The Christmas party of the Stuttgart International Toastmasters Club will take place on Thursday, December 16th.
This will be a social event to celebrate and get together. Table topics will be organized but there will be no prepared speeches. This will be a dinner event, but we will be ordering food from the IBM Klub Restaurant. We will be meeting in our regular meeting room to accommodate as many people as possible, but we will try and rearrange the tables so that it is more compatible to a dinner type of event.
The party will take place at the IBM Klub, Schönaicherstr. 216 (as usual !)
At what time ?
- 07:30PM
What should I do ?
- invite guests ! This is a wonderful opportunity to discover the club for newcomers !
- send a confirmation email of your presence to president (at) toastmasters-stuttgart.com as well as the number of guests you bring to help us organize the party
- we would also like to continue with the “White Elephant” gift exchange that was already organized last year. These type of gift exchanges are always a lot of fun, and most often you end up with something you like.
If you don´t know what a “White Elephant” gift exchange is, come to the meeting and find out. For those who would like to participate, bring a wrapped, inexpensive gift (7-10€). If you do not want to participate, that is ok too.
We hope to see you there !
Division F Fall contest: victory for Amy !
The Division F Fall contest for humorous and table topics was organized on Saturday, November 30th 2010 in Mainz. It was a very good contest on both English and German.
Amy Hamilton fantastically represented our club: she has won the English table topics contest and hence will compete in Barcelona for the District 59 contest, which means the best speakers of continental Europe ! Congratulations to her !
Here are the videos of her performances in the table topics contest and in the international speech contest: Thank you Amy, we wish you all the best for Barcelona !
Public relations miscellaneous
Our club was mentioned in an article of the “Stuttgart Citizen” about communities in which people can get involved in the Stuttgart region.
Thanks to Howard, our former Sergeant at arms for having advertised for the club !
Area F1 Toastmaster Contest Results
It was an enjoyable day in Karlsruhe for those of us who attended the Area F1 Toastmaster Contest. Amy Hamilton and Katharina Weyland represented our club very well. In the Table Topics contest, Amy took first place, and Katharina took third. In the Humorous Speech contest, Amy took second, and Katharina took third. That means that Amy will move onto the Division F Contest in Mainz on October 30.
Others from our club attending the contest in Karlsruhe were Kelly Brown, serving as Chief Judge for the English contests, Monique Raster, serving as Contest Master for the English Humorous contest and judge for the German contests, and Joachim Schwartz, serving as judge for all of the contests – German and English. Thanks for their help and support.
We hope that you will consider attending the Division contest and supporting Amy as well as hearing some great speeches.
Area F1 Fall 2010 contest agenda
The agenda for the Area F1 Contest is now finalized
We will conduct 4 speech contests, in German and English
- table topics
- humorous speech.
AGENDA
bis 10:30 Ankommen / Bestellung Mittagessen
10:30 Briefings für Stegreifredenwettbewerb Götz Müller / Andreas Schrieder
10:40 Briefings for humorous speech contest Kelly Brown / N.N.
10:50 Briefings for table topics contest Kelly Brown / Astrid Eichner
11:00 Eröffnung / Opening David Faragó
11:05 Begrüßung durch Contest Chair Julia von Oertzen
11:15 Humorous Speech Contest N.N.
11:45 Table Topics Contest Astrid Eichner
12:05 Stegreifreden-Wettbewerb (dt.) Andreas Schrieder
12:25 Gastvortrag von Peter Mohr: Die Problem-Lösungs-Formel als Story-Board bei Überzeugungs-Reden – auch und gerade im “Stegreifen”
13:00 Mittagessen / Lunch
13:00 Briefings für Wettbewerb humorvolle Rede Götz Müller / N.N.
14:00 Wettbewerb humorvolle Rede (dt.) N.N
14:30 Siegerehrung / Presentation of Awards Julia von Oertzen
15:00 Abschluss / Closing remarks David Faragó
If you haven’t registered yet, you can do so at http://district59.eu/viewagenda.php?t=10405 or via email to julia.von.oertzen(at)googlemail.com.
Division F contest
Please be invited to the Division F Fall Contest 2010 on 30. October 2010 in the Restaurant Extrablatt, Bürgerhaus Mainz-Lerchernberg, Hebbelstrasse 2, 55127 Mainz
GPS: 49.957007,8.190392
The location is available
- By bus 54 or 68 from Mainz Central Station to Hebbelstraße.
- By car: Autobahn 63 exit ZDF / Mainz-Lerchenberg
Preliminary agenda:
10:15 Briefing of Contestants and Judges for Table Topics DE and EN
10:30 Start
Stehgreifredenwettbewerb DE
Table Topics Contest EN
Wettbewerb Humorvolle Reden DE
Humorous Speech Contest EN
The timing of the contests will be set after the nomination of the contestants from the areas
16:30 Finish
There are still some positions open. Please let our Division governor, Manfred Teufel – christian.toastmaster3(at)gmx.de – know whether you want to become chief judge, judge or contest master
New edition of the Clarion
The Clarion is the half-yearly newsletter for the Toastmasters of Continental Europe. The volume 13 is out now. Enjoy this interesting and inspiring newsletter !
New picture gallery
Do you want to have an idea of what a regular Toastmasters meeting looks like ? A new picture gallery of the meeting on August 5th was added.