It was a very enjoyable contest for table topics and humorous speeches with participants in English and German from the regions of Karlsruhe, Mannheim and Frankfurt. The organization was perfect, and our division governor Kees Broos has done an excellent job to keep the contest on track all day.

The great news is that Max Dynin, a member of our club, has won the Table topic contest and hence will compete at the district level i.e.  he will compete against the best table topic speakers from all Europe at the next district conference in Basel, on November 25th !

We will support Max in Basel, we wish him a lot of success and we congratulate him again for this great achievement!

In this edition, you will learn about the new leadership team for the Toastmasters organization in Europe and read about interesting stories from clubs in Eastern Europe !

The venue: Parkhotel Krone, Darmstädter Straße 168, 64625 Bensheim-Auerbach (plenty of parking behind the hotel).

The winners of the area F1, F2 and F3 contests will entertain us with their wit and skills to ultimately find winners in 6 events in 3 languages (English, German and French).

We have tried to make the day as relaxed as possible for you by taking care of the hospitality in the following way:

* Coffee/Tea cake available during registration
* Water made available all day
* Choose one of four lunch menus upon registration
* One standard drink to order at lunchtime to go with your lunch order
* Coffee/Tea cake during the afternoon break
* Free WLAN service

To cover all of the above, as well as rent meeting room and equipment, we kindly ask you to pay a registration fee of 28 EUR in cash on the day at the registration desk upon arrival.

The Agenda:

9.45  – 10.30  Registration desk opens. Meet and greet your fellow toastmasters from Division F and beyond
10.10 – 10.25 Briefing Contestants by Contest Chairs and Judges by Chief Judges for the ‘morning’ contests
10.30            Opening and welcome
10.45 – 12.05 English Humorous Speech Contest
12.05 – 12.45 Stegreifreden auf deutsch
12.45 – 13.00 Sujet de Table en français
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch break
13.40 – 13.55 Briefing Contestants by Contest Chairs and Judges by Chief Judges for the ‘afternoon’ contests
14.00 – 14.10 Digestion of lunch toastmasters’ style
14.10 – 15.30 Humorvolle Reden auf deutsch
15.30 – 15.50 Discours Humoristique en français
15.50 – 16.30 English Table Topics Contest
16.30 – 16.50 Afternoon coffee/tea break
16.50 – 17.30 Awards

See you on 29th October 2011 in Bensheim-Auerbach to support Max !

Max Dynin has won both English contests in Table topics as well as the humorous speech contest ! Congratulations to him for this fantastic achievement !

Max will go to the division F contest that will happen on October 29th in Bensheim.

the Stuttgart International Toastmasters Club is turning 40 ! We would like to invite you to celebrate this great achievement with a
gala dinner at the Ratskeller in Stuttgart.

This event will take place on Saturday, 12th of November, beginning at 19:30.

Date: Saturday, 12th of November
Time: 19:30
Location: Ratskeller Stuttgart, Marktplatz 1, Stuttgart
Who: You and your friends and loved ones

We will be happy to invite you for a welcome drink of something bubbly, and will leave it up to each individual to cover the expenses for their own beverages.The price of the menus is 30.00 EUR which we have been asked to pay upfront (see bank details below). Please let us know if you are vegetarian so we can notify the restaurant.

Please register so we can get an estimate of the attendance.

This is the chance to introduce your friends and loved ones to Toastmasters and give them a peek into the exciting world of Toastmasters. We will have some prepared speeches and hope to get some local prominent people to speak at our anniversary. If you would like to give a speech on this evening that would be appropriate to our anniversary please let us know so we can plan accordingly.

So put on your “glad rags” and come be part of a celebration to commemorate the 40th birthday of our English speaking club.

We will be delighted to see you there on Saturday the 12th November.

Kind regards,
Monique, Herve Marcy and the TM officers

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Bank details
Bank Name: Kreissparkasse Boeblingen
Account holder / Kontoinhaber: IBM KLUB/ SPARTE TOASTMASTERS
Bank number / Bankleitzahl : 60350130
Account number / Kontonummer:       985541
Reason for payment / Verwendungszweck: 40th anniversary „member name“

If you don’t have a European bank account, give your bank the following details for international banking:

For international banking
IBAN: DE61 6035 0130 0000 9855 41
SWIFT-BIC: SOLADES1BBL

On June 30, 2011, the club has elected the following new officers:

President: Gisela Plieseis
Vice president of Education: Rudy Moralez
Vice president of Public Relations: Max Dynin
Vice president of Membership: Joerg Marquardt
Secretary: Dominique Lutzke
Treasurer: Wolfgang Ulmer
Sergeant at Arms: Herve Marcy

The club would like to express its thanks to the outgoing officers, who so ably led the club last Toastmaster year:

President: Herve Marcy
VP, Education: Kelly Brown (acting VP Education: Rudy Moralez)
VP, Membership: Monique Raster
VP, Public Relations: Joachim Schwarz
Secretary: Dominique Lutzke
Treasurer: Gisela Plieseis
Sgt. At Arms: Greg Stephens

You will find an interview of Pat Johnson, the Canadian worldwide president of Toastmasters International, an article about the why, what and how of leadership, as well as some pictures of the latest district convention in Lissabon. A really interesting edition !

Lisbon is a wonderful city and, after Barcelona, I can say that Toastmasters has pushed me to visit cities I had heard of, but I would have probably never visited otherwise. The see was splendid and the temperature was close to 25°C.

The conference itself was remarkably organized. The stage was the amphitheater of a business school. The two contests were very interesting, but I think what struck everybody was the keynote, given by Darren LaCroix, former TM world champion of public speaking. He gave everybody a great advice. What you need to become a great public speaker is first and foremost “stage time! stage time! stage time!”.

Let’s translate these words into action ! Please volunteer for a role for our next meeting on June 16th and send an email to
vpeducation@toastmasters-stuttgart.com to do so.

Also, the next District conference will take place in Basel, Switzerland on September 3rd and 4th 2011. This is so close to Stuttgart, so don’t hesitate and register today to hear some great humorous speeches and evaluations and have a lot of fun !

The International Speech Contest is basically an “open” speech lasting five to seven minutes. The only consideration is that a member must have completed at least six speeches from the Basic Communication Manual in order to compete. Also, a hint for this speech contest is that inspirational and/or speeches that emotionally move the audience will be a speech that has
a better chance to win. The winner of these competitions has a chance to move forward all the way to the World Championship of Public Speaking at the Toastmasters International Convention in the summer.

The Evaluation Contest is just that, an evaluation of a speech. There is a speech given and then all of the contestants will evaluate that one speech.
All members in good standing are eligible to compete. The winner of these competitions has a chance to move forward to the District Conference in Lisbon in May.

Of course, we highly recommend competing if you are so inclined. It is a good opportunity for expanding your horizons and for personal growth. Please let us know if you would like to compete in either, or both, contests.

But if you decide not to compete, that is ok too. If that is your option, then we really need people to help at the Club Contest and the Area Contest, which will also be held in the Stuttgart area on April 9th at the Hotel Albert in Stetten (Filderstadt). The winners of the club contests from the English and German speaking clubs from Karlsruhe and Stuttgart will compete against each other for a place at the Division contest. As it is with the club meetings, there are a lot of roles to fill to make a contest successful.
Please let us know if you would be able to help !

Check the dedicated page to the contest to learn more about the coming Area contest.

This is the preliminary agenda:

11:00 Start
11:05 Warm-up
11:20 Overview about first 6 month
11:40 Guest speech: Motivation/Self motivation
12:20 Break
13:20 Successful Club Series
13:35 Club success plan/ Tops + Flops
14:35 Option 1: New Contest rules + Rules for Judges // parallel Option 2: Easyspeak introduction
14:50 PR event preparation
15:05 Q&A
15:40 Feedback
16:00 Finish on time

If you are interested in participating (even as a non-officer), please send email to president@toastmasters-stuttgart.com