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Rio Copa Toastmasters meet each
Wednesday from 11:30am - 12:30pm
2411 W. 14th St Tempe Az 85281
(adjacent to Rio Salado College).
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If you don't see a sign at the MCCD District Office
look for our sign just east at Rio Salado College.
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Second DTM award puts JD Austin in elite group PDF Print E-mail
Written by Debi Kovach   
A self-described “geek” and introvert, JD Austin also considers himself a poster child for Toastmasters.

 “I’m a different person than I was six years ago,” says Austin. “When I first joined Toastmasters in 2004, it was because of a disastrous client meeting for my new company. That meeting was a train wreck, but it was the catalyst I needed to start building my communication skills. I saw Toastmasters as the solution to my problems–and it was!”
 

Now, just six years later, Austin has earned his second Distinguished Toastmasters award, the highest award bestowed by Toastmasters International. The DTM award recognizes both communication and leadership skills and requires dozens of speeches and many hours of service in club and district leadership positions, among other achievements.

It has been estimated that fewer than 12,000 of the 4 million past and present Toastmasters have achieved the elite DTM status. Now, Austin has done it twice! Along the way, he picked up numerous other awards, including Accomplished Area Governor, Accomplished Division Governor and Outstanding Area R4 Toastmaster.

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Rio Copa President's Distinguished 6 of 7 years PDF Print E-mail
Written by JD Austin   

presidentsdistinguished.gifIt is not yet 'Official' but we've just renewed with 21 members so it's official enough..

We're President's Distinguished for the 6th year in a row!
Currently we have 9 of the 10 Distinguished club points but will surely have two more people achieve their Competent Communicator awards by June 30th.

 

Clubs with at least 20 members OR with net growth of at least five new members at June 30
which also do the following are eligible for TI recognition at year end.
GOAL                RECOGNITION
Achieve any five of 10 goals
Achieve any seven of 10 goals
Achieve any nine of 10 goals
  Distinguished Club
Select Distinguished Club
President's Distinguished Club

Club 9120 - "Rio Copa Club"
District: 3 Division: R Area: 4
Membership Base: 21
Membership to Date: 21
    GOAL ACTUAL ACHIEVED
[1] CCs 2 2 *
[2] Additional CCs 2 0  
[3] ACs 1 1 *
[4] Additional ACs 1 1 *
[5] CL, AL, or DTM 1 1 *
[6] Additional CLs, ALs, or DTMs 1 2 *
[7] New Members 4 4 *
[8] Additional New Members 4 6 *
[9] Officers Trained (both required)
     
       June-August 4 6 *
       and December-February 4 7 *
[10] Submitted on time (both required)
     
       October or April Renewal 1 1  
       and Officer List 1 2 *
   
  Total Goals Achieved To-Date: 9

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Last Updated ( Thursday, 01 April 2010 )
 
Success Leadership HPL Project draws to a close PDF Print E-mail
Written by JD Austin   

toastmasterlogo.gifMembers of Rio Copa Toastmasters with the assistance from other Toastmasters in District 3 have just completed our Success Leadership High Performance Leadership Project!  

In this project we planned, promoted, and hosted four seperate events to present the four Success Leadership Modules from Toastmasters International:

02/19/10: Leadership, Part I: Characteristics of Effective Leaders:

In this presentation we talked about the various leadership styles and how the leader can and must adapt their leadship style to meet the needs of their team.  Participants first graphed their leaderhsip style and then the needs of their team to determing their leadership match and leaderhip gaps.
The coordinators where Sally Goodwin, JD Austin, and Michael Mur.

02/26/10: Leadership, Part II: Developing Your Leadership Skills:

This presentation covered skills and techniques needed to be an effective leader, such as contracting for excellence, team-building, motivation and coaching. The coordinators were Patrick Fitzgerald and Yolanda Stokes

03/12/10: Leadership, Part III: Working in the Team Environment:

In this presentation participants discovered the qualities of effective teams and how to build a team. Topics covered include developing team relations, encouraging commitment, fostering collaboration, building trust and resolving conflict.  The coordinators were Evelyn Adams, Susan Damron, and  Michael Trier.

03/26/10: Parliamentary Procedure in Action:
The ability to understand and apply parliamentary skills is a much sought-after quality among managers and leaders. This presentation covered how to effectively lead and participate in parliamentary-style discussions.  The coordinators were Janet Nash, Steven Martindale, and Dave Endres.

Special thanks go people that participated in more than their own event:
Mike Trier, Susan Damron, Mike Mur and especially Patrick Fitzgerald that participated in all of the events as did the project leader JD Austin.

JD Austin's Team of Advisors were Steve Broe (Thank you Steve for attending practice runs and providing valuable feedback!), Emi Bauer, and Patrick Fitzgerald.

Patrick Fitsgerald  attended all of the practice runs and other meetings except for one, all of the events, and all of the advisor meetings THANK YOU PATRICK!

Thank you Rio Salado College for providing a room to hold the events and not bumping us once we'd began promoting the events.   

This project helped coordinators and planners achieve Toastmasters educational goals:

  • 11 coordinators to complete a difficult requirement for their Advanced Communicator Gold projects
  • 16 to complete project #6 'Help organize club special event' project in their Competent Leadership manual
  • 4 to complete 'Chair club special event' for the team building project #10 in the Competent Leadership manual.
  • 2 to complete High Performance Leadership projects
   

More about the High Performance Leadership Project below.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 27 March 2010 )
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Rio Copa Toastmaster Cate Munroe on TV! PDF Print E-mail
Written by JD Austin   

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A big part of Rio Copa Toastmasters is celebrating the achievements of our members!  One of our newest members has become somewhat of a local celebrity!  Cate Munroe is a local Nutritionist and recently appeared on several local television stations including ABC15 News and Sonoran Living.  The story and video clip can be seen on ABC15's website.  She also has some of her photoshoot that was done posted on YouTube.

 
Jason Hibbard takes 2nd at R4 Area Contest! PDF Print E-mail
Written by JD Austin   

Jason Hibbard took 2nd place at the Area R4 International Spejasonhibbardicebreaker.jpgech Contest that was held on March 18, 2010 in Tempe AZ! Shown right Jason is receiving his "Ice Breaker" gum after his first speech in our club.  Jason aspires someday to be a professional speaker.  Surely competing in this contest has helped him to learn and grow towards that goal!

 
Club Contest Winners! PDF Print E-mail
Written by JD Austin   

Rio Copa held our club International and Table Topics contests on March 3, 2010 and March 10, 2010.

Rio Copa Table Topics Contest Winners

 

1st Place in the Rio Table Topics Contest went to Mike Meyer.  Mike recently broke his neck while riding his bicycle but that didn't stop him from competing! Dave Endres presented him with his 1st place certificate.
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 2ndplacettapr2010.jpg  2nd Place went to Debi Kovach.  Debi is a writer by trade and did a find job in her first Table Topics contest!
 

Janet Price took 3rd place.  It was also her first time competing and she did well!

 

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Rio Copa Toastmasters

International Speech Contest Winners

 

Jason Hibbard took 1st place!  Jason aspires to someday be a professional speaker.  
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 2ndinternationalapr2010.jpg Susan Damron took 2nd place.  Prior to joining our club she gave seminar style presentations as part of her job to Doctors and Dentists.

 

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 24 March 2010 )
 
Rio Copa to host Toastmasters Success Leadership modules PDF Print E-mail
Written by JD Austin   

toastmasterlogo.gifHere are the dates we'll be doing the Leadership Excellence modules!  Each event will start at 6pm in the Rio Salado Conference Center and end at 8pm.  There will be a nominal fee to attend to cover the cost of food and printing materials.  The cost will be $6 per event for each participant with a discount for people that attend all events to cover the cost of food and print materials.

 

02/19/10: Leadership, Part I: Characteristics of Effective Leaders (Item 255)
Managers analyze information, make inferences and make decisions daily. Leaders, on the other hand, influence and inspire group members and motivate followers to achieve a mission or goal. They have power. This presentation defines the qualities that determine effective leaders.

02/26/10: Leadership, Part II: Developing Your Leadership Skills (Item 256)
To be an effective leader, you must have the ability to accept and overcome challenges. By being a positive influence, a leader will help team members to function productively and deliver quality performance. This presentation teaches the skills and techniques needed to be an effective leader, such as contracting for excellence, team-building, motivation and coaching.

03/12/10: Leadership, Part III: Working in the Team Environment (Item 258)
Today, in businesses and other organizations around the world, people are talking about teams. They use such words as “teamwork,” “project teams,” “work teams” and “team leaders.” In this presentation you will discover the qualities of effective teams and how to build a team. Topics covered include developing team relations, encouraging commitment, fostering collaboration, building trust and resolving conflict.

03/26/10: Parliamentary Procedure in Action (Item 237)
Appropriate rules of order are a must in most corporations, associations and organizations. The ability to understand and apply parliamentary skills is a much sought-after quality among managers and leaders. This presentation teaches how to effectively lead and participate in parliamentary-style discussions
All events will be held at 2323 W. 14th St. Tempe, Az 85281 from 6pm-8pm.



Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 January 2010 )
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