club news

Outgoing president Julio Garraeud Roasted & Awards are presented

Club officials created a new tradition - roast the outgoing president at a summer dinner party and give out club awards and recognition. On the evening June 24, 2010, Julio was duly roasted. Lynn led a very funny skit depicting Julio refusing to coach executives who wore poor chooz (shoes). That was followed by several members acting out and exaggerating the different phases and interests of Julio's life (military, medic, cyclist, coach, rv owner, etc.). Finally, Julio was recognized and honored for his achievements and skills with a Toast.

After Julio's roast, time was taken to highlight the achievements of the club and its members during the last year, which were many. Two awards were created and presented - the 'Jon Henry Toastmaster of the Year Award' which was presented to its first recipient, Jon Henry, and the 'Rookie of the Year Award' which was given to Andy Cier. Finally, toasts were given to departing club founder Jon Henry.

New Board Elected for 2010 - 2011

President - Tracy Harden, VP of Education - Mark Seltenrich, VP of Membership - Craig Dennis, VP of Public Relations - Missy HIlton, Secretary - Karen Carestia, Treasurer - Julio Garraeud, Sgt. at Arms - Mike Olsen, Contest & Event Chair - Lynn Ware Peek, and Area Governor - John Concannon.

Spring 2010 Contest Results

Laurie Banks won the club International Speech contest and Jon Henry won the Tall Tale contest. Both will go on to compete at the Area level on March 20th.

Toaster is Roaster

The 2009 Club Christmas party featured a roast of club co-founder, Jon Henry. The party was hosted by Sue Ann Kern and there were approx. 50 in attendance. It was a fun filled night with great food and great communication.

New Board Members

Caron Rohman (VP of PR) and Marty Spear (Sgt. At Arms) both had to step down from their roles because of increased schedule demands at their work. We are grateful for their willingness to serve.

Missy Hilton has agreed to replace Caron as VP of Public Relations and John Concannon has volunteered to take on the Sgt. At Arms role in addition to VP of Membership.

Toast To Toastmasters

Two locals take top honors at highest regional competition
by Andrew Kirk, OF THE RECORD STAFF Posted: 11/20/2009 04:40:04 PM MST

The Park City Toastmasters Club is basking in its recently obtained bragging rights after two members, Jon Henry and Andy Cier, won top honors at a multi-state competition last weekend. Toastmasters International is a service-oriented organization that promotes the development of public speaking and community leadership, explained Park City president Julio Garreaud.

Every quarter clubs hold competitions and send their best to regionals. After rising through the ranks of Salt Lake area tournaments, Henry and Cier competed against regional champions in all of Utah, southern Idaho, eastern Oregon, parts of Nevada and western Wyoming. Henry won in a category focused on the evaluation of others' speeches and Cier won with a humorous or entertaining speech he wrote himself. Henry has been successful in past competitions, but Cier is a fairly new member of the club, Garreaud said. Last year's president Lynn Ware Peek was awarded President of the Year.

Members are encouraged to complete speaking tasks outlined in a manual, he explained. Doing so is intended to improve people's personal abilities while also giving them opportunities to help others and contribute to the community. To reward participation, various prestigious ranks can be achieved in the organization, Garreaud said.

The Park City club meets every Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. in the Sheldon Richins building at Kimball Junction. It's typical for a club to boast seven to 10 members, he said. But in Park Advertisement Quantcast City there are 40 official members and the early-morning meetings average an attendance exceeding 20. Gerreaud said he loves the camaraderie and stays the entire time sometimes after 8:30, and then will even get coffee with members who don't have to run. "People are so passionate about Toastmasters, but here they're also passionate about what they do in life," he said. "We have an extraordinary brotherhood, if you want to call it that it speaks highly of the quality of people in Park City."

Garreaud said he's a big fan of the Toastmasters program. Before becoming president back in July, he had started two chapters in Salt Lake City one of them for Hispanics that encouraged better communication in English. "We live in a new era socially, politically and economically. I think it's very, very fundamental that we're able to communicate in a way that's compelling," he explained. At his job, Garreaud said he does a lot of business coaching. He said he always encourages people to tell a compelling story about themselves and about the business they're promoting. A quick survey of all the most influential CEO's in America will reveal that all are compelling speakers who can inspire employees to adopt the company's goals and missions. "In order to rise and live more powerfully, we must speak well," he added.

Park City Wins at District

Lynn Ware-Peek (and co-president, John Concannon) win Best Club President. Andy Cier wins District Humorous Speech Contest and Jon Henry wins District Evaluation Contest. Park City sweeps the District 15 Contests!

Mark Eaton interviewed on Toastmaster's Podcast

Park City Toastmaster, Mark Eaton was interviewed on Toastmasters Podcast show. Listen to the podcast and discover what Mark has learned from being a part of the local club.

Lynn Ware Peek creates "Tales from the Wasatch Back"

Member, former president, and now Area Governor, Lynn Ware Peek recently created a new radio series for the local Park City Radio Station, KPCW. Lynn creatively recounts experiences that many people share in the Park City area. The series has been well received because Lynn has displayed a knack for word smithing.

2009-2010 Board Elected

PRESIDENT: Julio Garraeud
VP Membership: John Concannon
VP Education: Tracy Harden
VP Public Relations: Caron Rohman
Secretary: Peter Kitner & Brenda Hall
Treasurer: Jon Henry
Sgt. at Arms: Marty Spear
Area Governor: Lynn Peek

International & Table Topics Speech Contest Club Winners

On February 24th, 2009 our club conducted the International Speech Contest. 3rd place was Carlie Judd, 2nd place was Julio Garreaud, and 1st place was Jon Henry. Jon will go to compete in the Area Contest.

On March 5th, our Table Topics contest was held at the Park City Roaster from 6:30-8:30pm. 1st place was Dennis Hough, 2nd place was John Concannon, and 3rd place was Mark Seltenrich. Assuming the Area contest is on Saturday, March 21st, Dennis will not be able to attend. So John will proceed to the Area contest with Mark as the Alternate. It was an enjoyable contest. Lots of food. PC Roaster was a great place for it. Rob, the co-owner, let us station contestants in the office so they couldn't overhear the responses and question. Judging was a very good experience; every member should be a judge - it is hard and a strong learning experience. All three judges gave feedback to every contestant after the contest was over - which the contestants really appreciated. Missy video recorded the contestants and will post the videos on Facebook. We had EIGHT contestants, one timer, and three judges. Everyone was encouraged to attend the Area, Division, and District contests.

Club Adds Evening Meetings And Adds 15mn More to Meeting Times

With the influx of lots of new members, we have had to add 15mn more to our morning meetings to add a third speaking and evaluating role to the agenda. In addition, our club has decided to run a few evening meetings on a trial basis. The evening meetings will give further opportunites for new and old members to keep moving forward in their manuals. The first evening meeting will be on December 4th at 7pm. More detials forthcoming.

Mike Hodge wins District 15 Humorous Speech Contest

Please join me in congratulating the District 15 2008 Fall Humorous Contest winner Mike Hodge, representing Division D. Mike went up against four tough competitors on Saturday night at the District 15 Fall Conference in Idaho Falls. His humorous tale of mix-ups and mistaken identities with a cell phone and an airline flight trying to leave on schedule had the crowd in an uproar.

Way to make us (and yourself) proud, Mike!

Speech Club Supports Region Champs (Park Record)

Toastmasters has winning members, hosts open house
by Andrew Kirk, OF THE RECORD STAFF
Article Launched: 10/10/2008 04:28:06 PM MDT

In the Harry Potter series, boggarts are shape-shifting creatures that take the form of a person's worst fear. The only defense is to turn them into something funny and laugh at it. Far away from Hogwarts, the Park City chapter of Toastmasters has been conquering one of the biggest boggarts of all, fear of public speaking, with humorous story-telling.

Jon Henry and Mike Hodge, members of the Park City chapter, won the tall tale speech and humorous speech divisions respectively last month at a Salt Lake City contest of Toastmasters International chapters. They now move on to a statewide contest Oct. 18.

Humorous story-telling is a tradition at the autumn contests and the local chapter likes to compete to sharpen their skills. "It forces you to go up to the next level and compete with people you don't know and aren't familiar with. It raises the bar, forces you to work a little harder and make this even better. That's enjoyable," he said.

Self-improvement is the goal of Toastmasters. A non-profit association dedicated to promoting a friendly and supportive atmosphere to improve public speaking and leadership skills, Henry finds it a great place to rid himself of bad communication habits. But Henry is no stranger to public speaking. He used to be a pastor and was a member of the Park City Storytellers Guild.

John Concannon, co-president with Lynn Ware Peek, said a little more than half of the club's 25 members have a fear of public speaking and want to improve, and the others find it a great place to practice and polish their existing skills. Those with a fear of public speaking are not few in number. A frequently cited statistic places public speaking as Americans' worst fear above even death. Toastmasters provides an atmosphere in which there is no fear of failure or looking stupid, he said.

Lynn Ware Peek said she'd been out of the professional world for a while after having kids and being a stay-at-home mom. "I wanted to get my words back," she said. "At first I was intimidated, I thought they'd all be professional speakers not true. Three and a half years now, it's something I'm addicted to."

Concannon came to a meeting with a friend and saw it was something he wanted to do. He said it took a while for him to dedicate the time to attending meetings, but has since found it to help him in all the ways he communicates. Everyone is faced with public speaking, whether it's with people familiar or strangers, he said. Even leaving a voice message requires someone to speak calmly and coherently to get their meaning across. "We're not all perfect, which is great. It puts a human face on people failing and making mistakes in a nice friendly atmosphere improving on their skill sets," Concannon said. His membership has also changed how he listens to candidates this election year, he said. He can now identify effective techniques used in speeches and debates, and he works on emulating them at the meetings.

Another aspect of membership he appreciates is the creative outlet. Everyone must write their own speech, and it provides an opportunity for self-expression and outside-the-box thinking that isn't always present in workplaces, he said.

Henry used a character, Sven from Norway, to tell his award-winning "tall tale." Living in Tollgate Canyon and experiencing a lot of strange things in a neighborhood so high up, underdeveloped and snow-laden, he used some truth and a lot of exaggeration to create his speech, he said.

The club is holding an open-house on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at the Sheldon D. Richins Building in Kimball Junction at the normal meeting time of 7 a.m. to 8.

Park City sweeps Area 3 contest

On Saturday, September 18th, Mike Hodge and Jon Henry swept the Area 3 speech contests. Mike won the humorous speech contest and Jon won the tall tale speech contest. Both will go on to compete at the district level on Saturday, October 18th.

Fall 2008 Club Speech Contest

The Fall contest has two tracks, humorous and tall tales. Marty Spear and Mike Hodge competed in the humorous contest and John Concannon and Jon Henry competed in the tall tale contest. Mike Hodge won the humorous and Jon Henry won the tall tale contest. Congratulations! They will now go on to compete at the area contest on September 27th.

Spring 2008 Dinner Party

Our Spring Dinner Party was hosted by Cate Brabson. The food had a Utah produce theme to it and, as always, was delicious. Several guests joined us and about twenty five were in attendance. Jon Henry gave a speech on "Bucket #2" and Julio Garreuad gave a speech on "Being Drafted". Lily Cox led a round a well prepared Table Topics.

November 2007 Dinner Party

Yet another wonderful dinner party was hosted by the Eaton's this year. Our theme was "wild west'. John Concannon gave a story about Buth Cassidy, Lynn Ware Peek gave a speech about a recent airplane trip, and Ken Fisher spoke about his skipping a day of high school to greet the recently victorious Boston Celtics at the air port. Cate Brabson completed our time with a fun round of table topics. The food was wonderful as was the entertainment! Click on the image to view more photos.

Nikki Stone - September 18th, an exciting time

Nikki Stone graced the Park City Toastmasters Club on September 18th. She has a very inspirational story and message. Numerous guests showed up to hear her story and learn about Toastmasters.

Fall Speech Contest Winners 9/2/7

humourous speech contestants: john concannon and lynn ware peek
winner humourous speech contest: lynn ware peek
table topics contestants: vic jackson, jon henry, and mark eaton
winner table topics contest: mark eaton

New Officers for 2007-2008

president - jon henry
vp education - julio garreaud
vp membership - lynn peak/brenda hall [shared]
vp public relations - mark eaton/carlie hardy [shared]
treasurer - john concannon
secretary - vic jackson/hae buldoc [shared]
sergant-at-arms - nancy witt

Addictionary.org [3-27-7]

Special kudos go to our very own Ken Fisher…his word from our Park City club contest Santatized was recently featured on the NPR word play show Says You! from the Los Angeles airing … 1st momopoly and now this? Ken’s mastery of adding words to the English language is unstoppable. Congrats Ken!

I also wanted to update you on our District Word Challenge. So far there have been a grand total of 9 entries to the overall contest, 6 of them are from us (4 of them from Ken!) The complete list is below, our entries are the top ones. Considering we came up with 20 entries for our post Christmas contest alone, I know we can open a can of whoop ass. If you have a new word can you please add it to the contest so we can reign supreme at the Spring Conference at squash the folks from Wyoming and Idaho?

Here's how: Go to District 15 Addictionary Contest (http://addictionary.org/Browse/Contest/3) to review the contest details. Click Add A Non-Word (http://addictionary.org/Build/Submit/Contest/3) within Contest Manager to enter your non-word to the contest. In the contest code field, type TM15. To get credit for Park City TMs, put our club name in the Dedication field. Click Preview to review your submission before you save it. Agree to the terms and conditions and click Submit. - Robin

brutaful Category #1(adjective) Something that is either brutal or beautiful, depending on your vantage point.

oneupper Category #1(noun) Someone that is always able to one up whatever story you tell.

prepuptual agreement Category #1(noun) An agreement that parents reach with their grown children about who will take care of their dog while they are traveling. This agreement is usually in place before the dog is purchased.

tagger Category #1(adjective) someone that always has new clothes or gear. They may return said items to stores after wearing them for a refund.

deja moo Category #1(adjective) The feeling that you have heard this bull before.

outdoork Category #1(noun) a person who takes the outdoor lifestyle too seriously in order to appear "extreme" or overly adventurous.

individuel Category #1(noun) A person who challenges his own honor in a fight to the death.

dewbe Category #1(noun) Pronounced "Doo-Bee". A mixed drink, made from Mountain Dew Code Red and SoBe Energy drinks, at a roughly 50/50 ratio. Designed as a tool to help stay awake on the drive home.

sloucherama Category #1(noun) A group of hooded-sweatshirt youths age 12 through 17 exhibiting poor posture, lethargy, slacker-mentality, and a mirror image of their parents circa 1980.

Toastmasters District 15 Contest!

Got Word?

We Toastmasters are notorious word enthusiasts! At every meeting we use the “Word of the Day” as often as possible. In an entertaining twist, Park City challenged each other to a “Non Word of the day” contest, inspired by the new online site, www.addictionary.org. Member Ken Fisher came up with the winning word “momopoly”, a large gathering of women that talk excessively about their children. The contest was highly entertaining and drove membership to a new level (several guests signed up that day). See attached photos of the winner and the club.

In the spirit of spring competition, Park City is challenging all District 15 members to beat “momopoly”. The person with the winning non-word will win t-shirts with their non-word on it for everyone in their club and a series of special surprises at the District 15 Conference in Salt Lake City in May.

The contest runs from March 2 - April 2, 2007 on www.addictionary.org. Winners will be chosen by the District 15 Executive Team. There will be plenty of photo and PR opportunities for your club nationally at the conference and will be used as a challenge to all the Regions in May. The Addictionary has already received press for similar community contests in the Wall St. Journal and has become a category on the NPR Word Play Show “Says You!” Your word -- if it wins -- will be submitted and could air on an upcoming taping of Says You! (Says You! has a reach of 700k listeners!)

Non-word challenge

At our Fall Dinner Party, Robin Rankin presented our club with a unique challenge: ADDICTIONARY NON-Word of the Day Challenge (Open to all PC TM club members and their families). How to Play:
* Each member of Park City Toastmasters Club OR their family members are eligible to dream up a word they think perhaps should be in the English language, but isn't. You can enter as many times as you like.
* Enter your submissions at http://www.addictionary.org
* Make sure you follow the instructions on how to register and enter your word. Very important!
* Come Monday afternoon, November 13th, all submissions must be received.
* The compilation of submissions will be revealed at our meeting Tuesday, November 14th; and at that meeting each Toastmasters member will vote by secret ballot for their two (2) favorite entries (but *cannot* vote for their own).
* Winner will be announced at our next Toastmasters meeting Tuesday, November 21st.

Prize: Winner will have their Non-Word and Definition memorialized on t-shirts, one of which every member of the club will receive. Every member of the Club must wear their t-shirt at that November 21st meeting; and the winner’s non-word will be used as the official Word of the Day that day. Deadline for NonWord Submission: Monday, Nov. 13, 2006 at 5pm

NOW: You voted, he swept it. Congratulations to our very own clever Ken Fisher who crushed the NON WORD CHALLENGE today with his hysterically funny word...Momopoly (noun) - A large gathering of moms that talk excessively about their children. Momopoly made the official non word of the day on www.addictionary.org. The photos are of his victory lap and the winner's circle compliments of the FANTABULOUS Brenda Hall.

Robin wil send the group photo in to District 15's newsletter to offer a challenge to the other clubs to beat the Park City Toastmaster's official choice in a word-play challenge. They have their work cut out for them! Lynn brought a guest today who is planning on calling NPR to see if he can get us a mention on the radio show about language "In Your Words". Robin thinks TM Mag will be very interested to cover what is going on in our little club!

Special mention to the runners-up: Jon Henry (accepting for his daughter) - magnifiscent; Lynn - hippotonia; Brenda - fantabulous; Ken again - leisureologist. Thanks from Robin again for playing - it was so much fun to duke it out online with fellow word afficionados! return to top

Fall 2006 Dinner Party

Club members, family members, and friends came together for a dinner party in November. It was a very enjoyable evening of shared food and beverage, creative word of the day challenge, interesting speeches, and fun table topics (impromptu speaking). Click on the image to view a pictures from the party. return to top

Two receive the Nickel Award [9-19-6]

Carin DeMilo and Linda Knighton-Willis recently completed the first five speeches in the communication track of Toastmasters International, earning them the 'Nickel Award'. They have five more speeches to complete to finish the first manual and achieve their Competent Communicator award. Way to go! return to top

Four CTMs achieved [9-19-6]

Mark Eaton, Julio Garreaud, Herb Lloyd, and Lynn Ware-Peek all recently completed their first ten speeches in the Toastmaster program, achieving the Competent ToastMaster award (now called the Competent Communicator award). They now go on to advanced communication manuals that they can choose from to achieve further awards and build further skills. Congratulations! return to top

Bill Mullen achieves ATM-GOLD [summer 2006]

Bill Mullen, a charter member of the Park City Toastmasters Club, recently achieved his Advanced ToastMaster Gold award in the communication track. To gain this award, Bill has had to complete the initial 10 speeches in the C and L manual, ten speeches in the ATM-Bronze award, ten speeches in the ATM-Silver award, and finally, ten speeches in the ATM-Gold award. Congratulations Bill!

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New Officers Elected [7/1/6]

President - Patricia Russel
VP of Eduction - Jon Henry
VP of Membership - Samantha Simon
VP of Public Relations - Herb Lloyd
Treasurer - Linda Knighton-Willis
Secretary - Laurie Banks
Sergent at Arms - Scott Simpson return to top

District Club of the Year [7/01/05]

Park City Toastmasters was recently named DISTRICT 15 CLUB OF THE YEAR beating out over 80 clubs throughout the intermountain west. This award recognizes a club which excels at achieving the ten goals outlined in the Distinguished Club Program, thereby contributing toward achieving the mission of the District. Because of their commitment to excellence and club success, the Park City Toastmasters Club has significantly contributed to the success of District 15.

Park City Toastmasters is one of 8000 Clubs of Toastmasters International. Toastmasters provides a mutually supportive & positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth. Park City Toastmasters meets every Tuesday at 7 a.m. at the Sheldon Richins Building at Kimball Junction. Perspective members are always welcome to attend.

Join us on Tuesday mornings from 7:00 - 8:00am at the Summit County Library (6505 N. Landmark Dr.). Guests are always welcome.

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