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d Smith—Division B Member of the Month
Brad Smith was Toastmaster of the Day during our first meeting of
December. One scheduled participant ended up having a last minute
conflict and another, who could not be reached for meeting
verification the day before, forgot about the meeting. Brad did a
yeoman's job to fill in for the missing members and the meeting
went off smoothly. That was very important as we had new guests at
the meeting. I therefore nominate Brad Smith for December member
of the month.
District 7 Welcomes November’s New Members to Division B
Club Name Last Name First Name
Downtown Public Speakers Club Culbertson Willow
NuScale Toasters Harden Susan
Yawn Patrol Club Harris Sarah
Downtown Public Speakers Club Ley Rebecca
Oregon State Toastmasters Miles Andrew
Yawn Patrol Club Mock Glenda
Oregon State Toastmasters Rasmussen Janel
Yawn Patrol Club Spaulding Cheri
NuScale Toasters Stevens Jessica
Toast of Corvallis Toastmasters Club Van Brocklin Andy
Lunch Bunch Toastmasters Club Wagner Paul
Your Club is a Laboratory
By Dr. Ralph C. Smedley
A laboratory, originally, is the workroom of the chemist. By extension in use, it has come to signify any
place where some operation is performed. In that sense, a Toastmasters Club is properly called a
laboratory, for it is a place where many experiments are tried, and many operations are tested.
Every member, if he is awake to his opportunity, uses his club as his personal laboratory in speech. Even
though he is not definitely conscious of doing so, he tries out different methods of delivery, various
methods of selecting speech subjects and arranging his materials. He discovers which methods produce
best results, and then he experiments further for the improvement of his use of these methods.
Not only in the making of speeches does he get the chance to work by trial and error methods. He tries
different ways of listening and evaluating, for every member, if he is wise, evaluates for himself every
speech which he hears. (Dr. Ralph Smedley, Personally Speaking, 1966, pg 26)
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Brad Smith was Toastmaster of the Day during our first meeting of
December. One scheduled participant ended up having a last minute
conflict and another, who could not be reached for meeting
verification the day before, forgot about the meeting. Brad did a
yeoman's job to fill in for the missing members and the meeting
went off smoothly. That was very important as we had new guests at
the meeting. I therefore nominate Brad Smith for December member
of the month.
District 7 Welcomes November’s New Members to Division B
Club Name Last Name First Name
Downtown Public Speakers Club Culbertson Willow
NuScale Toasters Harden Susan
Yawn Patrol Club Harris Sarah
Downtown Public Speakers Club Ley Rebecca
Oregon State Toastmasters Miles Andrew
Yawn Patrol Club Mock Glenda
Oregon State Toastmasters Rasmussen Janel
Yawn Patrol Club Spaulding Cheri
NuScale Toasters Stevens Jessica
Toast of Corvallis Toastmasters Club Van Brocklin Andy
Lunch Bunch Toastmasters Club Wagner Paul
Your Club is a Laboratory
By Dr. Ralph C. Smedley
A laboratory, originally, is the workroom of the chemist. By extension in use, it has come to signify any
place where some operation is performed. In that sense, a Toastmasters Club is properly called a
laboratory, for it is a place where many experiments are tried, and many operations are tested.
Every member, if he is awake to his opportunity, uses his club as his personal laboratory in speech. Even
though he is not definitely conscious of doing so, he tries out different methods of delivery, various
methods of selecting speech subjects and arranging his materials. He discovers which methods produce
best results, and then he experiments further for the improvement of his use of these methods.
Not only in the making of speeches does he get the chance to work by trial and error methods. He tries
different ways of listening and evaluating, for every member, if he is wise, evaluates for himself every
speech which he hears. (Dr. Ralph Smedley, Personally Speaking, 1966, pg 26)
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