Toastmasters: Making Your Dreams Come True!

Table of Contents, Archive 2008 Fall Conference

• Summary
• Educational Sessions
• Speech Contests
• Schedule
• Silent Auction

Pictures are available. Recommended viewing at Flickr is to select a SET and click the slideshow icon and sit back and enjoy. There are seven SETS of pictures from the 2008 Fall Conference that group pictures by event.


Summary


The District 6 Fall Conference at the Kahler Grand Hotel in Rochester on October 24th & 25th was indeed one of the most exciting and fun District events this year! Friday night speech contest had ten fabulous Tall Tales. Freaky Friday included a costume contest, ghost stories, and wrap up with music from Swing Street band. Truly an awesome Friday! Saturday offered several inspiring and informing educational sessions. We roasted Immediate Past District Governor Pat Croal, conducted business, and we finished with ten of the funniest and most entertaining Humorous Speeches you've ever heard. The food was excellent and the company of fellow Toastmasters was first rate!

Brian Hinton and Angela Jackson, Fall Conference Co-Chairs. Pumpkin carvings courtesy of Bill Habedank, Master Pumpkin Carver, Hiawatha Valley Toastmasters #205. Photo of Kahler Grand Hotel courtesy of Kahler.






Educational Sessions




Saturday morning October 24, 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM

Session	# 1	# 2
Presenter	Len Langkau	Catherine Cardenuto
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Title	PowerPoint: A Practical Approach for the Toastmaster	Using Your Toastmasters Experience to Write a Business Plan
Room	Centennial	Hiawatha A
Description	This program is not a technical “how to”. It’s intended to show participants how Powerpoint can compliment their presentations, by introducing them to the most common mistakes presenters make, and how to overcome them.	In many ways Toastmasters teaches us skills that are transferable to the outside world. Find the connection between your Toastmaster experiences and building a business plan. You might be surprised at what you have been missing, and find ways to get more involved in helping others to help yourself.
Track	Improve Your Speaking Skills	Personal Development

 

Saturday Educational Sessions 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

Session	# 3	# 4
Presenter	Cindy Joice	Julie Hill
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Title	Fun and Learning-Taking Your Meeetings to the Next Level	Inspired Leadership
Room	Centennial	Hiawatha A
Description	The goal of this session is to practice using tools and techniques to help you take fun and learning to a new level at your club. Completely interactive, you will get a sense for how the ideas you are learning about will work during a regular Toastmaster meeting. Participants will share best practices from their clubs.	Inspired Leaders have the ability to create excitement and commitment in people. They believe in making a difference and want to help people reach their full potential both personally and professionally. In this program participants will learn about 5 elements of Inspired Leaders and steps to infuse these elements into their lives.
Track	Improve Your Speaking Skills	Leadership

 

Saturday Educational Sessions 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

Session	# 5	# 6
Presenter	Rachel and Bruce Lund	Jim Niswonger
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Title	Can Different Leadership Styles Effectively Work Together?	Achieving Your Speaking Goals
Room	Hiawatha A	Centennial
Description	How you can apply Leadership Skills learned in Toastmasters to your business and personal life.	Toastmasters provides an excellent structure of proven processes to achieve your speaking goals. By default, you will get great results if you just follow the processes. However, to get the maximum benefit from your Toastmasters experience you must strategically direct these processes toward your unique goals and situation.
Track	Leadership	Personal Development

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Speech Contests

Friday Night: Tall Tales

Division	Contestant
Central	Mike Meagher (2nd Place)
Eastern	Susan Barry
Frontier	Sherry Gwegorryn
International	Janet Fuchek
Metro	David Houston
Northern	Don Ritter (3rd Place)
Prairie	Bob Lea
Rivers	Jake Carolan
Southern	Hanna Elshoff
Western	Bill Brodegard (1st Place)

 

Saturday Night: Humorous Speech

Division	Contestant
Central	Jill Lutgens
Eastern	Ravi Rai (2nd Place)
Frontier	Lynn Krekelberg
International	Peggy Welter
Metro	Michael Groneberg
Northern	Larry Phelps
Prairie	Kris Boedigheimer
Rivers	Luke Cahill (3rd Place)
Southern	Penny Kinney
Western	Ken Morgan (1st Place)





Speech Contest Purpose

• To provide an opportunity for speakers to improve their speaking abilities and to recognize the best as encouragement to all.
• To provide an opportunity to learn by observing the more proficient speakers who have benefited from their Toastmasters training.

Fall Speech Contest


There are two Separate contests and an individual may compete in both.

HUMOROUS SPEECH (5 to 7 minutes) - To recognize the value of humor in speaking.
TALL TALES CONTEST (3 to 5 minutes) - To provide participants with the opportunity to create an original, highly improbable, humorous tale.

Each Toastmaster club held their own contest or selection process to choose a representative from the club. Winners advance through the organizational structure of clubs in four steps of a tournament (Club - Area - Division - District 6). The Division contest winners are listed above and will compete in the finals at the District 6 Fall Conference.



 

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Schedule

Friday October 24

Time	Event	Location
5:00 PM	Registration, Silent Auction, Cash Bar Opens	Heritage Hall Foyer
5:00 - 6:30 PM	International Director Candidates Table - Open	Heritage Hall Foyer
5:30 PM	Judges' Meeting	Heritage Hall 1
5:30 PM	Contestants' Meeting	Heritage Hall 2 & 3
6:00 PM	Pizza Buffet is Served	Heritage Hall 2 & 3
6:45 PM	Cash Bar and Registration Close	Heritage Hall Foyer
6:45 PM	Welcome to Making Your Dreams Come True	Heritage Hall 2 & 3
7:00 PM	Tall Tales Contest Begins	Heritage Hall 2 & 3
8:45 PM	Contest Ends	Heritage Hall 2 & 3
9:00 - 10:00 PM	Friday Fun Night Activity	Heritage Hall 1
10:00 - 11:00 PM	Swing Street Band	Heritage Hall 1
10:00 - 12:00 PM	Hospitality Suite	Regency

Saturday October 25

Time	Event	Location
6:30 AM	Registration, Credentials, Silent Auction, & Resource Center Open	Heritage Hall Foyer
6:30 - 12:00 AM	Resource Center Hours, & 3:00 - 5:00 PM	Heritage Hall Foyer
7:00 - 8:00 AM	Breakfast Buffet Served	Heritage Hall 2 & 3
7:40 AM	Line-up for Parade of Banners	Heritage Hall Foyer
8:00 AM	City of Rochester Welcome	Heritage Hall 2 & 3
8:15 AM	Welcome to Making Your Dreams Come True	Heritage Hall 2 & 3
9:00 AM	PDG Meeting	Heritage Hall 1
9:00 - 12:00 AM	International Director Candidates Table - Open	Heritage Hall Foyer
9:00 - 10:00 AM	Speaker’s Bureau	Viking Room
9:00 - 9:50 AM	Educational Session 1: Powerpoint - Len Langkau	Centennial
9:00 - 9:50 AM	Educational Session 2: Business Plan - Catherine Cardenuto	Hiawatha A
10:00 - 10:50 AM	Educational Session 3: Fun and Learning - Cindy Joice	Centennial
10:00 - 10:50 AM	Educational Session 4: Inspired Leadership - Julie Hill	Hiawatha A
11:00 - 11:50 AM	Educational Session 5: Working Together - Rachel & Bruce Lund	Hiawatha A
11:00 - 11:50 AM	Educational Session 6: Achieving Goals - Jim Niswonger	Centennial
12:00 - 1:30 PM	Luncheon & Roast of Immediate Past District Governor	Heritage Hall 2 & 3
1:55 PM	Credentials Close - Final	Heritage Hall Foyer
2:00 - 3:15 PM	Business Meeting	Heritage Hall 1
3:00 - 5:00 PM	Resource Center Hours	Heritage Hall Foyer
4:30 PM	Silent Auction Raffle Drawing	Heritage Hall Foyer
5:00 PM	Contestants' Meeting	Heritage Hall 2 & 3
5:00 PM	Judges' Meeting	Heritage Hall 1
5:00 PM	Cash Bar Opens	Heritage Hall Foyer
5:30 PM	Banquet Seating	Heritage Hall 2 & 3
6:00 PM	Banquet Begins	Heritage Hall 2 & 3
6:45 PM	Evening Program Begins	Heritage Hall 2 & 3
7:15 PM	Cash Bar Closes	Heritage Hall Foyer
7:20 PM	Contest Only Seating	Heritage Hall 2 & 3
7:30 - 9:00 PM	Humorous Speech Contest	Heritage Hall 2 & 3
10:00 - 12:00 PM	Hospitality	Regency

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NEW TWIST FOR SILENT AUCTION


The Silent Auction took on a new twist at the Fall Conference in 2008. We will had fewer items and we “bid” by purchasing raffle tickets. The raffle tickets were $1.00 each and could be used to bid on several different items. Here’s how it worked: Donate $15.00 and you will receive 15 raffle tickets. You may “bid” one raffle ticket on 15 different items or you may “bid” 15 raffle tickets on one item. If you are feeling really lucky, you may buy just one raffle ticket and place it on one item. There is no limit to the amount of raffle tickets that you can buy; however, if you don’t buy any raffle tickets, then you can’t win anything!

You do not need to be a Toastmaster to enter the raffle and you do not need to be present to win. The raffle tickets will be sold at each Division Contest and at the Fall Conference. The drawing was held on Saturday, October 25 at 4:30 PM in the Heritage Hall Foyer at the Kahler Hotel in Rochester, MN.

• Disembodied Voice of Lance Miller « Winner: Mary Swanson » 
  When you're not there to answer your phone, treat your friends, bill collectors, and telemarketers to the dulcet tones of a World Championship Speaker!
• Instant Book Club « Winner: Lori Blaido » 
  Six autographed books Hit by a Farm: autographed by author and former Toastmaster, Catherine Friend. Includes book club staples: chocolate and wine.
• Pumpkin Carving « Winners: Pat Croal, Sarah Schuck » 
  Master Pumpkin Carver Bill Habedank donated a pumpkin carving just in time for Halloween.
• Leisure Basket « Winner: Jackie Doehling » 
  TM travel mug, coffee, peppermint foot cream, bottle of wine, and an autographed copy of 'The Gentleman in the Lake' by April Knight, current Toastmaster and Area Governor, plus more…
• Church Basement Ladies « Winner: Evelyn Rivard » 
  Two Tickets to the Sheldon Theater, Red Wing, November 2, 2008, 2 pm show.
• Dinner and a Movie « Winner: Jill Nauman » 
  AMC Theatres ($25) gift card and ($25) Old Chicago Restaurant gift card.
• Roses, Chocolate, and Champagne « Winner: Jeannette Bauch » 
  Bachman's ($25) gift card, chocolate, and Champagne.
• Get up and Go « Winner: Mary Swanson » 
  Speedway/SuperAmerica ($25) gift card, 1 # of Caribou coffee, and TM travel mug.
• Guthrie Theater « Winner: George Deliduka » 
  Guthrie Theater ($75) gift card
• Effective Evaluations Kit « Winner: Kathy Elkin » 
  Lance Miller CD on effective evaluations, TM Effective Evaluations manual, and Creative Memories journal.
• Coffee Basket « Winner: Noel Field » 
  Five assorted (1/2 pound boxes) of Gevalia gourmet coffees, a pair of coffee mugs, and chocolate.
• Original painting « Winner: Lyndah Korpela » 
  Artist Stephen Shaner (aka LGM - Lt. Governor of Magic) has donated one of his infamous paintings.
• Vintage Scrapbook (12X12) « Winner: Ania Raginiak » 
  Creative Memory scrapbook with Vintage power palette, photo sorter, tape runner, fine point pen, and journal..
• Magic of Disney Scrapbook (7.5X7.5) « Winner: Lynne Krekelberg » 
  Creative Memory scrapbook with Disney power palette, photo sorter, tape runner, fine point pen, and journal.
• Scrapbook (9X11) « Winner: Lyndah Korpela » 
  Creative Memory scrapbook with photo sorter, tape runner, fine point pen, and journal.

Proceeds from the raffle helped to offset the costs of the Fall Conference and Spring Convention.

THANK YOU Auction CONTRIBUTORS!
Bill Habedank
Central Division
Diane Windingland
Eastern Division
Freethought Toastmasters
Frontier Division
Helen Grothe
Lance Miller
Margaret Brunner
Southern Division
Stephen Shaner

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