Ron Fredericks writes: Blue Cube Toastmasters Club recently held an open house to attract new members: Blue Cube Makes a Movie. The agenda for the open house was to make a movie. I directed, produced, and published this movie as a demonstration of what Blue Cube Toastmasters Club is all about.
Watch this movie to:
Learn about Toastmasters International,
Demonstrate how Toastmasters’ self-help public speech and leadership training works, and
Show potential future guests and experienced Toastmasters what makes Blue Cube unique as a club worth visiting/joining.
Blue Cube Toastmasters Club presents: the movie
Background Notes
LectureMaker hosts the Blue Cube Toastmasters Club in its conference room. LectureMaker owns a professional video studio down the hall from its conference room, so it was only a matter of time before the club members got together to make a club movie.
Ron Fredericks writes: Blue Cube Toastmasters Club is having a very special open house. Let’s make a movie! The event is also a membership drive to attract guests and experienced Toastmasters to consider joining Blue Cube Toastmasters for its special relationship with LectureMaker’s video studio. Blue Cube club members can use up to one hour of LectureMaker’s video studio time (at LectureMaker’s desecration) to capture, produce, and publish video to the Internet and DVD. As a demonstration we plan to make a Toastmaster movie during this open house event – and you’re invited.
LectureMaker has donated several hours of video studio time to Blue Cube Toastmasters club in its ongoing support and hosting of the club meeting in LectureMaker’s conference room.
“Blue Cube Toastmasters Club – Let’s Make a Toastmaster Movie – event”
When:
Tuesday, June 29′th 2010
Registration:
5:00 to 5:30 PM – Subway sandwiches, and non-alcoholic drinks included
Agenda Highlights:
5:40 – 5:50 PM – “Message to Toastmasters and Guests” by Elaine Lung, Division C Governor Elect
5:50 – 6:05 PM – “The Talk Show” – An expert Toastmaster (Pieter Kark) Interviewed by meeting’s Toastmaster (Ron Fredericks) (this prepared speech from the advanced manual “communicating on television” will be recorded for inclusion in the movie)
6:05 – 6:20 PM Table Topics hosted by our club secretary, Kathleen Shih
Toastmaster Interviews:
6:30 – 7:00 PM – Sign up new club members. New and existing Blue Cube Toastmasters Club members tour LectureMaker’s video studio and get filmed for inclusion in the movie
Where:
Conference room at LectureMaker LLC
Address:
830 Stewart Drive, Sunnyvale CA 94085
Cost:
Free with pre-registration by 5pm Monday June 28′th
otherwise $10.00 at the door
Discussion
If a picture tells a thousand words, imagine what video can do at 30 picture frames per second. In fact, we don’t have to imagine… online video published around events, news, and business has sky rocketed. See this report for more details.
Now Blue Cube club wants to make a movie. Sign up to become a Blue Cube Toastmaster and join in the fun during our open house event too.
Free with pre-registration by 5pm Monday October 26′th
otherwise $10.00 at the door
Discussion
Ron Fredericks writes: Did you know that over 10 million people were affected by identity theft in 2006? Over $15 billion was stolen from individuals in just one year alone. Blue Cube Toastmasters club is fighting back with its 3-member presentation team. During the seminar you will learn more about identity theft and several practical steps you can take to avoid it.
Ron Fredericks writes: I was asked to be the event chair for this District 4, Division C, Area 5 contest. This blog post will act as a living document so our clubs can work together as we plan the event for October 2, 2009. Look to this post for meeting minutes, plan, participants, and time line.
“We are holding the C5 Area Humorous and Evaluation Contest at Synopsis in building 2. The address is 455 N Mary Ave, Sunnyvale, CA. The Date of the contest is Friday October 2nd. It will start at 7.00pm. Please fill the form below to register for the Area contest. Please come at 6.30pm to enjoy the refreshments. The fee is $7 if you register by Sept 29 and $9 at the door.” — C5 Area Governor, Vishwanand Pattanashetty
Ron Fredericks writes: Well it’s that time of year again at Toastmasters International – the annual Humorous Speech Contest for clubs and their local areas.
Two key points from the Toastmasters rules for humorous speech contest:
Speech should be from 5 to 7 minutes long
A humorous speech is not usually a funny speech with jokes, it’s more likely to be a serious speech told in a humorous manner.
But for those of us that find telling jokes or contemplate what is funny – this next section may help.
Helpful tips for adding humor to your next speech
Timing is one of the most important aspects. Here is one article on how to master the art of humor with effective timing along with some examples from famous comedians: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_timing (more…)
The Blue Cube Toastmasters Club members meet regularly in a business-like environment to develop and improve their public speech and leadership skills.
The club meets at LectureMaker LLC’s office every Tuesday from 5:30pm to 6:30pm
830 Stewart Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
Figure 1 – Ron Fredericks is hired as a technical marketer and public speaker, Moscone Center, thanks to skills learned as a Toastmaster.
Who can participate
Guests are welcome
Visiting Toastmasters from other clubs are welcome
Toastmasters officers from area, district, and beyond are welcome
Adults 18 years or older may apply for membership
Blue Cube Club officers reserve the right to refuse individual participation at its sole discretion
Benefits to Jointing Blue Cube
The main benefits to joining any Toastmasters club revolves around public speech and leadership training.
One special benefit of LectureMaker’s sponsorship of the Blue Cube Toastmasters Club is that members can request their speeches and evaluations be videotaped and published. Some of those videos are posted here.
Contact Ron Fredericks to learn more about LectureMaker’s sponsorship of Blue Cube Toastmasters Club to:
Request a password to access members’ only videos
Learn how to become a club member
Create blog posts for the club’s benefit
Get more information on meeting agenda or membership
