Early Bird Ocala Toastmasters

Did you know June is Great Outdoors month? Here in Florida we have gators and bears! Sometimes they meet! C.R.Smith

Video: Fearless bear fends off two Florida alligators while swimming #Shorts A kayaker filmed a bear on a swim in a Florida river that had to fend off attacks from two alligators.

Every Saturday is a great Saturday when you come to the nest. Latasha invited two of her friends to visit with us and we enjoyed meeting them. Caw-caw!!

"Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all." - Oliver Wendell Holmes / Happy Mother's Day

Congrats to John Berry, Seeking Serenity, and Peter Kenjosian for being top engagers and making it onto my weekly list!

John Berry Seeking Serenity Peter Kenjosian

Listening is a skill we develop at Early Bird Ocala Toastmasters.

Learning to speak in front of people can be intimidating. But here at Early Bird Ocala Toastmasters we believe in delivering helpful evaluations in a fun, safe and positive environment. Just check out the smiles on both of our speakers and evaluators - this is real folks!!

We are super excited to announce our club's first ever Summer Speech Spectacular & Bake-Off. Be sure to RSVP here if you plan on attending.

Congratulations to Early Bird Ocala Toastmasters, Colette Smith, for taking 2nd place at the Div G International, Evalution and Humorous Contests. Great job, little birdie!! Thank you for representing our club and your own personal development so, so very well!! Ca-caw!!

EBO has gaveled down this nice Saturday morning. Today's theme: lesson from Pooh brought to us by Aperna.

Eggstra, eggstra read all about it right here!! Both ladies represented EBOT well today at Division G - Area 71International, Humorous and Evaluation contests. Kudos to Colly Smith and Melissa Malone ! Picture provided by our very own Natalia Cox. Thank you.

Congratulations Colly Smith for taking first place in both the Humorous and International Contest! Way to go!!

EARLY BIRD OCALA TOASTMASTERS CLUB
8AM
Every Saturday
Marion County Literacy Council, Inc.

Just a reminder that TLI is around the corner. Don't wait to sign up, do it today. TLI is designed for all Toastmasters who want to learn about leading. You don't have to be an officer to attend, but if you are an officer you need to attend. There is a link at the bottom of the picture; just copy and paste it in your browser. You can also go to D84's website to register (toastmastersd84.org). The link is not necessarily easy to find, but go to the "MEMBER" tab, then to the "EDUCATION PROGRAM" tab and then the TLI information should appear. If you have any questions reach out to your club officers.

A very important aspect of our meetings is the Evaluation segment. Here, Steve V leads part of his evaluation team by inviting up Janine M to evaluated John B speech, "I am a Coach, not a Therapist" and Charles B evaluated Carmen C speech, "The Professional Patient".

The folks at Early Bird Ocala have one strong conviction - GROWTH! We desire growth for not only ourselves, but for each other. We have FUN and we BUILD each other up, while choosing to CREATE a better version of ourselves. We meet at the Marion County Literacy Building in Ocala - Every Saturday at 8:00am . We would LOVE to help YOU shoot for the stars in 2024!!

🐦 EBO will be back in the 🪹 Saturday, Dec 30 at 8am. Merry Christmas 🎄🌟 🎁

🎶 Listening is an underdeveloped art form, that's why we deploy a Quiz Master at every Early Bird Ocala meeting. 🐦 Caw caw!!

🎶 Early birds still flocking to the nest, even one week before Christmas.Tiffany C took flight with her first Ice Breaker speech while Aperna brought us back to the roost with her speech on Mother of all Healing. 🐦

🎶 Early Bird Ocala Toastmasters Fall Open House brought many visitors to the nest. 🐦

🎶 Another exhilarating, exciting and entertaining meeting was had by all. 🐦

🎶 One of our newest members delivering her second speech. She did a fabulous job and we look forward to hearing her speak again! 🐦

🎶 It takes many members to run a successful club meeting. Thankful for the flock of birds that arrived at the nest, and were ready, willing, and able to participate. Nicely done, everyone! 🐦

🎶 The nest is full this morning!! 🐦

🎶 Eggceptional News!! Super excited to share that we made it in this week's edition of our local paper, the Ocala Gazette. 🐦

Caw-Caw, Caw-Caw! Save the Date and plan to attend Early Bird Ocala Toastmaster's Fall Open House scheduled for Saturday, November 11th. Doors open at 8:00am.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻!! As we prepare to roll out the red carpet for our inaugural event, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭: 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, Toastmasters District 84 is proud to present our speaker lineup for the day! 📢

5️⃣ Organized across 5 different learning tracks, our presenters will share their skills and talents ranging from goal setting to leadership, storytelling, inclusive leadership, and more.
🧭 You don't want to miss this dynamic event. Come and enjoy one or multiple sessions! Stay within your favorite track or switch to others, all is all about you and what you want to gain from this experience. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠?

Secure your seat: https://form.jotform.com/232626313810145. Get all the details on our website, toastmastersd84.org

🎶 🐦An 'Eggspression' Moment...A huge shout out to ALL that made our club contests successful today. From the Chief Judge and her judges, to our Test Speaker, Zoom Moderator and to the functionaries that served as Sgt-at-Arms, Ballot Counters, Timers, Contest Masters, and Contestants - thank you, thank you, thank you! ❤️ Well done!!