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Joke "How to Succeed" HOW TO SUCCEED........... A businessman was interviewing applicants for the position of divisional manager. He devised a simple test to select the most suitable person for the job. He asked each applicant a Test Question, "What is two and two?" The first interviewee was a journalist. His answer was "twenty-two." The second applicant was an engineer. He pulled out a calculator and showed the answer to be between 3,999 and 4,001. The next person was a lawyer. He stated that in the case of Jerkins v. Comer of Stamp Duties, two and two was proven to be four. The last applicant was an accountant. The businessman asked him, "How much is two and two?" The accountant got up from his chair, went over to the door, closed, it then came back and sat down. He leaned across the desk and said in a low voice, Accountant "How much do you want two + two to be?" Businessman "Sign here, you start from tomorrow!!! |
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Speaking Scooby Executive Committee and Officer Roles
CLUB EMAIL - speakingscooby@yahoo.com Club Websites - Back to the Speaking Scooby home Page If you are interested in becoming an officer, please contact maureen. We need to know asap so you may be trained for your officer position and the cliub can transition more smoothly. Officers' Roles President General administration, opens and closes meetings. VP Education Prepares monthly schedule. If you are interested in having a specific assignment (such as giving a talk) or do not want to be given a duty for a specific meeting please contact the VP Education. VP Membership Maintains membership list with current names, addresses, phone numbers, and emails. VP Public Relations Directs activities involving the general public, including recruitment efforts. Secretary Records the minutes of each meeting. Treasurer Collects chapter and national semi-annual dues. Sergeant at Arms Prepares and clears meeting room. |
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| Toastmaster's in the Media Why did you Join Toastmaster's? Lingxia Wang She has an inner-brightness she exudes that makes you want to smile right along with her when she enters a room. Her insights and genuine observations about the beauty of life make her seem very wise and innocent at the same time. Yet, Lingxia Wang shows no fear by jumping in and taking on any new challenge that comes her way. She first came to know about Toastmasters International from our very own Melissa Young. "The first time I heard of Toastmasters, I didn’t really pay much attention. Then, I gave a presentation at a conference for my job and it was really horrible,” she says laughing. “I got the speaking time all messed up. I was supposed to speak for 15 minutes but I had 45 minutes of material.” Lingxia says Toastmasters has helped her a lot both professionally and personally by helping her to be more agressive. “I was afraid of talking. I would talk as short as possible, even in social situations. Now, I can’t stop talking,” she giggles. She also points out how much Toast-masters has helped her as an individual from China living in the United States. “As a foreigner, it is important to learn as much as possible about the English language,” she reflects. “In Toast-masters, people kindly point out my grammar mistakes and that has helped improve my English.” Language barriers haven’t kept this determined young lady from her goal to attain a job working in the computer science field. She simply overcame them. “When I first came to the United States in 1993 to the University of Miami, I used to pay close attention to American TV shows,” she states. “I would try to pick up on different words.” While at the University of Miami she studied geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial database computations. “I was very interested in studying how to handle complex data types. Sometimes, I thought I wasn’t smart enough to follow everything,” she laughs shaking her head. “It was a lot of geometry and I thought, this is too much math!” Finding her niche with complex data types far from geometric computations, she realized that might want to find a job somewhere near her university. “I went to a conference in 1995 in Nashville and ESRI was doing job recruiting,” she says. “I spoke to the recruiter but went back to school and totally forgot about it.” Then she got the call from ESRI with a job offer. “A job in California – the center of the computer industry – yes, I was excited and accepted the job!” she gestures wildly. This often demure and soft-spoken young lady has been away from home since the tender age of 12. She left her hometown of Wuxi in China to attend high school in another city since students were required to live on campus. When she decided to go to college in the United States, she says she had to do some heavy coaxing with her parents. “My father felt it was too far away for a young girl. They almost didn’t buy the airplane tickets!” she gasps. Lingxia says she did have to do some adjusting to the independent life-style of the United States. “In China everything was taken care of for me. All I had to do was go to school and study,” she comments. “When I came to America I had to pay phone bills and take care of things I never had to do before.” It is very evident that Lingxia loves her independence. “There is a lot I want to do,” she muses. “But, there is not enough time! I want to eventually work on a Ph.D in Computer Science, take piano lessons, and play lots of sports like tennis, skiing, and swimming.” She says Toastmasters has helped her gain independence and come out of her shell. “Everyone in the club is so encouraging and positive. In China, praise is not given easily. They are very critical. I used to think to myself why should I try to do things if they are going to be so critical? I may just stay inside my shell,” she says. “I definitely think the Toastmaster way is better!” Lingxia naturally has a very positive point of view as well. “I like to be positive,” she says. Then she goes on to tell a story about a time when she and her friends went to an Italian restaurant. “I ordered a meal with fish but it tasted awful!” she laughs loudly. “I asked the waitress if she was sure it was not chicken. We all got sick later on and my friends were very upset and mad about the situation,” she pauses. “I told them that we shouldn’t get mad but that we should go back to restaurant and help them with their advertising with this slogan – Great food, no calories!” It is this kind of positive attitude that we all know well and appreciate from Lingxia in our club. -- by Dana Leipold CTM |
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