Last week’s speaker was Marilyn Bodycoat a speech and drama coach who is the principal in Speechmatters, a company formed by Marilyn fifteen years ago.
“Marilyn has over thirty years’ experience in voice coaching. She is an Associate of both the Australian Music Examinations Board and Trinity College of London. She is the Senior Examiner in Speech and Drama for the AMEB in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Marilyn is currently the Adelaide voice coach for the ABC and Channel Nine, and adjunct professor in strategic presentations at Carnegie Mellon University’s Adelaide campus.
Speechmatters have built a solid reputation for great results. Over the past fifteen years, Speechmatters has trained journalists and journalism students, real estate agents, auctioneers, accountants and lawyers from leading Adelaide companies, engineers, doctors, teachers (including distance education teachers) marketing and sales staff, and the staff of local councils.” This is a selective extract from the Speechmatters website http://speechmattersaustralia.com
Marilyn commented that it is not just what you say, but how you say it that makes the difference in effective communication. The key is to open your mouth and sound out the words correctly and avoid the lazy habits that so many of us develop of time. Examples of which are “we are gonna go to the football” and “I wanno watch the football on TV tonight.”
The other tip Marilyn gave is to learn to modulate your voice during conversation so that you do not speak in a monotone, which may cause people to lose concentration on what you are saying.
Marilyn also provides training to assist in reducing accents of people who speak English as a second language. The idea is to help them communicate more effectively, not to change who they are. Marilyn explained that we all should be true to ourselves and use language that is ‘normal’ to us, and not to take on an ‘affected’ speech mannerism, but just speak clearly.
If we are to help others to improve their speech and oral communication we need to give accurate feedback, if asked.
President’s thought for the week: “If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.” Olin Miller
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2. ShelterBox Australia
A ShelterBox Response Team is deploying to Madagasca after Tropical Cyclone Enawo made landfall on Tuesday, with winds up to 170 mph and heavy rains. Five people have died and over 10,000 people have been left homeless, and this number is expected to climb. Cyclone Enawo, a Category 4 storm, is the strongest cyclone to hit Madagasca in 13 years.
(Information taken from Rotiac)
3. Do Unto Others program - A City Salvos Program
Every Wednesday and Saturday nights during our meal service, we get requests from the homeless for swags and blankets, but due to the long cold winter we had last year we are completely out and in desperate need for more.
They are asking for assistance as they raise funds to purchase more swags.
(Information taken from Rotiac)
4. Film Night - RC Adelaide West
From 6pm on Friday 31 March Rotary Adelaide West will hold a FUN screening of the The LEGO Batman Movie to raise money to support the Club's work with Adelaide's HOMELESS community.
The Regal Theatre – 275 Kensington Road - Nibbles from 6pm. Movie from 7pm.
Adults - $20 • Children 5 to 15 - $12 • Children 0 to 4 – Free
Broadcast on 1197AM 5RPH Adelaide each Tuesday 7.30-8.00 pm. From each Wednesday the broadcast program can be heard on-line at www.rphadelaide.org.au/Webcast.html
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
30 March 2017
6 April 2017
13 April 2017
Chairperson
David Rowe
John Karran
Attendance
John Campbell
Fire tower tour
Di Casey
Attendance
Angus Tuck
Terry Rodoni
Hosting
Phil Harding
in place of
Richard Jarrett
Furniture
Katrina Ball
regular meeting
John Campbell
Furniture
Terry Rodoni
Di Lane
Invocation
John Karran
Julie Campbell
Bottles/cans
Rob McLennan
Andrew Black
Dean Sullivan
Rotaract roster
TBA
TBA
TBA
Bread roster
2/4 David Riggall/
Dean Sullivan
9/4 David Riggall/
John Karran
16/4 No
Collection
Member's Corner
Chairman: Meet/greet speaker for the meeting; introduce and thank speaker. Preparation:- find details about the speaker prior to the meeting. Attendance: Set up reception table (attendance sheet; members list – re -payments; guest welcome sheet; money; wine raffle sheet); register member payments/ apologies/ guests. Hosting: Set up name badges display; welcome all at the door; ensure speaker and guests are introduced to appropriatepersons. Furniture: Flags; banner display; raffle balls; collection boxes; Rotary theme banner; gong and hammer; lectern position before and returned after the meeting. Computerset up – Connect to projector. Switch on. Hold function key & press F5 twice. Invocation: Recite Rotary or other invocation relating to Rotary and fellowship. Bottles/cans: Collect bags of bottles/cans at meeting and take to recycle centre for refund, pass refund and empty bags to David Rowe at next meeting. Members’ Corner: write for the Newsletter on a topic of your choice, particularly during the 3 weeks you appear here on the roster, but also anytime you have something to say. Rotaract, Bread roster: Roster is for the Sunday/Monday after the meeting date. Rotaract: Meets alternate Mondays at 6pm (for a 630pm start) at the General HavelockHotel in Hutt Street. Bread: Sundays, meet outside Romeo's, North Adelaide at 4:55pm
Members rostered for Thursday morning duty are asked to be in attendance by 6.45am
For good food, for good fellowship and the opportunity to serve through Rotary, we give thanks
Rotary Club of Adelaide Light Mission Statement
To be recognised as the Service Club of Choice in the Eastern Precinct of Adelaide because we are a Friendly Breakfast Club that appeals to a broad range of busy people who want to make a difference to local and international communities.
My wife left the car unattended for only a minute, but it was long enough for our two-year-old to climb in, throw the car into reverse and crash into a lamppost.
He was fine, but the car wasn't, and I had a hard time explaining who was behind the wheel to the insurance company.
After a pause, the adjuster asked, 'Do you let him drive often?'
