This will be last Club conversation until the beginning of the 2^nd semester.   Practice your “conversating.”

TouroCommunicationClub.blogspot.com – Meeting #201 – 7^th year

Contents:

1. This week’s conversation – 12/10 -“The 316 Group Project” II

2. Next week’s conversation –  “Current Events” followed by “Fake It Til You Make It”

3. Last conversation:- 12/3 – 16^th Speech Contest

This Week

1. The Touro Communication Club #201 – 7^th Year

Find past conversations on:

TouroCommunicationClub.blogspot.com

 

Tuesday, December 10, 2013 – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Room 316 – Midtown

 

“The 316 Group project” II

The process of forming an action group began on November 19^th.

 

There was no agenda. People talked about what they thought this group could do.

 Ideas flew.

 

The consensus was to form a group that had as its mission – “To help.”

 

“To help what or whom?”

People felt that this group could provide services to a community.

People began to list the variety of services that should be provided.

 

Then came the idea of a community center where all these services could be provided in one place.

That took nearly the entire two hours.

 

Several things happened.

The group began to coalesce into a like-minded group.

An informal leader or two asserted themselves.

There was a different kind of energy among the participants –

We were creating something from scratch , something larger than themselves.

 

Now with this conversation, the hard part starts.

● Reigniting the energy of the first meeting.

● Reconstructing and confirming the direction of the group.

● Begin to create a consistent structure.

● Discover what everyone MUST do to make the group successful.

 

See you Tuesday! Bring your sense of purpose!

Find it in your friends and bring them!

 

Can We Walk Our Talk?

NEXt WEEK

2. The Touro Communication Club #202 – 7^th Year

Find past conversations on:

TouroCommunicationClub.blogspot.com

 

Date to be announced

“Current Events”

 

 

Last Week

3.

Touro Speech and Communication Department

Proudly Presents Our

16`^th Speech Tournament

Tuesday December 3, 2013

@ 2:00 pm

Room 316, Midtown

FINALISTS – FUN - FOOD

 

  COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR FUTURE LEADERS

1^st Prize $100.00 - 2nd Prize $75.00 - 3rd Prize $50.00

27-33 W. 23^rd Street - Main Campus

Entire list of finalists will be posted at the beginning of the 2^nd semester.

Contest prize winners:

FIRST PRIZE $100 – Chana Cohen – “Caffeine”

SECOND PRIZE $75 – Sarah Alayev – “Effects of Color”

THIRD PRIZE $50 – Amarel Levy – “My Moment of Truth”

Judges; Mr. Sol Russo, Library; Ms. Adriana Jimenez, Career Services; Ms. Shoshana Yehuda, Campus Security.

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New faces: Eseka Usungu, Chana Cohen, Sarah Alayev, Giselle Virgil, Nadine Zigelman, Amarel Levy, Joshua Kessler. Familiar Faces: Karen Peraltz, Thyshall Black, Talisha Vasquez, Steve Gradman, David Fletcher, Miriam Eiyassion, David Nussbaum, Timothy Taylor, Daniel Khaniov (sp?), Ivette Gonzales, Roland Inguina, Akini Crews, Richard Cohen, Gena Bardwell, Richard Green, George Backinoff, Leon Perkal, Hal Wicke.

 

Menu of possible Conversations

Possible Topics “Political Speech” “Right & Wrong,” “Equality,” “Free Speech,” ‘’Literacy,” “Binary Thinking,” “What is Reality?” “Turning off Your Mental Editor” “Confidence,” “Needing approval,” “What is ‘Work?' “Getting Your Life Together,” “Work and the Work Ethic” ”Dealing with Disrespect,” “Authority,” “Negotiation,” “Gun Control,” “Accountability” “Reparations,” “Ghettos of the Mind,” “Assumptions,” “Social Justice,” “Free Will,” “Terror/Terrorism,” “Celebrity,” “Think Globally, Act Locally,” “Winning vs Losing,” “Trayvon Martin’s Murder Trial”, “Being Alone & Loneliness,” “Fake It Until You Make It,” “Garden Variety Politics,” ”The Social Contract,”

How-To Series Money Matters II

Current Events: An occasional review.

Communication Skills – Reading Literature Aloud, Interviewing, Elevator speeches, SPAR Debate, Communication Strategies – “Getting to YES,” “Shooting from the Lip,” “Schmoozing”

Films – “RECOUNT,” “The Great Debaters,” “Wag the Dog,” “My Fair Lady,”  “Animal Farm”

Faculty Showcases – Carlisle Yearwood on Toni Morrison, Roberta Jackson from HR

Student Showcases – T.B.A.

Student Clubs –T.B.A.

Plus your suggestions!

Hal Wicke
Deputy Chair,

Speech & Communication Dept

Touro College

New York, NY 10010

TouroCommunicationClub.blogspot.com – Meeting #199 – 7^th year

Contents:

1. This week’s conversation - 12/3 – 16^th Speech Contest

2. Next week’s conversation – “The 316 Group Project” II

3. Last conversation:- 11/26 - Money Matters

 

This Week

1.

Touro Speech and Communication Department

Proudly Presents Our

16`^th Speech Tournament

Tuesday December 3, 2013

@ 2:00 pm

Room 316, Midtown

FINALISTS – FUN - FOOD

 

  COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR FUTURE LEADERS

1^st Prize $100.00 - 2nd Prize $75.00 - 3rd Prize $50.00

27-33 W. 23^rd Street - Main Campus

NEXt WEEK

2. The Touro Communication Club #201 – 7^th Year

Find past conversations on:

TouroCommunicationClub.blogspot.com

 

Tuesday, December 12, 2013 – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Room 316 – Midtown

 

“The 316 Group project” II

The process of forming an action group began on November 19^th.

 

There was no agenda. People talked about what they thought this group could do.

 Ideas flew.

 

The consensus was to form a group that had as its mission – “To help.”

 

“To help what or whom?”

People felt that this group could provide services to a community.

People began to list the variety of services that should be provided.

 

Then came the idea of a community center where all these services could be provided in one place.

That took nearly the entire two hours.

 

Several things happened.

The group began to coalesce into a like-minded group.

An informal leader or two asserted themselves.

There was a different kind of energy among the participants –

We were creating something from scratch , something larger than themselves.

 

Now with this conversation, the hard part starts.

● Reigniting the energy of the first meeting.

● Reconstructing and confirming the direction of the group.

● Begin to create a consistent structure.

● Discover what everyone MUST do to make the group successful.

 

See you Tuesday! Bring your sense of purpose!

Find it in your friends and bring them!

Can We Walk Our Talk?

 

 

Last Week

3. The Touro Communication Club #199 – 7^th Year

Find past conversations on:

TouroCommunicationClub.blogspot.com

 

Tuesday, November 12, 2013 – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Room 316 – Midtown

“Money Matter$”

Financial Literacy is not often taught in school. Items like budgeting, managing money,

investing, paying your bills on time. saving money.

 

Most people live from paycheck to paycheck.

Some wonder what they’re going to do when their welfare check runs out.

 

One student told the group he received $25,000 for a project and he “blew” in a few weeks.

 

We have invited Ms. Jana Woodhouse to join the Communication Club members

 to share her many years of knowledge and experience about money matters.

 In the recent past, she has discussed various money matters with two Touro audiences.

 

Ms. Woodhouse  is a certified financial planner, registered securities broker, options trader

 and tax consultant. She is the Manhattan Branch Manager and an investment Advisor

Representative for Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.

 

Ranked in the top 1% of fully licensed insurance and investment brokers,

Ms. Woodhouse is in an elite class of 12,000 agents who provide financial services to clients.

In 1983, Ms. Woodhouse became one of the first African-American women to work on Wall Street

as a full service broker and options trader.

 

In 2011, Ms. Woodhouse launched a Financial Literacy campaign which produces seminars

 in the New York tri-state area.

 

After a short presentation, Ms. Woodhouse will answer your questions.

 

Find Out More About Money!

Bring your Questions! Bring Your Friends!

New Faces: Adriana Jimenez, Jana Woodhouse, George Brown, David Fletcher, Daniel Rhnina (sp?), Kristen McGill, Simmone Joseph, Familiar Faces: Ian Smith, Charles Mason, Miriam Sylla, TalishaVasquez, Joslyn Williams, Roland Iguina, Lorinda Moore, Autumn Burgess, Ivette Gonzales, Margarita Yakubov, Jabari Buckner, Aminique Kirnon, Karen Peralta, Yakini Crews, Leon Perkal, Carlisle Yearwood, David Nussbaum, Michael Garvin, Jabari Buckner and Hal Wicke.

 

Menu of possible Conversations

Possible Topics “Political Speech” “Right & Wrong,” “Equality,” “Free Speech,” ‘’Literacy,” “Binary Thinking,” “What is Reality?” “Turning off Your Mental Editor” “Confidence,” “Needing approval,” “What is ‘Work?' “Getting Your Life Together,” “Work and the Work Ethic” ”Dealing with Disrespect,” “Authority,” “Negotiation,” “Gun Control,” “Accountability” “Reparations,” “Ghettos of the Mind,” “Assumptions,” “Social Justice,” “Free Will,” “Terror/Terrorism,” “Celebrity,” “Think Globally, Act Locally,” “Winning vs Losing,” “Trayvon Martin’s Murder Trial”, “Being Alone & Loneliness,” “Fake It Until You Make It,” “Garden VAriety Politics,” ”The Social Contract,”

How-To Series Money Matters II

Current Events: An occasional review.

Communication Skills – Reading Literature Aloud, Interviewing, Elevator speeches, SPAR Debate, Communication Strategies – “Getting to YES,” “Shooting from the Lip,” “Schmoozing”

Films – “RECOUNT,” “The Great Debaters,” “Wag the Dog,” “My Fair Lady,”  “Animal Farm”

Faculty Showcases – Carlisle Yearwood on Toni Morrison, Roberta Jackson from HR

Student Showcases – T.B.A.

Student Clubs –T.B.A.

Plus your suggestions!

Hal Wicke

Deputy Chair,

Speech & Communication Dept

Touro College

New York, NY 10010

TouroCommunicationClub.blogspot.com – Meeting #177

 

Contents:

1. This week’s conversation – “Massacre in CT” – replacement topic – last meeting of 2012

2. The next conversation in February 2013 –  ‘Current Events”

3. Last week’s conversation – “14^th Speech Contest”

 

This Week

               Last Club meeting for the fall – Back in February, 2O13

 

1. The Touro Communication Club

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

2-4 pm – Room 316

 

(Replacement Topic)

“Massacre in ConnecticuT”

The tragedy of last week in Connecticut has been repeated too often in Oregon, Colorado, Wisconsin, Virginia, Texas and many other states. These mass murders do not include the thousands of individual shootings that occur daily in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and other urban areas.

 

President Obama calls for “meaningful action.”

Mayor Bloomberg calls for “immediate action.”

So where’s the action?

 

After President Reagan’s press secretary, James Brady, was shot and paralyzed in 1981, there was a flurry of interest in gun control that led to the Brady Law. But like many important issues, attention flags and soon becomes background noise competing with every other issue that Americans have to deal with.

 

Soon, gun control will no longer the flavor of the month
 until the next massacre appears.

 

We will try to discuss why this happens over and over again.

And what we can do about it.

 

Since many of us may have experienced t

the effects of a lack of gun control,

we will probably have some strong feelings.

Share your views! Bring a friend!

 

 

Next Week

2. The Touro Communication Club

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

2-4 pm – Room 314

 

“Current Events”

Many wonderful and awful things will no doubt have occurred since

 our last meeting in December.

Holidays and happiness, tragedies and sadness, successes and failures seem to be

the continuing menu we experience daily.

 

If we approach “Current Events” as a way to look at our own lives,

we may be able to perceive a pattern which will help us

 to gain perspective on the parallel between our own lives and the larger world.

 

As literary people know, the microcosm is reflected in the macrocosm as well as the reverse. We can always find the universal in the particular as well as the reverse.

 

Like the changing of the seasons, we can discover a rhythm to our world that

 helps us to strategize more effectively. Crashing into invisible walls that

we could have seen is a daily challenge.

 

As we learn to strategize more effectively, we learn to connect the dots and

Know that we can make better decisions.

 

Making better decisions allows us to communicate in more

effective and competent ways.

 

By the time February comes around, without doubt there will be another blurb.

 

See You in February!

 

 

LAST Week

3. .

Touro Speech and Communication Department

Proudly Presents Our

14`^th Speech Tournament

TUESDAY DECEMBER 11, 2012

@ 2:00 PM

ROOM 314, MIDTOWN

FINALISTS -   FUN -FOOD

 

  COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR FUTURE LEADERS

1^st Prize $100.00 - 2nd Prize $75.00 - 3rd Prize $50.00

27-33 W. 23^rd Street - Main Campus

New Faces included: Richard Lewis, Jahira Tide, Isaac Bardos, Dr. Frances Baer, Dr. Catherine Barksdale, Eseka Usunyu, Esmeralda Pena, Sam Fragin, Jesse Ahmed, Yoseph Mandel. Familiar faces included: Lorinda Moore, Karen Peralta, Joslyn Williams, Denise Rodriguez, Orhsy Garcia, Roland Iguina, Michael Moronta, Chanaia Curry, Charles Mason, Sabrina Bryant, Dr. Jules Heyman, Charnay Murphy, Yoko Ono McCullock, George Backinoff, Gena Bardwell, Richard Green and Hal Wicke.

 

14^th Speech Contest Results–Fall, 2012

December 11, 2012

 

Name		Title of Speech		Instructor		Course/Site		Rank
1. Isaac Bardos		“How To’s of a Great Caribbean Vacations”		Prof. Bardwell		GCA 100 - Midtown		1st Prize
2. Jesse Ahmed		“Non-verbals in Public Speaking:		Prof. Wicke		GCA 215 – Midtown		2nd Prize
3.Esmeralda Pena		“Multiple Sclerosis”		Prof. Wicke		GCA 215 – Midtown		3rd Prize
4.Michael Moronta		“The Obedience Experiment:		Prof. Wicke		GCA 215 – Midtown		Honorable Mention
5. Samuel Fragin		“Everyong Belongs”		Prof. Backinoff		GCA 101 – Midtown		Finalist
6. Richard Lewis		“J-Z – A Business State of Mind”		Prof. Backinoff		GCA 100 - Midtown		Finalist
7. Yoseph Mandel		“Lucid Dreaming”		Prof. Backinoff		GCA 100 - Midtown		Finalist
8.Yoko Ono McCullock		“Admission to an Ivy League School”		Prof. Backinoff		GCA 101 - Midtown		Finalist
9. Jahira Tide		“Shopaholic”		Prof. Bardwell		GCA 100 - Midtown		Finalist

Judges: Professor Charles Mason (Business), Dr. Catherine Barksdale (Education), Dr. Frances Baer (History

 

UPComing Conversations

Topics “Political Speech” “Right & Wrong,” “Equality,” “Free Speech,” ‘’Literacy,” “Binary Thinking,” “What is Reality?” “Turning off Your Mental Editor” “Confidence,” “Needing approval,” “What is ‘Work?' “Getting Your Life Together,” “Work and Work Ethic” ”Dealing with Disrespect,” “Authority,” “Negotiation,” “Gun Control,”

How To Series – How to Study, “The Cost of Money,

Current Events: An occasional review

Communication Skills – Reading Literature, Interviewing, Elevator speeches, etc.

Communication Strategies – “Getting to YES,” “Shooting from the Lip,”

Films – “RECOUNT” Replay, “The Great Debaters,” “Wag the Dog,” Emmy Winning “Game Change.”(Available January 2013), “My Fair Lady”

Faculty Showcases – Colloquy III - Professor Yearwood on Jane Austen ”Persuasion”

Student Showcases –

Student Clubs – T.B.A.

Plus your suggestions!

Hal Wicke