Gwen Aaberg
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Happy Birthday, Apple Valley Rotary!
On March 27, 2015, Apple Valley Rotary celebrated 30 years of Service Above Self.
Left to right: Charter members Joe Sterling and Craig Fields, Jane Nordlund, wife of deceased Past President Joe Nordlund, their son Craig and President Bruce Nordquist
Click here to read a history of our club and learn more about how we've spent the past three decades making Apple Valley a better place to live and work.
Posted
on Apr 08, 2015
What's new this week?
Speaker: AVHS Speech Team
Topic: Public Speaking
Apple Valley High School is noted for its outstanding forensics program. It offers both speech and debate, and students must try out for both these teams near the beginning of the year. Outstanding accolades have been received at the National Forensics League (NFL) national tournament. The speech team has received numerous Speech & Debate Team of Excellence awards, and has had many national champions. Apple Valley holds the MinneApple annual debate tournament which draws teams from across the Midwest.
In public speaking, as in any form of communication, there are five basic elements, often expressed as "who is saying what to whom using what medium with what effects?" The purpose of public speaking can range from simply transmitting information, to motivating people to act, to simply telling a story. Good orators should be able to change the emotions of their listeners, not just inform them. Public speaking can also be considered a discourse community. Interpersonal communication and public speaking have several components that embrace such things as motivational speaking, leadership/personal development, business, customer service, large group communication, and mass communication. Public speaking can be a powerful tool to use for purposes such as motivation, influence, persuasion, informing, translation, or simply ethos.
April 8 Weekly Raffle Update
For the meeting of April 8, 2015 there are 43 cards and 2 Jokers. The pot stands at $217.
Ticket donations are: $1 for 1 ticket; $2 for 3 tickets; $5 for 10 tickets; and $10 for 25 tickets. Three lucky winners are chosen each week; the first two tickets drawn win $5, the third winner draws a card from the deck in hopes of pulling an Ace to win a share of the pot. If a joker is pulled, it will cost the winner a $2 contribution to the pot. If the Ace of Spades is pulled, the pot is awarded equally to all who have pulled an Ace from the current deck, and the drawing starts over again. David Kingsbury pulled the Ace of Diamonds on March 18th and is guaranteed at least 1/4 of the final pot.
Upcoming Speaker Rotation
The following club members are responsible for arranging meeting speakers on the assigned days.
Please contact Wayne Hilbert with your speaker's topic and biographical info.
