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"Communicating for Results!"
Vitalia Bryn-Pundyk, M.Ed/DTM/DPP
PowerTalk Power Club President
Greetings Power Pals & Visiting Guests!
It seems that all those cold April Showers brought beautiful warmer sunny days and blossoming May flowers!
This month is a super Power month for all! With Cinco de Mayo, Proms, Mother's Day Celebrations, Birthdays, Graduations, Baby Showers, Bridal Showers, and Memorial Day all coming up, everyone has their social calendar full.
Add to that, the PowerTalk Power Meetings and our upcoming Club Member Appreciation Celebration, plus all the other things we try to squeeze into our busy lives (like Spring cleaning, yardwork, helping friends move, getting the dock out on the lake, and patio furniture set out,, etc...) and it's no wonder, that by the end of the month, we may feel a bit stressed and exhausted.
I hope this club's monthly newsletter will remind you to just enjoy, relax, and take things in stride - there are many fun things (as always) coming up so just make the most of every special occasion - bring joy, receive joy, and celebrate all for which we have to be grateful and celebrate all those special people and events in our lives that bring us all together, "live and in-person!" - YAY!
Additionally, just a reminder - To make the most of your club membership, we encourage you all to socially engage with our Power Pals at these exciting upcoming events. Please review all of the following - need your RSVP - - so save these dates:
- PowerTalk Club Member Annual Appreciation Celebration: Privately Chartered 3-tiered deck Lady of the Lake Paddle Boat Cruise and catered lunch out on Lake Minnetonka (exclusive for Power Pals and their invited guest). - Sponsored by Roman & Vitalia Pundyk - Sunday, May 15th from 11:00am-2:00pm. NOTE: We are now set with final headcount!
- PowerTalk Potluck Picnic Party at the Pundyk Lakeshore Residence in Hutchinson, MN. Saturday, June 4th from 12:00pm-5:00pm
- PowerTalk 2nd Annual Fall Festival Mini-Conference Retreat at the Sugar Lake Lodge Wednesday, Sept. 28th - Sunday, Oct.2nd Open to Everyone! - Hope you can ALL join us!
More info available on our website and in future news letters. - We look forward to seeing you at all these exciting meetings and fun club social events!
Warmly,
Vitalia
Vitalia Bryn-Pundyk, M.Ed/ DTM/DPP
President of PowerTalk Seminars, LLC
President of PowerTalk Power Club
(952) 221-1701
Power Words
Taradiddle: Bogus, nonsense, or a lie.
Friendlily: (not a misspelling) - it is an adverb that means: In a friendly way.
Coney: a rabbit.
Power Trivia
Trivia #1:
Even with its head cut off, the cockroach can live for several weeks.
Trivia #2:
The electric eel produces a shock of more than 600 volts, 5 times house current.
Trivia #3:
Stone wheels as large as ten feet across were used for money by the Yap Islanders..
Source: "It's a Fact!" - Globe Mini-Mag
Power Idioms
Power Idioms
"Afraid of your own shadow"
Example: My dog was afraid of its own shadow when it was a puppy, but now it barks fearlessly at the biggest dogs.
Meaning: very easily frightened, especially of small or imaginary things.
Origin: Shadows can be scary. Horror movies, for instance, are full of fearsome shadows. They sometimes make you hold your breath and jump out of your seat in terror. No wonder that "umbra" the ancient Latin word for "shadow," also means "ghost.' There are real things in this world to be fearful of, but if someone is afraid of his own shadow, then he's a very jumpy, nervous person who panics easily.
POWER PLANNER
Upcoming Club Events & Meeting Dates
MAY CLUB MEETING DATES & Upcoming Special Club Member Events:
Note: Zoom Details for each meeting are emailed to respective Power Pals with current paid membership for each Program Meeting format.
Thursday, May 12th
6:30am - 9:00am CST
ZOOM Early Morning Meeting
Friday, May 13th
6:30am-9:00am CST
ZOOM Early Morning Meeting
Tuesday, May 10th
5:00pm - 9:00pm CST
PowerTalk Evening Dinner Meeting
SEE POWER PROMOTIONS for UPCOMING FUN CLUB MEMBER SOCIAL EVENTS OR JUST CLICK HERE!
POWER BOARD
Thank you to our Volunteer Staff and additional club members and visiting guests who assist and help at our club meetings and events - and a special thank you to Roman Pundyk for serving as our club videographer and Julie Nekola for serving as our virtual assistant. - We appreciate you!
Let's all make this an EMPOWERING DAY!
PowerTalk Power Club
May Newsletter E-Zine
PowerTalk Power Club
May Newsletter E-Zine
MAY MEETING DATES & LOCATIONS
Click on Meeting Dates Below
to see our Awesome Speaker Line-Up
and Presentation Descriptions!
Power Pal Profiles
Welcome our newest club members
Power Pal Profiles
Welcome our newest club members
Power Articles
Power Articles
Last month, our own Power Pal Diane Windingland offered a totally FREE Impromptu Speaking Workshop and it was totally awesome! If you weren't there, you totally missed out!
But have no fear, by popular request, with Diane's permission, we are sharing a recorded video of this same workshop. (37:24)
Thank you to Diane for her consistent generosity sharing her amazing talents, skills, and expertise!
Diane Windingland, owner of Virtual Speech Coach, was originally trained as an engineer, but
since 2011, has been speaking, coaching, and writing on communication skills, and has published 10 books. Diane lives with her husband in Shoreview, MN and dedicates much of her spare time to Toastmasters International.
Website: https://www.virtualspeechcoach.com/
Power Praise
Power Praise
Let's congratulate Diane Windingland on another successful book launch! Her newest book: "Impromptu Speaking: 10 Strategies to Think on Your Feet Without Tripping Over Your Tongue" is a fantastic read offering so many great tools & tips! For more info on this and all of Diane's other books, please visit her "amazon author page" : https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B004AXXPXW
Can't get enough of Diane???? ....Here's some more helpful tips and expertise for telling your story!
Power Promotions
Power Promotions
PowerTalk Power Club Annual Club Member Appreciation Celebration
PowerTalk Power Club Annual Club Member Appreciation Celebration
Come kick off the summer season with fun fellowship festivities and casual networking. “Lady of the Lake” is the only 3-tiered deck paddle boat out on Lake Minnetonka. This is a Club Member Appreciation Celebration - Spring Social Party catered lunch and privately chartered boat cruise personally sponsored and hosted by Roman & Vitalia Pundyk exclusive for all our PowerTalk Power Pals & their significant other Guests!
Date: Sunday May 15, 2022
Time: 11:00am-2:00pm
Location: Excelsior, MN.
Registration: Closed - we now have our total final headcount - See you all there!
PowerTalk Potluck Picnic Party at the Pundyks
PowerTalk Potluck Picnic Party at the Pundyks
Date: Saturday June 4, 2022
Time: 12:00pm-5:00pm
Location: Pundyk Place
Cost: FREE
(just please RSVP & bring a dish to share)
Enjoy Summer Food and Summer Fun! All Club Members and their Guests are welcome!
It's a Summer Social Celebration!
RSVP: [email protected]
or CALL (952) 221-1701
NOTE: Roman & Vitalia will provide the hamburgers, hot dogs, and all the fixin's (including Paperware, Plasticware, Pop, and Water) - For a well-organized and more balanced Potluck Picnic Party, May we suggest the following?
- If your last name begins with A-I, please bring a dessert to share.
- If your last name begins with J-Q , please bring a salad to share.
- If your last name begins with R-Z, please bring a side dish to share.
Please join us - THANK YOU!
September Speech-a-thon Speech Contest and Fall Festival Retreat
Wednesday, September 28th - Sunday, October 2nd
September Speech-a-thon Speech Contest and Fall Festival Retreat
Wednesday, September 28th - Sunday, October 2nd
Come laugh, learn, and get inspired!
12 Fabulous Keynote Speakers compete in 3 Speech Competition Categories:
Humorous - Informative - Inspiring
Date: Saturday, October 1st
Time: 8:30am-12:30pm
Location: Sugar Lake Lodge
Grand Rapids, MN.
AND Join Us for the
Fall Festival Conference Retreat
"Good Food! Good Friends! Good Fun!"
Wed, Sept. 28th - Sun. October 2nd
For Program Details and to Register for this Amazing PowerTalk Power Club Fall Festival Conference Retreat, Please Click HERE!
Hope you can join us!
PowerTalk Punch Lines
PowerTalk Punch Lines
At the risk of offending some of you (I don't really care...there's always going to be someone offended by something) - this is funny:
A little boy was doing his math homework. He said to himself, "Two plus five, that son of a bitch is seven. Three plus six, that son of a bitch is nine."
His mother heard what he was saying and gasped, "What are you doing?"
The little boy answered, "I'm doing my math homework, Mom."
"And this is how your teacher taught you to do it?" the mother asked.
"Yes," he answered.
Infuriated, the mother asked the teacher the next day, "What are you teaching my son in math?"
The teacher replied, "Right now, we are learning addition."
The mother asked, "And are you teaching them to say two plus two, that son of a bitch is four?"
After the teacher stopped laughing, she answered, "What I taught them was, two plus two, THE SUM OF WHICH, is four!" - LOL! :-)
(sorry.....NOT.... just couldn't resist!)
-submitted by Vitalia Bryn-Pundyk, M.Ed/DTM/DPP
Another slightly risque one.... (ooh...I'm taking big chances!) :-)
A certain little girl, when asked her name, would reply, "I'm Mr. Sugarbrown's daughter."
Her mother told her this was wrong, she must say, "I'm Jane Sugarbrown."
The Vicar spoke to her in Sunday School, and said, "Aren't you Mr. Sugarbrown's daughter?"
She replied, "I thought I was, but mother says I'm not."
Awww..... come on! Funny! - LOL! :-)
- submitted by Vitalia Bryn-Pundyk, M.ED/DTM/DPP
PowerTalk Power Tips
PowerTalk Power Tips
When selling an idea, show up with a bucket, not a microphone!
- submitted by Vitalia Bryn- Pundyk, M.Ed/ DTM/DPP
There is no "sales gene"... it's a learned skill for all of us.
- submitted by Vitalia Bryn- Pundyk, M.Ed/ DTM/DPP
PowerTalk Palate
PowerTalk Palate
Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients:
• 1 large egg, room temperature, beaten
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
Directions:
• In a large bowl, mix all ingredients. Roll level tablespoons into balls. Place on an ungreased baking sheet; flatten with a fork.
• Bake at 350° for 18 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
Test Kitchen Tips
• Any peanut butter works for this recipe, but if you want to try something healthier, stick to the natural options in your local grocery store.
• Peanut butter is better for you than you think. It contains tons of protein and essential vitamins. Work peanut butter into your favorite recipes!
- submitted by Vitalia Bryn-Pundyk, M.Ed/DTM/DPP
Power Potpourri
Power Potpourri
Hey Power Pals - What's Up?
Please join our NEW PUBLIC FACEBOOK GROUP to stay current & Up to date on any and all announcements!
Also - just a quick reminder: CLUB MEMBERHIP DUES ARE DUE!
Click HERE to renew or upgrade your membership! - THANK YOU!
Please submit articles, promotions, punchlines, praise, power tips, and recipes by the 1st of the month for inclusion in next month's newsletter. We appreciate all your contributions to make this a fun and informative read! - You can submit your items to Club President and Newsletter Editor, Vitalia Pundyk at email: [email protected]
-THANK YOU!-
Call for Speakers
Call for Speakers
If any club member or visiting guest would like to get on the speaking rotation, please contact Founder and Club President, Vitalia Pundyk to reserve your spot on the meeting schedule.
Phone: (952) 221-1701
Email: [email protected]
