Brentwood Evening Toastmasters (BET)

Meetings are from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Tuesdays of each month.


@

Forest Hills United Methodist Church at 1250 Old Hickory Blvd in Brentwood, TN.

(BET is not affiliated with the church and is open to any and all individuals interested in self-improvement and effective communication. Through the open generosity of the church BET is able to hold meetings in one of its classrooms.)

Sunday, September 19, 2010

September 14, 2010 - Meeting Notes

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters
Meeting Notes
for
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Toastmaster for the evening: Sri Brindavanam

OPENING

President Suzanne Harrison called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and lead the club in the Pledge of Allegiance before read the club mission statement to those in attendance.

Welcomed Guests included: Sid, Beverly, and Vicki.

Suzanne welcomed our guests and lead the members of BET in inducting new member, Janet Schreibman.

Announcements included the 1st and 2nd place winners for the Area 40 Contest that was held on Saturday, September 11th.

Humorous Speech Contest:
1st Place - Lourdes Thomas (Nissan)
2nd Place - Gary Karg (B.E.T.)

Evaluator Contest:
1st Place - Lynn Black (Nissan)
2nd Place - Susan Martin (B.E.T).

Srimanth (Sri) took his place before the group as Toastmaster for the evening.


WORD OF THE DAY

Suzann Harrison introduced "Fulsome" as the word of the day.

Fulsome: effusive, lavish, abundant.

HUMORIST

Mike Costa introduced some humor into the meeting by sharing a couple of short anecdotes: "Common sense is not always so common" and "Compliments of McDonalds."


TABLE TOPICS

Michael Moryc challenged fellow toastmasters during the impromptu speaking portion of the evening by presenting them with a scenario and asking them to respond.

Mike Costa had to tell the club about a bumper sticker he had on his car or would consider putting on his car and why.

Rachel Sumner had to tell the club about a celebrity encounter.

Skip Malone had to tell the club why he had decided to purchase a house in the middle of a swamp.

Dasie Schulz had to tell the club about her life as a mirror.


SPEECHES

Speech #1: James Justice - Why Me?
Speech #2: Janet Schreibman - Ice Breaker
Speech #3: Donna Brown - A New Journey
Speech #4: Manuel Glaze - A Thought Starter About Autism


EVALUATIONS

Evaluator #1: Dasie Schulz evaluating James Justice
Evaluator #2: Susan Martin evaluating Janet Schreibman
Evaluator #3: Skip Malone evaluating Donna Brown
Evaluator #4: Michael Moryc evaluating Manuel Glaze


AWARDS

Best Table Topic Speakers: Rachel Sumner
Best Evaluator: Michael Moryc
Best Speaker: Janet Schreibman


USE OF WORD OF THE DAY (WOD)

Once again members of BET made a terrific effort to use the WOD. Excellent work!! Those who worked the word into the meeting included:

Sri Brindavanam
James Justice
Janet Schreibman
Donna Brown
Manuel Glaze
Allan Daniels
Susan Martin
Sid - One of our guests used the WOD! Way to go!

Good job everyone!!

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