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, March 27, 2011

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters
Meeting Notes
for
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Toastmaster for the evening:
Brian Clinch


Opening:
Sergeant at Arms, Manuel Glaze, opened the meeting and lead the club in the Pledge of Allegiance.


President, Suzanne Harrison, read the club mission and welcomed all in attendance. She also made the following annoucement before introducing Brian Clinch as Toastmaster for the evening:

"Thank you Mike Costa, who placed 3rd in International Speech, and Manuel Glaze, who placed 2nd in Table Topics for Area 40! Brentwood Evening Toastmasters was well represented at the contest."


Word of the Day: Michael Moryc

Ebullient - bubbling over with joy, bubbling or boiling liquid

Humorist: Allan Daniels


Table Topics Master: Dasie Schulz

Table Topics Speaker #1: Skip Malone
Table Topics Speaker #2: John Richardson
Table Topics Speaker #3: Suzanne Harrison
Table Topics Speaker #4: Guest, Pam


Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1:
Emily delivered her "Ice Breaker"

Speaker #2: Manuel Glaze delivered speech #9 from the Competent Communicator manual - "Four Steps"

Speaker #3: Don Kovach delivered speech #8 from the Competent Communicator manual - "Baseball 101"



Evaluations:

General Evaluator - Susan Martin

Evaluator #1: Yolanda Poppell
Evaluator #2: Donna Brown
Evaluator #3: Geoff Lewie

Ah Counter/Grammarian ~ Jane Schreibman

Timer ~ Rachel Sumner

AWARDS

Best Table Topic Speaker - John Richardson

Best Evaluator - Yolanda Poppell

Best Speaker - Emily


The following members used the WORD OF THE DAY (Ebulliant):

Allan Daniels
Rachel Sumner
Yolanda Poppell
Janet Schreibman
Susan Martin
Emily

I hope I didn't miss anyone. Good job!

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters
Meeting Notes
for
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Toastmaster for the evening:
Michael Moryc


Opening:
Sergeant at Arms, Manuel Glaze, opened the meeting and lead the club in the Pledge of Allegiance.


VP Education, Rachel Sumner, stood in for President, Suzanne Harrison.

Word of the Day: Susan Martin

Kudos - honor, glory, or acclaim

Humorist: Yolanda Poppell


Table Topics Master: Donna Brown

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1:
Muhammad Sabir
Speaker #2: Yolanda Poppell


Evaluations:

General Evaluator - John Richardson

Evaluator #1: Manuel Glaze
Evaluator #2: Rachel Sumner

Ah Counter/Grammarian
~ Dasie Schulz

AWARDS

Best Table Topic Speaker - Don Kovach

Best Evaluator - Manuel Glaze

Best Speaker - Muhammad Sabir


The following members used the WORD OF THE DAY (Kudos):

Michael Moryc
John Richardson