Brentwood
Evening Toastmasters
Tuesday,
September 11, 2012
Toastmaster
for the evening – Manuel Glaze
Opening:
Alex Ketterbaugh opened the meeting and led attendees in the
Pledge of Allegiance, then turned the gavel over to BET President Rachel
Sumner.
Club News:
After introducing guests, Rachel announced that The Fall
Conference will be held at
the Holiday Inn Nashville Airport on October 19th and 20th. You can make
overnight reservations by calling the hotel directly and asking for the Toastmasters
rate of $89 per night at 615-883-9770, or by booking online at:
Program registration and a tentative
agenda is now available for the conference on the district website at: http://d63toastmasters.com/events/district-63-conferences/
This year two very distinguished guests are joining
us for our conference: International President-elect, John Lau DTM, and Keynote speaker, Lance Miller. There will also be breakout and
educational sessions for your enjoyment. More information about these sessions
will be available in the near future. Members may
attend portions or the entirety of the conference. District 63 will have
the Basket Challenge, Silent Auction and the District 63 Toastmaster
Store.
Mike Costa announced that BET dues
are approaching and will be $48 for six-months or the club will offer a special
rate for year-long dues at $84.
Word of the Day: Andrew Payne – germinal:
adj., being in the earliest stage of development
Humorist: Dan
Michaels told about his hotel experiences when traveling on the road for work.
Table Topics: Allan
Daniels
Speaker #1: Steve
Ketterbaugh – “Tell Us About a Significant Event in Your Life that You Remember
and Where You Were at the Time It Happened” (qualified)
Speaker #2: Keith
McLusky -- “Give Us Your Perspective of the Space Program and Neil Armstrong
Walking on the Moon, Based Upon Where You Were When It Happened” 2:14
Speaker #3: Mike
Costa -- “Tell Us About Someone Whom You Think of as a Brave Individual and
Why” 1:57
Prepared Speeches:
Speaker #1 Tim Diehl – CC
#6 Vocal Variety: “5-7 min. (6:51)
Speaker #2 Miranda Darby –
CC #3 Get to the Point: “What is Your Inspiration to Motivation?” 5-7 min (6:44)
Speaker #3: Irma Perry – CC #5 Your Body Speaks: “Philosophy
from the Institute of HT” 10-12 min. (11:58)
Speaker #4: Don Kovach – AC Speeches by Management: 5-7 min. (7:43) “Positive Change”
General Evaluator: Jessica Hernandez
Evaluator #1: Janet Schreibman 3:10
Evaluator #2: Russ Vantrease 2:33
Evaluator #3: Dasie Schulz 2:55
Evaluator #4: Srimath Brindavanam 2:33
Timer: Rachel Sumner
Grammarian/Ah Counter: Chris Meador
Vote Counter: Pankja
Soni
Word of the Day Users: Miranda Darby, Don Kovach, Janet Schreibman, Dasie
Schulz, Sri Brindavanam, Irma Perry, Allan Daniels
Awards:
Table Topics: Steve
Ketterbaugh
Evaluator: Janet
Schreibman
Speaker: Tim
Diehl
