Brentwood
Evening Toastmasters
Meeting
Notes
Tuesday,
August 27, 2013
Toastmaster
for the evening – Marc Smith
Opening:
Rachel Sumner opened
the meeting in our usual meeting space, the Good News classroom of
Forest Hills UMC, and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Club News:
Immediate Past
President Rachel Sumner acted as presiding officer since other
officers were attending TLI leadership training across town at
Caterpillar International.
Congratulations to Don
Kovach on achieving his Advanced Communicator Silver! Rachel
presented Don with his new name tag bearing this designation.
Our next meeting will
not be our conventional meeting format. There is a Humorist Speech
Contest on September 10, as well as an Evaluation Contest. Also,
following our meeting is an informal get-together at Chili's. Guests
are still welcome to join us for the meeting as well as dinner
afterward!
Dues are due! Mike
Costa is collecting dues – 6 months for $48 or 12 months for $84.
Please pay your dues before the end of September.
Toastmaster:
Marc Smith
Word of the Day:
Practicable |ˈpraktikəbəl| adj.1. able to be done or
put into practice successfully 2. able to be used; useful
Table Topics Master:
Ryan Osborne
Speaker #1: Nancy
Morran told us about her new recording studio and coaching business.
(1:57)
Speaker #2: Lysa Rigo
imagined her life as a reluctant puppy matchmaker. (1:16)
Prepared Speeches:
Speaker #1: Don Kovach
inspired us with a speech about WINNING! (8:48)
Speaker #2: Chris
Meador took us down the Duck River in Lolla-Canoe-Za. (6:52)
Speaker #3: Steve
Ketterbaugh shared with us three stories about meeting people. (6:56)
Speaker #4: Krishna Rau
taught us about being an effective facilitator. (10:17)
Speech Evaluations:
General Evaluator: Mike
Costa
Evaluator #1: Susan
Martin (3:10)
Evaluator #2: Lysa Rigo
(3:12)
Evaluator #3: Michael
Moryc (3:01)
Evaluator #4: Skip
Malone (3:33)
Timer: Maia Ketterbaugh
Grammarian / Ah
Counter: Rachel Sumner
Awards:
Best Table Topics:
Nancy Morran
Best Evaluator: Michael
Moryc
Best Speaker: Chris
Meador
Word of the Day Users:
Susan Martin
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