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.)

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

BET Meeting Notes for February 25, 2014

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters
Meeting Notes
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Toastmaster for the evening – Pankaj Soni


Opening:
Chris Meador opened the meeting and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance, then turned the gavel over to BET President Mark Bayless.

Club News:
The District 63 Spring Conference will be held April 4-6 in Nashville. Please visit http://d63toastmasters.com/ for the agenda and information about tickets.

Dues are coming due! Membership dues are posted semiannually in March and September, and the spring deadline is March 31. BET members who renew for 12 months instead of 6 months will have a portion of their dues waived.

Next meeting we will have a guest speaker, Elizabeth Lindsay, who will be explaining the upcoming changes to the Toastmasters Educational Program. For more details, please visit http://www.toastmasters.org/eduprogram.

Toastmaster: Pankaj Soni introduced the theme of the meeting, procrastination.

Wordmaster: Susan Martin
Word of the Day: brevity |ˈbrevitē| noun concise and exact use of words in writing or speech.

Humorist: Krishna Rao told a joke about the Husband Store.

Table Topic Master: Janet Schreibman
TT Speaker #1: Lysa Rigo described her methods of procrastination. (1:36)
TT Speaker #2: Jaylyn Bergner shared a story about a procrastinator she knows. (1:38)
TT Speaker #3: Bill Martin speculated on the nature vs. nurture of procrastination. (1:03)

Prepared Speeches:
Speaker #1: Ravi Aradhyula, “Informal Sports” (7:03)
Speaker #2: Krishna Rao, “An Introduction to Business Strategy” (9:38)
Speaker #3: Ani Osborne, “Bigotry and Facebook” (10:24)

Speech Evaluations:
General Evaluator: Dasie Schulz
Evaluator #1: Mike Costa (2:55)
Evaluator #2: Rajiv Gupta (3:32)
Evaluator #3: Rachel Sumner (3:23)
Timer: Ryan Osborne
Vote Counter: Jaylyn Bergner
Grammarian / Ah Counter: Janet Schreibman

Awards:
Best Table Topic: Lysa Rigo
Best Evaluator: Rachel Sumner
Best Speaker: Ani Osborne
Word of the day users: Janet, Lysa, Ryan, Ravi, Rajiv

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