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.)

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

BET Meeting Notes for February 24, 2015

BET Meeting Notes
February 24, 2015

Toastmaster Dasie Schulz

Word of the day: icebound |ˈīsˌbound| adjective  completely surrounded or covered by ice

Club Business and Announcements

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters is proud to announce the induction of its three newest members.  Following a motion by Russ Vantrease, seconded by Janet Schreibman, the attending club members unanimously voted to admit Ryan Martin, Diana Garcia, and Paul Sabyasashi to Toastmasters.  Congratulations!

We were pleased to have Area Governor Jayne Phillips, DTM visit our club and participate in the evening's agenda as evaluator.  She reminded us that the area-level contests will be held next Saturday, March 7, and the division contests will be held on Tuesday, March 31.  All are welcome to attend and any Toastmasters interested in participating in the Sergeant at Arms, Vote Counter, or other roles are strongly encouraged to contact club leadership for more information.

Finally, the idea was floated (although no formal motion made) that the agenda for our 5th-Tuesday meeting on March 31 be replaced with attending the division-level speech contests, which will be held in Brentwood not far from our usual meeting venue, possibly followed by dinner at a Brentwood-area restaurant.  Look for further discussion via the club website / email and during our upcoming meetings March 10 and 24.
 

Awards
Best Evaluation: Lynn Blake
Best Table Topics: Rachel Sumner
Best Prepared Speech: Tie!  Mike Costa and Paul Sabyasachi
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Monday, February 23, 2015

BET Meeting Notes for February 10, 2015

BET Meeting Notes
February 10, 2015

Competition Chair Chris Meador
Chief Judge Irma Perry

In lieu of our traditional meeting format, BET held two club-level speech contests.  I am pleased to share the results of the contests here on our club blog:

Congratulations to Russ Vantrease on winning the club-level Table Topics Contest!
Congratulations to Mark Brown on winning the club-level International Speech Contest!

Winners of the club-level contests go on to compete in area-, division-, and district-level contests.  You are welcome to attend these future contests and support our club!
  • The area contests will be held March 7, 2015 at Parallon Business Solutions at 2:00 pm.
  • The division contests will be held March 31, 2015 at HCA Physician Service Center at 6:30 pm.
For more information about Toastmasters Speech Contests, please visit the TMI website: https://www.toastmasters.org/Leadership-Central/Speech-Contests
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