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, September 29, 2020

 

BET Meeting Minutes

September 22, 2020

Presiding Officer:

Skip Malone

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Skip Malone

Toastmaster:   Emily Thompson -- Theme: Fall

Word of the Day: Becky Lamb

anodyne, adj. -- intended to avoid offense; lessening or relieving pain

Humorist:  Susan Martin

Table Topics: Darryl Pace

  

Table Topic Speakers:

1) Mike Costa - 1:50

2) Shyam --1:01

3) Becky - 1:51

 

Speakers:

1) Leslie Grissim - Icebreaker 6:10

2) Janet Schreibman - "A Short Story" Project #3 Engaging Humor 7:11

 

General Evaluator: Shyam Nagarajan

Evaluators:

1) LouAnn Clark - 3:28

2) Skip Malone - 3:21

 

Timer: Susan Martin

Ah Counter/Grammarian: Mike Costa

Word Users: Janet, Darryl, Becky, Shyam, LouAnn, Susan, Mike

 

Club Business:

*  Officer's Meeting with all members invited on Sept. 29 @ 7pm

*  Humorous and Evaluation Speech contests TBD

Saturday, September 19, 2020

 

BET Meeting Minutes

Sept. 8, 2020

Presiding Officer

Skip Malone

Roles & Responsibilities:

Toastmaster - Darryl Pace -- Blockbusters theme

Wordmaster - Shyam Nagarajan

affable: adj. friendly, good natured

Humorist - Emily Thompson

Table Topics Master - Mike Costa

  1. Emily Thompson - 2:14

  2. Shyam Nagarajam - 1:35

  3. Leslie Grissim - :53

  4. Darryl Pace - 1:36

 

Speakers:

Speaker 1 - Bill Martin (5-7 min) - 7:42

Speaker 2 - Skip Malone (6-8 min)- 8:27 Winner

General Evaluator - Janet Schreibman

Evaluator 1 - LouAnn Clark - 2:54

Evaluator 2 - Susan Martin - 3:10

 

Timer - Susan Martin

Ah Counter/Grammarian - Shyam Nagarajan

 

Word Users: Emily, LouAnn, Susan, Darryl, Dannielle

 

Club Business:

Humorous speech and evaluation contest TBD in near future.

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

 

BET Meeting Minutes

August 25, 2020

Presiding Officer

Skip Malone

Roles & Responsibilities:

Toastmaster - Mike Costa --waffle theme

Wordmaster - Janet Schreibman

Humorist - Bill Martin

Table Topics Master - Skip Malone

  1. Leslie Grissim - 1:20  Winner

  2. LouAnn Clark - 1:20

  3. Shyam Nagarajam - 1:10

  4. Janet Schreibman - 1:35

 

Speakers:

Speaker 1 - Emily Thompson - icebreaker 5:33 Winner

Speaker 2 - Donna Brown - 8:06

General Evaluator - Darryl Pace

Evaluator 1 - Susan Martin - 3:12

Evaluator 2 - Jeff McCue - 2:27

 

Timer - Bill Martin

Ah Counter/Grammarian - Janet Schreibman 

Guests:  Bill Martin, LouAnn Clark

 

BET Meeting Minutes 

July 14, 2020

Presiding Officer

Skip Malone

Roles & Responsibilities:

Toastmaster - Mike Costa

Wordmaster - Leslie Grissim - indubitable adj. impossible to doubt, unquestionable

Humorist - Mike Costa

Table Topics Master - Emily Thompson

  1. Darryl Pace  1:11

  2. Jeff McCue 1:28

  3. Janet Schreibman 1:55

  4. Becky Lamb 1:49

 

Speakers:

Speaker 1 - Shyam Nagarajam 5.30

Speaker 2 - Susan Martin 3:21

General Evaluator - Darryl Pace

Evaluator 1 - Janet Schreibman 3:23

Evaluator 2 - Jeff McCue 2:38

 

Timer - Bill Martin

Ah Counter/Grammarian - Skip Malone

 

Guests: Alex Lawhorn, Becky Lamb, Emily Thompson, Leslie Grissim, Bill Martin