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, December 29, 2020

 

BET Meeting Minutes

December 08, 2020

Presiding Officer:

Skip Malone

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Skip Malone

Toastmaster: Mike Costa

 Word of the Day: Emily Thompson

benevolence n. - the quality of being well meaning; kindness

Humorist:  Shyam Nagarajan

 

Table Topics: Janet Schreibman

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  Becky Lamb  - 1:55

2) Shyam Nagarajan - 1:58

3) Emily Thompson - 2:12

4) Susan Martin - 1:33

 

Speaker(s):

1) Leslie Grissim (requested 5-7) - 7:36

 General Evaluator: LouAnn Clark

Evaluator(s):

1) Skip Malone - 3:24

 

Timer: Susan Martin

Ah Counter/Grammarian: Emily Thompson

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

 

Club Business:

  • Meeting 11/24/20 minutes approved
  • Members can go to TI website before Dec. 31 and select "choose a path" for free access to an additional pathway
  • TLI training will be on Saturday, Dec. 12 from 9am - 1p
  • Club will not meet on Dec. 22 due to Christmas holiday but will resume on Dec. 29 with a table topics focus

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

 

BET Meeting Minutes

November 24, 2020

Presiding Officer:

Susan Martin

 Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Susan Martin

Toastmaster:   Susan Martin

 

Word of the Day: Shyam Nagarajan

slapdash adj. - to do something hurriedly or carelessly; haphazard

 

Humorist:  Becky Lamb

 

Table Topics: Emily Thompson

Table Topic Speakers:

1) Janet Schreibman - 2:10

2) Susan Martin - 1:18

3) Becky Lamb  - 1:36

4) LouAnn Clark - 1:53

5) Shyam Nagarajan - 1:13

6) Mike Costa - 1:15

  

Speaker(s):

1) Darryl Pace (requested  8-10) - 10:05

 

General Evaluator: Janet Schreibman

Evaluator(s):

1) Mike Costa - 3:04

 

Timer: Leslie Grissim

Ah Counter/Grammarian: LouAnn Clark

Word Users: Susan, Janet, Emily

 

Club Business:

*  Meeting 11/10/20 minutes approved

*  Members can go to TI website before Dec. 31 and select "choose a path" for free access to an additional pathway

 

*  Guests:  Lavanya Nalluri, Dan Kalau