Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Toastmaster for the evening – Ann West

Opening:

Immanuel Belba-Smith called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance. He then introduced newly elected BET President Rachel Sumner who welcomed our guests.

Club News:

The meeting was held in a classroom at Forest Hills United Methodist Church on Old Hickory Blvd in Brentwood, TN.  Rachel took the lectern for the first time as President of BET.

Word of the Day:  Allan Daniels – Inchoate: being only partly in existence or operation; imperfectly formed or formulated

Humorist:  Skip Malone shared two humorous jokes with the club

Table Topics:  Chris Meador – Interview Questions

Speaker #1:   Tim Diehl – Described a defining moment or situation from his teen years that shaped him as an adult

Speaker #2:   Michael Moryc – Described how he would handle a difficult or unpleasant colleague

Speaker #3:   Miranda Darby -

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1:  Mark Bayless – Gave a descriptive, gripping speech from the Advanced Manual, Story Telling

Speaker #2:  Andrew Payne – Delivered a speech from the Competent Communicator manual and helped audience members identify points that would help members make an informed decision when shopping for their next laptop

Speaker #3:  Russ Vantrease – Completed Research Your Topic, speech assignment #7 from the  Competent Communicator manual, and provided the audience with interesting and awe-inspiring facts about the Disney theme parks while sharing humorous stories from a recent vacation to Disney with his family.

General Evaluator:  Autumn Kerrigan

Evaluator #1:  Sita Diehl

Evaluator #2:  Len Serafino

Evaluator #3:  Susan Martin

Grammarian/Ah Counter:  Dasie Schulz

Vote Counter:  Lynn Wallace

Timer:   Srimanth Brindavanam

Word of the Day Users:  Chris Meador, Allan Daniels, Susan Martin, and Autumn Kerrigan – Good job!!

Awards:

Table Topics:  Tim Diehl

Evaluator:  Len Serafino

Speaker:   Russ Vantrease