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, April 30, 2013

BET Meeting Notes for April 23, 2013



Brentwood Evening Toastmasters
Meeting Notes
Tuesday April 23, 2013
Toastmaster for the evening – Steve Ketterbaugh


Opening:
Russ Vantrease opened the meeting and led attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance, then turned the gavel over to BET President Rachel Sumner who read the mission of Toastmasters International.

Club News:
Our last Youth Leadership Program will be held on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 7 pm.  We will hold a last meeting reception/celebration and all BET members are invited to attend along with YLP participants and their parents. We encourage you to bring some simple finger food or drinks for the reception with setup beginning at 6:45p.

Fall conference will be held in Monteagle, TN during the first week in November.  Flyers are available for those interested.

Word of the Day: Rajiv Gupta – bummer: exclamation to express frustration, disappointment

Humorist:  Sud Kontaddi – story about two friends, with one needing an ambulance, but the other friend couldn’t spell the street name for the emergency assistance responder, so offered to drag her friend to Elm Street.

Table Topics:  Dasie Schulz posed questions to participants involving an usual place where they live, why they live there, and how they like it.
Speaker #1:   Ani Osborne – lives in the mouth of a volcano; 1:11
Speaker #2:   Tim Diehl – lives next to a nuclear power plant; 1:08
Speaker #3:   Rachel Sumner – lives in a hollow tree; 1:16

Prepared Speeches:
Speaker #1:  Ryan Osborne – CC #1 icebreaker; 4-6 min. (5:19)
Speaker #2:  Janet Schreibman – AC Special Occasion Speeches, The Roast; “Hot and Juicy…but not Tender” ; 8-10 min. (9:46)
Speaker #3:  Maia Ketterbaugh – CC#1 icebreaker; 4-6 min. (5:36)
Speaker #4:  Mark Bayless – educational speech; Better Speaker Series, Controlling Your Fears “Fly Information” 7-8 min. (8:59)

General Evaluator:  Don Kovach
Evaluator #1:  Sita Diehl  2:55
Evaluator #2:  Mike Costa 3:46
Evaluator #3:  Irma Perry 2:26
Evaluator #4:  Allan Daniels (written)

Timer:   Andrew Payne

Grammarian/Ah Counter:  Lysa Rigo
Vote Counter:  Pankaj Soni

Word of the Day Users:  Maia Ketterbaugh, Mark Bayless, Don Kovach (2x), Sita Diehl, Mike Costa, Irma Perry

Awards:
Table Topics:  Rachel Sumner
Evaluator:  Sita Diehl
Speaker:  Ryan Osborne
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