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, July 23, 2013

BET Meeting Notes for July 23, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters
Meeting Notes
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Toastmaster for the evening – Tim Diehl


Opening:
Chris Meador opened the meeting in our temporary meeting space, then turned the gavel over to BET President Mark Bayless.

Club News:
The Toastmasters International Annual Business Meeting will be held August 24th in Cincinnati, Ohio. All clubs are invited to vote for international officers and directors to the 2013-14 Board of Directors, as well as proposed amendments to the constitution & bylaws. If no delegate from our club will be attending, we can either designate any particular active member to act as our proxy, or our district 63 governor Kristi Coleman (or the next senior district officer in attendance).

Guests: Quentin, Paula

Toastmaster: Tim Diehl

Word of the Day: Rajiv Gupta - brevity |ˈbrevitē| noun concise and exact use of words in writing or speech.

Humorist: Janet Schreibman shared a story about a job interview.

Table Topics: Rachel Sumner invited us to tell about something we carry in our pockets.
Speaker #1: Rajiv Gupta told us about the process of acquiring private healthcare coverage.
Speaker #2: Skip Malone shared his medicare card, voter registration, and alumni association card.
Speaker #3: Michael Moryc showed us his challenge coin from the Vietnam war era.
Speaker #4: Janet Schreibman extolled the virtues of holding a library card.

Prepared Speeches:
Speaker #1: Lysa Rigo walked us through the Myers-Briggs personality types.
Speaker #2: Maia Ketterbaugh told us about her “date with history” in a recent trip to San Francisco.
Speaker #3: Mike Costa delivered an impromptu speech based on the Table Topics prompt.

Speech Evaluations:
General Evaluator: Steve Ketterbaugh
Evaluator #1: Dasie Schulz
Evaluator #2: Susan Martin
Evaluator #3: Russ Vantrease
Timer: Andrew Payne
Grammarian: Michael Moryc
Ah Counter: Mike Costa

Awards:
Best Table Topics: Michael Moryc
Best Evaluator: Susan Martin
Best Speaker: Lysa Rigo

Word of the Day Users: Michael Moryc, Janet Schreibman, Lysa Rigo, Tim Diehl, Susan Martin, Rachel Sumner
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