Brentwood
Evening Toastmasters
Meeting
Notes
Tuesday,
December 10, 2013
Toastmaster
for the evening – Mike Costa
Opening:
Chris Meador opened the
meeting and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance, then turned
the gavel over to BET President Mark Bayless.
Club News:
President Mark Bayless
announced that BET will induct two new members at our first 2014
meeting on January 14.
We are making good
progress on individual goals. Congratulations to Pankaj Soni who
achieved his Competent Communicator designation this evening with his
10th prepared speech!
Toastmaster:
Mike Costa
Word of the Day:
evocative – adjective
bringing strong images,
memories, or feelings to mind
Humorist: Chris
Meador told a joke about a polar bear.
Table Topic Master:
Marc Smith gave
Table Topics related to the Iron Bowl game.
TT
Speaker #1: Mark Bayless spoke to the place kicker before the final
play. (2:29)
TT
Speaker #2: Russ Vantrease spoke to the losing team, Alabama. (2:29)
TT
Speaker #3: Allan Daniels spoke to the winning team, Auburn. (1:27)
Prepared Speeches:
Speaker #1: Lysa Rigo,
“Beat the Blues” (10:15)
Speaker #2: Pankaj
Soni, “A Winning Attitude” (10:22)
Speaker #3: Skip
Malone, “School Stories” (8:23)
Speech Evaluations:
General Evaluator: Maia
Ketterbaugh
Evaluator #1: Allan
Daniels (3:22)
Evaluator #2: Russ
Vantrease (3:30)
Evaluator #3: Krishna
Rao (1:29)
Timer: Mark Bayless
Grammarian: Susan
Martin
Ah Counter: Bill Martin
Vote Counter: Steve
Ketterbaugh
Awards:
Best Table Topic: Russ
Vantrease
Best Evaluator: Russ
Vantrease
Best Speaker: Lysa Rigo
Word of the day users:
Chris, Allan, Maia
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