B.E.T. Publications and Press Releases

To view the Press Release written and released by the B.E.T. VP of Public Relations, Michael Moryc, please click here.

To view the latest release of the club newsletter, The B.E.T. Buzz, also written and published by the B.E.T. VP of Public Relations, please click here.

January 11, 2011 - TM Meeting Notes

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters
Meeting Notes
for
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Toastmaster for the evening: Dasie Schulz

OPENING
Sergeant at Arms, Manuel Glaze, opened the meeting and lead the club in the Pledge of Allegiance.

President, Suzanne Harrison welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced the Toastmaster for the Evening, Dasie Schulz.

WORD OF THE DAY

Janet Schreibman introduced the word of the day, Synesthesia, and challenged fellow Toastmasters to use the word throughout the evening.

Synesthesia - a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color

HUMOR

Michael Moryc shared a humorous anecdote about a man who was extremely thrifty and couldn't risk the loss of $10.

TABLE TOPICS

Michael Moryc lead the club in Table Topics as Tables Topics Master for the evening, selecting three table topics speakers and challenging them as follows:

You've accidentally run over and killed the neighbor's cat. How will you tell them about the accident, or would you? - John Richardson

What habit would you like to break, and why? Susan Harrison

Who has had the most profound affect on your life? Keith McLusky

SPEECHES

Speech #1) Giving his Ice Breaker ~ Muhammad Sabir

Speech #2) Giving speech #3 from the Competent Communicator manual ~ Don Kovach

Speech #3) Giving Speech #7 from the Competent Communicator manual (Completing all 10 assignments in the CC manual) ~ Tim Stowell

Speech #4) Giviing his 8th speech, speech #10 "Inspire Your Audience" from the Competent Communicator manual - Manuel Glaze

EVALUATIONS

General Evaluator - Srimanth Brindavanam

Evaluator #1) Suzanne Harrison evaluating Muhammad Sabir

Evaluator #2) Keith Mclusky evaluating Don Kovach

Evaluator #3) Geoff Lewie evaluating Manuel Glaze

Evaluator #4) Dasie Schulz evaluating Tim Stowell

Ah Counter / Grammarian: Rachel Sumner

Timer: Autumn Kerrigan

AWARDS

Best Table Topic Speaker - Keith McLusky

Best Evaluator - 3 way Tie: Suzanne Harrison, Geoff Lewie, and Dasie Schulz

Best Speaker - Tim Stowell

The following members used the Word Of the Day, Synesthesia, at least one time during the meeting.

John Richardson
Michael Moryc

CLOSING

President Suzanne Harrison lead club members in the induction of three new club members: Geoff Lewie, Autumn Kerrigan, and Don Kovach.

Michael announced that the latest ediction of the BET Buzz had been published and urged all club members to share stories and news about what is going on in their lives and any accomplishments or adventures they have.

The club will pay the enrollment fee for any member of B.E.T. who wishes to attend Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI). The following sessions will be held on January 29th and February 10th. Please contact Suzzanne Harrison or Rachel Sumner for details or to enroll!

December 28, 2010 - TM Meeting Notes

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters
Meeting Notes
for
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Toastmaster for the evening: Manual Glaze

OPENING
Sergeant at Arms, Manuel Glaze, opened the meeting and lead the club in the Pledge of Allegiance.

President, Suzanne Harrison welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced the Toastmaster for the Evening, Manual Glaze.

WORD OF THE DAY

Brian Clinch introduced the word of the day, Garrulous, and challenged fellow Toastmasters to use the word throughout the evening.

Garrulous - rambling, chatter, babble

HUMOR

Mike Costa shared a humorous anecdote about how quickly and surprisingly children can tune into, learn, and use colorful language.

TABLE TOPICS

Suzanne Harrison lead the club in Table Topics as Tables Topics Master for the evening challenging each Table Topics speaker to share a story about food:

If you opened a restaurant what kind of food would you serve? - Yolonda

If you were to work in the food industry what job would you want to do? - Alan Daniels

If you had $1000 to spend on a meal, where would you go? - Geoff Lewie

SPEECHES
Speech #1) "Working the Room: How to Network Like a Pro" ~ John Richardson

Speech #2) "Melting Snowmen" ~ Dasie Schulz

Speech #3) "Cat Tales" ~ Cindy Kubica

EVALUATIONS

General Evaluator - Donna Brown

Evaluator #1) Rachel Sumner evaluating John Richardson

Evaluator #2) Manuel Glaze evaluating Dasie Schulz

Evaluator #3) Michael Moryc evaluating Cindy Kubica

Ah Counter / Grammarian: Tim Stowell

AWARDS
Best Table Topic Speaker - Yolonda

Best Evaluator - Rachel Sumner

Best Speaker - Cindy Kubica

The following members used the Word Of the Day, Garrulous, at least one time during the meeting.

Manual Glaze
Mike Costa
Suzanne Harrison
Yolonda
John Richardson
Cindy Kubica
Donna Brown

December 14, 2010 - TM Meeting

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters
Meeting Notes
for
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Toastmaster for the evening: Susan Martin

OPENING
Sergeant at Arms, Manuel Glaze, opened the meeting and lead the club in the Pledge of Allegiance.

President, Suzanne Harrison welcomed everyone and announced the new memberships of Emiy and Autumn. She then introduced the Toastmaster of the Evening, Susan Martin

WORD OF THE DAY

Autumn Karrigan introduced the word of the day, Conflagration, and challenged fellow Toastmasters to use the word throughout the evening.

Conflagration - an extensive fire; a destructive fire

HUMOUR

Suzanne Harrison (filling in for Rachel Sumner) challenged club members with coming up with a synonym for the word synonym.

TABLE TOPICS

Lynn Blake lead the club in Table Topics as Tables Topics Master for the evening challenging each Table Topics speaker to share a story about a holiday favorite:

Favorite Holiday Traditions - Brian Clinch

Favorite Holiday Food - John Richardson

Favorite Christmas Song - Tim Stowell

SPEECHES
Speech #1) "The Toast" ~ Keith McLusky

Speech #2) "The Effective Evaluation" ~ Dasie Schulz

Speech #3) "Angels" ~ Cindy Kubica

EVALUATIONS

General Evaluator - Janet Schreibman

Evaluator #1) Mike Costa

Evaluator #2) Manuel Glaze

Evaluator #3) Skip Malone

Ah Counter / Grammarian: Emily

AWARDS
Best Table Topic Speaker - John Richmond

Best Evaluator - Skip Malone

Best Speaker - Cindy Kubica

The following members used the Word Of the Day, Conflagration, at least one time during the meeting.

Susan Martin

Janet Schriebman

John Richmond

Cindy Cubica

Tim Stowell

Mike Costa

November 30, 2010 - TM Meeting Notes

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters
Meeting Notes
for
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Toastmaster for the evening: Dasie Schulz

OPENING
Sergeant at Arms, Manuel Glaze, opened the meeting and lead the club in the Pledge of Allegiance.

President, Suzanne Harrison welcomed members and guests before introducing the Toastmaster of the Evening, Dasie Schulz

WORD OF THE DAY

Binosh introduced the word of the day.

TABLE TOPICS

Manuel Glaze lead the club in Table Topics as Tables Topics Master for the evening

SPEECHES
Speech #1) Allan Daniels

Speech #2) Keith McLusky

Speech #3) James Justus

EVALUATIONS

General Evaluator - Mike Costa

Evaluator #1) Suzanne Harrison

Evaluator #2) Rachel Sumner

Evaluator #3) Cindy Kubica

Ah Counter / Grammarian: Janet Schreibman

AWARDS
Best Table Topic Speaker - Yolanda (Guest and Visiting Toastmaster)

Best Evaluator - Cindy Kubica

Best Speaker - Keith McLusky