Brentwood
Evening Toastmasters
Tuesday
June 25, 2013
Toastmaster
for the evening – Ani Osborne
Opening:
BET president Rachel Sumner opened the meeting and led attendees
in the Pledge of Allegiance, then welcomed our guests.
Club News:
Rachel expressed her appreciation to
officers and club members for their hard work this past year and all they have
done to support the club during her term in office as president.
Allan Daniels then inducted the
following new officers for the 2013-2014 year:
President: Mark Bayless
VP of Education: Pankaj
Soni
VP of Membership: Ani
Osborne
VP of PR: Janet
Schreibman
Treasurer: Mike
Costa
Secretary: Chris
Meador
Sergeant at Arms: Richard Naslund
Word of
the Day: Michael Moryc -- permeate
Humorist:
none
Table Topics: Richard Naslund
Speaker #1: Mark Bayless – “Tell us about your
favorite summer place as a kid and why it is so memorable?” 1:30
Speaker #2: Lysa Rigo – “What’s your favorite treat from
the ice cream truck or ice store and when?” 1:30
Speaker #3: Krishna Rao –
“When you think of summer, what food do you think about and why?” 1:30
Prepared Speeches:
Speaker #1: Russ Vantrease
– CC #10 Inspire Your Audience; “Time Marches On” 8-10 min. (9:36)
Speaker #2: Mike Costa --
#1 The Successful Club Series, Moments of Truth educational speech 30-35 min.
General Evaluator: Tim Diehl
Evaluator #1: Allan Daniels
Evaluator #2: no evaluator
Timer: Chris Meador
Grammarian/Ah Counter: Ryan Osborne
Vote Counter: Andrew
Payne
Word of the Day Users: Allan Daniels
Awards:
Table Topics: Lysa Rigo
Evaluator: Allan Daniels
Speaker: Russ Vantrease
Moments of Truth – Results:
·
had new guest insight as member of group
·
most discover BET online; web resources gave
comprehensive information about club
·
40% of toastmaster members don’t stay; but not
so at BET
·
We do invite guests to share their thoughts and
invite them to join
·
Might need bigger sign out front
·
Need to be sure and intro guests to entire
membership at meetings
Membership Orientation:
·
BET provides manual electronically now; do
formal member inductions into club; present first speech ribbons
·
BET does assign a mentor if new member desires
·
BET does educational sessions periodically
throughout year – however we don’t display chart
·
Members are free to go to Easy-Speak website and
self-assign roles when you want to speak; Easy-Speak works well for us
·
Good opportunities for members to participate in
various ways; good turnover mix of officers
Fellowship, Variety and Communications
·
Do good job of greeting guests warmly
·
Enjoy very diverse membership, speech topics
·
Need to improve frequency of social events – planned
and impromptu
·
Do a good job in participating in area, district
and international events…but could do better
Program Planning and Meeting Organization
·
For special meetings or events, good to post it
on website
·
For creative table topics, maybe we should have
occasional evaluations to help coach on impromptu speaking
·
We give positive evaluations but sometimes it is
so tactful it lacks true meat
Membership Strength
·
Yes, have 41 members currently
·
Many long-time members mixed with strong, diverse
group of new members
Achievement Recognition
·
#2 – don’t display charts; not sure it is
purposeful
·
Need to educate membership more about Easy-Speak
and how it keeps track of your goals
·
#6 – officers use it but need to educate
membership in this area
