BET Meeting Notes for December 10, 2013

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 10^th 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

BET Meeting Notes for November 12, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Toastmaster for the evening – Mark Bayless

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 reminded us that everyone is invited to get together after the meeting at Chili's for an informal going away party for Andrew Payne who is moving to Minnesota.

Toastmaster: Mark Bayless announced the theme of tonight's meeting, “memorable song lyrics.”

Wordmaster: Mark Brown

Word of the Day: adept adjective |əˈdept| very skilled or proficient at something: he is adept at cutting through red tape | an adept negotiator. noun |ˈadept, əˈdept| a person who is skilled or proficient at something: they are adepts at kung fu and karate.

Humorist: Russ Vantrease recounted a joke about a pesky talking duck.

Table Topic Master: Ryan Osborne

TT Speaker #1: Allan Daniels told us the difference between plexiglass and regular glass. (1:40)

TT Speaker #2: Russ Vantrease admitted that he will never understand higher math. (1:19)

TT Speaker #3: Maia Ketterbaugh explained what being a math whiz is about. (1:20)

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Krishna Rao presented the business plan for his new service. (15:21)

Speaker #2: Andrew Payne shared some information about his oil refinery. (9:07)

Speaker #3: Janet Schreibman delivered a prestigious award. (4:09)

Speech Evaluations:

General Evaluator: Irma Perry

Evaluator #1: Mike Costa (3:57)

Evaluator #2: Dasie Schulz (2:33)

Evaluator #3: Lysa Rigo (2:59)

Timer: Jaylyn Bergner

Grammarian / Ah Counter: Susan Martin

Vote Counter: Ani Osborne

Awards:

Best Table Topic: Russ Vantrease

Best Evaluator: Dasie Schulz

Best Speaker: Andrew Payne

BET Meeting Notes for October 29, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Toastmaster for the evening – Chris Meador

Opening:

Marc Smith opened the meeting in our usual space, the Good News classroom of Forest Hills UMC, and led attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance. He then turned the gavel over to BET president Mark Bayless who read the mission of Toastmasters International.

Club News: The next meetings are Nov. 12 and 26. The club is planning a going away party for Andrew Payne after the meeting on Nov. 12 at Chili’s. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

The District 63 fall conference will be held in Monteagle on Nov. 1 and 2. A motion was approved to contribute $20 to support the hospitality suite at the conference. Irma, Dasie and Janet plan to attend.

Since this meeting is held on the fifth of the month, it will depart from our typical agenda and instead serve as a speech contest.

Toastmaster: Chris Meador announced the spooky theme for tonight is “Halloween”.

Word of the day: Irma Perry -- Black cat

Prepared Speeches:

Spooker #1: Mark Bayless -- Specialty Speeches #4 “Read Out Loud” ; Travels With Charley12-15 min. 14:50 (qualified)

Spooker #2: Janet Schreibman Humorous Speaking #3 My Former Halloween Haunts” 6-8 min.

Spooker #3:  Rachel Sumner “About Halloween in the 1960s”; 5-7 min. (qualified)

Spooker #4:  Marc Smith “Opportunity to Shine” 2-3 min. (qualified)

General Evaluator:  Rachel Sumner

Evaluator #1:  Dasie Schulz

Evaluator #2:  Susan Martin - qualified

Evaluator #3:  Tim Diehl - qualified

Evaluator #4:  Irma Perry - qualified

Timer:   Mark Brown

Vote Counter:  Mark Brown

Word of the Day Users:  Rachel Sumner

Awards:

Evaluator: Susan Martin

Speaker:  Marc Smith

BET Meeting Notes for October 22, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Toastmaster for the evening – Steve Ketterbaugh

Opening:

Chris Meador opened the meeting in our usual meeting space, the Good News classroom of Forest Hills UMC, and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Club News:

Club President Mark Bayless welcomed the attendees and conducted opening club business.

Congratulations to Russ Vantrease on his achievement of Competent Communicator in Toastmasters, and to Dasie Schulz on completing her doctoral degree.

There is a District 63 Fall Conference in Monteagle on November 1-2. See www.d63toastmasters.com for details.

Next week is a 5^th Tuesday meeting, so we will not follow our usual agenda. We will forego the Table Topics and have a Speech-a-Thon, so please login to Easy-Speak.org and sign up for a role!

Toastmaster: Steve Ketterbaugh set a theme for the evening of good health and your heart.

Humorist: Allan Daniels shared a joke about a robotic lie detector.

Wordmaster: Irma Perry

Word of the Day: heart noun the central or innermost part of something; one's mood or feeling; courage or enthusiasm

Table Topics Master: Russ Vantrease

Speaker #1: Rachel Sumner told us that her favorite article of clothing is her blanket. (1:38)

Speaker #2: Skip Malone expressed his desire to make the world a better place to live. (2:10)

Speaker #3: Ryan Osborne is attending a Halloween party as a tree – forever. (1:33)

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Mark Bayless showed us everything you need for fitness in a shoebox. (11:24)

Speaker #2: Maya Ketterbaugh informed us about tea, the divine herb. (7:40)

Speaker #3: Allan Daniels gave an impromptu speech with and without visual aids. (8:13)

Speaker #4: Skip Malone speculated that Judge Judy must be a Toastmaster. (7:17)

Speech Evaluations:

General Evaluator: Richard Naslund

Evaluator #1: Don Kovach (3:36)

Evaluator #2: Ani Osborne (3:12)

Evaluator #3: Dasie Schulz (2:39)

Evaluator #4: Richard invited members of the audience to provide feedback on Skip's speech.

Timer / Vote Counter: Janet Schreibman

Grammarian / Ah Counter: Ryan Osborne

Awards:

Best Table Topics: Ryan Osborne

Best Evaluator: Dasie Schulz

Best Speaker: Skip Malone

BET Meeting Notes for October 8, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Toastmaster for the evening – Lysa Rigo

Opening:

Ryan Osborne opened the meeting in our usual meeting space, the Good News classroom of Forest Hills UMC, and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Club News:

Immediate Past President Rachel Sumner welcomed the attendees and conducted opening club business.

This week is fall break for Metro schools, and so the meeting had a little lighter turnout than usual, but we had FOUR guests!

Toastmaster: Lysa Rigo chose a theme for our meeting – “F words”

Humorist: Mike Costa

Wordmaster: Chris Meador

Word of the Day: perambulate |pəˈrambyəˌlāt| verb

[ no obj. ] walk or travel through or around a place or area, esp. for pleasure and in a leisurely way: he grew weary of perambulating over rough countryside in bad weather | [ with obj. ] : she perambulated the square.

Table Topics Master: Ani Osborne posed a series of Table Topics building up to her speech.

Speaker #1: Krishna Rao encouraged highly intelligent people to pursue difficult work. (1:13)

Speaker #2: Chris Meador described why employees may choose to leave their jobs. (1:35)

Speaker #3: Lysa Rigo speculated about the results of teacher evaluation and merit pay. (1:23)

Speaker #4: Rachel Sumner questioned the motivation of “do your best.” (1:45)

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Ani Osborne exposed management misconceptions of employee motivation. (8:30)

Speaker #2: Susan Martin - “Let Me Tell You a Story” (7:20)

Speaker #3: Pankaj Soni - “The State of the Meeting” (7:44)

Speech Evaluations:

General Evaluator: Krishna Rao

Evaluator #1: Mike Costa (3:08)

Evaluator #2: Chris Meador (3:16)

Evaluator #3: Susan Martin (3:01)

Timer / Vote Counter: Ryan Osborne

Grammarian / Ah Counter: Georgie (our guest!)

Awards:

Best Table Topics: Chris Meador

Best Evaluator: Mike Costa

Best Speaker: Pankaj Soni

Word of the Day Users: Mike, Pankaj, Krishna, Rachel, Lysa