December 20, 2012.
We had a phenomenal turn out for our last meeting of 2012. Sumit Arora served as both the Toastmaster of the Evening and Table Topics Master, thank you Sumit you did a great job!
Folks...the gloves came off as the "gift exchange" White Elephant (or more appropriately named Dirty Santa) was kicked off.
Each member picked a number from a box (determined by the number of members attending) Christy Gardner started the ball rolling by choosing the first gift and telling a tall tale about the gift she had just chosen..who would have suspected Christy's cat was a Starbucks coffee fan?
Tale after tale followed each gift opened and each tale was taller than the next. One gift after another became fair game for the next member to "steel"...and steel they did. From the gourmet chocolate and Starbucks gift cards to the giant can of Virginia peanuts to a harmonica. It was a sight to behold and an evening full of fun and laughter!
As all good things must come to end, so did our last meeting of the year.We are looking forward to a fantastic 2013 for Oyster Point Toastmasters!
Wishing everyone a Happy Holiday and Best Wishes for a safe and prosperous New Year!
Warmest Regards!
Barbara Basabilbaso
Friday, December 21, 2012
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Put on your own shoes!
Phillip Sweat SAA called our December 6, 2012 meeting to order. After the pledge, Charlene Salter Gilbert the Toastmaster of the evening welcomed members and guests. Charlene touched on December 6th being Saint Nicholas’s Day and the significance of this date. We learned from Charlene that December 6th was also considered “Put on your own shoes day” which Charlene introduced as the theme of the evening, since we all have to be in and stand in our shoes when speaking to a room full of people, Charlene felt it was a great theme for this meeting, great idea Charlene!
Zach Fauver was the first speaker, presenting his 4th project from the Competent Communicators manual “How to Say it”. Following Zach was Arnelia Hancock and Stephen Franco both presenting their 1st project from the Competent Communicator manual the always exciting “Ice Breaker” speech.
Pulling triple duty as the Table Topics Master, General Evaluator and Ballot counter for the evening (great job Christy) Christy introduced the Table Topic of the evening, Holiday theme and started it off with the 'Elf on the Shelf" question.
General Evaluator Christy Gardner led the evaluation team to give speech evaluations and reports. The meeting was brought to a close after brief announcements and ribbon awards.
Ribbon Winners:
Best Table Topics: Barbara Basabilbaso
Best Evaluator:Its a tie...Phillip Sweat and Rick Boyer
Best Speaker: Stephen Franco
Important Announcements:
• Gift for Jade: If anyone still wants to contribute to the gift for Jade, please let Janet know by next week. She'll be purchasing the gift card on Monday Dec. 18.
• Holiday party: Remember to bring your $10 white elephant present, wrapped and ready to exchange on December 20.
• Early next year, we'll be hosting our club level International Speech and Table Topics Competitions. Start preparing early! See Christy for more details.
• If you'd like to present at the 2013 International Conference next summer, you have to apply on the Toastmasters website by January 14. The website to apply is www.toastmasters.org/CallForPresenters
• Gift for Jade: If anyone still wants to contribute to the gift for Jade, please let Janet know by next week. She'll be purchasing the gift card on Monday Dec. 18.
• Holiday party: Remember to bring your $10 white elephant present, wrapped and ready to exchange on December 20.
• Early next year, we'll be hosting our club level International Speech and Table Topics Competitions. Start preparing early! See Christy for more details.
• If you'd like to present at the 2013 International Conference next summer, you have to apply on the Toastmasters website by January 14. The website to apply is www.toastmasters.org/CallForPresenters
Next scheduled meeting; December 20, 2012.
Friday, November 30, 2012
What a Great Evaluation Workshop!
Last night, Danita Fox led a 5th Thursday Special Event on Evaluations, and what a great workshop it was!
We started with a fun activity in which we broke up into teams of three. One person had to describe an image, the artist had to draw what described, and the third person observed how well the team spoke, listened, and acted. It was a perfect analogy for the public speaking in which the speaker talks and the audience listens, interprets, and acts. The observer was like our Toastmasters evaluators, trying to pick out how and why the communication worked or didn't.
Danita pointed out that evaluations are most effective when we compare someone's performance to a standard or model. For example, at toastmasters, the standard is to communicate effectively and meet the objectives in our manuals. An evaluator should compare the speaker's performance to how well they've met these objectives. If you're evaluating an employee, you would compare their performance to their job description and work plan. Those are the models that describe how the individual should perform. The evaluator tries to help the individual learn how well they meet these objectives and suggestions for how they can improve to better meet their objectives next time.
Danita suggested we think about evaluations in this outline:
We had the opportunity to try out her suggestions during Lauren White's speech Abraham Lincoln. In the end, Danita reminded us that evaluations are meant to help our speakers, employees, and others improve and grow. She suggested these:
We started with a fun activity in which we broke up into teams of three. One person had to describe an image, the artist had to draw what described, and the third person observed how well the team spoke, listened, and acted. It was a perfect analogy for the public speaking in which the speaker talks and the audience listens, interprets, and acts. The observer was like our Toastmasters evaluators, trying to pick out how and why the communication worked or didn't.
Danita pointed out that evaluations are most effective when we compare someone's performance to a standard or model. For example, at toastmasters, the standard is to communicate effectively and meet the objectives in our manuals. An evaluator should compare the speaker's performance to how well they've met these objectives. If you're evaluating an employee, you would compare their performance to their job description and work plan. Those are the models that describe how the individual should perform. The evaluator tries to help the individual learn how well they meet these objectives and suggestions for how they can improve to better meet their objectives next time.
Danita suggested we think about evaluations in this outline:
- Introduction
- Praise, things the individual generally did well
- Specific comments about the individual's objectives
- Points for improvement
- Acknowledge the speakers potential and encourage their continued effort
We had the opportunity to try out her suggestions during Lauren White's speech Abraham Lincoln. In the end, Danita reminded us that evaluations are meant to help our speakers, employees, and others improve and grow. She suggested these:
Eight Behaviors of Effective Evaluators
- Know the objectives to which you're comparing the individual's performance
- Listen and observe
- Personalize your language (Use "I" as you describe your opinions.)
- Acknowledge and praise actions that met objectives
- Give suggestions for improvement of actions that did not match up
- Evaluate performance of speeches, not their content
- Inspire the the individual to continue their effort by stating their potential
- Stay on task; remember, evaluations are about your speaker or employee... not about you!
Thanks to everyone who came out and made this Evaluations Workshop a complete success!
End of Meeting Announcements
- We have new evaluation tools. Whether you're a scheduled evaluator or just want to practice, please remember we have evaluation forms you can use, and help us remind others that these are available.
- Christy is working on the agenda for the next 3 months. Those who were able to make it out last night saw a preview, but keep in mind, this is not yet final. She'll email the group with the final document when it's ready.
- Holiday bash and gift for Jade. The holiday bash will be Dec. 20 at Angelo's and will focus around a white elephant gift exchange game. If you can make it, bring a gender-neutral gift (approx. $10) wrapped, and be prepared for fun! We will also be giving Jade (our server) a gift card and card. If you would like to contribute, and haven't emailed me already, please do so by Monday Dec 17. I will not be at the Dec 6 meeting. Please bring your contribution to the Dec. 20 meeting.
- It's Holiday rush at Angelo's, and we get moved around. During the busy times at Angelo's there's a chance that we will get booted from the private room and moved into the main dining area. If you don't see us in the back, check the main dining area.
- Follow Oyster Point Speakers on Facebook! One of our guests last night came to our meeting because she learned about it on Facebook. If you're on Facebook, follow us to get event updates, find interesting articles about professional development, and more! We're at https://www.facebook.com/
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Meeting Summary (October 18, 2012)
Following the Pledge of Allegiance, led by SAA Phillip Sweat, Danita Fox, Toastmaster of the evening, shared a recent experience she had. She attended a meeting where the featured presenter was a Toastmaster. Although that Toastmaster was not experienced in the exact topic of the meeting, he was able to relate themes to stories for an effective speech. For Danita, it just showed how Toastmasters really does develop the professional speaking and leadership skills we set out to get with our membership.
Christy Gardner was the first, and only, speaker this evening. During her speech, Christy shed some light on the many roles that our Oyster Point Speakers Toastmasters Club has at each meeting. Going through each role (Ah Counter, Grammarian, Toastmaster, etc.) Christy explained not only what each role does but also the skills we develop by taking on those roles.
With only one speech for the evening, we had an extended Table Topics brought to us by TopicsMaster Phillip Sweat, who had us thinking about fall and Halloween with his seasonally-themed questions.
Rick Boyer evaluated Christy's speech, and following the rest of the evaluation team's reports, Magda Brugos gave her General Evaluator's report.
One thing Magda noted was that she really liked the extended Table Topics, which required everyone who didn't have a major speaking role to become an active participant. Danita Fox announced guests and ribbon winners.
Following the meeting, President Janet Krenn introduced Area Governor Frank Gillerlain who reminded members that our District Conference is coming up on Friday-Saturday November 2-3 in Richmond. For more information, go to www.district66.org
Janet then concluded with the following announcements:
Christy Gardner was the first, and only, speaker this evening. During her speech, Christy shed some light on the many roles that our Oyster Point Speakers Toastmasters Club has at each meeting. Going through each role (Ah Counter, Grammarian, Toastmaster, etc.) Christy explained not only what each role does but also the skills we develop by taking on those roles.
With only one speech for the evening, we had an extended Table Topics brought to us by TopicsMaster Phillip Sweat, who had us thinking about fall and Halloween with his seasonally-themed questions.
Rick Boyer evaluated Christy's speech, and following the rest of the evaluation team's reports, Magda Brugos gave her General Evaluator's report.
One thing Magda noted was that she really liked the extended Table Topics, which required everyone who didn't have a major speaking role to become an active participant. Danita Fox announced guests and ribbon winners.
Following the meeting, President Janet Krenn introduced Area Governor Frank Gillerlain who reminded members that our District Conference is coming up on Friday-Saturday November 2-3 in Richmond. For more information, go to www.district66.org
Janet then concluded with the following announcements:
- Mark your calendars! We have special events occurring at Oyster Point Speakers on the following dates: Nov 15, Nov 29, Dec 20, Jan 31. Check the Facebook page for more information: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oyster-Point-Speakers-Toastmasters-Club/149972398355228
- Assigning Meeting Roles. Oyster Point Speakers is trying a new method for assigning meeting roles. We will be assigning members roles for 3-months in advance. Those assignments will be in a table that we will distribute to all members via the list-serv. It is each member's responsibility to find their replacement if they cannot attend, and the changes will be made by each individual to the online agenda on our website: http://ops.toastmastersclubs.org/
- Role cards available in the Oyster Point Speakers Box. To help new members understand their meeting roles, we have printed table tents that names the role and responsibilities. Each member with a role during our meetings should take their role card out and display it on the table in front of them at each meeting.
- Get a receipt. Any time a member pays dues or a new member joins Oyster Point Speakers, make sure you get a receipt, regardless of whether or not you want one. This is our best way for keeping club records, and important to help us stay organized.
Ribbon winners:
Best Speaker: Christy Gardner
Best Evaluator: Rick Boyer
Best Table Topics--a tie!: Zach Fauver & Katherine Crawley
Guests in attendance:
Ruth Giles, Lindsey Santa Maria, Vonda Combs, Frank Gillerlian (Area Governor).
Members in attendance:
Magda Brugos, Phillip Sweat, Danita Fox, Rick Boyer, Christy Gardner, Arnelia Hancock, Sumit Arora, Zach Fauver, Wade Miner, Katherine Crawley, Steve Franco.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Newsletter
October 6, 2012
Members
present: Regina Gilliam, Rick Boyer, Christy Gardner, Zach Fauver, Lauren White,
Phillip Sweat, Magda Brugos, Jean Smith, Janet Krenn, Arnelia Hancock, Charlene Salter-Gilbert
Guests:
Lily Carson, Steve Franco, Sumit Aecou, Asheuosh Leiyes
Meeting was called to order by Phillip Sweat SAA; after the pledge, Janet Krenn the president came to the lectern to welcome members and guests. Afterwards, the lectern was turned over to Toastmaster of the Evening, Magda Brugos. The Toastmaster of the Evening introduced the General Evaluator Lauren White to the lectern so that she could introduce the evaluation team and have each member fulfilling that role explain what they will be doing during the meeting. Upon completion of the role explanations, Magda then introduced the speakers for the evening.
Regina Gilliam was the first speaker. Followed by Regina was Zach Fauver.
Barbara Basabilbaso was the Table Topics Master for the evening. Topic of the evening: “Telling a tale” providing each speaker with the beginning or ending of a tale and the speaker was to “fill in the gap” All participants did a phenomenal job!
General Evaluator Lauren White led the evaluation team to give speech evaluations and reports. The meeting was brought to a close after brief announcements and ribbon awards. Next meeting is October 18th.
Meeting was called to order by Phillip Sweat SAA; after the pledge, Janet Krenn the president came to the lectern to welcome members and guests. Afterwards, the lectern was turned over to Toastmaster of the Evening, Magda Brugos. The Toastmaster of the Evening introduced the General Evaluator Lauren White to the lectern so that she could introduce the evaluation team and have each member fulfilling that role explain what they will be doing during the meeting. Upon completion of the role explanations, Magda then introduced the speakers for the evening.
Regina Gilliam was the first speaker. Followed by Regina was Zach Fauver.
Barbara Basabilbaso was the Table Topics Master for the evening. Topic of the evening: “Telling a tale” providing each speaker with the beginning or ending of a tale and the speaker was to “fill in the gap” All participants did a phenomenal job!
General Evaluator Lauren White led the evaluation team to give speech evaluations and reports. The meeting was brought to a close after brief announcements and ribbon awards. Next meeting is October 18th.
Ribbon Winners:
Best Table Topics: Jean Smith
Best Evaluator: Janet Krenn
Best Speaker: Regina Gilliam
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
July 19, 2012
Members present: Rick Boyer, Danita Fox, Christy Gardner, John Harman, Tim Herrity, Nita Langford, Victor Lopez, Wade Miner, Stacey Felipe, Daniel Finch, Regina Gilliam, Charlene Salter-Gilbert, Tim Tonkovic
Meeting was called to order by SAA; after the pledge, the president came to the lectern to welcome members and guests. Stacey Felipe, Daniel Finch, Regina Gilliam, and Charlene Salter-Gilber were inducted as new members. Afterwards, the lectern was turned over to Toastmaster of the Evening, Wade Miner. The Toastmaster of the Evening introduced the General Evaluator Victor Lopez to the lectern so that he could introduce the evaluation team and have each member fulfilling that role explain what they will be doing during the meeting. Upon completion of the role explanations, Wade then introduced the three speakers for the evening.
Danita Fox was the first speaker. She spoke about rethinking how we think about first impressions. Following Danita's speech was Tim Herrity. Tim spoke about how reality TV is not good for the young viewers. The third and final speaker was Daniel Finch. Daniel completed the Ice Breaker, the first speech in the Competent Communication manual.
Tim Tonkovic was the Table Topics Master for the meeting. Tim used technology by generating questions on his IPad for the audience. There were four participants: Christy Gardner, John Harmon, Stacey Felipe, and Rick Boyer.
General Evaluator Victor Lopez led the evaluation team to give speech evaluations and reports.
The meeting was brought to a close after brief announcements and ribbon awards. Next meeting is August 2nd.
Meeting was called to order by SAA; after the pledge, the president came to the lectern to welcome members and guests. Stacey Felipe, Daniel Finch, Regina Gilliam, and Charlene Salter-Gilber were inducted as new members. Afterwards, the lectern was turned over to Toastmaster of the Evening, Wade Miner. The Toastmaster of the Evening introduced the General Evaluator Victor Lopez to the lectern so that he could introduce the evaluation team and have each member fulfilling that role explain what they will be doing during the meeting. Upon completion of the role explanations, Wade then introduced the three speakers for the evening.
Danita Fox was the first speaker. She spoke about rethinking how we think about first impressions. Following Danita's speech was Tim Herrity. Tim spoke about how reality TV is not good for the young viewers. The third and final speaker was Daniel Finch. Daniel completed the Ice Breaker, the first speech in the Competent Communication manual.
Tim Tonkovic was the Table Topics Master for the meeting. Tim used technology by generating questions on his IPad for the audience. There were four participants: Christy Gardner, John Harmon, Stacey Felipe, and Rick Boyer.
General Evaluator Victor Lopez led the evaluation team to give speech evaluations and reports.
The meeting was brought to a close after brief announcements and ribbon awards. Next meeting is August 2nd.
Ribbon Winners:
Best Table Topics: Rick Boyer
Best Evaluator: Christy Gardner
Best Speaker: Daniel Finch
Respectfully submitted,
Katherine Crawley, club secretary
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
May 31, 2012
Special 5th Thursday meeting!
Members present: Tim Herrity, Curtis Lassiter, Lauren White, Rick Boyer, Janet Krenn, Phillip Sweat, Christy Gardner, Magda Brugos, Nancy Hogg, John Harman, Katherine Crawley, Danita Fox
SAA John Harman opened meeting and turned control to President Christy Gardner. She explained what this 5th Thursday meeting is about; opportunity for club members to deliver speeches to get one more speech closer to completing either Competent Communicator or Advance level manuals. Tonight there will only be speakers and evaluators!
As Toastmaster of the Evening, Janet Krenn then had the pleasure of introducing speakers and evaluators. First speaker for the evening, Christy Gardner, spoke from an advance manual with her topic of "coaching problem employees". Lauren White and Curtis Lassiter both delivered speeches that were to persuade audience to some kind of action. Lauren motivated audience to read more and to encourage children to read more. Curtis challenged audience to choose between stocks or bonds when making financial investments.
Evaluators for the evening were John Harman, Nancy Hogg and Magda Brugos.
The meeting was concluded with Christy awarding best speaker of the evening ribbon to Lauren White and best evaluator to Magda Brugos.
Respectfully submitted
Danita Fox, club secretary
Members present: Tim Herrity, Curtis Lassiter, Lauren White, Rick Boyer, Janet Krenn, Phillip Sweat, Christy Gardner, Magda Brugos, Nancy Hogg, John Harman, Katherine Crawley, Danita Fox
SAA John Harman opened meeting and turned control to President Christy Gardner. She explained what this 5th Thursday meeting is about; opportunity for club members to deliver speeches to get one more speech closer to completing either Competent Communicator or Advance level manuals. Tonight there will only be speakers and evaluators!
As Toastmaster of the Evening, Janet Krenn then had the pleasure of introducing speakers and evaluators. First speaker for the evening, Christy Gardner, spoke from an advance manual with her topic of "coaching problem employees". Lauren White and Curtis Lassiter both delivered speeches that were to persuade audience to some kind of action. Lauren motivated audience to read more and to encourage children to read more. Curtis challenged audience to choose between stocks or bonds when making financial investments.
Evaluators for the evening were John Harman, Nancy Hogg and Magda Brugos.
The meeting was concluded with Christy awarding best speaker of the evening ribbon to Lauren White and best evaluator to Magda Brugos.
Respectfully submitted
Danita Fox, club secretary
Thursday, May 24, 2012
May 17, 2012
Members present: Barbara Basabilbasco, Magda Brugos, Charisse Carter, Danita Fox, John Harman, Charlene Gilbert, Nancy Hogg, Nita Langford, Naomi Lewis, Wade Miner, Tim Tonkovic, Lauren White, Phillip Sweat, Lester Yearwood, Kathrine Crawley
Guests: Amanda Bekolay, Ciara Lewis, Brittany Pokorny, Samuel Gilbert
John Harman, Sargent-at-Arms, opened the meeting and introduced Nancy Hogg who was standing in for absent club president Christy Gardner. Nancy announced officer elections coming up in June. She then introduced Tim Tonkovic as Toastmaster of the evening. After a brief welcome, Tim introduced the meeting's three speakers: Barbara Basabilbasco, Charlene Gilbert and Lauren White. Both Barbara and Charlene delivered their ice-breaker speeches, project number one from the Competent Communicator manual. Lauren White's speech was project number 8 towards the 10 required to complete the Competent Communicator maual, and her speech was on how to use visual aids effectively.
Katherine Crawley, as Table Topics Masters, challenged six people to speak for 1-2 minutes "off the cuff". She brought each person up, stated a quote and then asked a specific question relating to the quote for that person to speak about. Participants were: Magda Brugos, Danita Fox, Charlene Gilbert, Charisse Carter, Ciara Lewis and John Harman.
Wade Miner, General Evaluator, introduced speech evaluators and meeting improvment roles. Evaluators: Danita Fox, Nancy Hogg and John Harman, offered feedback and comments to each speaker of things done well and parts of improvement.
Nancy, standing in for Christy, closed the meeting with ribbon winners.
Respectfully submitted,
Danita Fox, club secretary
Guests: Amanda Bekolay, Ciara Lewis, Brittany Pokorny, Samuel Gilbert
John Harman, Sargent-at-Arms, opened the meeting and introduced Nancy Hogg who was standing in for absent club president Christy Gardner. Nancy announced officer elections coming up in June. She then introduced Tim Tonkovic as Toastmaster of the evening. After a brief welcome, Tim introduced the meeting's three speakers: Barbara Basabilbasco, Charlene Gilbert and Lauren White. Both Barbara and Charlene delivered their ice-breaker speeches, project number one from the Competent Communicator manual. Lauren White's speech was project number 8 towards the 10 required to complete the Competent Communicator maual, and her speech was on how to use visual aids effectively.
Katherine Crawley, as Table Topics Masters, challenged six people to speak for 1-2 minutes "off the cuff". She brought each person up, stated a quote and then asked a specific question relating to the quote for that person to speak about. Participants were: Magda Brugos, Danita Fox, Charlene Gilbert, Charisse Carter, Ciara Lewis and John Harman.
Wade Miner, General Evaluator, introduced speech evaluators and meeting improvment roles. Evaluators: Danita Fox, Nancy Hogg and John Harman, offered feedback and comments to each speaker of things done well and parts of improvement.
Nancy, standing in for Christy, closed the meeting with ribbon winners.
Ribbon Winners
Best Table Topics: Danita Fox
Best Evaluator: Danita Fox
Best Speaker: Charlene Gilbert
Respectfully submitted,
Danita Fox, club secretary
May 3, 2012
Members present: Barbara Basabilbasco, Rick Boyer, Magda Brugos, Frank Connelly, Zach Fauver, Danita Fox, Christy Gardner, John Harman, Charlene Gilbert, Janet Krenn, Nita Langford, Curtis Lassiter, Naomi Lewis, Wade Miner, Lauren White, Phillip Sweat, Lester Yearwood
Guests: (none)
Sargent-at-Arms John Harman opened the meeting and then introduced President Christy Gardner. Christy welcomed members and delivered announcement about upcoming 2012-2013 officer elections. Christy then introduced Toastmaster of the Evening, John Harman.
Four members delivered speeches; Christy Gardner, Lauren White, Naomi Lewis and Curtis Lassiter. Christy's speech was an advanced manual project where she spoke about diffusing crictism. Second speaker, Lauren, spoke from the Competent Communicator "research your topic" project about John Merryman. Naomi Lewis was the third speaker of the evening, speaking from Competent Communicator manual, she delivered an inspiring speech about cancer survivors. Rounding out the speakers for the night was Curtis Lassiter delivering the first of a four part speech series on investing.
Table Topics Master, Danita Fox, followed the speakers by challenging other members present to speak "off the cuff" for one-to-two minutes. Danita put general "table topics" on each table, such as "food, polictics and employment". One person from each table had to select a topic then Danita had specific questions or statments prepared about each that the person was to speak about. Participants were: Rick Boyer, Lester Yearwood, Zach Fauver and Janet Krenn.
After Table Topics, General Evaluator for the evening, Magda Brugos, took control of the meeting for speech evaluations and meeting improvement. Speech evaluators gave feedback for improvement to each speaker. Evaluators: Frank Connelly, Wade Miner, Rick Boyer and Nita Langford.
President Christy Gardner brought the meeting to a close with announcements and ribbon winners. Announcements: club currently has 7 of the 10 points required to make President Select status and need 2 members to complete their Competent Communicator and 1 person to complete Advance Communicator.
Guests: (none)
Sargent-at-Arms John Harman opened the meeting and then introduced President Christy Gardner. Christy welcomed members and delivered announcement about upcoming 2012-2013 officer elections. Christy then introduced Toastmaster of the Evening, John Harman.
Four members delivered speeches; Christy Gardner, Lauren White, Naomi Lewis and Curtis Lassiter. Christy's speech was an advanced manual project where she spoke about diffusing crictism. Second speaker, Lauren, spoke from the Competent Communicator "research your topic" project about John Merryman. Naomi Lewis was the third speaker of the evening, speaking from Competent Communicator manual, she delivered an inspiring speech about cancer survivors. Rounding out the speakers for the night was Curtis Lassiter delivering the first of a four part speech series on investing.
Table Topics Master, Danita Fox, followed the speakers by challenging other members present to speak "off the cuff" for one-to-two minutes. Danita put general "table topics" on each table, such as "food, polictics and employment". One person from each table had to select a topic then Danita had specific questions or statments prepared about each that the person was to speak about. Participants were: Rick Boyer, Lester Yearwood, Zach Fauver and Janet Krenn.
After Table Topics, General Evaluator for the evening, Magda Brugos, took control of the meeting for speech evaluations and meeting improvement. Speech evaluators gave feedback for improvement to each speaker. Evaluators: Frank Connelly, Wade Miner, Rick Boyer and Nita Langford.
President Christy Gardner brought the meeting to a close with announcements and ribbon winners. Announcements: club currently has 7 of the 10 points required to make President Select status and need 2 members to complete their Competent Communicator and 1 person to complete Advance Communicator.
Ribbon Winners:
Best Table Topics: Janet Krenn
Best Evaluator: Rick Boyer
Best Speaker: Naomi Lewis
Respectfully submitted,
Danita Fox, club secrectary
Friday, April 20, 2012
April 19, 2012
Meeting Minutes:
Members present: Barbara Basabilbaso, Rick Boyer, Magda Brugos, Charisse Carter, Zach Fauver, Danita Fox, Christy Gardner, John Harman, Tim Herrity, Curtis Lassiter, Victor Lopez, Tim Tonkovic, Lauren White, Phillip Sweat, Lester Yearwood, Katherine Crawely, Charlene Gilbert
Guests: Samuel Gilbert, Regina Gilliam
Promptly starting the meeting at 6:45pm, SAA John Harman introduced Club President Christy Gardner to welcome members and guests, then she introduced Toastmaster of the Evening, Danita Fox. Danita guided members and guests through the agenda, making changes and updates as well as explaining to guests what some of the TM jargon meant. General Evaluator Rick Boyer continued with explanations with the introduction of the Evaluation Team; grammarian, Ah counter, speech evaluators, listen-up master and timer.
Four club members delivered speeches: Lauren White, Charisse Carter, Zach Fauver and Magda Brugos. Lauren's speech titled "Customer Service for Toastmasters" was number 6 towards the ten required for Competent Communicator. Second was new member Charisse giving her ice breaker speech titled; "Faith Family and Friends". Following Charisse, club member Zach Fauver took advantage of the forum to deliver a speech presentation that he'll be giving professionally on Monday. His speech was titled; "Virtual Simulation Technology". Last but not least, Magda delivered a persuasive speech from an advance manual and she challenge the members to be officers.
Following the speeches Table Topics Master Tim Tonkovic, challenged everyone with topics to speak "off the cuff" for 1-2 minutes. Participants were: Katherine Crawley, Curtis Lassiter, Christy Gardner, and Phillip Sweat.
General Evaluator Rick Boyer lead the next part of the meeting, feedback for growth and improvement. Speech evaluators offered constructive comments to enhance speakers methods and style when delivering speeches and the ah counter and grammarian gave comments about use of fillers and grammar. Evaluators: Victor Lopez, John Harman, Christy Gardner and Katherine Crawley.
Rick summarized the meeting with comments of actions that were good and ones that need to continue to be developed.
President Christy Gardner brought meeting to a close with announcements and ribbon awards. Announcements included the status of club towards President's Distinguished and needing two CC's and 2 AC's.
Members present: Barbara Basabilbaso, Rick Boyer, Magda Brugos, Charisse Carter, Zach Fauver, Danita Fox, Christy Gardner, John Harman, Tim Herrity, Curtis Lassiter, Victor Lopez, Tim Tonkovic, Lauren White, Phillip Sweat, Lester Yearwood, Katherine Crawely, Charlene Gilbert
Guests: Samuel Gilbert, Regina Gilliam
Promptly starting the meeting at 6:45pm, SAA John Harman introduced Club President Christy Gardner to welcome members and guests, then she introduced Toastmaster of the Evening, Danita Fox. Danita guided members and guests through the agenda, making changes and updates as well as explaining to guests what some of the TM jargon meant. General Evaluator Rick Boyer continued with explanations with the introduction of the Evaluation Team; grammarian, Ah counter, speech evaluators, listen-up master and timer.
Four club members delivered speeches: Lauren White, Charisse Carter, Zach Fauver and Magda Brugos. Lauren's speech titled "Customer Service for Toastmasters" was number 6 towards the ten required for Competent Communicator. Second was new member Charisse giving her ice breaker speech titled; "Faith Family and Friends". Following Charisse, club member Zach Fauver took advantage of the forum to deliver a speech presentation that he'll be giving professionally on Monday. His speech was titled; "Virtual Simulation Technology". Last but not least, Magda delivered a persuasive speech from an advance manual and she challenge the members to be officers.
Following the speeches Table Topics Master Tim Tonkovic, challenged everyone with topics to speak "off the cuff" for 1-2 minutes. Participants were: Katherine Crawley, Curtis Lassiter, Christy Gardner, and Phillip Sweat.
General Evaluator Rick Boyer lead the next part of the meeting, feedback for growth and improvement. Speech evaluators offered constructive comments to enhance speakers methods and style when delivering speeches and the ah counter and grammarian gave comments about use of fillers and grammar. Evaluators: Victor Lopez, John Harman, Christy Gardner and Katherine Crawley.
Rick summarized the meeting with comments of actions that were good and ones that need to continue to be developed.
President Christy Gardner brought meeting to a close with announcements and ribbon awards. Announcements included the status of club towards President's Distinguished and needing two CC's and 2 AC's.
Ribbon Winners
Best Table Topics: Katherine Crawley
Best Evaluator: Christy Gardner
Best Speaker: Lauren White
Respectively submitted,
Danita Fox, Club Secretary
Friday, April 13, 2012
5 April 2012
Members present: Rick Boyer, Magda Brugos, Stan Dalziel, Danita Fox, Christy Gardner, John Harman, Nancy Hogg, Janet Krenn, Wade Miner, Lauren White, Lester Yearwood, Tim Herrity, Zach Fauver, Charlene Gilbert, Barbara Basabilbasco
Guests: Corey Carter, Wayne Bailey
Club Sargent-at-Arms John Harman emceed the meeting as Toastmaster. Introducing three members delivering speeches, as well as General Evaluator and Table Topics Master, John kept the meeting on pace. Speakers Christy Gardner, Wade Miner and Lester Yearwood, shared various stories and information, that enlightened and inspired the audience. Christy's speech, from advanced manual, taught us how to deliver bad news. Wade challenged us to develop goals and then to accomplish them. Lester spoke about himself in his "ice breaker" speech.
Janet Krenn, Table Topics Master, invoking audience participation and elicting some laughter, challenge six people to speak 1-2 minutes "off the cuff"; Magda Brugos, Danita Fox, Stan Dalziel, Barbara Basabilbasco, Zach Fauver and Tim Herrity. Topics ranged from; "underwear shortage in 2013" to "Sparky the dog ate too much homework", to "news flash...junk food actually healthy!".
General Evaluator Lauren White, lead the evaluation team, providing feedback for growth and improvement. Speech evaluators: Nancy Hogg, Stan Dalziel and Magda Brugos, did share points that speakers did well as well as offer suggestions that would improve delivery of speeches. Other members of the evaluation team, shared feedback of time and grammar, and Lauren completed the assessment by reviewing the entire meeting.
President Christy Gardner brought meeting to a close with announcements and reminders and ribbon winners. Reminder: District Conference April 20-21st, can register online.
Submitted, Danita Fox
Club Secretary
Guests: Corey Carter, Wayne Bailey
Club Sargent-at-Arms John Harman emceed the meeting as Toastmaster. Introducing three members delivering speeches, as well as General Evaluator and Table Topics Master, John kept the meeting on pace. Speakers Christy Gardner, Wade Miner and Lester Yearwood, shared various stories and information, that enlightened and inspired the audience. Christy's speech, from advanced manual, taught us how to deliver bad news. Wade challenged us to develop goals and then to accomplish them. Lester spoke about himself in his "ice breaker" speech.
Janet Krenn, Table Topics Master, invoking audience participation and elicting some laughter, challenge six people to speak 1-2 minutes "off the cuff"; Magda Brugos, Danita Fox, Stan Dalziel, Barbara Basabilbasco, Zach Fauver and Tim Herrity. Topics ranged from; "underwear shortage in 2013" to "Sparky the dog ate too much homework", to "news flash...junk food actually healthy!".
General Evaluator Lauren White, lead the evaluation team, providing feedback for growth and improvement. Speech evaluators: Nancy Hogg, Stan Dalziel and Magda Brugos, did share points that speakers did well as well as offer suggestions that would improve delivery of speeches. Other members of the evaluation team, shared feedback of time and grammar, and Lauren completed the assessment by reviewing the entire meeting.
President Christy Gardner brought meeting to a close with announcements and reminders and ribbon winners. Reminder: District Conference April 20-21st, can register online.
Ribbon Winners
Best Table Topics: Stan Dalziel
Best Evaluator: Magda Brugos
Best Speaker: Lester Yearwood
Submitted, Danita Fox
Club Secretary
March 29, 2012 Open House
Special Meeting, 5th Thursday! Open House
Members present: Rick Boyer, Magda Brugos, Stan Dalziel, Allen Foretich, Danita Fox, Christy Gardner, John Harman, Nancy Hogg, Janet Krenn, Curtis Lassiter, Victor Lopez, Wade Miner, Jean Smith, Lauren White, Phillip Sweat, Lester Yearwood, Katherine Crawley, Tim Herrity, Charlene Gilbert, Barbara Basabilbasco
Guests: Glenn Strum, Shera White, Debra & Clint Townsend, Linda England
Introducing the three speakers for the evening, Toastmaster of the Day, Stan Dalziel, also kept the meeting flowing and on track. First speaker President Christy Gardner delivered a speech from an advance manual, 10-14 minutes on how to make "Win-Win Negotiations" during conflict. Following Christy was second speaker Magda Brugos who also spoke from an advance manual. Magda's speech was unique because she role played as a radio talk show and she spoke about Toastmasters. Jean Smith was the third and final speaker for the evening, delivering a speech from the Competent Communicator manual, with a speech 5-7 minutes about "Poems of Hope".
Table Topics Master, Nancy Hogg, took the opportunity to call upon veteran members to share about Toastmasters experiences. Participants: Danita Fox, Wade Miner, Lauren White and Rick Boyer.
Janet Krenn, General Evaluator, lead the final portion of the meeting. She introduced speech evaluators; Rick Boyer, Wade Miner, and Curtis Lassiter. She also offered comments for improvement and encouragements towards growth.
Club President Christy Gardner brought meeting to a close with announcements and ribbon winners.
Members present: Rick Boyer, Magda Brugos, Stan Dalziel, Allen Foretich, Danita Fox, Christy Gardner, John Harman, Nancy Hogg, Janet Krenn, Curtis Lassiter, Victor Lopez, Wade Miner, Jean Smith, Lauren White, Phillip Sweat, Lester Yearwood, Katherine Crawley, Tim Herrity, Charlene Gilbert, Barbara Basabilbasco
Guests: Glenn Strum, Shera White, Debra & Clint Townsend, Linda England
Introducing the three speakers for the evening, Toastmaster of the Day, Stan Dalziel, also kept the meeting flowing and on track. First speaker President Christy Gardner delivered a speech from an advance manual, 10-14 minutes on how to make "Win-Win Negotiations" during conflict. Following Christy was second speaker Magda Brugos who also spoke from an advance manual. Magda's speech was unique because she role played as a radio talk show and she spoke about Toastmasters. Jean Smith was the third and final speaker for the evening, delivering a speech from the Competent Communicator manual, with a speech 5-7 minutes about "Poems of Hope".
Table Topics Master, Nancy Hogg, took the opportunity to call upon veteran members to share about Toastmasters experiences. Participants: Danita Fox, Wade Miner, Lauren White and Rick Boyer.
Janet Krenn, General Evaluator, lead the final portion of the meeting. She introduced speech evaluators; Rick Boyer, Wade Miner, and Curtis Lassiter. She also offered comments for improvement and encouragements towards growth.
Club President Christy Gardner brought meeting to a close with announcements and ribbon winners.
Ribbon Winners:
Best Table Topics: Lauren White
Best Evaluator: Rick Boyer
Best Speaker: Jean Smith
Respectfully submitted
Danita Fox, club secretary
March 15, 2012
Members present: Magda Brugos, John Harman, Janet Krenn, Nita Langford, Curtis Lassiter, Victor Lopez, Wade Miner, Lauren White, Zach Fauver, Phillip Sweat, Charisse Carter
Guests: Jenna Wilson, Paul & Mikki McClean, Martha Brown
Toastmaster of the day, Tim Tonkovic had the pleasure of emceeing the meeting. He introduced speakers, evaluators, and kept the meeting flowing. Magda Brugos, first speaker, delivered a speech titled "The Good Will Speech"; and Tim Herrity delivered his first speech since becoming a member, titled "Stagefright". Zach Fauver and Curtis Lassiter evaluated the speeches offering encouragement and points for improvments.
Wade Miner, Table Topics Master, challenged participants to "speak off the cuff" during the portion of meeting dedicated to audience involvement. Victor Lopez, Nita Langford, Lauren White, Charisse Carter, Jenna Wilson and Area Governor Diane Norbitus were the participants.
In the absence of Club President Christy Gardner, VP of Education Nancy Hogg, closed out the meeting with announcements and awarding ribbons. Announcements: reminder of upcoming contests, and sign up for roles for next meeting.
Guests: Jenna Wilson, Paul & Mikki McClean, Martha Brown
Toastmaster of the day, Tim Tonkovic had the pleasure of emceeing the meeting. He introduced speakers, evaluators, and kept the meeting flowing. Magda Brugos, first speaker, delivered a speech titled "The Good Will Speech"; and Tim Herrity delivered his first speech since becoming a member, titled "Stagefright". Zach Fauver and Curtis Lassiter evaluated the speeches offering encouragement and points for improvments.
Wade Miner, Table Topics Master, challenged participants to "speak off the cuff" during the portion of meeting dedicated to audience involvement. Victor Lopez, Nita Langford, Lauren White, Charisse Carter, Jenna Wilson and Area Governor Diane Norbitus were the participants.
In the absence of Club President Christy Gardner, VP of Education Nancy Hogg, closed out the meeting with announcements and awarding ribbons. Announcements: reminder of upcoming contests, and sign up for roles for next meeting.
Ribbon Winners:
Best Evaluator: Curtis Lassiter
Best Speaker: Magda Brugos
Meeting notes taken by Lauren White
Thursday, March 8, 2012
March 1, 2012 Contest Night!
Members present: Magda Brugos, Frank Connelly, Stan Dalziel, Danita Fox, Christy Gardner, John Harman, Lanette Kelly, Nita Langford, Victor Lopez, Wade Miner, Tim Tonkovic, Lauren White, Lester Yearwood, Katherine Crawley, Tim Herrity
Guests: Sylvia Matford, Stephanie Teasdale, Avery Byers, Charisse Carter, Charlene Gilbert, Barbara Basabilbasco, Gina Wilson
Contestants in Table Topics were given the same topic and 1-2 minutes to on that subject.
Table Topics Master Tim Tonkovic's topic--time travel, was an interesting and challenging one for the contestants: Frank Connelly, Magda Brugos, Wade Miner, and Tim Herrity.
Contest Chair and International Speech Contest Master John Harman introduced the competitors for the 5-7 minute speech contest; Wade Miner and Frank Connelly.
Wade inspired the audience to try new activities and shared how to accomplish them.
Frank delivered an humorous speech that included personal stories and a question to the audience; "what are you...a cod fish or cat fish?"
The contest continues up through the levels of Toastmasters. The winner from our club contest will move on to the next level, Area 43 contest, and if they win at that level they can continue to compete at the Division D level.
Guests: Sylvia Matford, Stephanie Teasdale, Avery Byers, Charisse Carter, Charlene Gilbert, Barbara Basabilbasco, Gina Wilson
International Speech and Table Topics Contest night!
Tonight's meeting was full with contestants speaking against each other in this annual Toastmasters International spring contest. Club members participated in one or both Table Topics or International Speech contest where judges using prepared evaluation forms rated contestants on voice projection, organization, and use of speaking area.Contestants in Table Topics were given the same topic and 1-2 minutes to on that subject.
Table Topics Master Tim Tonkovic's topic--time travel, was an interesting and challenging one for the contestants: Frank Connelly, Magda Brugos, Wade Miner, and Tim Herrity.
Contest Chair and International Speech Contest Master John Harman introduced the competitors for the 5-7 minute speech contest; Wade Miner and Frank Connelly.
Wade inspired the audience to try new activities and shared how to accomplish them.
Frank delivered an humorous speech that included personal stories and a question to the audience; "what are you...a cod fish or cat fish?"
The contest continues up through the levels of Toastmasters. The winner from our club contest will move on to the next level, Area 43 contest, and if they win at that level they can continue to compete at the Division D level.
President Christy Gardner had the honor of announcing the winners:
Table Topics: Frank Connelly
International Speech: Frank Connelly
Thursday, March 1, 2012
February 16, 2012
Members present: Magda Brugos, Allen Foretich, Danita Fox, John Harman, Nancy Hogg, Janet Krenn, Curtis Lassiter, Wade Miner, Tim Tonkovic, Lauren White, Zach Fauver, Tim Herrity, Katherine Crawley, Cristina Stoia
Guests: Ian Shippen, Charlene Gilbert, Kelly Gibb, Marjorie Heiges, Steve Heiges, Charisse Carter, Deanna Underdo, Gina Wilson
Sargent-At-Arms John Harman opened the meeting at 6:45pm with pledge and then introduced Toastmaster of the Evening, Danita Fox. After welcoming the many guests, General Evaluator Katherine Crawley introduced evaluation team when all roles were explained so guests would understand what was happening throughout the meeting.
Nancy Hogg, Vice President of Education, delivered her tenth and final speech completing the requirement for Competent Communicator. (congratulations!) A timely speech for all the guests, she spoke about the organization of Toastmasters, its benefits and the steps towards improvement.
The second and last speaker of the evening was Allen Foretich. Allen spoke about great men of the past, in particular presidents. The speech was Allen's forth toward the ten required for Competent Communicator.
Table Topics Master, Janet Krenn, stirred the meeting up a bit with her unique, fun, and challenging topics that eight people rallied and spoke one-two minutes about.
Katherine Crawley and the evaluation team completed the meeting with providing the feedback for growth and improvement both as speakers as well as leaders.
President Christy Gardner was absent so Vice President of Education Nancy Hogg closed out the meeting with announcements, a second welcome to guests, and recognition of awards.
Guests: Ian Shippen, Charlene Gilbert, Kelly Gibb, Marjorie Heiges, Steve Heiges, Charisse Carter, Deanna Underdo, Gina Wilson
Sargent-At-Arms John Harman opened the meeting at 6:45pm with pledge and then introduced Toastmaster of the Evening, Danita Fox. After welcoming the many guests, General Evaluator Katherine Crawley introduced evaluation team when all roles were explained so guests would understand what was happening throughout the meeting.
Nancy Hogg, Vice President of Education, delivered her tenth and final speech completing the requirement for Competent Communicator. (congratulations!) A timely speech for all the guests, she spoke about the organization of Toastmasters, its benefits and the steps towards improvement.
The second and last speaker of the evening was Allen Foretich. Allen spoke about great men of the past, in particular presidents. The speech was Allen's forth toward the ten required for Competent Communicator.
Table Topics Master, Janet Krenn, stirred the meeting up a bit with her unique, fun, and challenging topics that eight people rallied and spoke one-two minutes about.
Katherine Crawley and the evaluation team completed the meeting with providing the feedback for growth and improvement both as speakers as well as leaders.
President Christy Gardner was absent so Vice President of Education Nancy Hogg closed out the meeting with announcements, a second welcome to guests, and recognition of awards.
Ribbon Winners
Best Table Topics: Lauren White
Best Evaluator: Lauren White
Best Speaker: Allen Foretich
Respectfully submitted, Danita Fox
Club Secretary
Friday, February 3, 2012
February 2, 2012
Members present: Rick Boyer, Fank Connelly, Allen Foretich, Danita Fox, John Harman, Sabrina Joy-Hogg, Janet Krenn, Curtis, Lassiter, Wade Miner, Tim Tonkovic, Lauren White, Lester Yearwood, Jacquelin Scott, Katherine Crawley, Zach Fauver, Tim Herrity
Guests: Ian Shippen, Charlene Gilbert, Kelly Gibb, Barabara Basabilbasco, Derek Campbell, Marilyn Soleta, Ty Carter, Anu Bedi
Sargent-At-Arms John Harman called the meeting together and after the pledge introduced VPPR Curtis Lassiter to the lectern as he was proxy for absent President Christy Gardner. Curtis welcomed the many guests present (8) and members and then introduced Toastmaster of the Evening (TMOE) Janet Krenn to lectern and take control of meeting. Janet brought GE (general evaluator) Tim Tonkovic to the lectern where he then asked members of the evaluation team to stand and explain what roles they were fulfilling.
TMOE Janet Krenn had the honor of introducing four speakers for the evening; John Harman, Zach Fauver, Danita Fox and Wade Miner. John Harman's technical speech was a "dry run" delivery because he will give the presentation to about 100 peers next week. Zach Fauver, new member, introduced himself in the "ice breaker" speech and Danita Fox delivered a "dramatic talk" and Wade Miner concluded the speakers section of the meeting with a "hip pocket" speech about the "real secrect of life".
New Member Katherine Crawley used Black History Month as her inspiration for the table topics. As Table Topics Master, Katherine had five participants speak "off-the-cuff" about various topics ranging from "peanut butter, to liposuction vs brain surgery, to a documentary about platapus". Kudos to first timer guest Derek Campbell, who was the first volunteer to participate in the Table Topics portion of the meeting.
As General Evaluator, Tim Tonkovic and his evaluation team provided the necessary feedback for growth and improvement through speech evaluations, role reports and general assessment of meeting's affectiveness.
VPPR Curtis Lassiter brought meeting to a close by once again welcoming all the guests, calling for announcements and giving out ribbons. Announcements: Winter Leadership Institute Saturday Feb. 4th at ODU, 8:30am-1:00pm.
Respectively submitted,
Danita Fox, club secretary
Guests: Ian Shippen, Charlene Gilbert, Kelly Gibb, Barabara Basabilbasco, Derek Campbell, Marilyn Soleta, Ty Carter, Anu Bedi
Sargent-At-Arms John Harman called the meeting together and after the pledge introduced VPPR Curtis Lassiter to the lectern as he was proxy for absent President Christy Gardner. Curtis welcomed the many guests present (8) and members and then introduced Toastmaster of the Evening (TMOE) Janet Krenn to lectern and take control of meeting. Janet brought GE (general evaluator) Tim Tonkovic to the lectern where he then asked members of the evaluation team to stand and explain what roles they were fulfilling.
TMOE Janet Krenn had the honor of introducing four speakers for the evening; John Harman, Zach Fauver, Danita Fox and Wade Miner. John Harman's technical speech was a "dry run" delivery because he will give the presentation to about 100 peers next week. Zach Fauver, new member, introduced himself in the "ice breaker" speech and Danita Fox delivered a "dramatic talk" and Wade Miner concluded the speakers section of the meeting with a "hip pocket" speech about the "real secrect of life".
New Member Katherine Crawley used Black History Month as her inspiration for the table topics. As Table Topics Master, Katherine had five participants speak "off-the-cuff" about various topics ranging from "peanut butter, to liposuction vs brain surgery, to a documentary about platapus". Kudos to first timer guest Derek Campbell, who was the first volunteer to participate in the Table Topics portion of the meeting.
As General Evaluator, Tim Tonkovic and his evaluation team provided the necessary feedback for growth and improvement through speech evaluations, role reports and general assessment of meeting's affectiveness.
VPPR Curtis Lassiter brought meeting to a close by once again welcoming all the guests, calling for announcements and giving out ribbons. Announcements: Winter Leadership Institute Saturday Feb. 4th at ODU, 8:30am-1:00pm.
Ribbon Winners:
Best Table Topics -- Tim Tonkovic
Best Evaluator -- Frank Connelly
Best Speaker -- Danita Fox
Respectively submitted,
Danita Fox, club secretary
Thursday, January 26, 2012
January 19, 2012
Members present: Rick Boyer, Magda Brugos, Stan Dalziel, Danita Fox, Christy Gardner, John Harman, Janet Krenn, Wade Miner, Lauren White, Phillip Sweat, Tim Herrity, Zach Fauver, Katherine Crawley
Guests: Micah Downs , Beverly Gray
SAA John Harman opened the meeting with the pledge and then introduced Magda Brugos as TMOD to lectern. As emcee for the meeting, Magda kept the flow of the meeting steadily moving through two speakers, seven Table Topics participants and evaluators. President Christy Gardner delivered an advance communicator speech titled “Walk the Talk” where she encouraged members to be actively involved in the club and personal growth and improvement through speeches and fulfilling meeting roles. Katherine Crawley was the second and last speaker for the evening speaking about herself as she delivered her first speech as a new club member, the Ice Breaker.
New member Zach Fauver was the Table Topics Master and he challenged seven people to think (and speak) quick on their feet about random topics. Topics included: “Wrong Number”, “advantage of being male”, “perspective of youth today” , and “rush hour”.
As General Evaluator, Lauren White and her team offered valuable feedback that fosters the growth and improvement that fundamental for Toastmasters. Speech evaluators, John Harman and Stan Dalziel gave positive and helpful comments to the speakers, and Janet Krenn as grammarian helped everyone to be aware of word usage.
President Christy Gardner wrapped up the meeting with announcements about upcoming events and ribbon winners. Feb 4th is Winter Leadership Institute training, and March 1st is the International Speech/Table Topics club contest.
Guests: Micah Downs , Beverly Gray
SAA John Harman opened the meeting with the pledge and then introduced Magda Brugos as TMOD to lectern. As emcee for the meeting, Magda kept the flow of the meeting steadily moving through two speakers, seven Table Topics participants and evaluators. President Christy Gardner delivered an advance communicator speech titled “Walk the Talk” where she encouraged members to be actively involved in the club and personal growth and improvement through speeches and fulfilling meeting roles. Katherine Crawley was the second and last speaker for the evening speaking about herself as she delivered her first speech as a new club member, the Ice Breaker.
New member Zach Fauver was the Table Topics Master and he challenged seven people to think (and speak) quick on their feet about random topics. Topics included: “Wrong Number”, “advantage of being male”, “perspective of youth today” , and “rush hour”.
As General Evaluator, Lauren White and her team offered valuable feedback that fosters the growth and improvement that fundamental for Toastmasters. Speech evaluators, John Harman and Stan Dalziel gave positive and helpful comments to the speakers, and Janet Krenn as grammarian helped everyone to be aware of word usage.
President Christy Gardner wrapped up the meeting with announcements about upcoming events and ribbon winners. Feb 4th is Winter Leadership Institute training, and March 1st is the International Speech/Table Topics club contest.
Ribbon Winners:
Table Topics: Tim Herrity
Best Evaluator: Stan Dalziel
Best Speaker: Katherine Crawley
January 5, 2012
January 5, 2012
Members present: Rick Boyer, Magda Brugo, Danita Fox, Christy Gardner, John Harman, Janet Krenn, Wade Miner, Phillip Sweat, Tim Herrity, Juan Martinez, Tim Tonkovic
Guests: Jackie Scott, Sheila Whitt, Anu Bedi, Micah Downs, Katherine Crawley
John Harman brought meeting to order and introduced president Christy Gardner. Christy lead club in the induction ceremony welcoming new member Tim Herrity. Christy then introduced TMOD Frank Connelly, and as emcee for the evening he set the tone for a great meeting.
Frank had the honor of introducing the evening's three speakers; Rick Boyer, Phillip Sweat, and Magda Brugos. Rick delivered a speech from the Advance Communicator manual about project managment. Phillip was second giving his "ice breaker" speech from the Competent Communicator manual, where he shared interesting facts about himself. Magda completed the speakers section of the meeting with a speech from an Advance manual and she challenge the audience to start a "mental diet".
Table Topics Master Janet Krenn put a twist on a appropriate theme of "resolutions" to challenge audience members to speak for 1-2 minutes about various topics. Nita Langford spoke about "eating right", Jean Smith about "finish what you start", Curtis Lassister about "signing up for roles", Juan Martinez about "reading more", Zach Fauver "resolve to be punctual", Lester Yearwood "appreciation of the small things", and Tim Herrity wrapped the TableTopics section speaking about his resolve to watch better television.
President Christy Gardner brought the meeting to a close with announcements and awards. Announcements: Next meeting January 19th, Winter Leadership Institute trainings Jan 14, Feb 11.
Members present: Rick Boyer, Magda Brugo, Danita Fox, Christy Gardner, John Harman, Janet Krenn, Wade Miner, Phillip Sweat, Tim Herrity, Juan Martinez, Tim Tonkovic
Guests: Jackie Scott, Sheila Whitt, Anu Bedi, Micah Downs, Katherine Crawley
John Harman brought meeting to order and introduced president Christy Gardner. Christy lead club in the induction ceremony welcoming new member Tim Herrity. Christy then introduced TMOD Frank Connelly, and as emcee for the evening he set the tone for a great meeting.
Frank had the honor of introducing the evening's three speakers; Rick Boyer, Phillip Sweat, and Magda Brugos. Rick delivered a speech from the Advance Communicator manual about project managment. Phillip was second giving his "ice breaker" speech from the Competent Communicator manual, where he shared interesting facts about himself. Magda completed the speakers section of the meeting with a speech from an Advance manual and she challenge the audience to start a "mental diet".
Table Topics Master Janet Krenn put a twist on a appropriate theme of "resolutions" to challenge audience members to speak for 1-2 minutes about various topics. Nita Langford spoke about "eating right", Jean Smith about "finish what you start", Curtis Lassister about "signing up for roles", Juan Martinez about "reading more", Zach Fauver "resolve to be punctual", Lester Yearwood "appreciation of the small things", and Tim Herrity wrapped the TableTopics section speaking about his resolve to watch better television.
President Christy Gardner brought the meeting to a close with announcements and awards. Announcements: Next meeting January 19th, Winter Leadership Institute trainings Jan 14, Feb 11.
Ribbon Winners:
Best Table Topics: Tim Herrity
Best Evaluator: Tim Tonkovic
Best Speaker: Magda Brugos
December 15, 2011
Members present: Rick Boyer, Magda Brugos, Allen Foretich, Danita Fox, Christy Gardner, John Harman, Lanette Kelly, Janet Krenn, Nita Langford, Curtis Langford, Victor Lopez, Phillip Sweat, Lester Yearwood, Juan Martinez
Guests: Tim Herrity
Meeting called to order by SAA John Harman.
Toastmaster of the Evening, Janet Krenn took control of the meeting and set the tone for a great meeting. She began by introducing General Evalutor, Danita Fox, and her evaluation team for guests to understand the different roles throughout the meeting. Janet then introduced the two speakers for the evening, Nita Langford and Lanette Kelly. Nita and Lanette delivered speech number two of the ten planned for Competent Communicator. Nita spoke about "Christmas Celebrations" enlightening the audience to customs around the world, while Lanette kept us grounded with words of wisdom for finances with her speech titled "Don't Wait til Its Too Late".
Advanced Communicator Rick Boyer was the Table Topics Master and challenged random members of the audience to think and speak "off the cuff" for 1-2 minutes on objects that he had in a bag.
General Evaluator Danita Fox and evaluation team, gave comments of improvements for the two speakers as well as others who fulfilled roles for the meeting. The goal of feedback is improvment and competencies with communicating verbally.
President Christy Gardner concluded the meeting by giving out ribbons and inviting everyone to stay around for the white elephant gift exchange. Next meeting January 5, 2012.
Speakers.....
Guests: Tim Herrity
Meeting called to order by SAA John Harman.
Toastmaster of the Evening, Janet Krenn took control of the meeting and set the tone for a great meeting. She began by introducing General Evalutor, Danita Fox, and her evaluation team for guests to understand the different roles throughout the meeting. Janet then introduced the two speakers for the evening, Nita Langford and Lanette Kelly. Nita and Lanette delivered speech number two of the ten planned for Competent Communicator. Nita spoke about "Christmas Celebrations" enlightening the audience to customs around the world, while Lanette kept us grounded with words of wisdom for finances with her speech titled "Don't Wait til Its Too Late".
Advanced Communicator Rick Boyer was the Table Topics Master and challenged random members of the audience to think and speak "off the cuff" for 1-2 minutes on objects that he had in a bag.
General Evaluator Danita Fox and evaluation team, gave comments of improvements for the two speakers as well as others who fulfilled roles for the meeting. The goal of feedback is improvment and competencies with communicating verbally.
President Christy Gardner concluded the meeting by giving out ribbons and inviting everyone to stay around for the white elephant gift exchange. Next meeting January 5, 2012.
Ribbon Winners
Best Table Topics: Curtis Lassiter
Best Evaluator: John Harman
Best Speaker: Lanette Kelly
Speakers.....
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