January 20, 2013

The January 17th meeting was called to order by SAA Phillip Sweat.

Toastmaster of the Day; Lauren White shared with guests the "mission" of Toastmasters and introduced Wade Minor DTM, General Evaluator of the meeting.

Wade introduced his evaluation team and they explained their roles for the meeting and Wade then returned control of the meeting back to Lauren White.

The evenings speeches were very educational, enlightening and inspiring! 
 
The Speakers for the evening: Rick Boyer - "Salary Negotiations", Arnelia Hancock - "Confronting Adversity", Danita Fox -  "Event Management" and Sumit Arora  -  "However fast you drive you still have to stop at the red light".
 
Ribbon Winners
Best Speaker: Sumit Arora
Best Evaluator: Janet Krenn
Table Topics: Barbara Basabilbaso
 
After the ribbons were handed out Lauren invited guests to introduce themselves and share what prompted them to visit Oyster Point Toastmasters, then turned the floor over to the Oyster Point club President; Janet Krenn.
 
Janet shared announcements and made closing comments.

Important Announcements

• Oyster Point Speakers is moving! Club members will be voting on which of two locations we will move to beginning in February. Stay tuned for more information.
• Possible dues increase for new members! Club members will also be voting on instituting a one-time new member fee to cover the costs of new members for the club. If approved, this will not take place until March. If you've been thinking of joining Oyster Point Speakers or you have a friend who's talked about it before, new members that join in February will not be subject to this one-time fee.

• Networking Workshop January 31st. Join us for our next 5th Thursday special event, a networking workshop. We'll be writing and practicing elevator pitches, learning to organize our network, and getting tips for using Facebook for networking success. The event is free to members, guests, visitors, and everyone in between. Meet at Angelo's at 6:45p.

 

• Advanced Training for Members on February 9th. If you missed January's Winter Leadership Institute, consider attending the second (and final) installment on Saturday February 9 at the ODU Peninsula Workforce Development Center on 600 Butler Farm Road in Hampton.

New Year, new goals and the steps to Stay on Track!

Oyster Point Toastmasters January 3, 2013

We had a full house to include several guests, if you missed the meeting, we certainly missed you. You missed out on some great speeches!

Toast Master of the Day: Phillip Sweat

General Evaluator: Lauren White
Speech Evaluators: Charlene Gilbert Salter, Christy Gardner, Zach Fauver, Rick Boyer

Timer and Photographer: Janet Krenn

Ah Counter/Word Master & Ballot Counter: Arnelia Hancock

Grammarian Listen up Master: Wade Minor

Table Topics Master: Naomi Lewis

 

Speakers:

Barbara Basabilbaso - 3rd Speech, Competent Communicator "Get to the Point" 

Regina Gilliam - 3rd Speech, Competent Communicator "Get to the Point"  

Curtis Lassiter - 3rd Speech,  Storytelling

Sumit Arora - 2nd Speech, Competent Communicator "Organize your Speech"

There was a common theme from two speeches this evening. First was Barbara, acknowledging setbacks when working towards a goal. Taking it across the finish line was Regina with the steps necessary to follow through and use them to stay on track and maintain that ON list!

Next it was story time! The very entertaining and personal story of "The day his head, his ego and his blessings all exploded", when Curtis met his wife.

Sumit Arora graciously shared and educated us with "Out of the box solutions for successful job procurement" right timing achieves the right results!

 

All of our speakers did a great job this evening, it amazes me how much can be learned from each speaker, but more importantly watching them grow in their journey to become better speakers!

 

Ribbon Winners:

 

Best Table Topics: Crystal (Curtis Lassiters sister and guest)

Best Evaluator: Christy Gardner

Best Speaker: Regina Gilliam

 

Important Announcements:

Everyone Invited to Advanced Training

To be a President's Distinguished Club, we need two more members to attend advanced training this winter. Join us on Saturday, January 12 in Virginia Beach between 8:30a to 12p. It's free! Contact our club President for more information:

president-2220@toastmastersclubs.org

Next meeting January 17th.