Meeting Minutes - October 17, 2007
Sergeant-at-Arms Ferdonya Henderson opened up the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and then introduced President Matt Greenbergs who brought his children on break from school. Next Brenda Gettig did a good job as last minute Toastmaster fill in. Brenda introduced the Theme of Living on the Edge and the WOW of Gauche. Always good to learn about members and how they live on the edge. Brenda also gave the educational moment about being nervous is not such a bad thing, just be in the moment.
World famous speaker Jim Tucker gave all of us relevant speech topics in his speech about topics that will "blow your audience’s mind". Good sources of speech starters are such things as wrist bands with words or symbolism that you can pontificate upon. Another great source is carrying a note pad for writing down the occurrences of everyday life. For example, Jim saw a young girl who reminded her dad that he couldn’t buy clothes without mommy. Writing down such occurrences doesn’t let you forget. Jim then broke out his high school yearbook and re-visited memories and read from Longfellow a quote that was his school motto. He finally showed a photo from a scrapbook memory of an astronaut he shared the stage with.
Today was Rhonda Walthall’s birthday and as Table Topics Master she used her bag of goodies to ask participants to use the object to start a speech. Ferdonya had the luck of picking an indecipherable object that she made into an all purpose remote control. Doug Goodman pulled out a propeller/letter opener and pitched like a snake oil salesman. Stephanie Love-Payne did an excellent demonstration of a back massager on yours truly. Rob Cross pulled a book about painted cats and segued into Andrew Carnegie’s relaxation techniques. Young Jonathan Greenbergs grabbed a jar opener and proceeded to spin a winner of a tale.
Ferdonya further took on the job of General Evaluator. Doug did an excellent job of evaluating Jim’s speech using the COD (content, organization, and delivery) method. Doug hit on elements such as getting audience response, affirmation, rhetorical questions, stories, quotes, and examples. Rob Cross was Ah counter, and Barbara Nedd was timer. Doug won best evaluator and Jim best speaker. Elizabeth Lee, Byron Shovlain (Meeting minutes), and Angela Bonner were also in attendance.
Submitted by Byron Shovlain, Century Toastmasters #9273
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World famous speaker Jim Tucker gave all of us relevant speech topics in his speech about topics that will "blow your audience’s mind". Good sources of speech starters are such things as wrist bands with words or symbolism that you can pontificate upon. Another great source is carrying a note pad for writing down the occurrences of everyday life. For example, Jim saw a young girl who reminded her dad that he couldn’t buy clothes without mommy. Writing down such occurrences doesn’t let you forget. Jim then broke out his high school yearbook and re-visited memories and read from Longfellow a quote that was his school motto. He finally showed a photo from a scrapbook memory of an astronaut he shared the stage with.
Today was Rhonda Walthall’s birthday and as Table Topics Master she used her bag of goodies to ask participants to use the object to start a speech. Ferdonya had the luck of picking an indecipherable object that she made into an all purpose remote control. Doug Goodman pulled out a propeller/letter opener and pitched like a snake oil salesman. Stephanie Love-Payne did an excellent demonstration of a back massager on yours truly. Rob Cross pulled a book about painted cats and segued into Andrew Carnegie’s relaxation techniques. Young Jonathan Greenbergs grabbed a jar opener and proceeded to spin a winner of a tale.
Ferdonya further took on the job of General Evaluator. Doug did an excellent job of evaluating Jim’s speech using the COD (content, organization, and delivery) method. Doug hit on elements such as getting audience response, affirmation, rhetorical questions, stories, quotes, and examples. Rob Cross was Ah counter, and Barbara Nedd was timer. Doug won best evaluator and Jim best speaker. Elizabeth Lee, Byron Shovlain (Meeting minutes), and Angela Bonner were also in attendance.
Submitted by Byron Shovlain, Century Toastmasters #9273
Visit our website at http://www.centurytoastmasters.com for more information.
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