Public Speaking Northwest Minutes 7-28-20

“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.” -Maya Angelou

Our toastmaster club treats members like a warm and caring family.

Announcements: 1. Officers and members come to a training Mele on August 8. So Educational! 2. Next Tuesday is our officer meeting at 11:00 am.

Our Meeting Toastmaster: Nancy’s theme was summer sunshine.

Our President: Our president pro-tem was Nancy. She was our Zoom host too. So many hats!

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Lynn’s chose ‘Adapt’ as our word of the day. Many members correctly used it.
Ah Counter – Robert meticulously counted our Ah’s to help us eliminate them when we talk.
Timer – Jim said almost everyone was within their time limit. One member was 2 seconds over.
General Evaluator – Jinxin gave an elegant and positive evaluation of the todays’ meeting.

Our Speaker – Kate’s title. “The More You Know,” defined ‘Mentoring.’ Kate shared how she learned from a seasoned mentor that she didn’t have to know everything. She just had to ask someone who could answer her questions. So encouraging to those of us who think we need to be experts and dislike asking for help. Our strong mentor program helps new members adapt to our club easily.

Our Evaluator - Jean found 10 excellent toastmaster skills Kate used in her talk. One was her ability to be conversational. Jean encouraged Kate to keep sharing more dialogue and inner thoughts. She gave a simple challenge -create more pauses within her talk so we have time to enjoy her message.

Our Table Topics Master – Hana used today’s theme and asked Robert, Lynn, Lucelly, and Jinxin sun shiny questions. They all smoothly spoke on the topics without any preparation.

Our Humorist - Robert told a joke about a little boy and his sprained finger.

Our Members in Attendance – Nancy, Lynn, Jim, Robert, Kate, Hana, Mara, Jinxin, Jean

Our Guests in Attendance – Caryn, our area director, inducted our new members. Jean inducted Lynn into the club with our New Member Pledge. We all promised to help her grow. Nancy is her very own mentor.

Motion to Adjourn - Jim      Second - Robert

Your Secretary,

Jean

Public Speaking Minutes 7-21-20

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”  -  John C. Maxwell 

Announcement - Lynn Connell has sent in her application to join our club. Welcome Lynn!

Theme – Voice Activated Smart Speakers (e.g. Echo Dot)

Our Meeting Toastmaster – Robert Katz, who gave many examples using “Smart Speakers”.

Our President Pro Tem – Nancy Carpenter

Grammarian – Kate Morris

Word of the day - Presence
Ah Counter – Lynn Connell
Timer – Lynne Dauenhauer
General Evaluator – Warren Lewis

Our Speakers – A panel discussion led by Jean Tracy. Panelists were Jean, Jim Tracy, Kate Morris

Topic: In Toastmasters, “Participation Is the Key to Growth.” Jean showed how our officers demonstrated personal and club growth. Jim shared how effective evaluations include “Ingestion, Digestion, and Suggestion.”  Kate revealed how each role in a toastmaster meeting enhances the participant with valuable skills.

 Our Evaluators - Giri Mudili praised the panel for its novel format, clarity, and recovery from unintended interruptions.

Our Table Topics Master – Nancy Carpenter used jokes to stimulate fun responses.

Our Table Topic Speakers – Mara Williams likes moderate temperatures, Hana Vu, from Viet Nam, didn’t expect hot weather in the Pacific Northwest, Giri likes air conditioning.

General Evaluator – Warren Lewis praised the meeting as a whole and enjoyed the different format.

Members in Attendance -  Nancy, Lynne, Lynn, Robert, Warren, Jean, Jim, Kate, Giri, Mara, Hanna

Secretary,
Jean Tracy, DTM

Public Speaking Northwest Minutes for 7-14-2020

"People are more willingly to follow a leader who knows where he is going."        - Ralph Smedley, founder of Toastmasters International

Announcements: Officer Training is happening!

Our Meeting Toastmaster: Kate Morris showed true leadership making the meeting flow flawlessly. Her theme was “Turning of the Tides.”

Our President: Barb Katz welcomed Zoom guest, Julie McLean, from Jacksonville, Florida. With her application in hand, Lynn Connell is becoming our newest member. Welcome, Lynn!

Our Gate Team was:
Grammarian – Barb
Word of the day: Protean, which means diversity or variety.
Ah Counter – Julie McLean
Timer - Nancy
General Evaluator – Warren

Our Speaker: Giri fascinated us with his speech, “Understanding Emotional Intelligence – Focus on the Positive.” He showed us how to “Make the Pink Elephant in the Room Disappear.” He opened with a story to catch our attention, talked about Carl Jung’s “shadow” of negativity that we can easily  overcome, and even used the character, George, from Seinfeld to demonstrate what he meant. Finally, Giri tuned us into being aware of our ‘Light Bulb Moments.” Giri gave a truly motivational speech.

 Giri’s Evaluator - Jim praised Giri’s energy, enthusiasm, and content. He also added a few tweaks for Giri to consider.

Our Table Topics Master – Jean led Table Topics using the theme ‘Turning of the Tides,’ which means ‘Change.’

Our Table Topic Speakers -’ Jinxin turned the tide of a personal problem when she spoke to a helpful person. Lynn turned the tide of upset with her children with her self-talk and patience. Robert, as a teenager, turned the tide of with his parents by getting a library job and buying his own phone. Julie turned the tide by joining Toastmasters and earning 3 DTMs in 3 years.

Our Members in Attendance – Barb, Nancy, Kate, Warren, Giri, Jinxin Jim, Lynn, Robert, Jean

Our Guest  in Attendance – Julie McLean     

Motion to Adjourn:  Kate

Secretary,  
Jean Tracy, DTM

Public Speaking Northwest Minutes for 7-7-20

"Ours is the only organization I know dedicated to the individual, we work together to bring out the best in each of us and then we apply these skills to help others." – Ralph Smedley, Founder of Toastmasters International

Announcements: Welcome Barb as our new President and Kate as our new VP Membership, Jean   will be Secretary

Our Meeting Toastmaster – Nancy stood in as Toastmaster with the theme, SMILE.

Our President – Barb opened the meeting.

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Adilene

Word of the day: Extemporaneous

Ah Counter – Lynne

Timer - Lynne

General Evaluator – Giri

Our Speakers – Warren – “Passing the Torch,” Robert – “Analog Clocks and Obsolescence”

 Our Evaluators – Jean and  Jim

Our Table Topics Master – Kate with questions from the Ungame

Our Table Topic Speakers – Giri and our guest, Lynn.

Our Humorist

Our Members in Attendance – Barb, Nancy, Lynne, Robert, Warren, Kate, Adilene, Giri, Jim, Jean

 Our Guests in Attendance - Lynn

Motion to Adjourn: Nancy      Second: Members

Respectfully submitted,

Jean Tracy, DTM

Secretary