Friday, August 14, 2020

Public Speaking Northwest Minutes 8.11.2020

 

 

“Toastmasters makes sense so don’t be tense. Come speak and lead with confidence.“ JT

 Each Tuesday we meet at twelve noon. Please join us on Zoom!

 Announcements:  Lucelly was inducted into our club again. Jean will be her mentor.

 

Our Meeting Toastmaster: Nancy - her theme was Texas -Nancy shared many interesting facts about Texas. Many facts made us laugh.

 

Our President: Barb welcomed our guest, Ben.

 

Our Gate Team was:

 

Grammarian and Word of the Day  Lynnher word for us to use – ‘inconceivable.’

Ah Counter – Lynn who helped us by counting our ah’s and ums. We’ll try to avoid them.

Timer – Barb, who kept us on track. None of us went overtime or undertime.

General Evaluator – Mara, whose meeting evaluation was very encouraging.

 

Our 1st Speaker – Robert gave his Ice breaker and shared  funny stories about an algebra student of his and a nurse who passed her math exam to become an RN. This was one of Robert’s great talks.

 

Our 2nd Speaker – Giri told 4 fascinating stories to help us learn “Flow.’ His motivating points included 1. Acting and 2. Acting at the right time. He show how doing so stopped ‘Decision Fatigue.’

 

Our1st Evaluator – Lucelly gave a positive evaluation which demonstrated the fine points in Robert’s talk.

 

Our 2nd Evaluator – Jean also gave Giri a positive evaluation adding 2 points for challenging himself.

 

Our Table Topics Master – Kate gave a fun ‘on the spot’ question to Warren who wanted to live in the suburbs with enough land for planting a crop. Hana chose to live near beaches because they remind her of her home in Viet Nam. Ben’s favorite sport is soccer, which he played in Scotland.

 

Our Members in Attendance – Barb, Nancy, Lynn, Mara, Robert, Giri, Kate, Lucelly, Jim, Warren, Hana, Jean

 

Our Guests in Attendance – Ben

 

Your Secretary,

 

Jean Tracy, DTM

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