Public Speaking
Northwest Minutes for 9-8-20
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Our Meeting
Toastmaster: As Jim unveiled
Michelangelo’s, David, he announced his theme, “The Beauty of Art.”
Our President: Barb
Our Gate Team:
Grammarian and Word of the Day – Lynne shared her role and advised
us to use the word, “Artistic” if we spoke during the meeting.
Ah Counter – Lynne told us her role was to
count ‘ums’ and ‘ahs’ to help us avoid using them and improve our talks.
Timer – Warren, as our timer, kept
our speeches, table topics and evaluations within their limits using his green,
yellow and red cards.
General Evaluator
– Robert noted the meeting
started on time. He complemented Giri to step in as evaluator for Lucelly even
though he also gave a speech. Jim also volunteered to be Toastmaster at the
last minute.
Our 1st
Speaker – Lucelly
entitled her talk, “Antecedent Intervention on How to Change Unwanted Behavior.”
Being a mom, she told us it’s important to know what motivates a child’s
behavior before we intervene. She gave the pretend behavior of her daughter
hating vegetables but loving dessert. Then she shared the winning formula for
changing her unwanted veggie behavior. If you want the formula, contact Lucelly.
Our 2nd
Speaker – Giri entitled
his speech, “My First Safari.” Giri’s family experienced excitement from
elephants and later a lion chasing their vehicle. Although they were
frightened, their driver was not. He wanted to scare Giri’s family so
they would never forget their first Safari. Giri remembers it well.
Our 1st Evaluator – Giri complimented Lucelly
for including her audience (us) by asking us structured questions. He also
enjoyed her lively expressions while presenting her talk.
Our 2nd
Evaluator – Mara praised Giri
for sending a link to the members with beautiful safari pictures. She
enjoyed how his story progressed with both suspense and action.
Our Table Topics Master – Jean, using pictures from her
boys’ childhood, pretended they were from the young lives of famous artists. Our
members, as art critics, were to discuss how the pictures showed the beginnings
of these art masters.
Barb noted the hand showed Salvador Dali’s strange
art with wires springing from the fingers and red veins in the hands.
Robert observed Georgia O’Keeffe’s white leaves with
different sizes.
Glenn thought the American Eagle with it’s head turned
toward peace was quite a different style for Henri Matisse.
Lynne pointed out the cubes in the colorful geometric
designs of Pablo Picasso.
General Evaluator – Robert
evaluated the meeting
from beginning to end.
Our Guest, Glenn, is in the process of joining.
Linda, our past president, brought us special
excitement from California where she now lives. We spent extra time after the
meeting catching up with her. What a treat!
Your Secretary,
Jean Tracy, DTM
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