Public Speaking Northwest #9406

 

Meeting Minutes

October 19, 2021

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

 

Announcements 

 

Today, our new member induction ceremony was performed by Nancy for Jessica Smail.

 

Look forward to a Zoom (holiday) dress up meeting on October 26, 2021.

 

Members in Attendance (in alphabetical order): Jessica, Kate, Kelly, Lynn C., Lynne D., Mara, Nancy, Nguyet, Robert, Warren

 

Guests in Attendance: None

 

Our Sergeant at Arms, Lynne D, opened our meeting at 12:00 p.m.

 

Opening Comments by our President, Lynn C.

 

Our Toastmaster was Nancy

 

The meeting theme was: Celebrating October!

 

The word of the day was “scrumptious”

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Nguyet

Ah Counter – Jessica

Timer – Lynn C

General Evaluator – Mara

 

Speaker #1 was Kelly with her speech, “Get Your Zoom On.” This was her Presentation Mastery path, Level 1-2: Evaluation and Feedback.  5-7 minutes

In her speech, which took 6:42 minutes, Kelly demonstrated using virtual background PowerPoint slides, how to create virtual background PowerPoint slides .

 

Speaker #2 was Warren speaking about, “Make Your Mentor A Winner.” This was his Visionary Communication path, Introduction To Mentoring.  5-7 minutes

In his speech, which took 8:09 minutes, Warren disclosed the two-way contributions between mentors and proteges and the distinction between mentors and coaches. He kept us on the edge of our chairs as his internet connection became intermittent.

 

Evaluator #1 was Kate with a very complete evaluation, recognizing Kelly’s innovation and warmth of presentation and suggesting adjusting her Zoom settings to uncheck “mirror my video” to properly point to a location behind her.

 

Evaluator #2 was Nancy with an admiring evaluation, recognizing Warren’s clarity of thought and storytelling and suggesting adjusting his monitor/camera, so that his entire head could fit into the screen rectangle, rather than leaving the top of his head to our imagination.

 

Our Table Topics Master was Robert with unthematic random questions. 

Lynne D. told of her favorite ancestor – her Grandmother as her namesake.

Nguyet talked decisively about not being willing to change places with anyone for a month, thank you very much.

Jessica looks forward 10 years from now to seeing her kids grown and her house remodeled.

Kate confessed that her favorite phone apps involve scheduling, personal and team.

 

The General Evaluator was Mara who commented on Nancy’s adroit self-fulfillment as Evaluator #2 and Toastmaster. She also liked the Table Topic speakers, the Evaluators, and the Gate Team reporters. 

 

Meeting adjourned at 12:59 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Robert Katz, On behalf of

Barbara Katz, Secretary