Public Speaking Northwest #9406

 

Meeting Minutes

January 4, 2022

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

 

Announcements 

We will have a club speech contest in February. Consider being a contestant.

 

Members in Attendance (in alphabetical order): Barb, Jim, Kate, Kelly, Kristin, Lynn C., Lynne D, Mara, Nancy, Nevin, Robert

 

Guests in Attendance: Meera Basnet

 

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

 

Opening Comments by our President, Lynn C.

 

The meeting theme was: Nursery Rhymes

 

The word of the day was “adroit”

 

Our Toastmaster was Barb who talked about two Nursery Rhymes, “It’s raining it’s pouring,” and “A tisket a tasket.”

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Lynne D

Ah Counter – Lynne D

Timer – Lynn C

General Evaluator – Kate

 

Our Speaker #1 was Nevin with his Ice Breaker speech, “Step Out of Your Comfort Zone,” 4-6 minutes, Leadership Development Pathway. Nevin reflected on his fear of public speaking and the several public speaking engagements that he has had recently. He concluded with remarking on the growth that he had experienced by stepping out of his comfort zone and encouraging us to do likewise.

 

Our Speaker #2 was Mara with her speech, “The NYC Tourist,” 5-7 minutes, Presentation Mastery Path, Level 1, Researching and Presenting.

 

Our Evaluator #1 was Robert who praised Nevin’s confidence and many slides.

 

Our Evaluator #2 was Jim, who expressed appreciation for Mara’s speech, commenting that her “research and presenting” speech was actually a travelogue, a novel and entertaining way to handle the assignment. Jim also said that he was working on ways to avoid sentences beginning with “And” and “So.” He pointed out how Mara started sentences with phrases that answered the questions what, where, when, and why as very good transitions.

 

Our Table Topics Master was Nancy who asked questions in tune with the theme of the meeting.

 

Kelly talked about the “Baa baa black sheep” in her family, her sister.

 

Kristin talked about a child.

 

Meera spoke about going around her house.

 

Our General Evaluator, Kate, said the she had enjoyed having many members present wearing party hats and that Table Topics had built on the theme of the meeting. Regarding the Evaluators, Kate praised Robert’s comments on Nevin’s slides and Jim’s sandwich method of evaluation. Kate also appreciated how both evaluators gave suggestions that were useful for all of us.

 

The meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Katz