Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters
Meeting Minutes
9/27/2022
Announcements:
Big Welcome to Leya for being our newest member!
We will have our October 4th In-Person meeting at:
McMenamins Anderson School in the Thorndike Room
18607 Bothell Way NE
Bothell, WA 98011
Our Sergent at Arms and zoom host Barb, promptly opened the meeting on time with our mission statement, flag salute, and reminded members and guests that the speech and evaluation part of our meeting are recorded.
Our President Mara opened the meeting. Our VPE Nancy reviewed roles for the next meeting, provide us with the Learning Minute, and introduced the Toastmaster.
Our Learning Minute from Nancy:
Speech Opening Techniques
1. State the importance of your topic.
2. Make a startling statement.
3. Arouse suspense or curiosity.
4. Tell a story
5. Ask a rhetorical question
6. Begin with a quotation
7. Use humor
8. Audience participation
9. A demonstration
Our Toastmaster (and rapper) was Dan Our theme was "The Power of Music".
Our GATE Team was:
Grammarian - Robert
Word of the day - Tempo
Dan, Jean, Leya, Jim, Warren, Barb, and Robert used the Word of The Day
Ah Counter - Jean
Timer - Warren
General Evaluator - Nancy
Our Speaker today was Mara. Her speech is entitled “Financial Literacy for the Next Generation”. She is working on her Presentation Mastery Pathway, Level 5, Prepare to Speak Professionally (8-10 mins)
Our Evaluators were Barb (evaluating Mara)
Our Table Topic Master was Meera
Our Table Topic Speakers were:
Warren, Nitin, Nancy, Marcus, Leya, and Jim all shared stories relating to our theme of the day.
Members in Attendance were Lynne, Lynn, Jean, Julie, Warren, Mara, Nancy, Jim, Dan, Meera, Barb, Robert, Nitin, and Leya
Guest(s) in Attendance were Arthur Krull (Lynne’s friend and returned twice) and Marcus (a new visitor but not new to Toastmasters)
Motion to Adjourn: Julie Second: a few voices seconded but don’t recall who :)
Secretary,
Lynn Connell
