Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters
Meeting Minutes
12/20/2022
Announcement: We got the approval from all the members that attended today with their hands raised for our upcoming officers starting January 2023.
Mara - President
Nancy - VP Education
Lynne - VP Membership
Kelly - VP Public Relations
Marcus - Secretary
Nguyet - Treasurer
Barb - Sergeant-at-Arms
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 was recorded.
Our President Mara opened the meeting. Our VPE Nancy reviewed roles for the next meeting, provided us with the Learning Minute, and introduced the Toastmaster.
Our Learning Minute from Nancy:
Tips for Toasting:
Get their attention: tap your glass with a fork or stand up
Seize the right moment: read the room
Introduce yourself briefly
Mean what you say
Toast, don’t roast: Stay positive
Stick to a single theme: Keep it simple
Raise your glass
End with a call to action: “To the coming year” “Cheers to our hosts”
Our Toastmaster was Kelly. Our theme was "Winter Wonderland Holiday Party - Wonderment".
Our GATE Team was:
Grammarian - Lynne
Word of the day - Marvel
Mara, Lynne, Lynn, Maria, Lakeyta, Nitin, Leya, Julie, Marjorie, Kelly, and Nancy used the Word of The Day
Ah Counter - Lynn
Timer - Maria
General Evaluator - Dan
Our Speaker today was Nancy. Her speech is entitled “Leadership? Really?”
(6-8 mins)
Our Evaluators were Barb (evaluating Nancy)
Our Table Topic Master was Nitin
Our Table Topic Speakers were:
Leya, Laketa, Lynn, Arthur, Dan, Julie, Robert, and Marjorie all shared stories relating to our theme of the day.
Members in Attendance were Lynne, Lynn, Mara, Nancy, Julie, Kelly, Barb, Maria, Dan, Leya, Amy, Anna, Nitin, Marcus, Robert, and Art
Guest(s) in Attendance was Marjorie (returning guest and will be a member in January! YAY!
Motion to Adjourn: Jim Second: Robert
Secretary,
Lynn Connell
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