Public Speaking
Northwest Minutes for 9-15-2020
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and inexpensive public speaking education? – Join Toastmasters!
Announcements: Glenn
has officially joined
our club. Welcome, Glenn!
Our Meeting
Toastmaster: Lynne who
had each member wear a fun hat for “Wear a Hat Day.”
Our President: Barb welcomed our guest Ray and asked him to share a
little about himself. What an interesting person!
Our Gate Team:
Grammarian and Word of the Day – Jim chose “Shindig” to fit
Lynne’s theme.
Ah Counter – Jim caught a few “Ahs” and “Ums”
from several of us. Our goal is to avoid using them.
Timer – Glenn, as our timer for the
first time, kept our speeches, table topics and evaluations within their limits
using his green, yellow and red cards. He did a super job.
General Evaluator
– Barb’s role was to evaluate the
meeting from top to bottom. Her evaluation is below.
Our 1st
Speaker – Kate entitled
her talk, “How to Create a More Welcoming TM Club.”
She suggested 4 steps to having new members introduce themselves
and she used them in her Table Topics below. Such a great technique!
Our 2nd
Speaker – Mara entitled her
speech, “Mara, You’ve Got Some ‘Splaining To Do” We’ve missed Mara for over 6
months. During that time, she started a coaching business, moved to a new home,
took on a full-time job, sold her previous home, and is starting her coaching
business again. She will end her full-time job in a few weeks and be able to
attend our meetings regularly again. We missed you, Mara, and feel so pleased
to have you back.
Our 1st Evaluator – Jean praised Kate for
speaking clearly, audibly, and with well-paced pauses. She complimented her for
sharing a welcoming technique for introducing new members.
Our 2nd
Evaluator – Giri enthusiastically
praised Mara for speaking with such serene inner comfort. He also liked how she
looked right into the Zoom camera which is hard to do.
Our Table Topics Master – Kate’s role was to choose
members to speak for 2 minutes practicing her introduction technique.
Robert, Jinxin and Jim each introduced themselves using Kate’s 4 stems
from her talk:
1.
My name is…
2.
It is pronounced…
3.
I prefer to be called…
4.
I prefer you not call me…
We learned new
information from each table topic speaker about themselves. Thanks for this
great technique, Kate.
General Evaluator – Barb
evaluated the meeting
from beginning to end with special kudos to Lynne for her fun “Wear a Hat Day” theme,
and to Giri for his comfortable style in evaluating. She also praised Kate for
her talk and using it in her table topics too.
Our Guest, Ray, said he felt warmly welcomed
and enjoyed the structure and organization of the meeting. We hope he
joins us again.
Your Secretary,
Jean Tracy, DTM
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