Public Speaking
Northwest Minutes 10-20-2020
Want to learn the skills
to become a polished speaker? – Join Toastmasters
Announcements: We’ve created a promotion team to investigate Facebook
Live. As a team we will be learning how Facebook Live works and then present it
to our members. The goal is to promote our polished speakers.
Our President: Barb opened the meeting and welcomed our guests,
Mary, Midori, and Bob.
Our Meeting
Toastmaster: Lynne
opened her agenda with the theme, “Falling Back.” Throughout the meeting Lynne
shared Daylight Savings Time news like November 1st we will fall
back 1 hour.
Our Gate Team was:
Grammarian and Word of
the Day – Kate told
us to use the word, “Anticipate” when we speak. The idea is to build our
vocabulary. Kate said, “We did well today in using the word.”
Ah Counter – Kate counted our “ahs” and “ums”
and other filler words to help us avoid them when we speak. This will help us
to become better speakers.
Timer – Lynn showed us the green, red, and yellow cards to
help keep our speeches on time. This prevents us from taking too much time from
other speakers and throwing the timing for our agenda off.
General Evaluator – Nancy evaluated the meeting at the end. She shared
compliments and gave suggestions to make the meeting even better. This will
help us, as leaders, to create well-run meetings that people enjoy.
Our 1st
Speaker – Warren spoke
first and entitled his speech, “Light Their Fire.” He offered statistics on working
from home during this pandemic. He shared the high rate of burnout feelings at
Amazon and Microsoft. He also said managers could help employees handle working
at home by contacting them personally with compliments on their work.
Our 2nd
Speaker – Jim gave his
talk entitled, “A Serious Beginning.” He shared 2 stories from his childhood
that influenced him to adopt a serious mindset. He is striving to add humor to
his presentations by following the Humorous Pathway in Toastmasters. Jim knows
using humor will makes any speaker’s talks more enjoyable for the audience. That’s
what he’s aiming for.
Our 1st Evaluator – Barb felt Warren’s talk was inspiring,
helpful, and interesting. She liked his suggestions for making online meetings
better.
Our 2nd
Evaluator – Mara liked Jim’s
true stories and thought that he captured the members feelings. She would have liked knowing how old he was at
the time. Jim blurted out, “6 years-old.”
Our Table Topics Master – Jean requested that each speaker
finish the story sentences she provided and use “anticipate,” the word of the
day within their stories.
Mara finished the story about a monster buried in a
pile of wet leaves who feared for his life.
Barb completed the story about Little Mary Sue who
bit into a chestnut full of tiny worms.
Mary, our guest, related the story about an old crow
shivering while sitting on a scarecrow.
Jinxin told the story about a big black bat with extra
sharp teeth and her fear for her cat.
General Evaluator – Nancy gave a thorough evaluation with compliments and
suggestions.
Humorist – Lucelly quizzed us with 3 Halloween
jokes. She fooled us all.
Our Members in
Attendance – Nancy, Warren, Lynn,
Barb, Kate, Jim, Lucelly, Robert, Jinxin, Lynne, Mara, and Jean
Our Guests in Attendance
– Mary, Midori, and Bob
Motion to Adjourn – Jim, Second – Robert
Your Secretary,
Jean Tracy, DTM
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