Wednesday, January 12, 2022

 

Meeting Minutes

January 11, 2022

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

 

Announcements 

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Members in Attendance: Barb, Jessica, Jim, Kate, Kelly, Kristin, Jim, Lynn C., Lynne D, Mara, Nancy, Nevin, Nguyet , Robert

 

Guests in Attendance: Meera Basnet, Maria

 

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: Canva Tips and Tricks

 

The word of the day was “delineate”

 

Our Toastmaster was Mara who introduced us to Canva, a free graphics application and spent a little time demonstrating it to us.

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Nevin

Ah Counter – Nevin

Timer – Nguyet

General Evaluator Jim

 

Our Speaker was Nancy with her speech, “Charisma, A Learned Behavior,” 18-22 minutes, Presentation Mastery Pathway, Level 5, Preparing to Speak Professionally. Nancy taught us a lot about charisma: the three key elements (Presence, Power, and Warmth), the types of charisma (Focus Charisma, Visionary Charisma, Kindness Charisma, and Authority Charisma), and gave us exercises for learning charisma. She put “handouts” in the Chat, and was compelling with her verbal variety, facial expressions, and gestures.

 

Our Evaluator was Kristin who used the classic sandwich method to give a very thorough, warm, and helpful evaluation.

 

Our Table Topics Master was Robert who asked questions about technology. He asked Barb about how she uses technology to avoid emergencies.

 

Meerat talked about her first experiences with computers in the Philippines

 

Our General Evaluator, Jim, said he had enjoyed having many members present.  He praised Kristin’s evaluation and how well the toastmaster kept us on time despite a long speech. Jim also praised the work of the GATE team.

 

The meeting adjourned at 1:05 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Katz, Secretary

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