Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters
Meeting Minutes
November 10th, 2026
Speech Competition
Bill Hinrichs, President, opened the meeting and welcomed members and guests.
Jeff Makita, Sergeant at Arms, led us through the Club Mission statement and Flag Salute.
Education Minute: Psychology of Conversation: How to Actually Master Small Talk
by Psych Signal YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYpA1-2kD8I
Nancy introduced our new member, Sarah Guo, and congratulated Maria Shneerson on completing level 2 of the Presentation Mastery Path.
Our Toastmaster was Nancy Carpenter, VP Education, with the theme “Speech Competition”.
Gate team:
No grammarian this week.
Our Ah Counter was Jamie Ambrose
Our Timer was Maria Cubacha, VPM
Our General Evaluator was Deanna Schroeder, Treasurer
Contest:
Our first speaker was Theresa Haynes with the speech “Built for Joy”.
Our second speaker was TK Kasnick with the speech “Fiction”.
Our third speaker was Alex Konicke, with the speech “Make the Call”.
Our fourth speaker was Kelly Fallucca, DTM, VPPR, with the speech “The girl behind the glasses”.
Our first-place winner was Kelly Fallucca, DTM, VPPR, and our second-place winner was Alex Konicke!
Our Table Topics Master was Nancy Carpenter, VPE
Table Topics participants – Victor, Kerry
Members in attendance were Alex, Bill, Chirag, Deanna, Dhwani, Jamie, Jeff, Katie, Kerry, Kelly, Maria C, Maria S, Ram, Sarah, Theresa, TK
Guests: Victor Nevarez, Sean Growly
Motion to adjourn:Deanna, second: Alex
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