Public Speaking Minutes 7-21-20

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”  -  John C. Maxwell 

Announcement - Lynn Connell has sent in her application to join our club. Welcome Lynn!

Theme – Voice Activated Smart Speakers (e.g. Echo Dot)

Our Meeting Toastmaster – Robert Katz, who gave many examples using “Smart Speakers”.

Our President Pro Tem – Nancy Carpenter

Grammarian – Kate Morris

Word of the day - Presence
Ah Counter – Lynn Connell
Timer – Lynne Dauenhauer
General Evaluator – Warren Lewis

Our Speakers – A panel discussion led by Jean Tracy. Panelists were Jean, Jim Tracy, Kate Morris

Topic: In Toastmasters, “Participation Is the Key to Growth.” Jean showed how our officers demonstrated personal and club growth. Jim shared how effective evaluations include “Ingestion, Digestion, and Suggestion.”  Kate revealed how each role in a toastmaster meeting enhances the participant with valuable skills.

 Our Evaluators - Giri Mudili praised the panel for its novel format, clarity, and recovery from unintended interruptions.

Our Table Topics Master – Nancy Carpenter used jokes to stimulate fun responses.

Our Table Topic Speakers – Mara Williams likes moderate temperatures, Hana Vu, from Viet Nam, didn’t expect hot weather in the Pacific Northwest, Giri likes air conditioning.

General Evaluator – Warren Lewis praised the meeting as a whole and enjoyed the different format.

Members in Attendance -  Nancy, Lynne, Lynn, Robert, Warren, Jean, Jim, Kate, Giri, Mara, Hanna

Secretary,
Jean Tracy, DTM

Public Speaking Northwest Minutes for 7-14-2020

"People are more willingly to follow a leader who knows where he is going."        - Ralph Smedley, founder of Toastmasters International

Announcements: Officer Training is happening!

Our Meeting Toastmaster: Kate Morris showed true leadership making the meeting flow flawlessly. Her theme was “Turning of the Tides.”

Our President: Barb Katz welcomed Zoom guest, Julie McLean, from Jacksonville, Florida. With her application in hand, Lynn Connell is becoming our newest member. Welcome, Lynn!

Our Gate Team was:
Grammarian – Barb
Word of the day: Protean, which means diversity or variety.
Ah Counter – Julie McLean
Timer - Nancy
General Evaluator – Warren

Our Speaker: Giri fascinated us with his speech, “Understanding Emotional Intelligence – Focus on the Positive.” He showed us how to “Make the Pink Elephant in the Room Disappear.” He opened with a story to catch our attention, talked about Carl Jung’s “shadow” of negativity that we can easily  overcome, and even used the character, George, from Seinfeld to demonstrate what he meant. Finally, Giri tuned us into being aware of our ‘Light Bulb Moments.” Giri gave a truly motivational speech.

 Giri’s Evaluator - Jim praised Giri’s energy, enthusiasm, and content. He also added a few tweaks for Giri to consider.

Our Table Topics Master – Jean led Table Topics using the theme ‘Turning of the Tides,’ which means ‘Change.’

Our Table Topic Speakers -’ Jinxin turned the tide of a personal problem when she spoke to a helpful person. Lynn turned the tide of upset with her children with her self-talk and patience. Robert, as a teenager, turned the tide of with his parents by getting a library job and buying his own phone. Julie turned the tide by joining Toastmasters and earning 3 DTMs in 3 years.

Our Members in Attendance – Barb, Nancy, Kate, Warren, Giri, Jinxin Jim, Lynn, Robert, Jean

Our Guest  in Attendance – Julie McLean     

Motion to Adjourn:  Kate

Secretary,  
Jean Tracy, DTM

Public Speaking Northwest Minutes for 7-7-20

"Ours is the only organization I know dedicated to the individual, we work together to bring out the best in each of us and then we apply these skills to help others." – Ralph Smedley, Founder of Toastmasters International

Announcements: Welcome Barb as our new President and Kate as our new VP Membership, Jean   will be Secretary

Our Meeting Toastmaster – Nancy stood in as Toastmaster with the theme, SMILE.

Our President – Barb opened the meeting.

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Adilene

Word of the day: Extemporaneous

Ah Counter – Lynne

Timer - Lynne

General Evaluator – Giri

Our Speakers – Warren – “Passing the Torch,” Robert – “Analog Clocks and Obsolescence”

 Our Evaluators – Jean and  Jim

Our Table Topics Master – Kate with questions from the Ungame

Our Table Topic Speakers – Giri and our guest, Lynn.

Our Humorist

Our Members in Attendance – Barb, Nancy, Lynne, Robert, Warren, Kate, Adilene, Giri, Jim, Jean

 Our Guests in Attendance - Lynn

Motion to Adjourn: Nancy      Second: Members

Respectfully submitted,

Jean Tracy, DTM

Secretary

 

June 9, 2020 Meeting Minutes

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Meeting Minutes

June 9, 2020

 

1.    We congratulated Jim on completing level 5 on his Presentation Mastery Path.

2.    We had our mentor/protégé ceremony for Jim and Adilene.

3.    We had our election for 6-month terms beginning 7/1/2020

a.    Barbara Katz will be president.

b.    James Tracy will be treasurer

c.    Jean Tracy will be secretary

d.    Lynne will be sergeant at arms

e.    Kate Morris will be vice president of membership

f.     Nancy will be vice president of education

g.    Nancy will stand in as vice president of PR

 Our Meeting Toastmaster was Lynne with the theme Donald Duck’s Birthday.

Our President Jean opened our meeting and held our election.

 Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – John

Word of the day: Osmotic

Ah Counter – Adilene

Timer - Kate

General Evaluator – Jim

 Our Speaker was Jim. (Warren had been scheduled, but his computer had other ideas.) Jim jumped in with the very last speech in his path “Why are you here?”

 Our Evaluator was Jean.

 Our Table Topics Master was Nancy with Birthday themed questions

 Our Table Topic Speakers were Kate, Robert, Satya and John

 Our Humorist was Nancy.

 Our Members in Attendance were Lynne, Jean, Nancy, Kate, John, Adilene, Jim, and Robert.  

 Our Guests in Attendance Satya

 Motion to Adjourn: Nancy      Second: Robert

 

June 2, 2020 Meeting Minutes

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Meeting Minutes

June 2nd, 2020

 

Announcements:

1.    We would like you to be our Public Relations VP. Please let Jean know if you are interested.

2.    Our election of club officers for the next 6 months will be done in June.

Our Meeting Toastmaster was Nancy with the theme Limericks.

Our President Jean opened our meeting.

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Kate (Kate did a screen shot of her word of the day and used it as her virtual background as well as posting it in the Chat. Brilliant.)

Word of the day: Optimistic

Ah Counter – Kate

Timer - Jutta

General Evaluator – Lynne

Our Speaker was Jim with Engaging your changing.

Our Evaluator was Warren.

Our Table Topics Master was Nancy, a last-minute stand-in, using lines from limerics.

Our Table Topic Speakers were Kate about grass, Jean about tomatoes, Jutta about flowers and Lynne about oranges and lemons.

Our Members in Attendance were Lynne, Jean, Nancy, Jutta, Kate, Warren, and Jim.

Our Guests in Attendance Sadly, we had none.

Motion to Adjourn: Warren     Second: Unknown

 

May 26, 2020 Public Speaking Northwest Meeting Minutes

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Meeting Minutes

May 26, 2020

Announcements:

1.    Adilene’s official membership in our club starts next week!

2.    We are in need of a Secretary for the club officers. It is a 6 month term starting July 1.

3.    One of our former members, Emery Jordan, passed away recently. He will be missed.

Our Meeting Toastmaster was Nancy with the theme National Paper Airplane Day.

Our President Jean opened our meeting.

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Adilene (stepping in for a member who could not attend)

Word of the day: Marvel

Ah Counter – Jutta

Timer - Kate

General Evaluator – Jean

Our Speakers were Warren with Let Your Team Build the Solution and Lynne with The Wake-up Call.

Our Evaluators were Jim and Robert.

Our Table Topics Master was Hana..

Our Table Topic Speakers were Robert, about time travel, and Adilene, about the American dream.

Our Humorist was Robert.

Our Members in Attendance were Lynne, Jean, Nancy, Jutta, Kate, Warren, Hana, Jim, and Robert.  

Our Guests in Attendance Satya and Adilene

Motion to Adjourn: Jim      Second: Robert

May 19, 2020 Public Speaking Northwest Meeting Minutes

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Meeting Minutes

May 19, 2020

Our Toastmaster was Lynne and her theme was Forty Years Ago. It was the year of Mt. St. Helen’s eruption and the introduction of the Rubik’s Cube and Post-it notes.

Our President Jean opened our meeting.

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian - Jutta

Ah Counter – Hana (She is a shiny new member and it was her first role!)

Timer - Jim

General Evaluator – Jim (doing double duty)

Our Speakers were John with Now is the Time and Kate with Blowing in the Wind: The Puget Sound Convergence Zone.

Our Evaluators were Jean and Warren

Our Table Topics Master was Nancy with events from 1980, like the 109-mile traffic jam in France, the release of movies Friday the 13^th and the Shining, and Snow in Florida in March and 60 degrees in Boston in December.

Our Table Topic Speakers were Robert, Warren and Hana.

Our Humorist was Warren.

Announcements:

1.    Kate will be our VP of membership candidate when we have elections at the end of June.

2.    We are in need of a secretary and a treasurer by that time.

Members in Attendance were Lynne, Jean, Jim, Jutta, Hana, John, Kate, Warren, Nancy, Robert, and Jinxin.

Guests in Attendance Satya and Adilene

Motion to Adjourn: Nancy C      Second: Jim