Meeting Recap: August 19th, 2009
We had an enjoyable meeting last night. We had two guests; Ms. GiGi Sampson our Area Governor visited our club and Mr. Thomas Choat visited our club. Chad was the Toastmaster of the evening and did his “standard great job”. We accomplished one of the most important functions of a Toastmaster Club tonight, we inducted a new member. Ms. Gewreka Robertson was inducted into the club! We welcome you Gewreka! Her mentor will be me.
We had two prepared presentations tonight. Bert Freeman gave a presentation tonight that was part status report/ part motivational speech and 100% great. He discussed how his organization received a government contract and how he assembled his team to train a new generation of military personnel. A generation whose viewpoints are very different from those of the baby-boomers viewpoints and it is difficult to meet the same expectations of the two groups.
Great job, Bert!!
I gave the second prepared speech. It was “Mentoring”. What is a mentor? Why do we need them? Are they only needed in Toastmasters? A mentor to paraphrase a friend’s quote “Is someone who gets you through your first three speeches. They are a resource for information, a pat on the back for a job well-done, and the character from a children’s book. They are the little train engine that says I think you can, I think you can!!” I appreciate the positive responses I received from the club.
Jada was our “Table Topics Master” and Mike Keever won the most laughter award tonight. Jada asked Mike if you belong to an organization that was hiring and a friend who would be a poor worker for the job asked if you were hiring what would you do. Mike’s response was to LIE and state no positions are open at this time.
Our General Evaluator was Ann Dawson. GiGi evaluated Bert’s speech. I was impressed because GiGi’s evaluation was without notes. She also stated how body language really enhanced Bert’s speech.
Bert will be e-mailing the roles for next week’s meeting,
Action Points:
September 15th will be the Club’s Humorous Speech Contest/ Evaluation Contest.
We are looking ahead for January’s Public Speaking Seminars and volunteers to assist us.
We had an enjoyable meeting last night. We had two guests; Ms. GiGi Sampson our Area Governor visited our club and Mr. Thomas Choat visited our club. Chad was the Toastmaster of the evening and did his “standard great job”. We accomplished one of the most important functions of a Toastmaster Club tonight, we inducted a new member. Ms. Gewreka Robertson was inducted into the club! We welcome you Gewreka! Her mentor will be me.
We had two prepared presentations tonight. Bert Freeman gave a presentation tonight that was part status report/ part motivational speech and 100% great. He discussed how his organization received a government contract and how he assembled his team to train a new generation of military personnel. A generation whose viewpoints are very different from those of the baby-boomers viewpoints and it is difficult to meet the same expectations of the two groups.
Great job, Bert!!
I gave the second prepared speech. It was “Mentoring”. What is a mentor? Why do we need them? Are they only needed in Toastmasters? A mentor to paraphrase a friend’s quote “Is someone who gets you through your first three speeches. They are a resource for information, a pat on the back for a job well-done, and the character from a children’s book. They are the little train engine that says I think you can, I think you can!!” I appreciate the positive responses I received from the club.
Jada was our “Table Topics Master” and Mike Keever won the most laughter award tonight. Jada asked Mike if you belong to an organization that was hiring and a friend who would be a poor worker for the job asked if you were hiring what would you do. Mike’s response was to LIE and state no positions are open at this time.
Our General Evaluator was Ann Dawson. GiGi evaluated Bert’s speech. I was impressed because GiGi’s evaluation was without notes. She also stated how body language really enhanced Bert’s speech.
Bert will be e-mailing the roles for next week’s meeting,
Action Points:
September 15th will be the Club’s Humorous Speech Contest/ Evaluation Contest.
We are looking ahead for January’s Public Speaking Seminars and volunteers to assist us.
Remember to bring your Competent leader manual to all club meetings so you can be evaluated fulfilling your roles.
We had an enjoyable meeting last night. We had two guests; Ms. GiGi Sampson our Area Governor visited our club and Mr. Thomas Choat visited our club. Chad was the Toastmaster of the evening and did his “standard great job”. We accomplished one of the most important functions of a Toastmaster Club tonight, we inducted a new member. Ms. Gewreka Robertson was inducted into the club! We welcome you Gewreka! Her mentor will be me.
We had two prepared presentations tonight. Bert Freeman gave a presentation tonight that was part status report/ part motivational speech and 100% great. He discussed how his organization received a government contract and how he assembled his team to train a new generation of military personnel. A generation whose viewpoints are very different from those of the baby-boomers viewpoints and it is difficult to meet the same expectations of the two groups. Great job, Bert!!
I gave the second prepared speech. It was “Mentoring”. What is a mentor? Why do we need them? Are they only needed in Toastmasters? A mentor to paraphrase a friend’s quote “Is someone who gets you through your first three speeches. They are a resource for information, a pat on the back for a job well-done, and the character from a children’s book. They are the little train engine that says I think you can, I think you can!!” I appreciate the positive responses I received from the club.
Jada was our “Table Topics Master” and Mike Keever won the most laughter award tonight. Jada asked Mike if you belong to an organization that was hiring and a friend who would be a poor worker for the job asked if you were hiring what would you do. Mike’s response was to LIE and state no positions are open at this time.
Our General Evaluator was Ann Dawson. GiGi evaluated Bert’s speech. I was impressed because GiGi’s evaluation was without notes. She also stated how body language really enhanced Bert’s speech.
Bert will be e-mailing the roles for next week’s meeting,
Action Points:
September 15th will be the Club’s Humorous Speech Contest/ Evaluation Contest.
We are looking ahead for January’s Public Speaking Seminars and volunteers to assist us.
Remember to bring your Competent leader manual to all club meetings so you can be evaluated fulfilling your roles.
