On the Road – Meeting of July 23, 2011

Area Governor Cheryl inducts new officers.
Evaluation Champ Scott gives Amara Feedback

We had lots of fun and learning today! Highlights:

Joel delights with his Ah Counter’s report.
  • We tried a new location (Rusty Pelican, Wallingford).
  • Our Area 23 Governor, Cheryl E., joined us to introduce herself to our members and install our new officer team.
  • Amara D. delivered the final project from The Profession Speaker advanced manual and received a thorough and supportive evaluation from Scott C., the District 2 Evaluation Contest winner for 2011. 
  • John N. delivered thoughtful Table Topics questions about road trips — ones we love to remember and ones we might like to forget! Best Table Topics award went to Mary L.
  • Word of the Day: peregrinate (to journey or travel from place to place, esp. on foot)
  • First-time visitor Kathy said she found lots of useful practices in our meeting.
  • Second-time visitor Nagisa remains interested in learning more about the Toastmaster program.
  • Business: The club members decided to try another meeting at The Rusty Pelican. Join us at 7:45 on Saturday, Aug. 6th for another great meeting!
  • Kathy tries impromptu speaking
     Detailed Agenda:
Time
Role
Activity
Member
7:45
Presi-
dent
Open Meeting · Welcome Guests · Introduction of Toastmaster
Ray
7:51
Toast-
master
Thematic Comments · Introduce Key Roles
Ray
Word of the Day/Ah Counter
Joel
Timer
Beth
Introduce Speaker #1
Ray
8:07
Speaker
 #1
Title: Find Your Voice and Flourish
Speech #5 (The Motivational Speech) from The Professional Speaker advanced manual. Objectives:
·    Understand the concept and nature of motivational speaking.
·    Apply a four-step motivational method with the purpose of persuading and inspiring.
·    Deliver a motivational speech to persuade an audience to emotionally commit to an action.
Amara
8:22
Toast-master
Comment writing (2 minutes) · Introduce TT Master
Ray
8:24
Table Topics Master
Explain & conduct Table Topics
John
8:30
Toast-master
Vote for best Table Topic · Explain Evaluation Session · Introduce Evaluators
Ray
8:32
Eval. #1
Evaluate Amara’s speech
Scott
8:37
Toast-master
Introduce the General Evaluator
Ray
8:38
GE
Feedback on evaluations and the meeting as a whole
Nicole
9:43
Toast-master
Final Thematic Comments · Return to President
Ray
9:44
Presi-
dent
Business Items · Awards · Guest Comments · Announcements
Ray
9:00
Presi-
dent
Adjourn Meeting
Ray
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