President and Toastmaster of the Day, Lara opens the meeting with inducting the new members of the Club, welcoming Vivi, Moises, and Judy, who recited the members promised, as Lara shared the script on the Zoom screen. Lara was also the Toastmaster of the Day, wearing many hats for this meeting, she started the meeting to the audience by announcing that it was her last meeting as the President, and Paula the incoming President, will start at the beginning of July 1st. The theme of “American Dream” was introduced first as the agenda was discussed. This followed by the introduction of the Timer and Grammarian. Lara closed the Opening Section with the the Education Moment, which was delivered by Young. He shared the Toastmaster way of providing and receiving an evaluation, as our educational moment of the day.
Table Topics is a long-standing Toastmasters tradition intended to help members develop their ability to organize their thoughts quickly and respond to an impromptu question or topic. It typically begins after the prepared speech presentations during our in-person meetings. For the Zoom meetings, to allow early interactive participation, it’s perform in the early part of the meeting. Jovica was the table topic master for this meeting. Due to limited time, there were only two volunteers to answer these two questions. “What is the definition of the American Dream”, answered by Bill. “What is the one word that describes the America Dream”, answered by Vivi.
The Prepared Speakers were two in number. Brian was a second time visitor, and guest at our Club. He delivered Project #5 story of Apollo and Daphne from the Storytelling Manual. Judy gave a speech titled “Coming Full Circle”, from her Level 1 icebreaker project form Presentation Mastery Pathways.
The general evaluator was Jimmy, who introduced this section to the audience, along with each respective evaluator, facilitating between each evaluator and finally providing his overall critique of the meeting. Steven provided an opportunity for improvement to Brian by suggesting to bring the characters to live with more drama and physical gestures, and to introduce the story itself within the speech. Hannah was the evaluator two. First time evaluating at the club, she provided a positive and supporting criticism of Judy’s icebreaker.
Lara as Toastmaster of the day, concluded the meeting and handed off the meeting to herself, as the President. She spent 10 minutes or so reflecting on her one year journey as the Club’s President, her intentions, giving some announcements on the officer change over. Then she lead the officer installment.
