Thursday, December 6, 2007

Dec. 6, 2007 Meeting Summary

Congratulations. You did it!
Today we recognized and celebrated our accomplishments in TM during the past year. Whether you just joined, you finished your Ice Breaker, one manual, or you earned a designation, congratulations! All your efforts pay off in better speaking skills that you apply daily. At the same time, you help our club earn a Distinguished Program award. What are your TM goals for 2008?

Deron White, VP of Education presented the awards:
Competent Communicator
Mike Angel
Gary Fuller
Eric Peterson
Advanced Communicator-Bronze
John Wierzba
Deron White
Nick Samoylov
Advanced Communicator-Silver
Janet Reese
Nick Samoylov
Competent Leader
Deron White
John Wierzba

There's more...
Our program also included a speech by Deron White who recounted a heartfelt story with a character named Bubba. Gary Fuller evaluated his speech, noting how Deron met the speech objectives and tips for next time.

Cary Bradly provided “dreamy” table topics and challenged us with creative questions about our dreams—when we’re snoozing. We incorporated Aaron Sapp’s word-of-the-day, crackerjack - A person or thing that shows marked ability or excellence. Connie’s reply won her Best Table Topics award.

Roles for next week Dec. 13:
Toastmaster-Eric Peterson
Speaker No. 1 - Dave Truzpek
Speaker No. 2 - Cary Bradley
Evaluator for Dave - John Wierzba
Evaluator for Cary- Open (You?--Let Eric and Cary know)
Table Topics- Connie Pshigoda
General Evaluator- Dan Pratt
Word of the Day- Gary Fuller

No meeting on Dec. 27 due to the holiday week.
See you next week!

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