Remember, no meeting on Dec. 27.
Talented Toastmaster Cary Bradley set the stage for a dynamic meeting with a 2007 retrospect theme that she so skillfully carried out from start to finish. She also introduced all speakers like a pro at a public presentation.
Engaging speaker Mike Angel entertained us with his interpretive reading of a classic holiday tale about Ebineezer Scrooge, while "space ship captain" Mike Stablien took us on a narrative journey to other planets with his visual show.
Mike S. won best speaker, but it was a close vote with Mike A. scoring high, as well. Dave T. won best evaluator for his review of Mike's speech. Eric's review of Mike Angel's speech came in at a close second.
Janet Reese led Table Topics with questions that challenged everyone to reflect on and share their annual highlights. Cary Bradley won for her Eat, Pray, Love book description and recommendation for all to read.
Which speaking opportunity would you like to fill for our next meeting, Jan. 3, 2008? E-mail me with what you elect. As you can see, we need to line up our cast long before the curtain rises. Let's make our first 2008 meeting as great as the last one of 2007!
TM - open
Speakers: Dave T. & Deron W.
Evaluator 1: Janet for Dave
Evaluator 1: open (for Deron)
GE-open
WOD-open
Timer- open
Ah counter-open
Grammarian-open
Happy 2008!
See you Next Year, Jan. 3, 2008!
Friday, December 21, 2007
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!
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!
Dec. 6, 2007 Meeting
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
Our program also included a speech by Deron White who recounted a heartfelt story with the lead character named Bubba. Garry 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 sleeping. In our answers, we used 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 (Tell Eric & Cary if you want to fill this role)
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!
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
Our program also included a speech by Deron White who recounted a heartfelt story with the lead character named Bubba. Garry 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 sleeping. In our answers, we used 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 (Tell Eric & Cary if you want to fill this role)
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!
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Meeting Notes for November 29th.
Shopping
Word of the Day: materialism
Black Friday Flight of the bumble bee
Shopping, Hopping, Swapping, Mopping
Popping, slopping, dropping , cropping
flopping, chopping, topping, propping
flopping? sopping? whopping? stopping?
:)
Roles for next week
TM: Janet
Speaker: Deron
Speaker: Janet - Awards ceremony
Evaluator: Gary
Table Topics: Cary
Word of the Day: Aaron
Evaluator General: Eric
Guests: Stephanie, Keith, Don and returning member Jeff Johns!
Meeting Summary
Airin' Aaron Sapp took the meeting to new heights with a positive attitude. Gary Grandslam Fuller wowed us with a fireside chat about family values. Eric the Red yucked it up with holiday cheer and jeer.
Evaluators Janet and Connie, both were quite balmy. Applauds rained down like a wild tsunami. Next Karen Lang, Carin' so much, lead table topics, impromptu and such. That crazy guy Nick, summed it all up, with his dazzle and shtick. Did he do good? yup.
That all from me. I gotta go. See you next week. At least I hope so.
Mike
Word of the Day: materialism
Black Friday Flight of the bumble bee
Shopping, Hopping, Swapping, Mopping
Popping, slopping, dropping , cropping
flopping, chopping, topping, propping
flopping? sopping? whopping? stopping?
:)
Roles for next week
TM: Janet
Speaker: Deron
Speaker: Janet - Awards ceremony
Evaluator: Gary
Table Topics: Cary
Word of the Day: Aaron
Evaluator General: Eric
Guests: Stephanie, Keith, Don and returning member Jeff Johns!
Meeting Summary
Airin' Aaron Sapp took the meeting to new heights with a positive attitude. Gary Grandslam Fuller wowed us with a fireside chat about family values. Eric the Red yucked it up with holiday cheer and jeer.
Evaluators Janet and Connie, both were quite balmy. Applauds rained down like a wild tsunami. Next Karen Lang, Carin' so much, lead table topics, impromptu and such. That crazy guy Nick, summed it all up, with his dazzle and shtick. Did he do good? yup.
That all from me. I gotta go. See you next week. At least I hope so.
Mike
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Meeting Notes - November 15
We had a fun meeting today. We were a little short on audience, but long on participation.
John Wierzba, lead the meeting as Toastmaster with the theme of cards. Playing cards precisely. John provided us with some history about cards. How did the deck get to 52? Why does the Ace of Spades bear the makers information? Can you make a bomb out of the hearts and diamonds? These questions, all but the last one (look it up), filled the dead air and kept the meeting moving.
Aaron Sapp entertained us with his ice-breaker today. Aaron's a natural speaker who introduced us to him, his family, and his interests via a Powerpoint presentation, providing graphs to highlight information about his life. One of his daughters is has above normal sass, as measured against an average.
I provided his final speech from the Interpretive Reading manual. I'll be happy to say good-bye to that manual. It turns out, I'm more comfortable with my own words. It's been a learning experience in any case.
Dave Trzupek hectored us with Table Topics around a space theme. Do astronauts wear diapers? Funny thing is, as many a parent can confirm, diapers are a convenience that many kids aren't all that happy to give up. My question is, once the astronauts wear the diapers have any of them decided it's not such a bad way to go?
We were pleased to see Connie Pshigoda come back. Not the least, because she filled in as timer, ah-counter, and grammarian.
There's no meeting next week as we should all be fattening up for the winter. Following that the next meeting looks like....
Toastmaster: Aaron Sapp
Speakers: Gary Fuller and Eric Peterson
Evaluators: Connie Pshigoda and Janet Reese
Table Topics: Karen Lang
D.
John Wierzba, lead the meeting as Toastmaster with the theme of cards. Playing cards precisely. John provided us with some history about cards. How did the deck get to 52? Why does the Ace of Spades bear the makers information? Can you make a bomb out of the hearts and diamonds? These questions, all but the last one (look it up), filled the dead air and kept the meeting moving.
Aaron Sapp entertained us with his ice-breaker today. Aaron's a natural speaker who introduced us to him, his family, and his interests via a Powerpoint presentation, providing graphs to highlight information about his life. One of his daughters is has above normal sass, as measured against an average.
I provided his final speech from the Interpretive Reading manual. I'll be happy to say good-bye to that manual. It turns out, I'm more comfortable with my own words. It's been a learning experience in any case.
Dave Trzupek hectored us with Table Topics around a space theme. Do astronauts wear diapers? Funny thing is, as many a parent can confirm, diapers are a convenience that many kids aren't all that happy to give up. My question is, once the astronauts wear the diapers have any of them decided it's not such a bad way to go?
We were pleased to see Connie Pshigoda come back. Not the least, because she filled in as timer, ah-counter, and grammarian.
There's no meeting next week as we should all be fattening up for the winter. Following that the next meeting looks like....
Toastmaster: Aaron Sapp
Speakers: Gary Fuller and Eric Peterson
Evaluators: Connie Pshigoda and Janet Reese
Table Topics: Karen Lang
D.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Meeting Notes - November 8th
"When I was just a wee little lad, full of health and joy
my father homeward came one night, he gave to me a toy
a wonder to behold it was, with many colors bright
the first time I layed eyes on it, it became my hearts delight
It went zip when it moved, and pop when it stopped
and whirred when it stood still
I never knew just what it was, and I guess I never will."
my father homeward came one night, he gave to me a toy
a wonder to behold it was, with many colors bright
the first time I layed eyes on it, it became my hearts delight
It went zip when it moved, and pop when it stopped
and whirred when it stood still
I never knew just what it was, and I guess I never will."
-Peter, Paul, and Mary
Gadgets, was the theme for today's meeting. Dave Trzupek is a gadget junkie, and he shared this interest with us. Explaining what a gadget is, and giving several examples.The word of the day was....
Novelty - 1: something new or unusual 2: the quality or state of being novel 3: a small manufactured article intended mainly for personal or household adornment - usually used in the plural 4: something that provides often fleeting amusement and is often based on a theme - often used attributively.
.... which fit right in with the theme.
We enjoyed two speeches on this day. One by Karen Lang and the other by Eric Peterson. Karen "got to the point," in her manual speech providing us with some interesting information about our natural preferences for Expressiveness. I'm on the left side of the second-third, for those who haven't guessed.
Eric worked upon the theme of "The Emperor's New Clothes," entertaining us with his good humor about having to pretend he knows less than he does, though he knows more, in order to maintain the illusion that he isn't capable of doing what he can do, though he clearly can, and will do what he can when he is deemed ripe for it; all in an effort to, not rock the boat and upset the emperor.
During table topics we all shared something novel about ourselves, which was an enjoyable way to learn a bit about each speaker. We were treated to an excellent table topic presented by our guest Pat O'Brien.
Next week we look forward to hearing an Ice-Breaker from Aaron Sapp. John Wierzba will be our Toastmaster. I shall give a speech from the story-telling manual.
-D.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Evaluation articles / awards presentation
Articles: Have you read the articles on the craft of evaluating speeches in the Nov. 2007 issue of Toastmaster magazine? They are a few of the best articles I've seen on on how to give evaluations properly.
Giving constructive feedback to speakers is important, yet one of the most difficult things to do well. I liked the articles because they give some good tips on what to do and what not to do when you are the evaluator. What do you think?
Awards: Have you earned a TM designation during the past year? Please plan on attending our special Dec. 6 awards meeting. We will recognize and present you with your designation, whether it's the competent leader, competent communicator or an advanced award such as advanced communicator bronze. Bring your certificate. We want to congratulate you for your accomplishments in TM!
Giving constructive feedback to speakers is important, yet one of the most difficult things to do well. I liked the articles because they give some good tips on what to do and what not to do when you are the evaluator. What do you think?
Awards: Have you earned a TM designation during the past year? Please plan on attending our special Dec. 6 awards meeting. We will recognize and present you with your designation, whether it's the competent leader, competent communicator or an advanced award such as advanced communicator bronze. Bring your certificate. We want to congratulate you for your accomplishments in TM!
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