Work in Progress
Our meeting this week revolved around the theme of Work in Progress, a theme given by our president and Toastmaster of the Day Judy Groff, that represented some of the changes we're undergoing now that we're in the new year.
We were honored with two guests this week, Bernie Fox and Margaret Davis.
The Eyes and Ears team were as follows: Karla Reese as Grammarian, Brad Deinst as Timer, Michael Thompson (shadow) and Melinda Lowrance as Word Masters (Word of the Day: Progress), and Don Groff as the Ah Counter.
After being thoroughly entertained with a joke from Don Gloven, we heard from our first speaker Stan Coss with a project was from the Informative Speaking Advanced Manual, the Fact-finding report. He was to conclude with a question and answer section.
Stan gave a very entertaining and informative speech on the destruction of the district-wide Toastmaster's Humorous Speech Contest. He proposed that we keep the humorous speech contest alive at the club level and even expand the definition of speech contest to include stand-up comedy to encourage more people to participate. His speech was met with great enthusiasm.
We then had a mentoring moment given by Nathan Garnett and Melinda Lowrance. They were two of the fist in the club to embark on the new Pathways program, and they shared with the group some of the things they've learned so far, answered questions, and offered to meet with members one on one to help them navigate the Pathways website.
The Table Topics Master was Hoyt Griffith, and his theme was Do-Overs. We had four impromptu speeches all dealing with times we wish we could have a Do-Over: Ron Climer spoke on bosses, Don Emon spoke on dating, Sally Jones spoke on parties, and our guest Margaret Davis spoke on parenting.
Jeanne Resen helped us wrap up the meeting with her General Evaluator report. We had a few minutes to mingle afterward, and overall it was a productive and high-energy meeting.
We were honored with two guests this week, Bernie Fox and Margaret Davis.
The Eyes and Ears team were as follows: Karla Reese as Grammarian, Brad Deinst as Timer, Michael Thompson (shadow) and Melinda Lowrance as Word Masters (Word of the Day: Progress), and Don Groff as the Ah Counter.
After being thoroughly entertained with a joke from Don Gloven, we heard from our first speaker Stan Coss with a project was from the Informative Speaking Advanced Manual, the Fact-finding report. He was to conclude with a question and answer section.
Stan gave a very entertaining and informative speech on the destruction of the district-wide Toastmaster's Humorous Speech Contest. He proposed that we keep the humorous speech contest alive at the club level and even expand the definition of speech contest to include stand-up comedy to encourage more people to participate. His speech was met with great enthusiasm.
We then had a mentoring moment given by Nathan Garnett and Melinda Lowrance. They were two of the fist in the club to embark on the new Pathways program, and they shared with the group some of the things they've learned so far, answered questions, and offered to meet with members one on one to help them navigate the Pathways website.
The Table Topics Master was Hoyt Griffith, and his theme was Do-Overs. We had four impromptu speeches all dealing with times we wish we could have a Do-Over: Ron Climer spoke on bosses, Don Emon spoke on dating, Sally Jones spoke on parties, and our guest Margaret Davis spoke on parenting.
Jeanne Resen helped us wrap up the meeting with her General Evaluator report. We had a few minutes to mingle afterward, and overall it was a productive and high-energy meeting.
Brad Dienst sets up his equipment for his role as timer, and Don Gloven ponders the joke he's about to deliver as Joke Master
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