At Any Point in Time

Scott Yeatman led a fantastic meeting in his inaugural as Toastmaster of the Day (TMoD)! With an intriguing theme of "At Any Point in Time," members were challenged to think of time periods in which they might have rather lived.

Kate Daniels Kurz led off as humorist:


Stanley Wong gave his #8 speech, The Keys to Competitive Cycling, and garnered Most Improved Speaker:


Stanley was evaluated by Arnie Buss:


Newest member Dave Cho gave his Icebreaker speech Challenge, Practice, Persistence: My Mode of Operation, and was voted Best Speaker for the meeting:


Dave was evaluated by Fred Sadler:


Sheila Dundon gave her first speech in the club, RISE Leadership Forum: A Leadership Development Program for Women Executives and Entrepreneurs:


Shiela was evaluated by Wanda Pan-Christiansen, who was chosen as Best Evaluator:

Civil Disobedience

Club President Sharon Lipinski chose a theme of civil disobedience, quite relevant in view of both the proximity to Martin Luther King Day as well as many of the recent events across the world.

Jon Barnes gave the Humorous remarks:


Arnie Buss won best table topics:


Glenn Woodson gave a longer speech #5 from the Technical Presentations manual entitled Environmental Services for the AT&T:


Glenn was evaluated by Stanley Wong:

New Year's Resolutions

Art Terry started the new year with a bang-up meeting, with the theme of New Years Resolutions.

Scott Yeatman got us in the mood with his humorous remarks:


Stanley Wong gave his #6 speech My Greatest Benefit of 2011 - which turned out to be his prospective engagement. Congratulations!


Stanley was voted Most Improved for the meeting and was evaluated by Jim Burlicon:


Sharon Lipinski gave the #2 speech in the advanced Humorously Speaking manual, When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Laughing, and was voted Best Speaker:


Sharon was evaluated by Art Testani who was selected Best Evaluator:


Fred Sadler finished with a #2 speech from the CC manual entitled Decisions:


Fred was evaluated by Tom Shih:

Year End Highlights

Jim Burlison was TMoD and chose a theme of Year End Highlights - a time to look back on the past year and reflect on the high points, both as individuals and as a club.

Nell Turley won best table topics:


Art Terry gave his 35 speech How To De-Escalate the Situation and Survive, and was voted both Best and Most Improved speaker:


Art was evaluated by Michelle Banazwski, who was also Best Evaluator:


Fred Sadler begin his second pass through the CC manual with his Icebreaker The Road Less Travelled:


Fred was evaluated by Arnie Buss:

Thankfulness

Michelle Banazwski as TMoD had a theme of Thankfulness.

Laura Ramos gave the humorous introduction as a poem:


Erstwhile member Angi Anderson won Best Table Topics (Angi and her husband Brian, another former member, were visiting Monterey for the day):


Amy Treadwell gave her #2 speech Nerves? What Nerves? and was voted Best Speaker:


Amy was eveluated by Kate Daniels Kurz, who was selected Best Evaluator:


Zeynep Yilmaz was voted both Most Improved and Best Speaker for her #5 The Henna Night:


Zeynep was evaluated by Arnie Buss:

Guilty Pleasures

Arnie Buss was TMoD today with a theme of "guilty pleasures." His include WWE wrestling and the reality show "Tough Love."

Stanley Wong won Best Table Topics:


Shamsul Rahman gave his Icebreaker speech A Kampung Boy and was voted Most Improved Speaker:


Shamsul was evaluated by Jim Burlison, who was awarded Best Evaluator:


Art Testani gave a #8 speech California Cancer Research Act and was voted Best Speaker of the meeting:


Art was evaluated by Stanley Wong:

Is a Fake Smile Better than No Smile at All?

Fake smiles - real smiles? Tom Shih addressed this question in today's meeting.

Margaret Stevens won Best Table Topics:


Scott Yeatman gave his #2 speech How Does a Helicopter Fly? (unfortunately the video starts in the middle of his speech:


Scott was evaluated by Sharon Lipinski:


Arnie Buss gave a #7 speech A Brief History of Marriage:


Arnie was evaluated by Art Testani: