With a theme woven around the idea of being prepared for the unexpected, Glenn Woodson as TMOD led another fantastic meeting of NPS #2032. Seventeen members and four guests enjoyed a real switcheroo... all persons with roles not requiring significant advance preparation were reassigned to other members as they entered the room via a sealed envelope! For example, Steve Skaggs - originally assigned as Timer - became the Grammarian, while Zeki Yildirim - originally assigned as Grammarian - became the Timer! And so it went.
We voted in and inducted three new members. Welcome to Joyce Laker, Corban Spraker and Eric Guttman!
Eric Guttman won Best Speaker for his Icebreaker, while Karen Woodson was voted Most Improved. Their speeches, along with Alex Bein's speech, are posted below. Best Evaluator was Brian Anderson, while Carl Thormeyer won Table Topics by default as no-one else qualified timewise!
Thanks to Robin Walker as Table Topics Master and Alec Metz as General Evaluator, both of whom had been originally scheduled to perform the other role!
Eric Guttmann's Icebreaker speech, My Wife Says I'm Eclectic, But My Friends Say I'm Doing a Tour of the Services
Karen Woodson's #5 Speech, The Friendly Skies (Or Are They?)
Alex Bein's #3 Speech, The Fair Tax:
Friday, January 25, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
Mentors
With 14 members and 7 guests, we had another full and action-packed meeting! Club President Angi Anderson begin the first full meeting of her reign by turning over the reins to VP Education Fred Sadler to be acting President. Fred began with recognition of Arnie Buss' achieving Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM), the highest communication and leadership award in Toastmasters. Arnie was treated to a "hug line" consisting of the club's other DTM, Carl Thormeyer.
Angi, sporting a glamorous new hairdo, expertly guided the club through another fabulous meeting. As TMoD, Angi chose the theme of "Mentors" - people who help guide us and from whom we learn. Toastmasters emphasizes mentoring, and the NPS Toastmasters club is a great example of that. Angi turned the introductory "tidbits" around by ststingwhat qualities she admired and learned from for each functionary. What a terrific theme and message for all the NPS Toastmasters!
Tables Topics were superbly run by Brian Anderson, who asked challenging questions about mentoring, with Carl Thormeyer voted best Table Topics Speaker.
One of our newest members, Zeki Yildirim, led off the prepared speeches with an informative and entertaining perspective on "Procrastination" for his #2 speech ("Organize Your Speech"), for which he was voted Most Improved Speaker. Arnie Buss followed with a #3 ("Get to the Point") in his third time through the Competent Communication manual, titled You're Going to Wear THAT?!?, a look at entrapping questions and how to avoid them, for which he received Best Speaker.
Two superb evaluations were given by Fred Sadler (evaluating Zeki) and Michael Barksdale (for Arnie). In Michael's first evaluation, he demonstrated the sandwich method, offering both encouragement as well as helpful suggestions for improvement. Fred likewise gave a detailed and useful evaluation of Zeki's speech, for which Fred received Best Evaluator.
Zeki's #2 Speech Do Not Procrastinate!
Arnie #3 Speech You're Going to Wear THAT?!?
Angi, sporting a glamorous new hairdo, expertly guided the club through another fabulous meeting. As TMoD, Angi chose the theme of "Mentors" - people who help guide us and from whom we learn. Toastmasters emphasizes mentoring, and the NPS Toastmasters club is a great example of that. Angi turned the introductory "tidbits" around by ststingwhat qualities she admired and learned from for each functionary. What a terrific theme and message for all the NPS Toastmasters!
Tables Topics were superbly run by Brian Anderson, who asked challenging questions about mentoring, with Carl Thormeyer voted best Table Topics Speaker.
One of our newest members, Zeki Yildirim, led off the prepared speeches with an informative and entertaining perspective on "Procrastination" for his #2 speech ("Organize Your Speech"), for which he was voted Most Improved Speaker. Arnie Buss followed with a #3 ("Get to the Point") in his third time through the Competent Communication manual, titled You're Going to Wear THAT?!?, a look at entrapping questions and how to avoid them, for which he received Best Speaker.
Two superb evaluations were given by Fred Sadler (evaluating Zeki) and Michael Barksdale (for Arnie). In Michael's first evaluation, he demonstrated the sandwich method, offering both encouragement as well as helpful suggestions for improvement. Fred likewise gave a detailed and useful evaluation of Zeki's speech, for which Fred received Best Evaluator.
Zeki's #2 Speech Do Not Procrastinate!
Arnie #3 Speech You're Going to Wear THAT?!?
Friday, January 11, 2008
Changing of the Guard
The New Year brought in Monterey's worst storm in many years, which knocked out power and forced the cancellation of last weeks meeting. As is our wont, the club simply cranked things up a notch by starting 2008 with a fantastic meeting! With 21 members and 2 guests, we continued the trend of well-attended meetings.
We were convened by outgoing President Robin Walker and quickly held the induction of new officers, ably executed by District Parliamentarian Carl Thormeyer, after which our incoming President Angi Anderson had control of the meeting. The Robin Walker administration achieved all 10 DCP goals, a record for our club at least, and the clear front runner of District 4. Congratulations to Robin and his awesome team of officers! Angi began her term by induction our newest member, Kelley Calvert, who jumped right in by acting as vote counter for the meeting.
Leena Oh was in her first time as TMoD, and ran a smooth meeting with a theme of New Years Resolutions. Eschewing Table Topics due to the officer inductions, we were treated to Masami Maseda's Icebreaker speech, Elie Ishag's number 4 speech and Elizabeth Guzman's #5 speech. Elie got the nod as Best Speaker, while Masami was elected Most Improved Speaker.
Evaluations were expertly given by seasoned Toastmasters Mary Lineberger, Robin Walker, and Glenn Woodson, with Robin getting the nod from General Evaluator Angi Anderson as Best Evaluator.
Masami's Icebreaker Speech, How English Became My Friend:
Elie's #4 Speech, The Decline of the U.S. Dollar:
Elizabeth's #5 Speech, No Resolutions Here!:
We were convened by outgoing President Robin Walker and quickly held the induction of new officers, ably executed by District Parliamentarian Carl Thormeyer, after which our incoming President Angi Anderson had control of the meeting. The Robin Walker administration achieved all 10 DCP goals, a record for our club at least, and the clear front runner of District 4. Congratulations to Robin and his awesome team of officers! Angi began her term by induction our newest member, Kelley Calvert, who jumped right in by acting as vote counter for the meeting.
Leena Oh was in her first time as TMoD, and ran a smooth meeting with a theme of New Years Resolutions. Eschewing Table Topics due to the officer inductions, we were treated to Masami Maseda's Icebreaker speech, Elie Ishag's number 4 speech and Elizabeth Guzman's #5 speech. Elie got the nod as Best Speaker, while Masami was elected Most Improved Speaker.
Evaluations were expertly given by seasoned Toastmasters Mary Lineberger, Robin Walker, and Glenn Woodson, with Robin getting the nod from General Evaluator Angi Anderson as Best Evaluator.
Masami's Icebreaker Speech, How English Became My Friend:
Elie's #4 Speech, The Decline of the U.S. Dollar:
Elizabeth's #5 Speech, No Resolutions Here!:
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