With 21 members and two guests present, Toastmaster of the Day Alex Bein led us through a fast paced meeting on the theme of "competition". He was also presented with a "Certificate of Appreciation" for his many contributions while a member of Club #2032. Alex graduates from NPS next week and heads to Norfolk, VA for his next duty assignment.
We will miss you Alex and know that you will continue Toastmastering on the east coast.
Donna Cunningham's Opening Remarks
Max Akhterov's turned the description of the Wordmaster's duties into a short humorous speech:
Masami Maeda became the first in our Club this year to achieve Competent Communicator status by completing her # 10 speech entitled "Mejumi is Japanese" - a moving and inspiring treatise on the horror of abduction and what we need to do about it. She won Most Improved for her outstanding delivery. Congratulations Masami!
Masami Maeda's #10 speech:
Tonya Holloway won Best Speaker for her beautifully crafted presentation on reading and teaching as it applies to her life - a gift to us all.
Tonya Holloway's Icebreaker speech I Wanted to be a Writer; However, I Didn't Like to Read:
Art Testani ws awarded Best Evaluator for his evaluation of Tonya's Icebreaker:
Table Topics Master Fred Sadler thought he put John Armstrong on the spot with his question - "What would you do and say if you were selected for the 'Dancing with the Stars' competition?"
John Armstrong blew us all away as he channeled John Travolta in "Saturday Night Fever" with his winning Table Topics response:
Friday, August 29, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Evaluation Contest
This meeting featured the annual evaluation contest ably orchestrated by Emilie Staryak as TMoD and contest chair.
"The Largest Team..." was our playful imitation of Carl Thormeyer's presence in a TV advertisement for the KSBW's weather team identified multiple times on NBC's coverage of the Olympics as the Central Coast's "Largest team of forecasters."
Steve Rawson's gave the test test speech entitled Pause
Emilie interviews Steve Rawson after his test speech.
Carl's speech explaining what Toastmasters contests are all about:
Fred Sadler garnered second place with his evaluation:
Angi Anderson won the evaluation contest and advances to the Area contest on September 13:
Art Testani came in third:
"The Largest Team..." was our playful imitation of Carl Thormeyer's presence in a TV advertisement for the KSBW's weather team identified multiple times on NBC's coverage of the Olympics as the Central Coast's "Largest team of forecasters."
Steve Rawson's gave the test test speech entitled Pause
Emilie interviews Steve Rawson after his test speech.
Carl's speech explaining what Toastmasters contests are all about:
Fred Sadler garnered second place with his evaluation:
Angi Anderson won the evaluation contest and advances to the Area contest on September 13:
Art Testani came in third:
Friday, August 15, 2008
What Does Toastmasters Mean To You?
Angi Anderson led another awesome Toastmasters meeting as TMOD, weaving in several of our newest members as functionaries! The room was again packed with 21 members and six guests, including Area Governor Ralph Villar.
The group of 27 was treated to another world-class icebreaker, this time by new member David Perez, who won "Best Speaker". Leena Oh broke through the "4th wall" with her #5 speech, and Rosetta Ishag won "Most Improved" with her #6 speech. All three speeches are replicated below.
Another new member, Kate Daniels-Kurz, won "Best Table Topics", while Joyce Laker was chosen "Best Evaluator" by General Evaluator Chance Litton, whose own evaluation was one of the funniest general evaluations ever! All three efforts are shown below.
Tonya Holloway's Opening Remarks:
Kate Daniels-Kurz' winning table topics:
David Perez' Icebreaker My Journey:
Leena Oh's #5 speech Let's not be Crude:
Rosetta Ishag's #4 Speech The Power of Food:
Joyce Laker's Evaluation of Leena's speech:
Chance Litton's humorous and insightful general evaluation of the meeting:
The group of 27 was treated to another world-class icebreaker, this time by new member David Perez, who won "Best Speaker". Leena Oh broke through the "4th wall" with her #5 speech, and Rosetta Ishag won "Most Improved" with her #6 speech. All three speeches are replicated below.
Another new member, Kate Daniels-Kurz, won "Best Table Topics", while Joyce Laker was chosen "Best Evaluator" by General Evaluator Chance Litton, whose own evaluation was one of the funniest general evaluations ever! All three efforts are shown below.
Tonya Holloway's Opening Remarks:
Kate Daniels-Kurz' winning table topics:
David Perez' Icebreaker My Journey:
Leena Oh's #5 speech Let's not be Crude:
Rosetta Ishag's #4 Speech The Power of Food:
Joyce Laker's Evaluation of Leena's speech:
Chance Litton's humorous and insightful general evaluation of the meeting:
Friday, August 08, 2008
Pet Peeves - And a Plethora of New Members!
Today acting president Emilie Staryak inducted five (count 'em!) new members to the club. With the three from last week, that means both our DCP membership goals for the entire 2008-9 year have been met! So welcome to our newest members: Christina Hicks, Kate Daniels-Kurz, Sam Pringle, Tonya Holloway, and Aysun Caliskan. With these, there were a total of 23 members and 1 guest in attendance - quite an excellent turnout for August!
Chance Litton took on the role of TMoD just Wednesday, and put together a remarkable meeting with the theme of "Pet Peeves." Throughout the meeting, Chance shared some of his own pet peeves, and each functionary was introduced with one of theirs as well. What a great way to welcome all the new members!
David Perez, who just joined last week, jumped right in with a humorous and creative Opening Remark, coordinated with Chance's attention-getting re-entrance (which illustrated one of his peeves about members coming late to meetings).
David Perez' Opening Remarks:
Another new member from last week, Wilfredo Crave, Jr., also stepped in and did a fabulous job as Ah Counter.
Chance elected to order the meeting with Speeches, then Table Topics, and finally Evaluations; so we began with three outstanding speeches. Elie Ishag led off with another informative and thought-provoking talk in which he shared his knowledge and insights into international finance. Elie talked about the lasting consequences of the housing crisis, and how more and more people walking away from their housing debt is triggering a crisis in the banking industry. Elie was voted "most improved" for this.
Elie Ishag's #6 speech Walk Away from Debt:
Next, Brian Anderson entertained us with both a poetic rendition of the theme from Gilligan's Island, followed by a recital of the seven deadly sins - and even more remarkably, showed how the two were inter-related. Who would have thought??
Brian Anderson's Dante's Castaways:
The prepared speeches had their climax with new member Max Akhterov's Icebreaker, which will be remembered as one of the more memorable ones. Utilizing an array of props, and demonstrating a flair for the dramatic and the humorous, Max shared some of the "book" of his life and his journey from Russia to the US. Be sure to check out his dramatization of his first kiss! Max was awarded "best speaker" for his remarkable effort.
Max Akhterov's Icebreaker A Warm Russian Icebreaker:
Table Topics Master Masami Maeda, being pressed for time, called on John Armstrong and one of the newest members, Kate Daniels. Kate showed poise and grace in her response, and was voted best Table Topic speaker.
Kate Daniels' winning Table Topics:
Three experienced evaluators, Glenn Woodson, Arnie Buss, and Carl Thormeyer, rounded off the program. They all demonstrated excellence in giving feedback, but Glenn smoked the graybeards with his insightful suggestions to Elie, and was selected best evaluator by GE Angi Anderson. Glenn's winning evaluation:
Chance Litton took on the role of TMoD just Wednesday, and put together a remarkable meeting with the theme of "Pet Peeves." Throughout the meeting, Chance shared some of his own pet peeves, and each functionary was introduced with one of theirs as well. What a great way to welcome all the new members!
David Perez, who just joined last week, jumped right in with a humorous and creative Opening Remark, coordinated with Chance's attention-getting re-entrance (which illustrated one of his peeves about members coming late to meetings).
David Perez' Opening Remarks:
Another new member from last week, Wilfredo Crave, Jr., also stepped in and did a fabulous job as Ah Counter.
Chance elected to order the meeting with Speeches, then Table Topics, and finally Evaluations; so we began with three outstanding speeches. Elie Ishag led off with another informative and thought-provoking talk in which he shared his knowledge and insights into international finance. Elie talked about the lasting consequences of the housing crisis, and how more and more people walking away from their housing debt is triggering a crisis in the banking industry. Elie was voted "most improved" for this.
Elie Ishag's #6 speech Walk Away from Debt:
Next, Brian Anderson entertained us with both a poetic rendition of the theme from Gilligan's Island, followed by a recital of the seven deadly sins - and even more remarkably, showed how the two were inter-related. Who would have thought??
Brian Anderson's Dante's Castaways:
The prepared speeches had their climax with new member Max Akhterov's Icebreaker, which will be remembered as one of the more memorable ones. Utilizing an array of props, and demonstrating a flair for the dramatic and the humorous, Max shared some of the "book" of his life and his journey from Russia to the US. Be sure to check out his dramatization of his first kiss! Max was awarded "best speaker" for his remarkable effort.
Max Akhterov's Icebreaker A Warm Russian Icebreaker:
Table Topics Master Masami Maeda, being pressed for time, called on John Armstrong and one of the newest members, Kate Daniels. Kate showed poise and grace in her response, and was voted best Table Topic speaker.
Kate Daniels' winning Table Topics:
Three experienced evaluators, Glenn Woodson, Arnie Buss, and Carl Thormeyer, rounded off the program. They all demonstrated excellence in giving feedback, but Glenn smoked the graybeards with his insightful suggestions to Elie, and was selected best evaluator by GE Angi Anderson. Glenn's winning evaluation:
Friday, August 01, 2008
Romance!
Cathy Lee got August off to a rousing start with a meeting on the theme of "Romance" which coincides with the fact that August is "National Romance Month" (did you know that??). Rosetta Ishag presented a delightfully sung "Opening Remarks":
President Fred Sadler inducted three new members: Max Akhterov, Wilfredo Crane Jr, and David Perez. Welcome to the club! With these three, the meeting was attended by 17 members and 4 guests. New member David Perez wasted no time in jumping into a role, by serving as vote counter.
Before introducing TMoD Cathy Lee, Fred recognized Angi Anderson, Immediate Past President, for helping to lead the club to President's Distinguished status in the 2007-8 year. She pinned the blue ribbon on the gold TI banner along side all the other ribbons that our club has won over the years.
Brian Anderson ably led an extended Table Topics with challenging questions about memories of romantic dates, calling on all three new members along with Tito DeJesus, who was voted best Table Topics Speaker. Tito's winning response:
Prepared speakers included longtime member Joe Tacker returning to a speaking role after a long absence. Already an ATM-Bronze, Joe decided to retool his considerable Toastmasters skills by going through the CC manual a second time. Today he gave his Icebreaker speech It's Never Too late to Have a Happy Childhood, and was voted Most Improved Speaker:
Alex Bein presented his #5 speech My Vacation to Virginia. Eschewing the lectern for the first time, Alex entertained us with tales of his travels and moving his family across country, for which he received Best Speaker:
Art Testani received Best Evaluator from Carl Thormeyer for is thoughtful review of Joe's speech and Leena Oh also "broke through the fourth wall" in ably evaluating Alex.
Emily Staryak, VPE encouraged club members to sign up for the club evaluation and humerous speaker contests to be held August 22. President Sadler recognized Tito DeJesus, VPPR for his first and colorful club newsletter - also available on the club web page.
President Fred Sadler inducted three new members: Max Akhterov, Wilfredo Crane Jr, and David Perez. Welcome to the club! With these three, the meeting was attended by 17 members and 4 guests. New member David Perez wasted no time in jumping into a role, by serving as vote counter.
Before introducing TMoD Cathy Lee, Fred recognized Angi Anderson, Immediate Past President, for helping to lead the club to President's Distinguished status in the 2007-8 year. She pinned the blue ribbon on the gold TI banner along side all the other ribbons that our club has won over the years.
Brian Anderson ably led an extended Table Topics with challenging questions about memories of romantic dates, calling on all three new members along with Tito DeJesus, who was voted best Table Topics Speaker. Tito's winning response:
Prepared speakers included longtime member Joe Tacker returning to a speaking role after a long absence. Already an ATM-Bronze, Joe decided to retool his considerable Toastmasters skills by going through the CC manual a second time. Today he gave his Icebreaker speech It's Never Too late to Have a Happy Childhood, and was voted Most Improved Speaker:
Alex Bein presented his #5 speech My Vacation to Virginia. Eschewing the lectern for the first time, Alex entertained us with tales of his travels and moving his family across country, for which he received Best Speaker:
Art Testani received Best Evaluator from Carl Thormeyer for is thoughtful review of Joe's speech and Leena Oh also "broke through the fourth wall" in ably evaluating Alex.
Emily Staryak, VPE encouraged club members to sign up for the club evaluation and humerous speaker contests to be held August 22. President Sadler recognized Tito DeJesus, VPPR for his first and colorful club newsletter - also available on the club web page.
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