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Club president Sharon Lipinski led our first backwards meeting in a long time and the result was much hilarity!

A backwards meeting is exactly that - it runs the entire meeting in reverse order. First the meeting is adjourned, then control returned to the Toastmaster, etc. Speech evaluations are done before the speeches, and table topics questions answered before they are asked.

Art Terry's (backwards) General Evaluation:


Here is the entire (backwards) Table Topics portion:


Arnie Buss (pre) evaluated Scott Yeatman's Icebreaker:


Scott Yeatman's Icebreaker Speech The Right Woman:


Carl Thormeyer (pre) evaluated Katharine Daniels Kurz's #9 speech:


Katharine Daniels Kurz's #9 speech Women, Media, Revolution:


Jim Burlison (pre) evaluated Staney Wong's # Speech:


Stanley Wong's # speech What Did I Get Myself Into? My Marathon Story:


Nell Turley's Humorous remarks:

Chaos

Art Terry led an orderly meeting with a chaotic theme!

Moyara Ruehsen won best table topics:


Sharon Lipinski gave the first speech from the advanced Humorsously Speaking manual, Champagne Giving on a Beer Budget:


Sharon was evaluated by Art Testani:


Jim Burlison practiced his Humorous Contest speech, The Ah's Have It:


The next day, Jim won the Area A1 Humorous Speech contest - congratulations Jim!

The Best Lesson I Never Learned

Stan Wong was TMoD and chose a thought-provoking theme "The Best Lesson I Never Learned."

Scott Yeatman was the humorist:


Brian McGinnis won best table topics:


Tom Shih gave an advanced speech from the Storytelling manual, Raised by a Fool and was voted Best Speaker:


Tom was evaluated by Arnie Buss:


Suad Ali gave speech #8 Basic Services and was voted Most Improved Speaker:


Suad was evaluated by Kate Daniels Kurz:


Glenn Woodson gave an advanced speech Presenting an Award:


Glenn was evaluated by Art Testani, who was selected as best evaluator:

This day in History

Art Testani was TMoD with a theme of "This Day in History."

Kate Daniels Kurz was the Humorist:


Kate was also voted best table topics speaker:


Michelle Banazwski was voted Best Speaker for her #9 speech You Too Can Be a Super Hero


Michelle was evaluated by Zeynep Yilmaz:


Brian McGinnis earned his CC with his #10 speech Why Toastmasters, and was voted Most Improved:


Brian was evaluated by Ali Ibrahim Yilmaz:


Glenn Woodson gave an advanced speech "Mastering the Toast" from the Special Occasion Speeches manual:


Glenn was evaluated by Arnie Buss, who was selected best evaluator: