Membership

First-time TMoD Don Free chose "Membership" as a theme and expertly led a well-timed meeting.

Carl Thormeyer and Beverley Schmidt tied for Best Table Topics:

Monique Fountain was voted Most Improved Speaker for her #3 speech The Leatherman Club:

Monique was evaluated by Carl Thormeyer:

Arnie Buss gave a #5 Noticing Body Language and was voted Best Speaker:

Arnie's evaluator, Fred Sadler, was selected Best Evaluator:

How to Say It

Cristine Lambarte's theme this week was "How to Say It" - responding to difficult conversations.

Humorist Fred Sadler possibly set a record for the fastest Opening Remarks:

Art Testani and Tetyana Margolina tied for Best Table Topics.
Art followed by Tetyana:

Beverly Schmidt won the "trifecta" as Best Speaker and Most Improved (plus her Icebreaker ribbon) for her #1 speech Painting and Me:

Beverly's evaluator was Moyara Reuhsen:

Kathleen Hanselmann gave her #2 speech Father Dad:

She was evaluated by Carl Thormeyer:

Arnie Buss gave a #3 speech How to Respond to Criticism, Part I:

His evaluator, Fred Sadler, was selected Best Evaluator for his feedback:

Embarassing Moments

TMoD Moyara Ruehsen's meeting was anything but embarrassing - a terrific meeting! But her theme for the day was Embarrassing Moments. She started off with some political embarrassments from recent years:

Continuing in a political vein, Don Free gave his #2 speech Gavel to Gavel, and won both Best Speaker and Most Improved:

Art Testani evaluated Don's speech:

Fred Sadler regaled us with his #8 speech Twin Stories:

Fred was evaluated by Jim Burlison, selected as Best Evaluator

Veteran Carl Thormeyer won Best Table Topics speaker:

A highlight of the meeting was Jarrod Smith's Word of the Day, flamablamablous.