Friday, September 26, 2014

Gniteem Sdrawkcab

Glenn Woodson challenged our sense of the direction of time with a Backwards Meeting. This is where everything is done in reverse order of the normal agenda, with evaluations done before the speeches and functionary reports given before the actual tallies.

Carrie Glenn earned her Competent Communicator (CC) with her #10 speech Where Are You?

Jack Jackson gave the #3 speech from the advanced manual "Technical Presentations" entitled Innovation Science

Friday, September 19, 2014

FALLing Leaves

In celebration of the upcoming Autumnal Equinox, Annette Cain chose FALLing Leaves as her theme for today.

Francisco Baez gave humorous Opening Remarks:

Art Testani won Table Topics:

Most Improved Speaker Jack Jackson gave the #2 project from advanced manual Technical Review Program. The presentation was followed by a questions and answer period:
Presentation:

Q&A:

Jack was evaluated by Tom Anderson:

Don Free won Best Speaker for his project from the Storytelling advanced manual, Just Another Day at the Office

Don's evaluator Pat Hanson was selected as Best Evaluator:

Friday, September 12, 2014

Rejection

Kate Daniels Kurz chose Rejection as her theme this week.

Fred Sadler was the Humorist:

Don Free won Table Topics:

Francisco Baez gave his Icebreaker speech Where is my English language caveat?

Most Improved Speaker Jon Pagnucco gave his #2 speech entitled Daimler-Chrysler Merger: A Colossal Failure

Jon's evaluator was Carrie Glenn:

Leisel Iversion was voted Best Speaker with her #9 Words To Live By. Sadly, this was Leisel's last meeting with NPS, and we wish her all the best in Las Vegas.


Leisel's evaluator was Pat Hanson, who was Best Evaluator:

Friday, September 05, 2014

California

Don Free was the TMoD today and chose a theme of California in honor of our proud state's history.

Jack Jackson was the humorist with some ... interesting laws from around the state:

Carrie Glenn won Table Topics:

Jon Pagnucco gave his #2 speech Point/Counterpoint:

Jon was evaluated by Art Testani:

Leisel Iverson was voted Best Speaker for her #8 entitled Just Breathe:

Her evaluator was Tetyana Margolina:

Carrie Glenn gave her speech #8 Why Arbonne?

Carrie's evaluator Carl Thormeyer was selected Best Evaluator: