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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

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:

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:

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:

Recognition

Tetyana Margolina was TMoD for a meeting that featured two #10 speeches and round-robin evaluations.

Don Free gave Opening Remarks:
Annette Cain led off with Wag More! and was voted Best Speaker as well as Most Improved:

Annette was evaluated by Art Testani, who was also selected as Best Evaluator:

Annette's Round Robin Evaluation:

Pat Hanson's speech was entitled Love More ... Leave Your Legacy Now:

Pat's evaluator was Tetyana Margolina:

Pat's Round Robin Evaluation:

Humorous and Evaluatiorn Speech Contest

Leisel Iverson and Jon Pagnucco were TMoD and Chief Judge for today's Humorous and Eveluation Speech Contests.

Jack Jackson came in second with Politically In-Correctable:
Arnie Buss won with We're Doing it Wrong! and will represent the club on Sept 27 at the Area A1 contest:
Our test speaker for the Evaluation Contest, Oscar Perez, gave an inspiring speech entitled The Sweet Territory of Silence:

Second Place Don Free:
And the winner, Tetyana Margolina, who will represent the club at the September 27 Area A1 contest:

This Day in Hstory

Art Testani wasTMoD today, and his theme was "This Day in History"

Laura Franklin  combined Table Topics with her role as Humorist:

Joe Leavitt won Table Topics:

Sheila Dundon presented a module from the Successful Club Series, A Foolproof Way to Achieve Your Competent Leader Award this Year!

Her evaluator was Carl Thormeyer: