Effective Communication

Art Testani (or is it Testiani?) chose a very appropriate theme for Toastmasters, Effective Communication - which is what Toastmasters is all about!

Don Free gave humorous opening remarks:

Will Spears won best Table Topics speaker:

Jack Jackson (or is it Johnson?) was the best speaker with his original story Nobody Likes You Charlie, project #4 in the advanced Storytelling manual:

He was evaluated by Sheila Dundon:

Tom Anderson was Most Improved with his #2 speech The Fishing Way:


His evaluator Annette Cain was Best Evaluator:

Vernal Equanox

Jack Jackson led today's meeting with military precision - ending precisely on time despite 3 speeches and 3 table topics!

As a bonus, here is Jack reading some Wordsworth...

Sheila Dundon was the humorist:

Karen Woodson won Table Topics:

Leisel Iverson earned her ½ CC with a #5 speech Boom!

Leisel's evaluator, Don Free, was chosen as Best Evaluator:

Tetyana Margolina garnered both Best Speaker as well as Most Improved with a #2 project from advanced manual "The Entertaining Speaker" entitled Can You Hear the Music?

Tetyana was evaluated by Carl Thormeyer:

Kate Daniels Kurz gave the #1 project from advanced manual "Speaking to Inform" entitled Gender and Injustice:

Kate was evaluated by Arnie Buss:

The Hour That Slipped Away

Carrie Glenn chose "The Hour That Slipped Away" (aka Daylight Saving Time) as her theme for today's meeting.

Jim Burlison was humorist:

Tom Mallory gave his #2 speech, The Habit of My Habitats, and was voted Best Speaker as well as Most Improved:

Tom's Evaluator was Laura Franklin:

Jack Jackson gave the #3 project from the advanced Storytelling manual entitled Twenty Years Ago We Planted the Seeds:

Jack's evaluator Art Testani was selected Best Evaluator:

Decision Making

Sheila Dundon's theme was Decision Making...

Monique Fountain was humorist:

Carl Thormeyer won Table Topics:

Patrick Kim gave his Icebreaker speech Summers Growing up:

Patrick's evaluator was Leisel Iverson: