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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:

Treasured Books. Favorite Stories

Leisel Iverson chose a theme of "Treasured Books. Favorite Stories" that added a literary flair to the meeting.

Jack Jackson was Humorist putting the slam on novels:
Fred Sadler won Table Topics with a rebut of Jack's thesis:
Tom Anderson was voted Most Improved Speaker for his #3 speech Training for the Big Sur Marathon:
Tom's evaluator was Jon Pagnucco:
Tom Mallory reached his goal of a Competent Communicator with his #10 speech Next Step. He was also voted Best Speaker of the meeting:

What is Happiness?

Jon Pagnucco was the humorist:
Leisel Iverson won Table Topics:
Jack Jackson was Most Improved Speaker with his #1 project from Technical Presentations advanced manual,Fostering Innovation:
Pat Hanson was voted Best Speaker for her #2 project from the advanced manual Special Occasion Speeches, Leave a Legacy of Love, Now!
Pat's evaluator was Carl Thormeyer:

Happy Days of Summer

Fred Sadler continued the "summer" theme with today's meeting, "The Happy Days of Summer."

But first, Leisel Iverson was voted in as the new Sergeant at Arms:

Also, newest member Joe Leavitt was inducted.
Arnie Buss was humorist:

Pat Hanson won Table Topics:

Jon Pagnucco gave his Icebreaker speech and was voted Most Improved Speaker:

Best Speaker Leisel Iverson sang her way through her #6 speech Do Re Mi:

Tom Mallory gave his #9 speech  Food That Loves You:

Unfortunately, the videos of the evaluators were lost. :(

Amusement Parks

Laura Franklin's theme was Amusement Parks, very appropriate for the early summer!

Leisel Iverson was the humorist:
Glenn Woodson was voted Best Table Topics Speaker:
Most Improved Speaker Tom Mallory gave his #8 speech A Picture Is Worth A Thousand ... What?:

Tom's evaluator was Arnie Buss:

Best Speaker Tetyana Margolina gave the #3 project from the advanced manual Technical Presentations:

Tetyana was evaluated by Best Evaluator Art Testani:

Lessons from Maya Angelou

Laura Franklin's inaugural time as TMoD was a resounding success! Her theme was "Lessons from Maya Angelou" and filled us in on some particularly inspiring quotes from her work.

Jack Jackson was the Humorist, with an amusing poem from Maya Angelou:

Jack also won Table Topics:

Kim Amador won both Best Speaker as well as Most Improved Speaker for her #4 speech #Push4Parity:

Kim's evaluator was Leisel Iverson, who was also selected Best Evaluator:

Kate Daniels Kurz gave a #2 speech from the advanced manual "Speaking to Inform" entitled The WIP Presidential Briefing:

Kate's evaluator was Carrie Glenn:

Progressive Story Told by Attendees: A Beach Tale

Carrie Glenn took us to the beach - or rather, brought the beach to Glasgow Hall - for a creative meeting with a theme of a Progressive Story

Tetyana Margolina began with Humorous remarks:

Annette Cain won Table Topics:

Tom Mallory gave his #7 speech Breaking the Traditions of Traditional Banking and was voted Most Improved:

Carl Thormeyer evaluated Tom's speech:

Jack Jackson was voted Best Speaker for his folk tale A Grain of Rice from the advanced manual "Storytelling":

Jack's evaluator Laura Franklin was selected Best Evaluator:

Summer Solstice

Tetyana Margolina was TMoD today and selected "Summer Solstice" as the theme, coincident with that event!

Pat Hanson was Humorist:

Kim Amador won Table Topics:

Laura Franklin gave a #5 speech A Wedding Toast! and was voted Most Improved:

Sheila Dundon was Laura's speech evaluator, and unfortunately the video of her speech didn't turn out. :(

Glenn Woodson was voted Best Speaker for his presentation from the Leadership Excellence series, Building a A Team:

 Glenn's evaluator Don Free was selected Best Evaluator:

Superstitions

It being Friday the 13^th, and one with a full moon no less, Leisel Iverson chose "Superstition" as her theme.

Carrie Glenn gave opening remarks:

Carl Thormeyer won Table Topics (for the second week in a row!)

Annette Cain gave her #7 speech, Plastic Soup, and was voted Most Improved Speaker:

Annette's evaluator Jack Jackson was chosen Best Evaluator:

Arnie Buss gave the #1 project from the advanced Storytelling manual entitled The Rusty Penny, and was voted Best Speaker:

Arnie was evaluated by Don Free:

D-Day

Today was the70th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy that signaled the beginning of the end of World War II. So Arnie Buss, today's TMoD, chose D-Day as the theme.

Carl Thormeyer won Table Topics:

Kim Amador gave her Icebreaker Speech The Most Important Woman in the World, and was voted Best Speaker as well as Most Improved Speaker:

Kim's evaluator was Fred Sadler, who was Best Evaluator for the meeting:

Tom Mallory gave his #6 speech What If I Were Perfect:

Tom was evaluated by Pat Hanson:

Grandparents

Pat Hanson's theme was Grandparents, which everyone could relate to, since it turns out that everybody in the club was either a grandparent themselves or have had grandparents.

Tom Anderson gave opening remarks:

Don Free won Table Topics:

Carrie Glenn gave her #7 speech How to Change in 3 Easy Steps and was voted Most Improved:

Carrie was evaluated by Annette Cain, who tied for Best Evaluator with Annette:

Arnie Buss gave a #6 speech It's All in the Wrist, and was voted Best Speaker:

Arnie's evaluator Leisel Iverson was co-Best Evaluator with Annette:

Summer Vacation

Although the turnout was a bit low for the Friday before Memorial Day weekend, Tetyana Margolina led a spirited meeting with the theme of Summer Vacation.

Don Free led off as Humorist:

Returning erstwhile member Glenn Woodson won Table Topics with a story about the vacation he didn't take and the race-themed "staycation" he will take this Sunday:

Tom Mallory won both Best Speaker and Most Improved Speaker with his #5 project Naive Moments:

Tom's evaluator was Don Free, who was also selected Best Evaluator:

Arnie Buss gave project #4 from the Interpersonal Communications advanced manual, Coaching to Resolution with an Impact Statement, with able assistance from Don Free in the role-play.

Arnie's evaluator was Sheila Dundon:

Strategic Communications

Jack Jackson chose "Strategic Communications" as today's theme, and reminded us of the difference between strategy and tactics.

Table Topics was won by Kim Amador, who was also voted Most Improved:

Kate Daniels Kurz gave project #4 from the advanced manual "Speaking to Inform" entitled Women's Economic Security in Monterey County:

Kate was evaluated by Don Free:

 Tetyana Margolina was voted Best Speaker with project  #4 from The Entertaining Speaker entitled A Recipe for Love

Tetyana's evaluator Art Testani was Best Evaluator:

Mothers and Other Goddesses

Arnie Buss wasTMoD today and with Mother's Day coming up this Sunday, chose "Mothers and Other Goddesses" to celebrate not only mothers but all nurturing women.

Opening Remarks was by Fred Sadler:

Leisel Iverson was voted Best Speaker for her #7 speech entitled Now What?

Leisel was evaluated by Carrie Glenn:

Thomas Mallory's #4 speech Playing The Lotto With Loyda earned him Most Improved Speaker:

Thomas' evaluator was Sheila Dundon:

Carl Thormeyer gave the #4 project from advanced manual The Entertaining Speaker entitled How I helped win the Cold War - Part 2: The Rest of the Story

Carl's evaluator Don Free was selected Best Evaluator: