Toastmaster Goals

Incoming President Don Free led off the new Toastmasters year with a theme of "Toastmasters Goals." We began with induction of the new club officers by Area Governor Rich Gierman:

Fred Sadler was the humorist extraordinaire with an original limerick:
Returning member Cathy Lee won Table Topics:
Best Speaker was Jack Jackson with his #2 speech So You Feel Lucky?:
Jack's evaluator, Art Testani, was selected Best Evaluator:
Most Improved Speaker Celine Lai gave her #32 speech Human Research Protection Program:
Her evaluator was John Mahler:

Gettysburg 150 Anniversary

TMoD Art Testani chose the 150th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg as the theme.

Jarrod Smith won Tabe Topics:l

Carrie Glenn was voted Best Speaker as well as Most Improved for her #2 Speech I'm Sorry, So Sorry, Please Accept My Apology:
Carrie was evaluated by Chuck Burton:

June is Bustin Out All Over!

Fred Sadler Busted out June with his Carousel-inspired theme today!
Humorist was Kyle Tobin-Williams:
Leisel Iverson won Best Speaker with her #3 Dancing in the Dust:
Leisel's evaluator was Carl Thormeyer:
John Mahler was Most Improved with his #4 Why the Marines Should Keep Weapons Off Drones:
John was evaluated by Carl Thormeyer:
Tables topics was won by Pat Hanson:

What is the Fondest Memory of Your Father?

TMoD Cristine Lambarte paid tribute to Fathers everywhere in advance of Sunday's Father's Day. The meeting featured three Icebreaker speeches - a record, according to club statistician Carl Thormeyer!

Leisel Iverson gave Opening Remarks:

Table Topics was won by Amy Treadwell:

Kyle Tobin-Williams' Icebreaker What Me Worry? garnered her Best Speaker:

Tetyana Margolina evaluated Kyle's speech:

Most Improved Speaker was Carrie Glenn with her Icebreaker Etiquette Can Save Your Life!

Annette Cain evaluated Carrie:

Jack Jackson finished off the Icebreaker meeting with Seven Principles for Myself:

Jack's evaluator Carl Thormeyer was selected Best Evaluator:

World's Oceans

Annette Cain was TMoD and her theme was the World's Oceans.

Pan Hanson gave Opening Remarks:
Celine Lai received Best Speaker for her Icebreaker Military Spouse and Duty Stations.
Jim Burlison was her evaluator:
Thomas Mallory won Most Improved Speaker for his Icebreaker Tell Me About Yourself:
Arnie Buss evaluated Thomas and was selected Best Evaluator:
Fred Sadler gave his third #3 The Physician Assistant - Then and Now:

Fred was evaluated by Tetyana Margolina:

Holiday Weekends

Carl Thormeyer was TMoD and brought a theme of Holiday Weekends - appropriate, being the Friday before one!

John Mahler gave Opening Remarks:

Leisel Iverson won Best Table Topics:

Michelle Gomez was the Most Improved Speaker for her #3 speech Saving Hearts

Arnie Buss was Michelle's evaluator and was selected Best Evaluator:

 Tetyana Margolina was voted Best Speaker for her #6 speechThe Loser Takes All

Jarrod Smith evaluated Tetyana:

Internet Memes

John Mahler debuted as TMoD with a contemporary theme of Internet Memes - see below for the ones John created for the meeting!

Carl Thormeyer was the Humorist

Leisel Iverson #2 won both Best Speaker as well as Most Improved for her #2 speech, The Hands Have It:

Don Free was the speech evaluator for Leisel:

Pat Hanson gave her #8 speech High Heels: Sexy or Fracture Waiting to Happen

Fred Sadler was selected as the Best Speech Evaluator for his feedback to Pat

Kate Daniels Kurz won Best Table Topics

The memes:

When the Student is Ready, the Teacher will Appear

Art Testani pulled double-duty as TMoD and speaker. His theme and speech were from the quote by Gandhi "When the Student is Ready, the Teacher will Appear."

Jim Burlison was Humorist:
Chuck Burton won Table Topics, while Table Topics Master Leisel Iverson was part of a three-way tie for Most Improved with Chuck and Art:
Art gave an Icebreaker speech When the Student is Ready, the Teacher will Appear:

Art's Evaluator, Kathleen Hanselmann, was selected Best Evaluator:
Arnie Buss won Best Speaker for his Icebreaker My First Love:
Arnie was evaluated by Sheila Dundon:

TM Resources to Help Us Succeed

Sheila Dundon stepped forth to be TMoD with a theme very close to our heart at NPS Toastmasters! Namely, Toastmasters resources to help us succeed.

Matt Balint gave Opening Remarks:

Chuck Burton's #2 speech The Ins and Outs of Scuba Diving garnered him Best Speaker as well as Most Improved:
 Chuck's evaluator was Jarrod Smith:

Sheila doubled as a speaker as well, with her #8 project Using the NPS Website to Help You Succeed:

Sheila's evaluator Pat Hanson was selected Best Evaluator:

Matt Balint won Best Table Topics:

Texting Motorists Still Ignore Danger Warnings

Cristine Lamberte was TMoD at today's meeting, and she chose the sobering theme of the dangers of texting while driving.

Sheila Dundon was the Humorist:

Best Speaker was Pat Hanson with her #7 speech, The NOT To-Do List: Multi-Tasking from the Top:

Pat's evaluator was Art Testani:

Most Improved Speaker was Tetyana Margolina with her #5 speech, Stringing the Beads:

Best Evaluator Fred Sadler evaluated Tetyana's speech:

Birthdays

Fred Sadler was TMoD and chose a theme of Birthdays to celebrate the birthday of his twin brother, Blair.

Pat Hanson won Best Table Topics:
Chuck Burton's Icebreaker speech, Where the Outsider Looks, earned him Most Improved Speaker:

Tetyana Margolina was Chuck's evaluator:
Liesel Iveron's Icebreaker speech, Three Wishes, garnered Best Speaker:
Liesel was evaluated by Jim Burlison:
Brennan Kemper gave his #2 speech, Time Management (no video)

Brennan's evaluator, Kate Daniels Kurz, was chosen Best Evaluator:

St Patrick's Day

Kathleen Hanselmann was TMoD and chose a theme of St Patrick's Day

Pat Hanson was the humorist:
Carl Thormeyer won best Best Table Topics ("in a pinch"):
Don Free gave his #8 speech Remember the Alamo:
Don was evaluated by Arnie Buss:
Bill Coloe gave his #2 speech The Importance of Having Fun:
Bill was evaluated by Pat Hanson:
Kate Daniels Kurz  gave project #4 from Speaking on Television, The Press Conference:

Kate was evaluated by Carl Thormeyer:

Name That Tune!

Monique Fountain has us dancing in the streets will a theme of "Name That Tune" - the importance of music in our lives.

Humorist Arnie Buss had a musical groaner:

John Mahler won Best Speaker for his #2 speech Good Fats:

John's evaluator Shane Grass as selected Best Evaluator:

Carl Thormeyer gave a #3 project from the advanced manual "Speaking to Inform" titled The Lunch Box:

Carl was evaluated by Arnie Buss:


Art Testani won Best Table Topic:

Moving!

Pat Hanson did a stint as TMod with the theme of "Moving". Together with an unforgettable word of the day - nostumania - we were all in for a real treat!

Bill Coloe was the humorist:

Don Free's #7 speech Where Are the Children? garnered him Most Improved Speaker:

Don's evaluator, Matt Balint, was also the best evaluator:

Annette Cain practiced her award-winning Tall Tales speech A Bloated Tale and was voted Best Speaker:

She was evaluated in a round-robin manner by the entire club, in preparation for the Area contest tomorrow:

LUCK - Of Any Kind

Amy Treadwell chose "Luck" as her theme, and proved that it wasn't luck that led to a fantastic meeting!

John Mahler won Best Table Topics:

Michelle Gomez' Icebreaker speech Stop and Smell the Roses garnered her Most Improved Speaker:

Michelle's evaluator was Arnie Buss:

Tetyana Margolina gave her #4 speech Gone with the Wave and was voted Best Speaker:

Her evaluator Don Free was also selected as the Best Evaluator:

Tall Tales and International Speech Contests!

The winner of the Tall Tales contest was Annette Cain with A Bloated Tale:

Arnie Buss came in second place with The House on Cherry Lane:

Arnie won a hard-fought International speech contest with Do It Anyway:

American Presidents

Don Free was TMoD and gave all kinds of fascinating information about American Presidents. (Who knew that there have been 47 Vice Presidents?)

John Mahler was Humorist:

Jarrod Smith won Best Table Topics:

Bill Coloe won Most Improved) for his Icebreaker speech Two Suitcases and a Thousand Bucks:

Tetyana Margolina was his evaluator:
 Matt Balint  won Best Speaker with his #3 speech:
 Sheila Dundon was his evaluator:
 Kathleen Hanselmann gave her #4 speech The Little Old Lady from Pasadena:

Her evaluator Amy Treadwell was chosen as the Best Evaluator:

Speaking Extemporaneously

Kate Daniels Kurz chose "Speaking Extemporaneously" as her theme today.

Arnie Buss gave the Humorist/Opening Remarks:

Fred Sadler won Best Table Topics:

John Mahler won Most Improved Speaker for his Icebreaker I Just Can't Wait to Get Out to the Fleet:

John's evaluator, Jim Burlison, was Best Evaluator:

Sheila Dundon  gave her #4 speech Thank Heaven for Little Girls' Fathers: Providers of Life's Lessons:

Sheila was evaluated by Annette Cain:

Best Speaker Don Free gave his #6 speech, They are Driving Me Crazy:

Don was evaluated by Jarrod Smith:

Giving Back

Art Testani's theme of 'Giving Back' he;ed create a generous atmosphere for today's meeting!

Michelle Gomez gave Opening Remarks

Best Table Topics was won by John Mahler

Fred Sadler gave his second #10 speech (and earned his second CC) with Love Stellan

Carl Thormeyer evaluated Fred's speech
While the Best speaker and evaluator were walkovers, Chuck Burton was voted Most Improved for his Table Topics response:

Responding to Bad News

Sheila Dundon was Toastmaster of the Day (TMoD) and chose "Responding to Bad News" for her theme.

Kate Daniels Kurz gave Opening Remarks:

Fred Sadler won Best Table Topics:

Most Improved speaker,  Jarrod Smith, gave his  #3 Bahrain and its Relevance in the Middle East

Jarrod's evaluator was Art Testani

Arnie Buss gave his  #8 Let's Make a Deal - Why You Should Always Switch Doors and was voted Best Speaker

Tetyana Margolina was selected Best Evaluator for her feedback to Arnie: