01-26-06 Meeting Summary
Summary Mutual Voices Meeting -- January 26, 2006
Betsy S. was Toastmaster for the first time. Betsy’s theme was parties and celebrations. She did an excellent job of managing the meeting, brought an exuberant crew to order and interesting segues between speeches.
The word of the day presented by Wordmaster Grammarian, Kelly T.,was exuberant, which means full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy; lavish; extravagant, extreme in degree, size or extent, growing producing, or produced abundantly; plentiful. E.g., my neice’s birthday party was attended by many exuberant two-year olds.
Kelly shared how her favorite party is her annual deep-fry party.
Jerry V. was the timer. He shared how he is exuberant about Thanksgiving because of the food. He particularly likes the egg rolls and Hmong flavored stuffing.
Speaker # 1 was Eddie K. who shared that his favorite party was the one he threw in college to which everyone needed to wear a hard hat.
Eddie’s speech was entitled “Developing an Investment Strategy.” Project 4 from the Speaking to Inform manual. The goal for his speech was 5 –7 minutes for the speech itself and 2 –3 minutes for questions. The purpose of the speech was to prepare a report on a situation, event, or problem of interest to the audience. To deliver sufficient factual information in your report so that the audience can make valid conclusions or a sound decision.
Eddie’s speech was a comprehensive presentation on developing an investment Strategy. The topics he covered included the biggest obstacle to investment success; the steps to success; investment classes; risk tolerance; inflation and the fundamentals of investing.
Speaker # 2 was Lori G. Lori’s speech entitled “15th” was # 7 from the CTM manual; the objective was to “Research Your Topic” and the goal time 5 –7 minutes. Lori spoke about the 15th president of the United States, James Buchanan. Lori provided an excellent overview of his life, the environment of the time and the slavery issue.
Keri O. was Table Topics Master. Keri’s first question was “Who would you plan a surprise party for and what kind of party would it be?
Mark H. answered the question by describing how he had planned a surprise party for his wife, when he proposed to her. GE, Laura Griffith noted that Mark rose slowly, which was a good stall, came out strong and changed the question to something he could answer. He used good pitch and vocal variety and vivid descriptions.
Laura C. answered Keri’s second question “If you are going to a world renowned party, what would it be and where? She said it would be in New Orleans because of her grandmother’s origins – she was raised in an orphanage in New Orleans. GE, Laura Griffith noted that Laura C had used an effective story format, and awesome humor.
Keri’s third question was, “If you were going to invent a shower game, what would it be?
This question was answered by Dave B. He answered a really tough question, with an unrepeatable answer (according to my notes), organized as a mini speech.
Evaluator # 1 was Kathy J. She said that Eddie provided a good introduction, excellent visuals and his humor was also good. She thought he did a nice job with the questions. The topics and organization were helpful to the audience. She thought that his speech would have been more effective if he’d added more vocal variety to his delivery. She also thought that Eddie could have made better eye contact throughout the room.
Evaluator # 2 was Kurt J. Kurt said that he loved Lori’s introduction and that she had chosen a good topic. Her speech clearly demonstrated that she had researched her topic. He said that Lori held herself well and took command of the room. Kurt thought that Lori could have added more vocal variety but that she stepped out well and her hand gestures were appropriate. Areas of improvement included positioning herself better so that there was no one behind her, by pushing the table back. He also noted that she had said “um” eight times.
Timer Jerry Vang recorded Eddie’s speech at 7:35, Lori’s at 5:10, both very close to their goal time.
Laura G. provided a very thorough general evaluation of the meeting.
Betsy S. was Toastmaster for the first time. Betsy’s theme was parties and celebrations. She did an excellent job of managing the meeting, brought an exuberant crew to order and interesting segues between speeches.
The word of the day presented by Wordmaster Grammarian, Kelly T.,was exuberant, which means full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy; lavish; extravagant, extreme in degree, size or extent, growing producing, or produced abundantly; plentiful. E.g., my neice’s birthday party was attended by many exuberant two-year olds.
Kelly shared how her favorite party is her annual deep-fry party.
Jerry V. was the timer. He shared how he is exuberant about Thanksgiving because of the food. He particularly likes the egg rolls and Hmong flavored stuffing.
Speaker # 1 was Eddie K. who shared that his favorite party was the one he threw in college to which everyone needed to wear a hard hat.
Eddie’s speech was entitled “Developing an Investment Strategy.” Project 4 from the Speaking to Inform manual. The goal for his speech was 5 –7 minutes for the speech itself and 2 –3 minutes for questions. The purpose of the speech was to prepare a report on a situation, event, or problem of interest to the audience. To deliver sufficient factual information in your report so that the audience can make valid conclusions or a sound decision.
Eddie’s speech was a comprehensive presentation on developing an investment Strategy. The topics he covered included the biggest obstacle to investment success; the steps to success; investment classes; risk tolerance; inflation and the fundamentals of investing.
Speaker # 2 was Lori G. Lori’s speech entitled “15th” was # 7 from the CTM manual; the objective was to “Research Your Topic” and the goal time 5 –7 minutes. Lori spoke about the 15th president of the United States, James Buchanan. Lori provided an excellent overview of his life, the environment of the time and the slavery issue.
Keri O. was Table Topics Master. Keri’s first question was “Who would you plan a surprise party for and what kind of party would it be?
Mark H. answered the question by describing how he had planned a surprise party for his wife, when he proposed to her. GE, Laura Griffith noted that Mark rose slowly, which was a good stall, came out strong and changed the question to something he could answer. He used good pitch and vocal variety and vivid descriptions.
Laura C. answered Keri’s second question “If you are going to a world renowned party, what would it be and where? She said it would be in New Orleans because of her grandmother’s origins – she was raised in an orphanage in New Orleans. GE, Laura Griffith noted that Laura C had used an effective story format, and awesome humor.
Keri’s third question was, “If you were going to invent a shower game, what would it be?
This question was answered by Dave B. He answered a really tough question, with an unrepeatable answer (according to my notes), organized as a mini speech.
Evaluator # 1 was Kathy J. She said that Eddie provided a good introduction, excellent visuals and his humor was also good. She thought he did a nice job with the questions. The topics and organization were helpful to the audience. She thought that his speech would have been more effective if he’d added more vocal variety to his delivery. She also thought that Eddie could have made better eye contact throughout the room.
Evaluator # 2 was Kurt J. Kurt said that he loved Lori’s introduction and that she had chosen a good topic. Her speech clearly demonstrated that she had researched her topic. He said that Lori held herself well and took command of the room. Kurt thought that Lori could have added more vocal variety but that she stepped out well and her hand gestures were appropriate. Areas of improvement included positioning herself better so that there was no one behind her, by pushing the table back. He also noted that she had said “um” eight times.
Timer Jerry Vang recorded Eddie’s speech at 7:35, Lori’s at 5:10, both very close to their goal time.
Laura G. provided a very thorough general evaluation of the meeting.
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