Thursday, August 3 Meeting Summary
Kathy J was our Toastmasters for todays meeting. The theme she chosewas 'Cartoon Characters'. Kathy showed us several items that had picturesof cartoon characters on them that her kids like.
Jeff S was our first speaker. His speech titled "Fish Are Fun" was about the pets he has at his home. He gave us three reasons why startingout with fish are a good choice for a pet. 1) they are relatively inexpensive - gold fish can be bought for 12 cents each 2) they are easily maintained - you can get rid of a dead fish with a flick of your wrist 3)They are a great addition to your home - they can be the center point of aroom and people enjoy watching them. (6:25)
Mike C was our second speaker. His speech titled "Fuzzy Future of HDDVD Players" was about a research project he did for Best Buy executives(the audience). Mike pointed out three reasons why sales that wereprojected at 10 million only actually reached one million. 1) ImmatureTechnology - high definition DVD's are relatively new 2) Prices - they cost around $500 which is much more then regular DVD players 3)Availability - There are two types on the market and HD DVD's are specificas to which DVD player you can play the movie on. One is from Sony and onefrom Toshiba. (5:55). After Mike's speech he had a question and answer session. Mike answered questions from Matt, Mark and Laura G. (4:34)
Laura Bourgeault was our Table Topics Master. She told us of a web site that you can answer some questions and they will tell you what cartooncharacter you are. Laura is Tweety Bird. If you are interested the website is: www.naucon.net/misc/tests/cartoon_char.htm Laura had several pieces of paper with different cartoon characters namedon them. She asked the person to draw a slip of paper and then describewhy they are like that particular cartoon character. Mary Wood was the first lucky person and she drew the Road Runner. Mary states that she is like the road runner because she is always zipping around. She likes to be on time so she is always moving fast. She has abusy life style and the road runner has a similar personality to hers. (55sec) our guest Matt took the second table topics slip and pulled the Tasmanian Devil. Matt said that when Taz is calm most people don't even realize histrue nature. Like Taz Matt can take risks and still be ok. (40 sec)Dan B took the last table topic slip and chose Shrek. Dan relates toShrek often because like Shrek he does not like to be bothered by people.When he gets home he likes to just be left alone. On the other hand Shrekhas a soft side that Dan also likes. (around a minute)
Keri O evaluated Jeff's speech. She felt he fulfilled the purpose ofhis speech. He had good organization with a clear opening and closing. She especially like the humor Jeff used during this speech. For future speeches she would like to see Jeff use the flip chart instead of notesduring his speech. (2:58)
Mark H evaluated Mike's speech. Mark felt the speech was very wellorganized and he could tell that Mike did allot of research on this topic. Mark felt the topic was relevant and Mike talked at our level. Mark talkedabout Mike having good purposeful movement during the speech and encouragedhim to add yet more into his next speech. Mark felt that Mike did a good job answering the questions at the end of the speech. He told Mike that hecan repeat the question before answering so that others in the room thatmight not have heard the question would have the opportunity to hear itfrom the front of the room and that would give Mike more time to formulatehis answer. (3:55)
Marian J was our Wordmaster Grammarian today. She chose the word'Doldrums' because that was the way she was feeling when it was time topick out the word of the day. Doldrums means: A period of stagnation orslump, A period of depression or unhappy listlessness, A region of theocean near the equator characterized by calms, light winds or squalls andThe weather conditions characteristic of these regions of the ocean.Marian noted several ahs and ums during our meeting today.
Laura G was our General Evaluator for the meeting. She felt that Kathy did a great job as the Toastmaster and had a great theme which made the meeting fun. Laura liked the word of the day, but felt that the wordshould be a little larger when placed in front of the room. Laura G. enjoyed the way that Laura B. did the table topics with the little slips of paper. Our table topic respondents did a good job describing why they were similar to the cartoon character that the chose and our evaluators did anexcellent job with their feed back of the speakers. Over all the meeting went great and the Spirit Award went to Jeff S.
Kathy J was our Toastmasters for todays meeting. The theme she chosewas 'Cartoon Characters'. Kathy showed us several items that had picturesof cartoon characters on them that her kids like.
Jeff S was our first speaker. His speech titled "Fish Are Fun" was about the pets he has at his home. He gave us three reasons why startingout with fish are a good choice for a pet. 1) they are relatively inexpensive - gold fish can be bought for 12 cents each 2) they are easily maintained - you can get rid of a dead fish with a flick of your wrist 3)They are a great addition to your home - they can be the center point of aroom and people enjoy watching them. (6:25)
Mike C was our second speaker. His speech titled "Fuzzy Future of HDDVD Players" was about a research project he did for Best Buy executives(the audience). Mike pointed out three reasons why sales that wereprojected at 10 million only actually reached one million. 1) ImmatureTechnology - high definition DVD's are relatively new 2) Prices - they cost around $500 which is much more then regular DVD players 3)Availability - There are two types on the market and HD DVD's are specificas to which DVD player you can play the movie on. One is from Sony and onefrom Toshiba. (5:55). After Mike's speech he had a question and answer session. Mike answered questions from Matt, Mark and Laura G. (4:34)
Laura Bourgeault was our Table Topics Master. She told us of a web site that you can answer some questions and they will tell you what cartooncharacter you are. Laura is Tweety Bird. If you are interested the website is: www.naucon.net/misc/tests/cartoon_char.htm Laura had several pieces of paper with different cartoon characters namedon them. She asked the person to draw a slip of paper and then describewhy they are like that particular cartoon character. Mary Wood was the first lucky person and she drew the Road Runner. Mary states that she is like the road runner because she is always zipping around. She likes to be on time so she is always moving fast. She has abusy life style and the road runner has a similar personality to hers. (55sec) our guest Matt took the second table topics slip and pulled the Tasmanian Devil. Matt said that when Taz is calm most people don't even realize histrue nature. Like Taz Matt can take risks and still be ok. (40 sec)Dan B took the last table topic slip and chose Shrek. Dan relates toShrek often because like Shrek he does not like to be bothered by people.When he gets home he likes to just be left alone. On the other hand Shrekhas a soft side that Dan also likes. (around a minute)
Keri O evaluated Jeff's speech. She felt he fulfilled the purpose ofhis speech. He had good organization with a clear opening and closing. She especially like the humor Jeff used during this speech. For future speeches she would like to see Jeff use the flip chart instead of notesduring his speech. (2:58)
Mark H evaluated Mike's speech. Mark felt the speech was very wellorganized and he could tell that Mike did allot of research on this topic. Mark felt the topic was relevant and Mike talked at our level. Mark talkedabout Mike having good purposeful movement during the speech and encouragedhim to add yet more into his next speech. Mark felt that Mike did a good job answering the questions at the end of the speech. He told Mike that hecan repeat the question before answering so that others in the room thatmight not have heard the question would have the opportunity to hear itfrom the front of the room and that would give Mike more time to formulatehis answer. (3:55)
Marian J was our Wordmaster Grammarian today. She chose the word'Doldrums' because that was the way she was feeling when it was time topick out the word of the day. Doldrums means: A period of stagnation orslump, A period of depression or unhappy listlessness, A region of theocean near the equator characterized by calms, light winds or squalls andThe weather conditions characteristic of these regions of the ocean.Marian noted several ahs and ums during our meeting today.
Laura G was our General Evaluator for the meeting. She felt that Kathy did a great job as the Toastmaster and had a great theme which made the meeting fun. Laura liked the word of the day, but felt that the wordshould be a little larger when placed in front of the room. Laura G. enjoyed the way that Laura B. did the table topics with the little slips of paper. Our table topic respondents did a good job describing why they were similar to the cartoon character that the chose and our evaluators did anexcellent job with their feed back of the speakers. Over all the meeting went great and the Spirit Award went to Jeff S.
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