January 25, 2007 Meeting Summary
Toastmaster, Laura B, skillfully navigated the unexpected at our meeting last Thursday. She began by introducing Jeff’s guest, Rob, who works with Jeff as an internal wholesaler. The theme of the day—live theater—spurred Laura to ask duty holders to tell us about their favorite live performance. Her favorite was recently at the History Theater, which specializes in real life, Minnesota stories.
Laura G stepped in as timer for the day. She has many favorite performances, but told the group about the latest performance she attended. While in London, they had the opportunity to see “We Will Rock You”, which, she explained, is comparable to Mama Mia! in that they wove together a group’s music to create a story, but the music was from Queen rather than Abba. While the story was weak, the performance more than made up for it!
Jeff S was the Wordmaster/Grammarian, and chose antagonist for the word. Antagonist means 1) A person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary. 2) The adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work; Iago is the antagonist of Othello. Jeff’s memorable performance was a performance of Hamlet that he saw for a Shakespeare class in London. They were “groundlings” at the Globe Theater, so had to stand for the entire performance—that’s 3 ½ hours for Hamlet!
Speaker #1, Roxie N, recently saw “White Christmas” at The Ordway. Once she got over that it’s not the same story as the video (which she has), she thought the show was phenomenal! Roxie presented “Unprepared” for her Organizing Your Speech project in the Competent Communicator manual. She grabbed our attention by reading her introduction from a script, then explained that were she truly unprepared, she would continue reading. However, being prepared is all about being organized and Roxie has found websites that have ideas about how to be organized—she shared ideas from www.flylady.net and gave us handouts of “The Welcome Letter” and “Today is January 25th”. Roxie said that she prepares for her speeches and her life in the same way—in 15 minute increments. The Fly Lady calls these 15 minute increments your Fly Zones and your Morning/Afternoon/Evening Routines. When you begin the program, you’re a Fly Baby, which means that you’re basically clueless, your life is in complete chaos, you have “Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome”. Once you begin working with The Fly Lady, you begin by learning how to do an evening routine, which makes your morning better. Roxie’s evening routine consists of making phone calls, shining her sink, laying out her clothes, zone cleaning, hot spot cleaning, brushing her teeth, and doing the dishes. Shining your sink gives you a fresh start to a fresh day, and the dishwasher is full so you can begin the day by emptying it. The Fly Lady also introduces the 27 Fling Boogie, where you go through your house and throw away 27 things, and Hot Spots, which teach you to keep your paperwork put away. In conclusion, Roxie quotes, “Slow and steady is what gets our home and our lives in order.” (Time - 7:26 minutes)
Speaker #2, Lori G, earned her CL by giving her second speech from the Successful Club Series, “Finding New Members For Our Club”. Lori explained that many factors affect the membership of the club, including: a mobile, changing society; two working people in a household; and changing priorities. When people leave, we can’t sustain a vibrant club. Toastmasters International requires that clubs have 20 members in order to charter. They know that 20 members will create a healthy club, members won’t get burned out, and members won’t have too many duties. Mutual Voices is currently down to 17 members! For an existing club, new members provide: new ideas, a larger pool of leaders, more fun (“the more the merrier!”), and more revenue from dues which can be used for advertising, parties, brochures, and supplies. Lori asked everyone to help us get new members for our club. The VP of Membership (currently Mark Haugh) can’t do it by himself, his role is to be a coordinator. We all need to talk to friends, relatives, co-workers; wear our Toastmaster pins every day; display “The Toastmaster” magazine at our desk; distribute brochures and flyers; and conduct Speechcraft. When guests do visit, we need to greet them at the door, introduce ourselves, sit with them during the meeting, answer questions, speak with them after the meeting, introduce them to the VP of Membership, and even invite them for coffee to get to know them better. Finally, we need to ask them to come again! (Time – 8:00 minutes)
Keri O provided us with one Table Topics question so that Rob could experience an entire meeting. Keri’s favorite live performances were the ones that she participated in! In high school and college, Keri’s was a member of the pit orchestra, so participated in “Annie Get Your Gun”, “Guys & Dolls”, and many more shows. Her favorite part was getting to know the words, and noticing changes to them! Keri asked Marian to share a time when she read a book, then saw a performance of that book (either on stage or in a movie).
Marian was an English major in college, but couldn’t remember a story that she’d read and seen, so she shared a story of the ticket duel that some friends of her’s have given her front row seats to! Marian’s friends have shared their Gutherie tickets with her and her husband for years. They go to Sunday shows with the “older crowd”. After many years, the other couple has announced their divorce and the four tickets are at the center of it! They’ve decided to split the tickets—Marian was lucky to be invited to an upcoming performance of “The Glass Menagerie”. (Time – 2:21 minutes)
Evaluator #1 was Sarah J, who evaluated Roxie’s speech. Sarah liked the way that Roxie defined her goals, grabbed our attention with her introduction, and her natural speaking style. She suggested that Roxie provide more information about what she will be covering in her speech during the introduction and thanked Roxie for the good ideas that she provided. (Time – 1:45 minutes)
Evaluator #2 was Mary W, who evaluated Lori’s speech. Lori asked Mary to evaluate her using the suggestions from the visual aids project in the Competent Communicator manual, even though this was a Successful Club Series speech. Mary appreciated Lori’s use of visual aids for the message she was delivering; they helped to make the message clear, were not too busy, and helped us to remember where Lori was in her agenda. Lori, too, was commended for her good ideas and her organization. Mary suggested that Lori come earlier to prepare the room for her PowerPoint presentation and that she incorporate more movement into her speech. (Time – 2:51 minutes)
Reports
Wordmaster/Grammarian – No one used the word antagonist during the meeting. There were some ahs/ums. Jeff’s favorite sayings were: “Fly Baby”, “Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome”, and Keri calling on Marian as her “victim”.
See the times listed in parenthesis following each speech.
General Evaluator, Mike C, took his role seriously as he antagonized anyone who hadn’t already been evaluated. Mike commended Laura B. for keeping the meeting flowing without taking too long; he would have liked her to provide more of an introduction for Lori’s speech. Mike thought the other duties were performed well, but suggested that no one cut themselves down before they begin. If we just start with our speech and link back to the points at the end, no one will know that we’re new or uncomfortable.
Spirit Award – Roxie N.
Laura G stepped in as timer for the day. She has many favorite performances, but told the group about the latest performance she attended. While in London, they had the opportunity to see “We Will Rock You”, which, she explained, is comparable to Mama Mia! in that they wove together a group’s music to create a story, but the music was from Queen rather than Abba. While the story was weak, the performance more than made up for it!
Jeff S was the Wordmaster/Grammarian, and chose antagonist for the word. Antagonist means 1) A person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary. 2) The adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work; Iago is the antagonist of Othello. Jeff’s memorable performance was a performance of Hamlet that he saw for a Shakespeare class in London. They were “groundlings” at the Globe Theater, so had to stand for the entire performance—that’s 3 ½ hours for Hamlet!
Speaker #1, Roxie N, recently saw “White Christmas” at The Ordway. Once she got over that it’s not the same story as the video (which she has), she thought the show was phenomenal! Roxie presented “Unprepared” for her Organizing Your Speech project in the Competent Communicator manual. She grabbed our attention by reading her introduction from a script, then explained that were she truly unprepared, she would continue reading. However, being prepared is all about being organized and Roxie has found websites that have ideas about how to be organized—she shared ideas from www.flylady.net and gave us handouts of “The Welcome Letter” and “Today is January 25th”. Roxie said that she prepares for her speeches and her life in the same way—in 15 minute increments. The Fly Lady calls these 15 minute increments your Fly Zones and your Morning/Afternoon/Evening Routines. When you begin the program, you’re a Fly Baby, which means that you’re basically clueless, your life is in complete chaos, you have “Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome”. Once you begin working with The Fly Lady, you begin by learning how to do an evening routine, which makes your morning better. Roxie’s evening routine consists of making phone calls, shining her sink, laying out her clothes, zone cleaning, hot spot cleaning, brushing her teeth, and doing the dishes. Shining your sink gives you a fresh start to a fresh day, and the dishwasher is full so you can begin the day by emptying it. The Fly Lady also introduces the 27 Fling Boogie, where you go through your house and throw away 27 things, and Hot Spots, which teach you to keep your paperwork put away. In conclusion, Roxie quotes, “Slow and steady is what gets our home and our lives in order.” (Time - 7:26 minutes)
Speaker #2, Lori G, earned her CL by giving her second speech from the Successful Club Series, “Finding New Members For Our Club”. Lori explained that many factors affect the membership of the club, including: a mobile, changing society; two working people in a household; and changing priorities. When people leave, we can’t sustain a vibrant club. Toastmasters International requires that clubs have 20 members in order to charter. They know that 20 members will create a healthy club, members won’t get burned out, and members won’t have too many duties. Mutual Voices is currently down to 17 members! For an existing club, new members provide: new ideas, a larger pool of leaders, more fun (“the more the merrier!”), and more revenue from dues which can be used for advertising, parties, brochures, and supplies. Lori asked everyone to help us get new members for our club. The VP of Membership (currently Mark Haugh) can’t do it by himself, his role is to be a coordinator. We all need to talk to friends, relatives, co-workers; wear our Toastmaster pins every day; display “The Toastmaster” magazine at our desk; distribute brochures and flyers; and conduct Speechcraft. When guests do visit, we need to greet them at the door, introduce ourselves, sit with them during the meeting, answer questions, speak with them after the meeting, introduce them to the VP of Membership, and even invite them for coffee to get to know them better. Finally, we need to ask them to come again! (Time – 8:00 minutes)
Keri O provided us with one Table Topics question so that Rob could experience an entire meeting. Keri’s favorite live performances were the ones that she participated in! In high school and college, Keri’s was a member of the pit orchestra, so participated in “Annie Get Your Gun”, “Guys & Dolls”, and many more shows. Her favorite part was getting to know the words, and noticing changes to them! Keri asked Marian to share a time when she read a book, then saw a performance of that book (either on stage or in a movie).
Marian was an English major in college, but couldn’t remember a story that she’d read and seen, so she shared a story of the ticket duel that some friends of her’s have given her front row seats to! Marian’s friends have shared their Gutherie tickets with her and her husband for years. They go to Sunday shows with the “older crowd”. After many years, the other couple has announced their divorce and the four tickets are at the center of it! They’ve decided to split the tickets—Marian was lucky to be invited to an upcoming performance of “The Glass Menagerie”. (Time – 2:21 minutes)
Evaluator #1 was Sarah J, who evaluated Roxie’s speech. Sarah liked the way that Roxie defined her goals, grabbed our attention with her introduction, and her natural speaking style. She suggested that Roxie provide more information about what she will be covering in her speech during the introduction and thanked Roxie for the good ideas that she provided. (Time – 1:45 minutes)
Evaluator #2 was Mary W, who evaluated Lori’s speech. Lori asked Mary to evaluate her using the suggestions from the visual aids project in the Competent Communicator manual, even though this was a Successful Club Series speech. Mary appreciated Lori’s use of visual aids for the message she was delivering; they helped to make the message clear, were not too busy, and helped us to remember where Lori was in her agenda. Lori, too, was commended for her good ideas and her organization. Mary suggested that Lori come earlier to prepare the room for her PowerPoint presentation and that she incorporate more movement into her speech. (Time – 2:51 minutes)
Reports
Wordmaster/Grammarian – No one used the word antagonist during the meeting. There were some ahs/ums. Jeff’s favorite sayings were: “Fly Baby”, “Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome”, and Keri calling on Marian as her “victim”.
See the times listed in parenthesis following each speech.
General Evaluator, Mike C, took his role seriously as he antagonized anyone who hadn’t already been evaluated. Mike commended Laura B. for keeping the meeting flowing without taking too long; he would have liked her to provide more of an introduction for Lori’s speech. Mike thought the other duties were performed well, but suggested that no one cut themselves down before they begin. If we just start with our speech and link back to the points at the end, no one will know that we’re new or uncomfortable.
Spirit Award – Roxie N.
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