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| Area Governor Cheryl inducts new officers. |
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| Evaluation Champ Scott gives Amara Feedback |
We had lots of fun and learning today! Highlights:
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| Joel delights with his Ah Counter’s report. |
- We tried a new location (Rusty Pelican, Wallingford).
- Our Area 23 Governor, Cheryl E., joined us to introduce herself to our members and install our new officer team.
- Amara D. delivered the final project from The Profession Speaker advanced manual and received a thorough and supportive evaluation from Scott C., the District 2 Evaluation Contest winner for 2011.
- John N. delivered thoughtful Table Topics questions about road trips — ones we love to remember and ones we might like to forget! Best Table Topics award went to Mary L.
- Word of the Day: peregrinate (to journey or travel from place to place, esp. on foot)
- First-time visitor Kathy said she found lots of useful practices in our meeting.
- Second-time visitor Nagisa remains interested in learning more about the Toastmaster program.
- Business: The club members decided to try another meeting at The Rusty Pelican. Join us at 7:45 on Saturday, Aug. 6th for another great meeting!
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Kathy tries impromptu speaking Detailed Agenda:
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Time
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Role
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Activity
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Member
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7:45
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Presi-
dent
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Open Meeting · Welcome Guests · Introduction of Toastmaster
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Ray
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7:51
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Toast-
master
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Thematic Comments · Introduce Key Roles
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Ray
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Word of the Day/Ah Counter
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Joel
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Timer
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Beth
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Introduce Speaker #1
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Ray
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8:07
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Speaker
#1
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Title: Find Your Voice and Flourish
Speech #5 (The Motivational Speech) from The Professional Speaker advanced manual. Objectives:
· Understand the concept and nature of motivational speaking.
· Apply a four-step motivational method with the purpose of persuading and inspiring.
· Deliver a motivational speech to persuade an audience to emotionally commit to an action.
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Amara
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8:22
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Toast-master
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Comment writing (2 minutes) · Introduce TT Master
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Ray
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8:24
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Table Topics Master
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Explain & conduct Table Topics
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John
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8:30
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Toast-master
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Vote for best Table Topic · Explain Evaluation Session · Introduce Evaluators
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Ray
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8:32
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Eval. #1
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Evaluate Amara’s speech
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Scott
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8:37
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Toast-master
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Introduce the General Evaluator
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Ray
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8:38
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GE
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Feedback on evaluations and the meeting as a whole
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Nicole
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9:43
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Toast-master
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Final Thematic Comments · Return to President
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Ray
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9:44
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Presi-
dent
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Business Items · Awards · Guest Comments · Announcements
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Ray
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9:00
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Presi-
dent
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Adjourn Meeting
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Ray
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