Chamber Speakers Circle Toastmasters
Attendees: Ruth,
Vishal, Lara, Fernando, Randy Shashi, Glenn, Barbara, Suzanne, David N., Aditi
and Samya
Guest: David Kuwaye
Theme of the day: Summer
Word of the day: aura
Vishal was the Toastmaster; Glenn was the
General Evaluator; Barbara was the Grammarian, Fernando was the Ah Counter, and
Suzanne was the Timer.
Samya started the meeting, reminding
everyone she would be on vacation in July.
Samya told everyone about Toastmaster training (open to all members) at
Genentech on August 9th and reminded the officers to attend training. Aditi is the new VP of Public Relations. Vishal introduced a full schedule with three
speakers.
Speaker: Lara: Competent
Leadership Guide, Speech Project #10, Inspire
Your Audience
Ruth listed the objectives of Lara’s speech
project and Vishal gave an introduction.
Lara gave a speech about using the Competent Leadership Guide. Lara gave an overview of the ten projects in
the guide and how the different roles in each meeting can fulfill each project
assignment.
Speaker: David: Why
Toastmasters, Why Now? Speech Project #9, Persuade with Power
Samya listed the objectives of David’s
speech project.
David shared a story about his first Toastmasters
meeting experience and addressed the question of “Why Toastmasters?” David shared a list of famous toastmasters across
professional fields: politics, sports and space exploration. David noted the diversity of professional experience
and international experience within this club and also gave a cost-benefit
ratio comparing Toastmasters to other speech clubs.
Speaker: Randy: The
most pleasant and unpleasant sounding words in the world
Aditi listed the objectives of Randy’s
speech project and Vishal gave an introduction.
Randy started his speech by saying the names
of each person in the club audience.
Randy listed some phrases:
·
Fairly
unique
·
With
all due respect
·
Shouldn’t
of
·
24/7
Randy shared a story about a friend who
frequently uses the phrases “at the end of the day” and “basically”. Randy used pauses to build up suspense in his
story. Randy read a note for his friend
and then invited the audience to avoid clichés by creating new phrases:
·
He’s
all foam but no beer
·
He’s
all sizzle but no steak
·
He’s
all candle but no wick
Randy lit a candle and ended his speech with
the expression “It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness” and
reminded everyone to remember people’s names.
Table Topics: Aditi was the Table Topics Master. Aditi asked questions related to Summer, the
theme of the meeting. Suzanne, Barbara,
David K., Fernando, Glenn and Ruth shared stories of Summer experiences
inspired by senses: sight, sound and touch.
Glenn called on his team of evaluators.
Evaluator #1: Ruth
on Lara’s speech: Competent Leadership Guide
Ruth spoke
about how Lara has changed and developed from someone who started out quiet and
less willing to speak when first joining this club. Ruth thought Lara’s word choice could have
been better but noted Lara was very enthusiastic.
Evaluator #2: Samya on David’s speech: Why
Toastmasters, Why Now?
Samya
evaluated David’s speech. Samya
mentioned how David’s presence propelled his speech and that he was persuasive
and provided examples of powerful people who are Toastmasters. Samya spoke about how David brought it back
to the people in the room and why we should be here. Samya noted David’s wonderful closing points:
“What’s in it for me?”, “What’s it going to cost me?” it is inexpensive,
reminding us our efforts are great.
Samya noted David’s smile and encouraged him to smile more.
.
Roundtable evaluation: Randy’s speech: The
most pleasant and unpleasant sounding words in the world
Aditi noted Randy’s
use of pauses and great comedic timing.
Ruth
appreciated Randy’s amazing ability to do funny takes on things.
Barbara
appreciated Randy’s use of everyone’s names in his opening.
David
appreciated Randy’s vocal variety and humor.
Vishal noted
Randy’s timing, using pauses to his advantage and encouraged Randy to make more
eye contact with everyone.
Barbara
noted Randy’s use of anti-clichés in her Grammarian report. Ruth, Suzanne, Fernando and Barbara used the
word of the day.
Fernando
gave a thorough Ah Counter report, raking in some money for the club in
Ah-Counter fees.
Suzanne gave
the Timer’s report and noted everyone spoke within time.
Glenn gave a
general evaluation of the meeting, noting the introductions were well-done. Glenn reminded everyone to send project
numbers and speech titles to the Toastmaster in advance. Glenn reminded Evaluators to give critical
feedback and improvement tips more.
Vishal
really kept reminding people of the time.
Ruth won the
best speaker ribbon for her Table Topics story.
Roles for the next meeting on 7/14:
Toastmaster: David Theme: July
4th
General Evaluator: Suzanne
Speaker #1: Glenn
Evaluator #1: Barbara
Speaker #2: Shashi Project #1 Ice Breaker
Evaluator #2: Lara
Table Topics Master: Fernando
Grammarian: Randy
Ah Counter: Vishal
Timer: Ruth
Vote Counter: Shashi
