October 28, 2013 Club Meeting

The following is a summary of the minutes from our October 28^th meeting.

 Meeting Location:   The Hillsdale Mall, San Mateo, CA     6:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Attendees:

Present at the meeting were: Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Lara Miller, David Nazzaro, Lara Miller, Suzanne Mulcahy, Emily Panos, Sharon Pappas, Ruth Wadsworth and Venkat Senapati.  There was one guest, Peter Wall, Area Governor.

David was the Toastmaster; Lara was the General Evaluator; Emily was the Grammarian; Venkat was the Ah Counter; Sharon was the Table Topics Master; and Ruth was the Timer.

Samya announced the upcoming District “Humorous Speech Contest” in November.

The theme of the meeting was: “Halloween”; the word of the day was: “Scabrous”.  

Speaker #1:  “The Coach” 

 Advanced Manuel Series – Project #4

Peter began his speech by giving three reasons to require a coach.

·         Need help and do not have the right tools for the job.

·         Not enough time.

·         Not motivated

Peter emphasized that employees must feel that the communication is open so they can express what they feel and share their needs.

1.    Employees may need additional tools for the job and appropriate training.

2.    Employees may need assistance in time management to work more efficiently.  It is also important to let them know what their priorities are.  Peter used the G.T.D. method.  (“Getting Things Done”)  He explained that you place things in three piles, “Never”, “Later”, and “Now”.  You toss the never, and focus on the now.

3.    With employees that are not motivated, there is only so much you can do.  You can find out what motivates them and perhaps transfer them to another group or find out if there are problems that require professional care.  They can also be fired when necessary.

Peter ended his speech by a role play demonstration of how to coach an employee.  It was a riveting speech.

  

Group Evaluation:   

The group shared that they loved the humor that Peter brought into the speech.  He had a good subject matter with which the audience could easily relate.  The group also stated that they appreciated his sincerity and passion behind his speech.  They also stated that a hand out may have helped.  The group ended the evaluation by stating that they liked the way his summarized his speech in his conclusion.

 

Table Topics:  Sharon hosted the Table Topics.  She used the Halloween theme and asked questions as she gave out candy.  David won the best Table Topics Ribbon.

  

Samya asked for feedback from the guest and then closed the meeting.