The following is a
summary of the minutes from our September meeting.
Meeting Location:
The Hillsdale Mall, San Mateo, CA 6:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
Attendees:
Present
at the meeting were: Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Eric Jones, Suzanne Mulcahy, David
Nazzaro, Sharon Pappas, Venkat Senapati, Jim Spath, Ruth Wadsworth, and Eric
Yan. There were no guests.
Samya
was the Toastmaster; Jim was the General Evaluator; Lara was the Grammarian;
and the Ah Counter; Eric Y. was the Vote
Counter; and Venkat was the Timer.
Speaker #1:
Samya: “Impromptu Speech”
Manual Project:
Advanced Manual, “Mentoring
Sessions”
Samya spoke about the two manuals, the “Competent
Communicator” and the “Competent Leadership”
·
The Competent Leadership manual gives
us the guidance on developing our leadership skills; evaluations, timing, the
different Toastmaster roles, listening skills, and how to mentor people.
Samya also talked about the Toastmaster Magazine, the
website, articles, and training sessions.
If we take advantage of these opportunities, we can become better
communicators, better listener, and a better leader.
Evaluation: Sharon evaluated David’s speech. She said that David gave a speech on a very
important subject and it was clear that he was passionate about this
subject. David demonstrated a strong
conviction for preventing obesity. This
topic was well researched. Sharon
suggested that David could utilize his visuals more by pointing to the specific
detail presented. She ended by saying he
gave an excellent speech with good vocal variety, hand gestures, and well
organized. David gave his speech without
using any notes.
The
theme of the meeting was: “Humorous Stories”; The word of the day was: “Mirth”. Ruth was the table topics master.
Samya closed the meeting.
Meeting
was adjourned at 7:30
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