March 9, 2015 Club Meeting

Chamber Speakers Circle Toastmasters

March 9, 2015

Attendees: Samya, Lefteris, David K., Suzanne, Randy, Joe, Annamarie, and Chris

Guests: Tony

Theme of the day:  Springtime

Suzanne was the Toastmaster; David K. was the General Evaluator; Randy was the Ah Counter, and Tony was the Timer.

Samya started the meeting by introducing the guest and making announcements.

Speaker #1:  Samya:  Advanced Manual Series, “Release of My Book”

Samya gave a thorough description of her book and the meaning of this project.  She went into some detail on two of the major practices of the book.

1.     Practice of Mantra:   An instrument of thought

Leads to concepts (ideas), which leads to our reality

2.    Teaches us to have purpose

3.    Good breathing techniques

4.    Practice of meditation:  mindful living

Speaker #2:   Lefteris:  Project #2, “Value of Money”        

Lefteris began his speech by posing the question, “What is the value of money?”  He described the life on a Polynesian Island many years ago.  This island was isolated until the year 900.  The people used stones as a means to transfer ownership of possessions.  This was by verbal agreement.  Their monetary value was determined by their belief system.

At his current job, they place the value on internet services and products.  The value of websites that has been agreed upon is the number of clicks that it receives.  Lefteris continued to use personal stories and other examples of how we place value on money.  His main premise is that we place our values on a belief system that we all agree upon.     

David K. called on his team of evaluators.

Evaluator #1:  Joe evaluated Samya.  She projected well and had excellent use of vocal variety.  Good rationalizations,  anduse of concrete knowledge.  Samya talked about herself and you could really see the value of her work.  It would be very beneficial for Samya to share more of her credentials with her audience.  We would understand her expertise and experience.  This was an overall very good presentation.

Evaluator #2:  Annamarie evaluated Lefteris.  He made good use of props.  She liked the value of his speech and the explanation of money.  We have all heard the expression, “The Value of Money” and Lefteris made good use of the history he presented.  He used audience participation.  

Lefteris gave a great opening, body of speech and good conclusion.  He used antidotes, and personal experience, as well as the use of quotes about money.  Annamarie suggested that he pause during his speech to emphasize his main points and move to enhance his statements.  He had good vocal variety and gave an overall excellent speech. 

Samya asked for the guest remarks and then closed the meeting.