Greater Davison Toastmasters Regular Toastmasters Meetings

Monday December 5, 2022

Club Mission: We provide a supportive and positive learning experience in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth.

Officers

President
Louella Jamerson

VP of Education
Debra Loader

VP of Membership
SHEILA JOHNSON

VP of Public Relations
Kimberly Eddy

Secretary
Lorie Lyons

Treasurer
Jennifer Turner

Sgt. at Arms
Gene Kopczyk

7:00-7:08 – President: Call to Order

7:00 to 7:08 PM
President Call to Order Louella Jamerson

The President or Presiding Officer extends greetings to members and guests and shares the Mission Statement for our club and for Toastmasters. The President then leads the audience in a time of self-introduction and response to an ice-breaker question. A maximum of 30 seconds is allowed, per person.

The President or Presiding Officer introduces tonight’s Toastmaster and releases lectern to Toastmaster.


7:08-7:13 – Toastmaster of the Day

Toastmaster of the Day Jennifer Turner

The Toastmaster of the day sets the meeting theme and tone while introducing the evening’s program. Our Toastmaster will present the Word of the Day and examples of that word in common usage, a quote and the educational focus for the evening.

Meeting Theme, Word of the Day, Definition, and Quotes:

Theme: Advent

Advent is the season of reflective preparation for the Nativity of Christ at Christmas and the expected return of Christ in the Second Coming.

On each of the four Sundays preceding Christmas, an Advent candle is lit. The 4 candles of Advent names are hope, love, joy, and peace, representing the virtues Jesus brought us.

·         Advent week 1 – Hope: Prophecy Candle (purple)                Nov 27, 2022

·         Advent week 2 – Peace: Bethlehem Candle (purple)             Dec 4, 2022

·         Advent week 3 – Joy: Shepherd’s Candle (pink)                     Dec 11, 2022

·         Advent week 4 – Love: Angel’s Candle (purple)                     Dec 18, 2022

 

WOD:  Hope, Peace, Joy or Love  😊

QUOTES:

            Once you choose HOPE, anything’s possible             – Christopher Reeves (Superman!)

            HOPE is passion for what is possible              – Soren Kierkegaard

   God’s PEACE is JOY resting. His JOY is PEACE dancing.          – FF Bruce

            There is no way to PEACE, PEACE is the way.             – Anonymous

   Where there is LOVE, there is life.                 -Mahatma Gandhi

            LOVE is friendship which has caught on fire.             – Ann Landers


7:13-7:14 -The General Evaluator

General Evaluator Open

The General Evaluator leads the evaluation team and ensures the evaluation roles are covered. They evaluate everything that takes place during the meeting.

The General Evaluator Introduces the rest of the evaluation team.


The Evaluation Team

7:14-7:15 – Speech Evaluators

Evaluator Karen Church

The Speech Evaluator evaluates one of the speeches in tonight’s meeting, explaining what they will be looking for in the speech and the feedback they will give at the end of the night.

7:15-7:16 – Ah Counter

Ah Counter Dave Seager

The Ah Counter explains the value of identifying filler words and hesitations that were used in our speech tonight.

They count and record filler words such as “ah”, “er”, and “um”. At the end of the night, the Ah Counter reports on our filler word usage at the end of meeting.

7:16-7:17 – Grammarian

Grammarian Dave Seager

The Grammarian identifies proper use of the English language and recognizes the use of the word of the day.

7:17-7:18 – Timer

Timer Louella Jamerson

The Timer times each person’s presentation to ensure accurate use of the allotted times.


Speeches

7:19-7:20 – Toastmaster introduces the first speech evaluator
Evaluator 2 Karen Church

The Speech Evaluator will discuss the purpose and objectives for the first speech, as well as the length of the speech.

The Toastmaster reads the prepared introduction for Speech #1 before releasing the lectern to Speaker #1.

7:20-7:27 – Speaker 1

7:08 to 7:15 PM
Speaker Amanda Page
Persuasive Influence Level 1 Mastering Fundamentals – Evaluation and Feedback – Second Speech
5-7 minutes
Take Two: your funny bone is for sale

Speakers have reserved 7 minutes out of 7 planned


7:27-7:28 – The Toastmaster summarizes the first speech, and introduces the second Speech Evaluator.
Evaluator 3 Amanda Hyder

The Speech Evaluator will discuss the purpose and objectives for the first speech, as well as the length of the speech.

The Toastmaster reads the prepared introduction for Speech #2 before releasing the lectern to Speaker #2

7:28-7:35 – Speaker 2

7:15 to 7:22 PM
Speaker Arthur Desjardins
Visionary Communication Level 1 Mastering Fundamentals – Writing a Speech with Purpose
5 – 7 minutes
How to deal with a language barrier

Speakers have reserved 7 minutes out of 7 planned


Table Topics

7:35-7:36 – Toastmaster Introduces the Topics Master

7:36-7:51 – Table Topics

Table Topics SHEILA JOHNSON

Table Topics provides an opportunity for others to practice impromptu speaking, with creative questions. Once Table Topics is complete, the Topics Master returns the lectern to the Toastmaster.


7:51-8:04 – Evaluations

7:22 to 7:35 PM
Evaluation Team

The Toastmaster summarizes the speech portion of the meeting, and introduces the General Evaluator.

General Evaluator and the Evaluation Team

Each speech evaluator discusses the speech, with its strengths, areas for improvement (Glow and Grow), followed by evaluations by the rest of the Evaluation Team:

  • The Ah Counter details the improper use of filler words.
  • Our Grammarian will evaluate our use of the English language and the Word of the Day.
  • The Timer will give their report on how well we kept to the allotted times.

The General Evaluate will present an overall review before returning the lectern to the Toastmaster.

The Toastmaster makes closing comments before turning the lectern over to the President or Presiding Officer.

8:04-8:15 – Closing

The VP of Education seeks to fill roles for upcoming meetings.

7:35 to 7:38 PM
VP Fills Roles for Next

The President invites input from our guests, summarizes upcoming events, and deals with any club business.

7:38 to 7:43 PM
President Closes
Meeting Ends
7:43 to 7:47 PM

President or Presiding officer closes the meeting.

7:47 PM

Meeting Ends