Greater Davison Toastmasters Regular Toastmasters Meetings
Monday November 11, 2024
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.
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
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
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: “Slowing Down”
Word of the Day: Unhurried – adjective: not rushed; deliberate and relaxed in pace.
Over the past few months, our church started doing a study called Godspeed: The Pace of Being Known, based on a short film by Matt Canlis (livegodspeed.org – watch it for free and let me know what you think!!). This wasn’t a normal “bible study” but more a reflection of how to build deeper relationships in a fast paced world, and it’s given me lots of food for thought, especially as a productivity junkie always trying to squeeze more minutes in my day. Especially as we enter the busy season, it’s important to at least TRY to be unhurried, to slow down, and be present where I’m at, especially with regards to those around me.
Quotes:
“To go fast, go alone. To go far, go together.” – African Proverb
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Mahatma Gandhi
7:13-7:14 -The General Evaluator
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
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
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
The Grammarian identifies proper use of the English language and recognizes the use of the word of the day.
7:17-7:18 – Timer
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
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
Speakers have reserved 15 minutes out of 7 planned
7:27-7:28 – The Toastmaster summarizes the first speech, and introduces the second Speech Evaluator.
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
Speakers have reserved 0 minutes out of 7 planned
Table Topics
7:35-7:36 – Toastmaster Introduces the Topics Master
7:36-7:51 – Table Topics
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
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.
The President invites input from our guests, summarizes upcoming events, and deals with any club business.
Meeting Ends
President or Presiding officer closes the meeting.
Meeting Ends