Sgt at Arms; Prof. Steve
Sweetman called the meeting to order and led 6 City College Dadeland
Toastmasters and 4 guests in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Prof. Sweetman then
introduced the club president Jason Stewart. President Stewart welcomed
everyone to an exciting Toastmasters meeting and introduced Dr. Abby Ross, DTM
as the Toastmaster of the evening.
Dr. Abby Ross also welcomed
everyone to a very exciting meeting and proceeded to explain the theme of the
meeting is; “Fall Is In The Air”
Toastmaster Abby then
introduced and asked the functionaries of the evening to please stand and give
a brief synopsis of what their roles entail.
Grammarian – Stephanie
Bardet - Reports on the proper use and misuse of the English language and who
uses the word of the day.
Word of the Day – Aroma
Er/Ah Counter – Stephanie
Bardet - Rings a bell and keeps track of who uses filler words, such as; ‘er’
‘ah’ ‘um’ ‘like’ ‘you know’ and ‘so’
Timer – Maria Suarez - Keeps
track of and times speeches, evaluations and table topics speakers. Signals the
speakers, evaluators and table topics speakers at appropriate times with a
green, yellow and red folder.
Table Topics Master – Tony
Noisom - Asks questions and calls upon an unsuspecting audience member to speak
for 1 – 2 minutes and gain experience speaking extemporaneously.
General Evaluator – Rex
Lehman - Introduces the evaluators and offers constructive feedback to the
evaluators and overall meeting with what was done well and what can be improved
upon.
Toastmaster Abby Ross, DTM
then introduced our first prepared speaker of the evening.
“Our speaker this
evening believes that we can all acquire a unique
competitive advantage by adopting the integrity pledge as a part of our
everyday life. This evening he is going to express his thoughts on one aspect
of the integrity pledge, the importance of making a commitment. Please help me
welcome our club president Jason Stewart.”
Jason began his speech by
stating the integrity pledge. “When you make a promise, keep it. When you set a
goal achieve it and above all, when you make a commitment, honor it.” Jason
went on to explain that commitments present themselves in delineations of black
and white. We either honor our commitments or we don’t because our success in
life is largely determined by our ability to honor the commitments we make to
others and ourselves.
Jason continued his speech
with the following stories and explanations.
In life there are no
guarantees and most people lives their lives by what they can see on their
radar screen, yet they fail to realize that 95% of the things they want and how
to get them are off the radar screen and hidden from view. In order for bigger
and better things to happen we should adopt the philosophy of the Chinese
bamboo tree. By planting a seed and staying consistent with the activities we
know will benefit us and move us closer to the results we seek, we will reach a
point where things will start happening and the results will come.
Jason closed his speech by
challenging the audience to adopt the integrity pledge as a part of their lives
for the remainder of the month. When you make a promise, you keep it. When you
set a goal, you achieve it and above all when you make a commitment, you honor
it!
Toastmaster Abby Ross, DTM
then introduced our Table Topics Master Tony Noisom.
Mr. Noisom explained that
table topics is a fun and exciting portion of a Toastmasters meeting where he
will ask a question and call on someone to answer it. The challenge is to speak
for a minimum of 1 minute and no longer than 2 minutes. This portion of our
meeting helps build the skill of impromptu speaking and thinking on your feet.
Mr. Noisom asked three
questions during the table topics session and picked on Rex Lehman, Prof. Steve
Sweetman and Maria Suarez. At the conclusion of the session he relinquished
control of the lectern back to our Toastmaster of the evening Dr. Abby Ross.
Toastmaster Abby then
introduced our General Evaluator Rex Lehman.
General Evaluator Rex
introduced Luevenia Sterling as our first evaluator evaluating Jason Stewart’s
speech.
Luevenia’s evaluation
included these strengths and weaknesses.
Strength; you gave us a very
powerful and meaningful message about the importance of commitment. I also
loved the story about the Chinese Bamboo tree and how many things are off our
radar.
Weaknesses; I would like to
see you use more body language in your speech as well as full use of the
speaking area.
General evaluator Rex Lehman
then called for the functionary reports and relinquished the lectern back to
club president Jason Stewart for his closing remarks.
President Stewart announced
that our next Toastmasters meeting will be on Tuesday November 13th
from 7:00pm – 8:00pm. Mr. Stewart then called upon the guests for their
feedback about the meeting and encouraged them to come back and visit again.
President Stewart adjourned the meeting.
Toastmasters in Attendance:
Dr. Abby Ross, DTM, Jason Stewart, Tony Noisom, Luevenia Sterling, Stephanie
Bardet and Rex Lehman.
Guests in Attendance: Steve
Sweetman, Maria Suarez, Dr. Abby Ross parents.
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