Online Presenters Toastmasters – Monday September 28, 2020
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Members can find the online meetings details here (password protected).
THIS MEETING WILL BE RECORDED. Stills and excerpts from the video may be used by the club in its public relations and social media outreach.
Members and guests are encouraged to sign in anytime after 7:15 pm U.S. Eastern Time for an informal meet and greet and to allow time for any technical troubleshooting. We also do self introductions during this time. The meeting will officially starts at 7:45 pm.
Online Evaluation Forms can be found here: https://op.toastmost.org/eval-forms
7:15 PM Self introductions / informal meet and greet / technical troubleshooting time
7:45 PM Presiding Officer gives a brief orientation and overview of the club mission. Introduces the Toastmaster of the Day
Green: 5 
Yellow: 6 
Red: 7Introduction: Most of us feel very special when invited to a wedding. In our region, many of us would go the extra mile to purchase a new dress or shoe, just to attend a wedding. However, this wedding did not turn out to be, what it supposed to be.
Green: 5 Yellow: 6 Red: 7Introduction: Marianne has been a member of online presenters since March of this year. She is a retired HR leader and is in the process of launching a new coaching business. Tonight she is delivering her L2, project 1 speech, discovering your leadership style. Please welcome Marianne. Her speech is titled ever evolving.
Green: 5 Yellow: 6 Red: 7Introduction: The Story of David and Goliath is one of Judeo-Christian tradition which has been told for centuries. Many of us know it or know of it – but how well do we really know what drove David in his quest against Goliath? David’s motivation may be just like ours.
Toastmaster asks for the Timer’s Report & vote for the Best Speaker of the Day
Green: 1 Yellow: 1:30 Red: 2Topics Master asks for the Timer’s Report & vote for the Best Topics Speaker of the Day
Member Inductions and Prospective Member Speeches
New Member Inductions: Pamela Benjamin and Mahfuzur Rahman
8:32 PM The Vice President of Membership leads this part of the meeting, which includes time for introducing new members and for speeches by prospective members. A prospective member who does not meet our default requirement for Toastmasters experience (more than 6 Toastmasters speeches) has the option of making a 3-5 minute speech about why that requirement should be waived.
Green: 2 Yellow: 2:30 Red: 3General Evaluator asks for the Timer’s Report & vote for the Best Evaluator of the Day
General Evaluator continues with the functionary reports (the Grammarian, the Watcher, the Ah Counter, and the Chat Monitor (1 minute each)).
General Evaluator rounds out this portion of the meeting by giving an overall evaluation, 2-3 minutes. General Evaluator should aim ONLY to add any new insights, not re-evaluate speakers or repeat information covered by others.
General Evaluator asks Vote Counter to reveal the winners of the meeting
8:57 PM President/Presiding Officer closing remarks. Be sure to wrap up meeting by 9 pm
8:59 PM Meeting officially ends.
Visitors Feedback
Theme and Word of the Day
Theme of the day is “Empty nest syndrome” Word of the day is “Parenting”
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.
Specialty: Online Presenters focuses on the development of online speaking and presentation skills for those interested in conducting better webinars or online meetings.