Online Presenters Meeting

Monday March 20, 2023

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
Graham Cairns, DTM

VP of Education
Evie Hartman

VP Membership
Kim Leaming

VP Public Relations
Andriy Smolenko

Secretary
Andrew Bern, DTM

Treasurer
Sarra Idehen, DTM

Sgt. at Arms
Joni-Renee Laidlaw

Immediate Past President
Andrew Bern, DTM

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

7:45 to 7:47 PM

Sergeant at Arms opens the meeting, sets the protocols and hands over to the President/Presiding Officer

7:47 to 7:49 PM

Presiding Officer gives a brief orientation and overview of the club mission. Introduces the Toastmaster of the Day

Meeting Theme

Pride

Word of the Day

braggadocio (noun) empty boasting

Member Inductions Ceremony

7:49 to 7:51 PM
Toastmaster of the Day Mike Woodall, DTM
7:51 to 7:56 PM
Tip of the Day
Timer Toru Maruyama, DTM

For the purpose of voting, please see Timer’s Notes below on expected duration of the different speeches

Ah Counter Joni-Renee Laidlaw
Grammarian Sarra Idehen, DTM
Watcher David F. Carr, DTM
Chat Monitor Donna Knight
Vote Counter Carolina Ramírez
7:56 to 8:23 PM
Speaker Andriy Smolenko
Engaging Humor Level 1 Mastering Fundamentals – Evaluation and Feedback – Second Speech
5-7 minutes
Joys of being a single dad

In this speech Andriy will talk about a few reasons why being a single dad is a positive experience despite some difficulties.

Speaker 2 Graham Cairns, DTM
Persuasive Influence Level 1 Mastering Fundamentals – Evaluation and Feedback – First Speech
5-7 minutes
Little known resources from Toastmasters electives
Speaker 3
Backup Speaker

Toastmaster asks for the Timer’s Report & vote for the Best Speaker of the Day

8:23 to 8:26 PM

Prospective Member Speeches

8:26 to 8:38 PM
Topics Master Sunny Fridge, DTM

Topics Master asks for the Timer’s Report & vote for the Best Topics Speaker of the Day

8:38 to 8:43 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.

8:43 to 8:48 PM
General Evaluator Evie Hartman
8:48 to 8:57 PM
Evaluator Sean Forrester, DTM (guest)
Evaluator 2 Jim Barber
Evaluator 3

General 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 to 8:59 PM

President/Presiding Officer closing remarks. Be sure to wrap up meeting by 9 pm

8:59 to 9:00 PM

Meeting officially ends. Visitors Feedback

Timer’s Notes

  • Only Prepared Speeches with duration of more than four (4) minutes 30 seconds or less than seven (7) minutes 30 seconds are eligible for voting.
  • Only Table Topics speeches with duration of more than one (1) minute or less than two (2) minutes 30 seconds are eligible for voting.
  • Only Evaluation Speeches of more than one (1) minute 30 seconds or less than three (3) minutes 30 seconds are eligible for voting.
  • Timing will begin with the contestant’s first definite verbal or nonverbal communication with the audience. This usually will be the first word uttered by the contestant, but would include any other communication such as sound effects, a staged act by another person, etc.

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