Monday April 3, 2023 7:45 PM EDT to 9:00 PM EDT
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Online Evaluation Forms can be found here: https://op.toastmost.org/eval-forms
Meeting Theme
April Fools
Word of the Day
Bamboozle
Transitive Verb
1. To deceive or dupe; hoodwink.
2. To confuse; bewilder.
3. To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug.
Member Inductions Ceremony
Toastmaster of the Day Kim Leaming
Introduces supporting roles. Leads the meeting.
Tip of the Day Andrew Bern, DTM
3-5 minutes for a tip about tech, technique, or leadership.
Timer Evie Hartman
For the purpose of voting, please see Timer’s Notes below on expected duration of the different speeches
Ah Counter Louis Brown, DTM
Grammarian Graham Cairns, DTM
Watcher Sunny Fridge, DTM
Chat Monitor Sarra Idehen, DTM
Vote Counter Carolina Ramírez, SR5
Speaker 1 Toru Maruyama, DTM
"Run for your life" Motivational Strategies Level 3 Increasing Knowledge: Inspire Your Audience (evaluation form) 5 – 7 minutes
Introduction:
Recalling my experience as a journalist in the coverage of the Gulf War in 1991, l learned how to survive in a deadly situation.
Speaker 2 Marianne Grady, EC4
"The Gift of Travel" Dynamic Leadership Level 3 Increasing Knowledge: Connect with Storytelling (evaluation form) 5 – 7 minutes
Introduction:
Title: The Gift of Travel
Level 3
Connect with Storytelling
Marianne Grady has been a Toastmaster for 13 years and a member of Online Presenters since 2020. She was the VP of Membership for OP last year and has served in many different capacities in other clubs. Today, she will share a story that she hopes will encourage you to examine the gifts in your life to help you be more purposeful about the choices you make. Please welcome Marianne Grady with her speech, The Gift of Travel
Speaker 3 Joni-Renee Laidlaw
"And the Winner is" Presentation Mastery Level 5 Demonstrating Expertise: Lessons Learned (evaluation form) 5 – 7 minutes
Backup Speaker 1 Open
As a rule, we should have no more than one speech longer than 5-7 minutes.
Toastmaster asks for the Timer’s Report & vote for the Best Speaker of the Day
Prospective Member Speeches
Topics Master Andrew Bern, DTM
Leads the Table Topics impromptu speaking section of the meeting. Priority toward members not performing any roles.
Topics Master asks for the Timer’s Report & vote for the Best Topics Speaker of the Day
General Evaluator Carl Walsh, VC2
General Evaluator leads the evaluation portion of the meeting, starting with the prepared speech evaluations.
Evaluator 1 Jim Barber, PM1
Evaluator 2 David F. Carr, DTM
Evaluator 3 Andriy Smolenko, CC
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
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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RSVP deadline is past
Event Types: Meeting
Green: 1 
Yellow: 1:30 
Red: 2