Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region
8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
March
5, 2014
Location:
Warren and Company, 1649 Atlantic Blvd. Bldg. 210, Jacksonville, Fl
Members Present:
President – Warren
Hincrichs, ACS (Toastmaster)
VP Education
– Jose Lepervanche, DTM (Vote Counter, Invocator)
VP Membeship
- Bob Warren (Speaker)
Sgt.of Arms
– Printella Bankhead, CC (Grammarian, Um Ah)
Treasurer – Flor Lepervanche, CC (Master
Evaluator)
Secretary –
Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Toastmaster, Vote Counter)
Jonathan Dicker (Table Topics)
Nick Prevolos (Timekeeper)
Guests:
Kelsen Key
Trey Culpepper
Ida Jackson
Speaker:
Bob gave an excellent speech today. His speech was titled “World’s Best
Profession” was Project # 9 from the
Communications and Leadeship Manual. Project was to organize a speech that catered to
the interest of the audience and. Bob’s
speech was very entertaining and informative.
We learned why professional sales is such a great profession and how we
can apply the same characteristics of successful sales people (no fear of
failing, problem solving, excellent communication, positive thinking) to our
own career fields. Expected time was 9 min. Actual time was 8:55 min.
Table Topics:
Table topics led by Jonathan. Jonathan provided a mix bag of very
challenging topics for discussion.
Steve spoke about life in a swamp. Time was
0:58.
Printella spoke about April fools day
prank. Time was 1:57.
Jose spoke about a movie he would like to
make. Time was 1:12.
Kelsen spoke about the advantages of a
water bed. Time was 1:04.
Nick spoke about why dogs and cats should
be allowed to marry. Time was 1:27.
Flor spoke about creeks, streams, and
rivers. Time was 1:27.
Warren spoke about the Boston
massacre. Time was 1:53.
Bob spoke about Einstein and his
quotes. Time was 0:54.
Evaluation:
Flor Lepervanche served as Master Evaluator
and introduced Steve Nguyen as evaluator for Bob’s speech. Flor gave a general evaluation of the
meeting.
Word of the day – debilitating – n. Making one weak
by sapping away energy.
Best table topics speaker was Nick.
International Speech and Table Topics
Contest will be March 15 at Golden Corral on Southside Blvd. Bob and Nick will be representing Top O the
Rock.
Next meeting is March 19. Bob will be Toastmaster.