Minute (02/23/2011)

Top O’ The Rock
Toastmasters Club 2155
Region 8, District 84, Division A, Area 10
February 23, 2011
Location: Midtown Centre Business Park, Building 2200
Community Room #151
4040 Woodcock Drive, Jacksonville, FL

Members Present:
President – Jose Lepervanche, DTM (Invocator, Master Evaluator)
Secretary – Steve Nguyen, CC, CL (Timekeeper)
Sgt of Arms - Flor Lepervanche, CC (Grammarian, Vote Counter)
Brian Berry, CC, CL (Toastmaster, Table Topics Master)
Beth Pavlicberry (Evaluator)
Warren Hinrichs, ACS (Speaker)

Brian Harbin (Guest of Brian and Beth)

Speakers
Warren Hinrichs delivered a speech titled “A Creek Runs Through It”. Warren gave a demonstration speech about fly fishing. This is Project #3 Demonstration Talk from the Speaking to Inform Manual, Advance Communication Series. Projected time was 5-7 min. Actual speech time was 6:48 min.

Table Topics
Table Topics Session conducted by Brian Berry. Theme was meeting related topics.
Jose spoke about how to deal with a long winded speaker. Time was 1:16.
Nicole spoke about the importance of preparation for speeches. Time was 1:04.
Brian H. spoke about his home owner association meeting. Time was 1:36.
Flor spoke about the qualities of a great speaker. Time was 1:34.
Warren spoke about challenging meeting that he had. Time was 1:28.
Steve spoke about his most memorable public speaking experience. Time was 1:01.
Beth spoke about how to run a successful meeting. Time was 1:10.
Brian spoke about how to handle the unexpected during meetings. Time was 1:57.

Evaluation
ME Jose introduced Beth evaluator for Warren’s speech. Beth’s evaluation time was 2:51 min. Jose provided a general evaluation of the meeting.


Word of the day – Riant – Laughing, smiling, cheerful.


Best Table Topics – Nicole Kent