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Blue Tongue Toastmasters – Minutes for meeting 7th April 2010 & Draft agenda for meeting 21st April

April 17th, 2010

Dear Blue Tongue members, intending members and guests,

At the BTTM Meeting (number 138) held 7th of April we had a special visitor – Debbie Tibbles (the Hawkesbury Division Governor).
It has been a while since a Division Governor has visited the Blue Tongue club.. Excluding Debbie we had 2.5 visitors to the meeting (Julian (work colleague of Geoff), Vince and Vijay (who joined our club during the meeting)).
We welcome Vijay to our club, and the Toastmasters International Organisation, and will work with him to ensure that he is across all the different areas (skills streams) that Toastmasters offers.
Vijay (as a visitor) presented the “Word of the Day” – Information”. Everybody was encouraged to maximise their use of this word through the meeting. Encouraging all speakers to incorporate this word through their assignments.
Geoff, as the TableTopics master, gave us each an Inspirational Phrase (as used in his book) and asked us to comment on what this phrase meant us.The evaluator for the TT assignment was Mark,, who provided feedback to all participants.
We then broke for a recess break.

After the recess Te proposed a toast that we all joined him with.
Mark welcomed our visitors

We had 2 presentations. Debbie delivered a speech (from the Competent Communication) on her history in Toastmasters; why she joined and what it had given to her personally. It was an inspirational and personal speech that resonated with the room. Debbie was evaluated by Geoff.
Mark delivered a Club Update (educational) to update, those present, how the club was tracking relative to the Distinguished Club Program (DCP). An overview of the DCP was presented and then Mark presented his thoughts on the club’s ability to achieve Distinguished Club Status (for a second year). It appears that Blue Tongue is on track if we continue to encourage members to deliver speeches and look after all visitors so we can properly understand and communicate what TI can offer each of them; that they will want to join our club.
Te took on the Did You Listen Assignment, challenging us all with some great questions.
Vijay presented the ‘Word of the Day’ and Timers report.
Both Vince & Julian offered some insightful comments on the meeting itself.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:18pm.

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Minutes from 27th Jan meeting

February 8th, 2010

Dear Blue Tongue members, intending members and guests,

The meeting # 134 was held on Wednesday 27th of January. Truc took on the role of the timer and Mark chaired the meeting.

Our long time member Brendan provided us with the word of the day “Transparent” and Lincoln encouraged all members to use it in through the meeting.

Sirisha hosted a unique and challenging Table Topics session. The session required each speaker to speak on topics randomly selected from two separate cups, one containing general topics while the other contains a topics of a personal nature. It was definitely a challenging assignment as most speaker took at least 10-15 seconds before speaking. The session was expertly evaluated by Jorgen and Elke.

After the break, Tara welcomed our only guest for the evening, Ying. Ying have previously been a member of a toastmaster’s club in the city. She is now on the look out for a new club since she has changed work.

In the spirit of Australian Day, Jason Chan proposed a toast to acknowledge all the new Australian citizens.

Mark took on the role of the Toastmaster and introduced Brendan’s speech assignment, titled “BEACH BOUND”. Brendan’s speech centred on his family’s rediscovered joy for the beach during the Australian Day holidays. The speech was entertaining while encouraged the audience to take the time out and relax on the beach.

The second speech was prepared by Jorgen. The speech titled “Insurance companies have no imagination” was a humorous account of Jorgen’s encounters with Insurance companies. It was an entertaining speech which left our timer Truc spellbound.

Our final speech was by Elke. She spoke about the upcoming competition to help drive the club membership. This new initiative is the brain child of Elke, and it encourages each member to bring along guests for the next 8 meetings. Each member who will earn a point each time they bring along a guest. At the end of the 8 weeks, the member with the most points will be the winner. The prize for the winner will include a trophy and free Toastmasters membership for 12 months.

Te tested our listening skills with a range of questions from the evening’s speeches.

Brendan then presented My Word Report with the help of Jason.

Truc presented the timer’s report to provide feedback on how we tracked against scheduled assignment timing.

Our visitor Ying commented on his impression of the meeting.

Jorgen presented a general evaluation of the evening.
Mark closed the meeting at 7.29pm.

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Blue Tongue Toastmasters meeting held 28th Oct.

November 11th, 2009

Dear Blue Tongue members, intending members and guests, Meeting #129 was the held on Wednesday 28th October. Jason took on the role of timer and Mark chaired the meeting.
Masafumi presented his Word of the Day – ‘Colourful’. Whilst our speeches provided plenty of colourful descriptions, we avoided getting too colourful with our language.

Brendhan took on the Table Topics master’s role and presented the members and guests with a host of current affairs topics. The topics ranged from the financial woes of James Parker to the language skills of Kevin Rudd. This session got everyone warmed up for the evening.

The table topics session concluded after Jason provided the evaluation.

The second half of the evening started with a toast by Jason. The toast was dedicated to the
great American comedian Bill Cosby who 24 hours earlier received the annual Mark Twain humour award for contribution to the American society through humour.
Tara welcomed our visitor Lachlan and encouraged him to tell a little of why he had come to visit our club. Lachlan was there to improve his speaking skills.

Our toastmaster for the evening Brendhan then introduced our two speakers in the prepared speeches part of the evening.

Congratulations to Tara on delivering an excellent maiden ice breaker speech. The audience was taken along with her every step of the way from NZ, US, NZ and then to Australia.

Mark then delivered a speech from the Better Club educational series. It gave the audience an understanding on how to become a Distinguish Toast Master.

Tara’s speech was evaluated by Mark.

Jason then tested each member’s listening skills with a host of questions glean from the speeches from the evening.

Masafumi then provided us with the My Word report.

The evening concluded with Jason providing the timer’s report.

Mark closed the meeting at 7:08pm.
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The next meeting for Blue Tongue Toastmasters will be held on Wednesday 11th November:

When: 5.45pm, Wednesday 11th November
Where: IBM Building (Room 13.05)
601 Pacific Highway
St Leonards NSW 2065
We will be meeting in the ground floor reception area at 5.30pm before going up to the meeting room.

I have attached below a draft agenda for the meeting. Please let me know:
a) If you will be attending the meeting or send your apologies
b) If you would like to present any other assignment – I am looking for members to take on the following meeting assignments:
Chairman
Table Topics Evaluators (1)
Toastmaster
Speaker Evaluators (3)
Did you listen?
General Evaluator

Best regards,

Mark Ransom
VP Education
Blue Tongue Toastmasters
ph: 0419 767 250

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Blue Tongue Toastmasters (meeting held 14th Oct.)

November 11th, 2009

Dear Blue Tongue members, intending members and guests,
Meeting #128 was the held on Wednesday 14th October. Ying took on the role
of timer and Mark chaired the meeting.

Marcus presented his Word of the Day – ‘Technology’ and encouraged us to
use it through the evening. Geoff hosted the Table Topics session with a
varity of topics, ranging from “What are the down side of Technology” to
the colour Turquoise. Our performances were evaluated both Dev (our
visitor from IBM ) and Mark. A Thank you and congratulations to all the
vistors who took part in the Table Topics session.

The second half of the evening was kick started by Geoff, who was hosting
the prepared speeches part of the evening. Mark’s assignment was a toast to
the RSPCA organisation. Did you know that that the RSPCA shelter in Yagoona
is the biggest of its kind in the southern hemisphere ?
Our second speaker for the evening was Jason, and the title of his speech
was “Tips learned from the great presenters”. The speech included
techniques and tips to help with the structure of your presentation.

Mark’s speech was evaluated by Ying ( our time keeper ) while Jason’s
speech was evaluated by Mark.

Marcus presented the word count report and was followed by Ying’s timer
report.

Jason then concluded the final assignment for the evening with the Did you
listen questions.

Our visitors, Deena, Sue, Jitesh, Sirisha and Dev provided feedback on how
they found their visit to the meeting; We invited all to attend our next
meeting on the 28th of October.

Mark closed the meeting at 7:10pm.
__________________________________________________________________________
The next meeting for Blue Tongue Toastmasters will be held on Wednesday 28th October:

When: 5.45pm, Wednesday 28th October
Where: IBM Building (Room 13.05)
601 Pacific Highway
St Leonards NSW 2065
We will be meeting in the ground floor reception area at 5.30pm before going up to the meeting room.

I have attached below a draft agenda for the meeting. Please let me know:
a) If you will be attending the meeting or send your apologies
b) If you would like to present any other assignment – I am looking for members to take on the following meeting assignments:
Chairman
Table Topics Evaluators (2)
Toastmaster
Speaker Evaluators (1)
General Evaluator

Best regards,

Mark Ransom
VP Education
Blue Tongue Toastmasters
ph: 0419 767 250

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Blue Tongue Toastmasters (16th Sept) – Area 47 Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contests – Draft agenda for meeting Wednesday 30th September

September 24th, 2009

Dear Blue Tongue members, intending members and guests,

Last week a number of our club members were able to attend the Area 47 Humorous Speech and Table Topics contests which was hosted by Lane Cove Toastmasters.

We were there to support our contestant (Geoff), assist with the running of the event and see some of the best public speakers in our local area. The competing clubs (in Area 47) are:
Blue Tongue Toastmasters
Chandos Challengers
Engineers Sydney
Lane Cove Toastmasters
Fujitsu Toastmasters (only recently chartered)

During the first half of the evening the Table Topics contest was run. It was a very challenging question, presented to all the participants, and all the competitors gave well structured answers. Geoff responded well to the table topic and represented our club well. The answer judged the best, on the evening, was that delivered by Alison Dubos (Chandos Challengers) and Alison won the perpetual trophy, represents the Area at the Hawkesbury Division contest to be held this Sunday (27th September).

There was then a supper recess prior to the Humorous Speech contest held in the second half of the evening.

The Area 47 Humorous Speech Contest was a very close event and all 3 contestants delivered excellent speeches. There can only be 1 winner and this was Jenny Chen from Lane Cove Toastmasters. Jenny delivered a very well prepared speech on a brand new all-purpose GPS model she wanted designed. Jenny won the perpetual trophy, represents the Area at the Hawkesbury Division contest to be held this Sunday (27th September).

Thanks to all our members who were able to attend on the evening and provide assistance (to help with the event):
Geoff Greenwood
Elke van Ewyk
Jason Chan
Mark Ransom
Mark Olford
Masafumi Moden
Ying Ng

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Blue Tongue Toastmasters Meeting 2nd Sept & NOTE Wednesday 16th September is Area 47 Contest at Lane Cove .Blue Tongue Toastmasters Meeting 2nd Sept & NOTE Wednesday 16th September is Area 47 Contest at Lane Cove .

September 11th, 2009

Dear Blue Tongue members, intending members and guests,? The last meeting (Meeting #129) was held on Wednesday the 2nd September and chaired by Dale. Peter (one of our visitors) took on the timing assignment. We had 5 visitors to our meeting – Jeff, Peter and Aris all from eWeb Marketing and Michael from McGee Consulting. Our 5th visitor was Daniel from Hunters Hill Toastmasters? The table topics for the evening was hosted by Tara who asked us quizzed us all to ask a question of a we would ask a famous celebrity and why. This was certainly challeging as we composed our answer for the audience. Both Mark and Daniel evaluated the responses presented.

Geoff, after our break, delivered a toast to Usain Bolt and his record breaking performances on the athletics field recently.? Jorgen welcomed our 5 guests for the evening, each had an opportunity to advise us why they had come along to out meeting and hoped to get from Toastmasters. Dale took on the road of the Toastmaster and introduced: 1) Elke, who had worked on her competition speech (’broomstick and colander’), since winning the club competition and used this session as a ‘live’ run-through. A really great effort. 2) Mark delivered an advanced speech (from ’speciality speeches’ manual) to present the competition trophies to the worthy winners of the Humorour Speech Comptition (Geoff and Elke).

Elke was well evaluated by Geoff and Mark was reviewed by Jorgen.

Aris, another of our visitors, prepared and delivered the “Did you Listen” assignment. It was obvious that Aris had been listening and an excellent list of questions were delivered. Peter presented to us his Timers Report (so we all had and understanding of how we scored with respect to the timing objectives of the assignments). An impromptu was delivered by Mark, from the Leadership Excellence Series (Giving Effective Feedback). Although as short notice this was well presented and proved some practice tips on how to manage and provide feedback to direct reports. Excellent.

Our 5 visitors also gave their feedback on the evening’s proceedings. A very positive meeting this evening. The meeting was closed by Dale at 7:20 pm.
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** Update** The next meeting for Blue Tongue Toastmasters (16th Sept) will coincide with the Area 47 Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest and thus we be attending this to support Geoff and Elke. Our regular meeting venue / format will return on 30th September (agenda to be sent out after Area Contest). When: 7.15pm, Wednesday 16th September (for 7.30pm start) – There are music lessons in the venue up until 7pm. Where: Lane Cove Music & Cultural Association Inc 266 Longueville Road Lane Cove NSW 2066 How much: $10 for club members (club will subsidise) and $18 for non-members This is at the other end of Longueville Road from the Epping Road side & Lane Cove Shops end. Plenty of parking close by. Jason Chan has offered to collect any members who need a lift from IBM (I assume to leave at 7pm). Please confirm with Jason directly ( jaschan@au1.ibm.com) if you need a lift. Please mail or call me should there be any questiions.

Best regards,
Mark Ransom VP Education Blue Tongue Toastmasters ph: 0419 767 250 mransom@optusnet.com.au

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Blue Tongue Toastmasters Meeting 5th Aug (2009 Table Topics Contest)

August 17th, 2009

Dear Blue Tongue members, intending members and guests,

Meeting #127 was the 2009 BTTM Table Topics Competition. Elke took on the chair role (and Table Topics Contest Chair) for this meeting (one of the 4 annual club competitons we hold at BTTM).
Jason took on the critical timing role for the meeting and contest. Both Tara and Ying supported Elke in her role to ensure a well-run contest was held.

The competitors in the Table Topics competition (held in the first half of the meeting) were Damien, Geoff and Mark (well done to all 3 for participating). Elke provided the Table Topic and the presentations were evaluated by a more than capable panel of judges.

The winner of the 2009 Blue Tongue Toastmasters Table Topics competition, who will represent our club at the upcoming Area 47 contest, is Geoff Greenwood

Congratulations Geoff, your trophy (for winning this competition) is being engraved. Should Geoff not be able to represent the club then Mark (who was runner up in the contest) will take on this responsibility.

After the recess there were 2 Ice Breaker speeches delivered. Elke took on the Toastmaster role.

Damien told us of his experiences coming to Australia and added alot of humour into his speech. Congratulations Damien for delivering your first prepared speech at the club.

Ying related a number of her travel experiences across China and other parts of East Asia. We all found our alot more about what motivates and drives Ying.
Geoff provided great feedback to Damien and Mark evaluated Ying. Both these evaluations were delivered in a contructive and sympathetic manner.
Tara took on the Did you listen role and quizzed us all on a number of various ideas that were raised through the evening.

Json followed with his timer’s report.
This was a great competitoin meeting and we are all looking forward to the Humorous Speech competition to be held at our next meeting (Wednesday 19th August).
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The next meeting for Blue Tongue Toastmasters features the 2009 Humorous Speech Competition (open to all club members). All members are encouraged to enter the Speech Contest. If you don’t wish to compete all help (to run this contest) will be greatfully appreciated. Our new Area 47 Governor (Dinesh de Silva) will be taking on the role of chief Judge for our contest.

When: 5.45pm, Wednesday 19th August
Where: IBM Building (Room 13.05)
601 Pacific Highway
St Leonards NSW 2065
We will be meeting in the ground floor reception area at 5.30pm before going up to the meeting room.

I have attached below a draft agenda for the meeting. Please let me know:
a) If you will be attending the meeting or send your apologies
b) If you would like to present any other assignment – I am looking for members to take on the following meeting assignments:
Evaluators for Humorous Speech contest
Sergeant at Arms for Table Topics Contest

Table Topics (for non-participants only)
Table Topics Evaluation
Visitors Welcome

So we can plan resources for the evening please confirm if you intend entering the Humorous Speech competition by return email (contestants so far – Jason, Geoff, Damien, Mat and Elke).

Best regards,

Mark Ransom
VP Education
Blue Tongue Toastmasters
ph: 0419 767 250

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Blue Tongue Toastmasters Meeting 8th July – CHANGEOVER DINNER – 22nd July 2009 – ALL WELCOME

July 16th, 2009

Dear Blue Tongue members, intending members and guests,

The last meeting (Meeting #125) was held on Wednesday the 8th July and chaired by Dale (our new club president). This meeting is also the first for the newly elected members. Mark took on the timing assignment while Dale provided our ‘Word of the Day’ – ‘Recover’.

We had 2 visitor at the meeting – Andy who was originally from Hong Kong and have been in Australia for two years. Chris, a Chatswood local who recently become a graduate of Fitness Institute of Australia.

The table topic for the evening presented by Jason was on meanings and origins of Australian idioms. Tara, our newest club member was the evaluator for the table topics speeches and gave all speakers great tips.
Mark was the winner for the evening with his descriptions of the idiom ” Leaving the porch light on for Harold Holt”.

Ying, inspired by the creativity of the MasterChef series, delivered a heart-felt Toast to all the amateur cooks who are cooking for passion and bringing families together.

Marcus welcomed our two guest for the evening, Andy and Chris. Marcus asked them both to share with us an embarrassing moment. For Andy it was at that very moment, while Chris relived his experience in a riding the London underground (the tube).

Elke took on the road of the Toastmaster and introduced:
Mawkus (Marcus) who delivered his second speech on the topic of self help. Mawkus delivered a powerful speech on how one can start to achieve by employing techniques to turn out on bad experience of ones past. Mawkus’ speech also took out the speech for the evening.

Mark our next speaker then set the scene and then delivered Patrick Henry’s stirring call to arms delivered just before the American War of Independence – “Give me liberty or give me death”.

Mawkus was evaluated by Matt, who also shared a passion on the topic of self help. “Never admit you are nervous to the audience” was a key evaluation offered by Matt.

Mark was then evaluated by Elke, who also gave an excellent evaluation on how Mark was able to achieve passion by varying the pace of speech.

Jason then delivered the “Did you Listen” assignment based on speeches made by our club members and guests through the evening.

Dale scored our efforts on weaving his Word of the Day ‘Recover’ into our assignments during the evening. Dale also commented on the use of ‘filler’ words such as Ums & Ahs.

The final evaluation was by Elke who presented a General Evaluation of the meeting – looking at all the roles and assignments not previously evaluated.

Our two visitors also gave their feedback on the evening’s proceedings.

The meeting was closed by Dale at 7:20 pm.

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The next meeting for Blue Tongue Toastmasters is our Annual CHANGEOVER DINNER – to be held on Wednesday the 22nd of July 2009.

When: 5.45pm for 6pm, Wednesday 22nd July
Where: Nilgiri’s (2 doors down from the Post Office).
81-83 Christie St
St Leonards NSW 2065
We can meet in the reception area at IBM at 5.30pm to go to the restaurant.

This is an award winning Indian restaurant (we held our last changeover dinner here – I expect this to be a great meeting with table topics and prepared speeches (it will be a slightly amended agenda (refer attached)).

The club will be subsiding the banquet food menu. All members (and any visitors who join and pay on the night) will pay $20 only per head. Visitors are welcome however the cost will be $42 per head). Drinks are not included and will be ‘pay as you go’.

We MUST Know who will be attending (to confirm our booking) by this Friday 17th July (reply to this email advising Yes/No).

I have attached below a draft agenda for the meeting. Please let me know:
a) If you will be attending the meeting or send your apologies
b) If you would like to present any other assignment – I am looking for members to take on the following meeting assignments:

Evaluators for table topics (2)
Visitors Welcome
Did you Listen?

Best regards,

Mark Ransom
VP Education
Blue Tongue Toastmasters
ph: 0419 767 250

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Blue Tongue Toastmasters Meeting 15th April and Draft Agenda for next meeting on 29th April 2009

April 23rd, 2009

Dear Blue Tongue members, intending members and guests,

The last meeting (Meeting #119) was held on Wednesday the 15th April and chaired by Mark. Daniel took on the timing assignment and Dale presented an impromptu (i.e. at very short notice) Word of the Day “Foot” encouraging us to use it througout the evening.

We had 1 visitor at the meeting – Mark, who later handed in his completed new memberhip form.

I want to extend a warm welcome to Blue Tongue Toastmasters newest members: Ying, Damien & Mat. Your new member kits are on their way.

Dale’s Table Topics session was focused a passion of Dale’s – the internet. The individual table topics all tested us and the session was very well prepared and presented by Dale. Geoff and Mark evaluated the the speakers.

After our break Mark lead a discussion on oppotunities to better promote the Blue Tongue Toastmasters club (this is one of the assignments for the Competent Leader award). Some fantastic ideas were discussed by those at the meeting and some of us have a little bit of homework for the next meeting.

Elke took on the Toastmaster assignment and introduced Mat who delivered his Icebreaker telling us of sibling rivalry and bungy jumping. A very entertaining 1st speech. Mat was evaluated by Jorgen who provided contructive comments. Our second speaker was also delivering their Icebreaker – Geoff. Geoff related to us assembled some of his personal history and then one of his passions Kayaking and a recent charity-raising trip he organised. Geoff was evaluated by Elke. The last of the prepared speeches was Mark, who as part of his Advanced Manual (Interpretive Reading) presented an excerpt from Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Important of Being Earnest’. Contrustive and fair evaluation was provide by all attendees (led by Elke).

Geoff prepared some questions to test our listening skills. Dale delivered his ‘My Word’ assignment as well as evaluating our use of filler words such as Ums & Ahs. Daniel presented a thorough and succinct Timers report.

Elke, with our last meeting assignment provided us all feedback, through her general evaluation, of the meeting as a whole.
__________________________________________________________________
The next meeting for Blue Tongue Toastmasters will be held on Wednesday the 29th of April 2009 at 5:45pm, Level 13, 601 Pacific Highway, St Leonards.

I have attached below a draft agenda for the meeting. Please let me know by COB Tuesday the 28th of March, if:
a) You will be attending the meeting or send your apologies
b) Would like to deliver a speech
c) Would like to present any other assignment – I am looking for members to take on the following meeting assignments:

Sergeant at Arms
Timer
Speech (1)
Visitors Welcome
Evaluators for table topics (2)
Evaluator for speech (1)
Best regards,
Mark Ransom
VP Education
Blue Tongue Toastmasters
ph: 0419 767 250

Agenda BTTM 29 April 2009

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Blue Tongue Toastmasters Meeting 1st April and Draft Agenda for next meeting on 15th April 2009

April 15th, 2009

Dear Blue Tongue members, intending members and guests,

The last meeting (Meeting #118) was held on Wednesday the 1st April and chaired by Mark. Geoff (our newest member) took on the timing assignment and Daniel gave those attending the Word of the Day “Vivid” and encouraged us to use it througout the evening.

We had 5 visitors at the meeting – May, Mat, Ying, Damien, Kate and Grace.

I need to extend a warm welcome to Blue Tongue Toastmasters newest member, up until this meeting, Geoff Greenwood. During the meeting Ying, Mat and Damien all submitted their completed new membership forms.

Ajay’s Table Topics session was focused on wild animals with human issues. The session was well thought out and really stretched all of us in composing a coherent response. Well done Ajay. Jorgen and Elke acted as evaluators to this session to provide us constructive feedback on our performances.

After our break Mark delivered an impromptu Toast to members of the Blue Tongue Toastmasters Club. This was followed by a Visitors Welcome by Elke who asked each of our 5 visitors, in turn, to name their favourite drink and 2 reasons why they have come along to visit our club. We trust they were all feeling very welcome to the conclusion of this session.

Elke took on the Toastmaster assignment and introduced Dale who delivered his 2nd speech (2nd in 2 meetings) – on Gorilla Marketing. Dale’s speech was evaluated by Jorgen. Daniel delivered an intreging speech on Ice Hockey which was duley evaluated by Elke. Our final presenter was Mark who, as part of his educational, spoke about using Body Movement to enhance speech impact.

Damien prepared some questions to test our listening skills. Daniel delivered his ‘My Word’ assignment as well as evaluating our use of filler words such as Ums & Ahs. Geoff presented a thorough and succinct Timers report.

Very impressive was Ajay in the delivery of his General Evaluation report

__________________________________________________________________
The next meeting for Blue Tongue Toastmasters will be held on Wednesday the 15th of April 2009 at 5:45pm, Level 13, 601 Pacific Highway, St Leonards.

I have attached below a draft agenda for the meeting. Please let me know by COB Tuesday the 14th of March, if:
a) You will be attending the meeting or send your apologies
b) Would like to deliver a speech
c) Would like to present any other assignment – I am looking for members to take on the following meeting assignments:
Sergeant at Arms
Chairperson
Timer
My Word
Visitors Welcome
Evaluators for speeches
Did You Listen
Best regards,
Mark Ransom
VP Education
Blue Tongue Toastmasters Agenda BTTM – 15 April 2009

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