15 June 2017. Moo G. Moon Education Center
Colette Smith: Toastmaster. Theme. Body language, body gestures. Body
language makes up 55% of what we hear. 38% is tone of voice and only 7%
comes from words.
Luis Estrada: Greeter
Ah Counter: Lori High
Bill Farrand: Inspiration. By Frederick Douglas. If no struggle, no
progress.
Robin McIntosh: Grammarian/WOD. Word of the day: Kinesics - the study of
body movements, gestures, facial expressions. Video of child crying (no
sound) from mom singing a song. (excellent video relating to the theme of
the evening).
Kathy Barrett: Time/Joker: Married couple. Wilber is deaf and mute.
Ruth can hear and speak and signs with husband Wilber. Standing face to
face, Wilber has that look, Ruth asks what's wrong? "You better stop
yelling at me or I'm going to turn off the lights".
Speaker #1. Durga Prasad. Project #2 - CC Manual. Title: Healthy
Life.
1. Food habits. More vegetables, salmon, avoid supplements. 2. Exercise
and more sleep. 3. Don't use "cannot do".
Speaker #2. Luis Estrada. Project #4 - CC Manual. Title: The
Procrastination Game. Do you do your Christmas shopping on 24 December?
Zombie mode - energy saver. Good habits versus bad habits. Challenge to
work better under pressure, another excuse for procrastination.
Speaker #3. Suzie Kirksey Minskey. Project #4 - Special Occasions
Manual. Title: The Blues Man. Honoring BB King. (Robin sits in as BB
King). Why sing the blues? What's up with Lucille? 1992 Apollo theater,
let the good times roll. Music big influence on my life.
Speakr #4. Ray Pezolt. Project #8 - CC Manual. Title: Non Verbal
Signs of Deception. 3 aims when a person lies. Illustrations.
Manipulations. Full body positioning. Fleeing the interview. Covering
the mouth and reading clues.
Break. Back by 8:05pm.
Dirk Kittredge: Table Topics. Gestures to match message. (no words).
1. Richa Acharya. Pouring a glass of juice.
2. Kathy Barrett. Putting groceries away.
3. Marieta Ferrington. Doctor preparing for surgery.
4. Robin McIntosh. Purchasing and eating an ice cream cone on a
beach.
5. Lori High. Fluffling a pillow.
6. Jennifer Dunne. Wedding photographer.
Bill Farrand: General Evaluator.
Evaluator #1. Jeff Stoll on Durga. Language barrier. no notes. Great
structure.
Evaluator #2. Jonathan Kolber on Luis. Confident, relaxed, good
gestures.
Natural flow, good humor. Slides with tests too small to read. Rushed at
the end.
Evaluator #3. Alan Wong on Suzie. Great passion with topic. Robin
limited your stage movement. Not enough details.
Evaluator #4. Katelynn Stoll on Ray. Good visuals. Gestures with
bracelet and picking off lint. Talked to one side of the room.
Bill Farrand on the evaluators.
1. Jeff Stoll. Positive feedback, good suggestions.
2. Jonathan Kolber. Font size being too small. One word - glasses.
3. Alan Wong. Evaluate on mechanics versus content.
4. Katelynn Stoll. Positive feedback.
Reports.
Lori High: Ah Counter. Clicker not lout enough. Requesting bull horn.
Lori should be ah counter for life.
Robin McIntosh: Grammarian. Durga pronouncing cardiovascular disease
better than most. Luis with imaginary vacation and zombie mode. Susie
poor choice of cast member. Marietta sorry patient didn't make it. Bill
10 yards of personal space.
Jennifer Dunne: Gesture Master. Theme were numbers. Lori enumerating
with fingers. Durga fingers holding up didn't match voice. Susie on
number one song and gesture with hands were down. Luis on living on the
edge.
Marieta Ferrington: Quiz Master. Q: How many entities did Durga have in
her speech? A: 3.
Q: Who was Susie roasting in her speech? A: BB King.
Ribbon Winners:
Best Table Topics: Robin McIntosh. (When the show flew off his foot and
almost hit Jeff, how could he NOT win)
Best Evaluator: Johnathan Kolber.
Best Speech: Luis Estrada.
There were 17 members and no guests. Bill Farrand did remind the group
that we got back from our break at 8:06 and we really need to keep better
track of time. Colette was an excellent toastmaster. She was organized
(notice the agenda handout with the speaker's project number and title of
speech) confident, and comfortable. She was an excellent host. The theme
on gestures was carried throughout the meeting from Robin's video to Ray's
speech to Dirk's table topics. It was one of the most entertaining
toastmasters because it was filled with laughter and fun. (I know. .. they
all are). But this was all that and a bag of chips. Congratulations to
all the ribbon winners. It was another meeting if you just happened to
miss it, you should've been there. Until next week, I am your humble
secretary.
Alan Wong
