Greetings Fellow Toastmasters,
Toastmaster for the evening was the wonderful Jonhathan Kolber. His
appropriate theme was How do we calm ourselves?
Robin McIntosh was our Grammarian and WOD was SOLITUDE; being alone, state
of seclusion.
Speaker #1. Jennifer Dunne. Mentors good and bad. May 1989 first day
of work at IBM, went on stage and killed it. National Speakers association
academy, mentor there chastised speakers. Speakers judged on appearance.
Mentors can make all the difference in your success.
Speaker #2. Pattie Apple. Do you feel difficult to receive praise?
Imposter Syndrome. High standards, high goals. Fear failure. Not
recognized as a mental illness. Imposter syndrome is anxiety and
paranoia.
Richa Acharya: Table Topics Master. Questions were "Meditate" or ? Just
a few notables.
1. Kathleen Jewby. Mediate or attend 5 hours in a boring work meeting?
2. Bill Farrand. Meditate or live on the moon by yourself? Bill
questioned the question and wondered why not ask "punch your eye out with a
pen or meditate?
Or why not stick broccoli in your ear or meditate?
3. Minjun Zhao. Meditate or be without internet for one month.
General Evaluator: Bill Farrand
Evaluator #1. Minjun Zhao on Jennifer Dunne: Loves clear structure.
Clever use of specific behaviors. Strong conclusion. Amazing story
teller. Voice saddened when you said everything about you is so wrong.
Want to give you a big hug.
Evaluator #2. Alan Wong on Pattie Apple: Good job citing references.
Well organized speech. Eyes diverted. Would love to hear more examples on
Imposter Syndrome and treatment.
Bill Farrand on Minjun, point of logic, not speech mechanics. classic
sandwich method.
Bill Farrand on Alan, it's ok to use notes. Too many pauses.
Bill agrees with the theme being a very good theme. In the middle of a
pandemic, we need things to calm us down. On Richa's table topics
questions, don't ask for volunteers. Call on people. Bill also
reprimanded the audience members for volunteering.
Grammarian report by Robin McIntosh. From Revathy, likes icky guy, reason
to live. From Jennifer, Extremely. . good. . . .. looking (cadence).
From Revathy, hot, very hot, or hot hot. (I admit, hot hot sounds like
that's about as hot as it can get).
Quiz Master from Kathleen Jewby. Q: How was Robin born? Best answer
ever. Robin was born mute.
Winners: Best Speaker: Pattie Apple
Best Evaluator: Minjun Zhao
Best Table Topics: Minjun Zhao.
Congratulations to all the winners. Minjun wins two ribbons for the
evening making this two weeks in a row where someone wins two ribbons in
one evening. Last week Bill Farrand took the honors. I'm still waiting
for that one amazing winner to take the trifecta where all three ribbons
goes to one member in one evening.
Good job Jonathan for hosting the event.
I will end with a quote:
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who
could not hear the music. ----- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Until next time, I am your humble secretary
Alan Wong
