July 20, 2012- Christmas in July

We were guest less this morning and back at Everest Institute. Dr. don was our TM. John I. started us off with “Why are we such work-a-holics?”. Someone tried to rename it to “alcoholics”. Next was Lee talking about “Time for a change” and caught a few by surprise. Third was Simon talking about “Love and Life”. Lee’s story was catchy enough to win him the Best Speaker today. Megan was our TT Master. John B.’s reply to his question about Good News was good enough to take the Best TT today.Kyle’s evaluation of John was the Best Evaluator.

July 13, 2012- What is your superstition?

Phil stepped up as our Toastmaster today with a little help from others. Mike returned as a guest today and is interested. Chris was our first speaker as he talked about “Creating the Best Club Climate at Wallmasters”. Our nest speaker was Dennis as he told us a story. Chris’ delivery was award winning with him taking home the Best Speaker award. Table Topics was lead by Loren. Loren tested us out as animals. Brenda’s imitation of being Billy Goat Gruff was deemed the winner this morning. Best Evaluator went to John B. as our Grammarian.

July 6, 2012- Time to go Camping

Brenda P. was our Toastmistress today. Mike P. was Justin’s guest. Jaye began the speeches with “Why Diets don’t Work” and detailed some failures and success’s. Next was Phyllis, stepping in for Dan, presenting material for us to think about. Our final speaker was Justin as he shared “Camping” and kept us laughing. Justin had us at the first stake and took hone the Best Speaker award.
Table Topics was lead by Max which Rodger did best and picked up the Best Table Topics award Best evaluator today went to Dr. Don for his evaluation of Jaye.

June 22, 2012- “National Pink Day”

Max took over as TM. No guests this morning. Jill stepped out as our first speaker with “Let’s Get Personal” as she shared a little of her personal life as a younger adult. Next was Loren with “Train your Dog” where he gave us some very useful tips in training our dogs. Seemed like it could work with kids too. Last was Randy with “Edification” to share some great reasons why edifying others was a good thing.

Jill’s early life seemed to catch our attention as she went home with the Best Speaker award. Kyle took home the Best Table Topics with his rendition of how to handle pink uniforms for his football team. Megan picked up the Best Evaluator as our Grammarian this morning.

June 15, 2012- National Smile Power Day

Randy  was our TM this morning. Kyle started us off with “I’m on the Juice”  and made us laugh profusely. Next was Paul with “Happy Father’s Day” where  he reminded us of day and called a few of us “You spoiled little brat”. Last was Mike S. with “Life in Reverse” as he gave us his farewell speech as he leaves for Il. Mike was the Best Speaker of the day. Cleon was the Table Topics master and pulled questions from the air for us. Bob P. was the Best Table Topics with the new wine innovation of wine in a pouch. Don F. walked away with the Best Evaluator award for his job of GE.

June 8, 2012-National Yo-Yo Day

What a fun morning, we started by changing locations at the last minute and went to Bob’s office. Bob was our TM this morning and did a fine modeling of what a TM should and can do. First speaker was the Flash Mon woman Suzanne as she shared “Flash mob”. Next up was Ulrike talking about”How to win friends and influence people”. Max wrapped up the speeches with another learning experience for Max with “What I remember”. Ulrike snapped up a win this morning as Best Speaker. Rodger handled Table Topics and pushed our envelopes. Paul’s answer to “Walking the Dog” Yo-Yo trick claimed another victory for him. Your Best Evaluator went to Cleon as the GE.

June 1, 2012-Flip a Coin Day

Dora was a our guest this morning. Justin performed his first role as Toastmaster. Randy was our first speaker talking about “Color your world”. Next was Megan as she shared “Celebrate your life”. Third was Cleon delivering “Change, your future counts on it” Cleon went home with Best Speaker because of change. Table Topics were done by Dennis with the theme of “Coins” Dora picked up Best Table Topics with her reply to the coin from Maine. Best Evaluator went to mark for his evaluations of the Table topics participants.

May 25, 2012-Geek of the Week

Guests this morning were Shannelle, Duane, and Dora. Phyllis took the roll of /TM. Rodger opened the meeting with “Home of the free, Because of the Brave”, relating a very touchy story. Next was Marvin delivering “Iterations” which brought a smile to our faces. Finishing the speeches was Dr. Don with “How to save significant money on self installations…”. Rodger caught hearts and went home with the Best Speaker of the day.
Table Topics were headed up by Dan K. Kyles response to “It is healthy to use profanity” took the crowd to oblivion and he went home with the Best Table topics award. Bob P. evaluated Rodgers speech and gave some great inspirational feedback gaining him The Best Evaluator today.

May 18, 2012-No Dirty Dishes Day

Marv, AKA Kelp, took off with the meeting. We scoured the room and found no guests this morning. Our first speaker was John B. delivering “The Transit” as he explained extra terrestrial travel in space. Next was Don F. giving us a lesson in birthing of the baby (Whoosh). Lastly was Simon talking about learning at TM. Simon did a hot seat speech and picked another Best Speaker award.

John I. brought us Table topics and kept us on our toes. Brenda P. picked up Best TT today as she explained the “efficiency in travel”. Megan snapped up the Best Evaluator award for her evaluation of Simon.

May 11, 2012

Sharon visited us again today! Don asked us how many summers we have left, and encouraged us to start living LIFE today. Kyle was an energetic Toastmaster who led us through the Twilight Zone, with Brenda and Brent as our main speakers. Brenda tried to persuade us to ‘stop wasting time’ on Football (American Style) and embrace Rugby. Brent educated us on the foot race of two gentleman who broke the four minute mile mark in the 50s…wow! Jaye led us in an amazing round of Table Topics that were challenging and stood up to our day’s theme. Ulrike took the prize for Best Table Topics Speaker today (well deserved for her creativity), and Brenda won our Best Speaker award. Simon, our General Evaluator, took home his Best Evaluator award for providing excellent feedback both praising and giving us opportunities for growth.

 

We held the annual officer elections and have a new suite of officers….details to follow.