January 12th Meeting Agenda

[Patrick Frank]

Hi All!

The theme for the meeting will be "Great Anticipation". 

Can everyone that's scheduled for a role in the upcoming meeting confirm that you can fill the role?  

Also, the Table Topics Master role is now open, if you'd like to fill that role, please chime in. 

Thank you!

-Patrick

See this complete meeting agenda at http://4217.toastmastersclubs.org/agenda-443534.html

Welcome to our meeting!

The mission of a Toastmaster Club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth.

Time*	Role / Agenda Item for January 12, 2015	Member
12:00PM 12:02PM	Toastmaster The Toastmaster opens the meeting and introduces the other roles.	Patrick Frank
12:02PM 12:05PM	Inspiration	Eric Johnson
12:05PM 12:06PM	Word of the Day	Dave Ewert
12:06PM 12:14PM	Speaker Main speaker gives a manual speech or a "pocket speech."	Bernie Krupka
12:14PM 12:16PM	Written Comments from the Group The group takes a few minutes to provide written feedback.	-
12:16PM 12:27PM	Table Topics Impromptu speaking. The Table Topics master calls upon several (usually 3) members to deliver talks that are at least one minute in length but no longer than two and a half minutes. The topic is announced right before the member either volunteers or is selected.	Open
12:27PM 12:29PM	General Evaluator Introduce other members for evaluation session – Speech Evaluator, Timer/Vote Counter, Grammarian/Word of the Day/Ah Counter, and Quizmaster. Then provide evaulation of the meeting.	Ravi Verma
12:29PM 12:32PM	Speech Evaluator Provide feedback on the meeting's main speech. The feedback is positive, encouraging, and includes one or two points the speaker can improve on.	Tom Reimler
12:32PM 12:33PM	Timer/Vote Counter Reports on the duration of speeches and announces the winner of best table topics.	Tom Heidman
12:33PM 12:35PM	Grammarian/Word of the Day/Ah Counter Evaluates use of language, filler words (um, ah, so, you know) and word of the day.	Dave Ewert
12:35PM 12:38PM	Quizmaster Tests listening skills by asking questions about speeches.	Shannon Sarbo
12:38PM 12:40PM	Toastmaster Closes Meeting The Toastmaster returns once more to close the meeting and give some final words about the meeting.	Patrick Frank
* All times are estimates until the agenda is finalized.