Parker Toastmasters’ last meeting on November 17 was very busy, with six speeches and an educational topic.
Stacy Hayden gave a top-notch icebreaker with a speech titled “How I went from Zero to Hero in Four Years”. It was an inspiring speech about Stacy’s recent career developments, along with her raising two young children. You guessed right – Stacy is a busy woman.
Nikita Kazakhov gave a great speech about time management called “Your Brain Ain’t a Storage Closet”. Nikita’s insights into the maze of tasks everyone has to attend to and how the use of a digital voice recorder can organize them effectively were well-received by an attentive audience.
Jodi Michael Horner used “Rock, Paper, Scissors” to help us to understand more about the importance of marriage.
Nina Minary provided visual aids along with an effective speech titled “Effective Coaching in the Workplace.” Besides a well-crafted Powerpoint, Nina interacted with the audience well to illustrate her points.
Bill Morgan told us stories of his late father and uncle, both WWII veterans, in “The Morgan Boys and Veterans Day.” One brother served in the Pacific, and the other in Europe, and were away from home for years before returning home to the states to raise families.
Sandy Marthaler entertained us with “Promoting the Pomegranate.” She demonstrated with real pomegranates how to cleanly prepare them, without making too much of a mess. She also taught us about the many health benefits of this beautiful and delicious fruit.
Bill Morgan gave an educational speech on Preparation and Practice. He illustrated different techniques to get from a simple topic to a fully fleshed out and prepared speech.
Bill Morgan served double-duty as both Toastmaster and Grammarian/Ah-Counter and the word of the day was “Uncanny”. Joanna Knott was our General Evaluator. Stacy Hayden was our Vote Counter. Jodi Michael Horner was our Timer.
Kudos to Joanna, Nikita and Stacy for incorporating the word of the day into the the meeting.
Nikita Kazakhov won Best Speech while Bill Morgan won Best Evaluator. Morgan’s educational presentation was his final requirement to achieve Advanced Leader Bronze (ALB).
Parker Toastmasters would also like to thank Irini Dobeck and Shari Thayer, our guests for the evening. We hope to see you at our next meeting!