What a night. Engaging, thought- provoking, and educational. I am glad I was
there as always. I agree, Thursday afternoon had become the start of my
weekend.
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From: Alan Wong <drwongdds27@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 7/29/17 7:12 PM (GMT-07:00)
To: FRTM - Group List <frtm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: FRTM - You Should've Been There
27 July 2017 Moo G. Moon Education Center
Toastmaster: Phillip Poplaslwski
Theme: Interviewing Tips. During the interview: 1. Decide on one or two
things you want to be remembered for. 2. Think happy thoughts. 3. Be
confident.
Post Interview: 1. Write a thank you note. 2. Follow instructions for
follow up. 3. Stay in touch.
Greeter: Jeff Stoll
Quizmaster: Shirley Eaves
Gesture Master: Colette Smith
Ah-Counter: Jennifer Dunne
Grammarian/WOD: Bill Farrand
Word of the day: ALACRITY. Cheerful readiness. Promptness or willingness,
liveliness, briskness.
Inspirition: Jennifer Dunne
House cleaning; Feng Shui of the house. Stuff and environment has impact on
emotions and behavior. Changes in environment changes behavior.
Timer/Joker: Robin McIntosh
Golf outing with Bob. Bob is kind of a jerk. He complains that the beer is
not right. Sun is in his eyes. Funeral procession comes by. As Bob gets
ready to putt he steps back and takes off his hat. Golfing buddies are
impressed. Bob says "after all we've been married for 25 years".
Speaker #1. Alan Wong
When it hurts, it hurts. Motorcycle accident. Thrown off to the side of the
mountain and was in a fetal position. Moved arms and legs. Rider #4 yells at
me to stop moving. Why are you moving? In case I die and they draw a chalk
outline of me, I don't them to draw a circle. I want to look like a human
being.
Speaker #2. Lori High
Presenting an award, the shining star award. There are many toastmasters and
not many people give of their time. Marietta Farrington has been with
toastmasters for only one year. Debra (mentor) saw passion in Marrietta. Ran
the district event. 4 months planning. Team of 60 volunteers. High
performance leadership project. Award for leadership excellence.
Speaker #3. Dirk Kittredge (with slide presentation)
Motivating people. Team leaders. Being a leader versus being a boss. Leaders
have vision. Get people to a "want to" state versus a "have to" state. Basic
principles of motivation, people prefer reward over punishment. People like to
do meaningful work. People must believe in you.
Break
Table Topics: Kathy Barrett
1. Marietta Farrington. Q. What would you do if you found a penguin in
your freezer. Asked by Trader Joe's. A. Sell the refrigerator. Work with
crazy people, live with crazy people. Part of our society. Accept them.
2. Ray Pezolt. Q. What kind of zoo animal is most like you? Asked by
Forbes. A. Zoo animals are not a wild life animal. They are captured and in
a cage. I am a specialist at watching people, not people watching me.
3. Shirley Eaves. Q. What three things do you check about the business
when you wake up? Asked by Drop Box. A. 1. See that the building shows up
on google earth. 2. Notification trade issues. 3. See if anyone is googling
me.
4. Bill Farrand. Q. When a hot dog expands, what direction does it split?
and why? Asked by Space Ex. A. I have a lot of experience eating and
cooking hot dogs. All hot dogs are good hot dogs. Water helps to expand hot
dogs.
5. Robin McIntosh. Q. Would you rather fight 100 size duck horses or one
duck size horse? Asked by Whole foods. A. I would fight 100 ducks. Kick
them mambee pamzee ducks and get that job.
6. Romana (Guest). Q. How many basketballs fit in this room. Asked by
Delta Airlines. A. I would measure one basketball in cm and measure them by
each other. Then measure how many square meters in the room.
7. Ricardo (Guest). Q. You get $40K to start a business. What would you
start? Asked by Hub Spot. A. Quit job as teacher. Sell vintage clothing on
line. Road trip to pick different clothing.
8. Jennifer Dunne. Q. What name of Debut Album be? Asked by Urban
Outfitters. A. Sparkle with glitter. Confetti.
General Evaluator: Richa Acharya
Evaluator #1. Colette Smith on Alan Wong
Simplicity, vividness, and a twist. Painting picture with words. Captured the
audience. Challenge to explore volume and pitch. Paint pictures with words.
Evaluator #2. Jonathan Kolber on Lori High
Lori raises the bar attempting to find things to improve. Professional
presenter. Excellent gestures. At the proper time engaged Marietta to the
stage. Hand clasping rigidly to the side. Toastmaster works on the basis of
service. Emphasized point of service. Good vocal variety. Specific praise to
Marietta. (Congratulations Marietta).
Evaluator #3. Jeff Stoll on Dirk Kittredge
Love the slides. Principles were wordy. Long points. Good call to action.
Excellent summary - try something different to motivate your people.
Reports
Ah-Counter: Jennifer Dunne. Colette and Alan no ums or anything. (yay).
Dirk had one. New filler word of choice - "probably".
Gesture Master: Colette Smith. Guess this gesture. Colette demonstrates the
gesture and we had to guess who did it. Colette replayed gestures from Dirk,
Alan, Bill, and Jennifer. (and everyone guessed correctly. I guess it is
true, we remember gestures more than we remember words spoken).
Grammarian: Bill Farrand. Phillip on Bad companies are not going to market
themselves. Kathy on impromptu part of meeting. Let's have table topics as if
no body planned for it.
Quiz Master: Shirley Eaves
1. What concept did Jennifer use to change the environment? A. Feng Shui
2. What is Phil's favorite net work? A. Built in Colorado.
3. Who is rider #4 in Alan's speech? A. Rick.
GE: Richa Acharya. Guests were introduced first then team. Greeter
interviewed guests. Great theme tonight by Phil. Table Topics stuck with the
theme "Interviewing tips".
Ribbon Winners.
Best Table Topics: Robin McIntosh.
Best Evaluator: Colette Smith (I would say this was one of Colette's best
evalutions, good job Colette).
Best Speaker: Tie Lori High and Alan Wong
We had 15 members tonight and 3 guests. I loved the theme by Phillip
because it pertains to all of us. Excellent job to everyone that participated.
Originally I was to evaluate Dirk on his speech but there was a change in the
schedule. Behind the scenes that you may not be aware of on Dirk. Dirk showed
up the day before to prepare his slide show. He spent a lot of time changing
the size of the print on his slide show and centering every slide. He spent a
lot of time deciding on color and font. It appears before his speech we were
all staring at a blank screen but in actuality there was a small green dot on
the bottom right of the screen. This allows for no time wasted to turn on the
computer when it was time for him to give his speech and wait for it to boot
back up. Preparation to the extreme? I think not. We can say that's just
Dirk being Dirk. I say that's Dirk being a leader among leaders. He's being a
role model and he's setting an example for us. I can name off a lot of members
where if they were not a part of our club, the club would not be the same and I
would miss them tremendously. Dirk is on top of that list.
I use to see Friday nights as the start of my weekend. I now see Thursday
nights as the start of my weekend all thanks to toastmasters and everyone in
it. It was another glorious meeting and another night where you should've been
there. Until next week, I am your humble secretary.
Alan Wong
