Toastmasters International
Presidents Club
District 14, Division D, Area 44, Club 1713
Record of Speech-a-Thon
Date: January 30, 2013
Location: Fountains of Old Towne Shopping Center
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Call to Order:
Meeting called to order at 7:00 pm by Richie Deason
Invocation/Joke Master:
Richie gave us some of his thoughts on the upcoming Super Bowl – great joke about the centipede
getting his ankles tapped in the first half and that is why the little animals were able to defeat the big
animals in the second half. There was no pledge due to there not being a flag available.
Richie then introduced the Toastmaster of the evening, Jim Dawson.
Speech-a-thon Begins:
Speeches: Prepared speeches began at 7:15pm
“You Can Take the Boy out of the Mountain, but not the Mountain out of the Boy” – Mary MahonFordis
(Manual: CC, Speech #2: Organize your speech; Time: 5 -7 min) – Mary told us about her Dad and his
program to teach young city men survival skills in the mountains and took us a journey through all of her
travels.
“THE answer to health crisis….Commercials” – Yale Nogin
(Manual: CC, Speech #6: Vocal Variety; Time: 5-7 min) – Yale thinks the way to beat the health crisis is
through advertising about drinking more water and exercising!! Who would have thunk that would work?
“Pawsitive Communication Strategies for Veterinary Clinics” – Sandy Weaver Carman
(Manual: CC, Speech #8: The Folk Tale; Time: 7-9 min) Sandy taught us about effective work
communications and not leaving people on the outs and being inclusive in the work place.
“Teach Us to Number Our Days” – Judi Rogers
(Manual: Advanced, Speech #1: Read a Story; Time: 8-10 min) Judi gave a very inspiring speech
about a close friend of hers who passed away from cancer and reminisced about their friendship through
the years.
Break
“New Rains” – Mack Miller
(Manual: CC, Speech #10, Inspired Your Audience; Time 8 – 10 min) Mack told us about how he
became a member of the President’s Club and how our club is similar to the Mississippi River and we
need “new rains” a/k/a “New Members” to sustain our club.
“YOUR Voice” – Mike Hilgers
(Manual: Advanced, Speech #5, Speaking After Dinner; Time 8 – 10 min) Mike gave a very informative
feedback speech to the employees of T-Mobile and how the executives listened to the employee survey
and want to improve company values.
“The Stamp Set” – Tom Nixon
(Manual: Advanced, Speech #2, Let’s Get Personal; Time 5 – 7 min) Tom lead us through his journey to
become a graphic artist and it all began with a Stamp Set he received when he was 8 years old. Through
the stamp set he grew to love the alphabet and all that it means to everyone throughout the world.
Timer’s Report – All Speakers Qualified, with the exception of Sandy Weaver Carman and Mack Miller.
All were shocked that Judi Rogers did not go over time. Well done, Judi! No voting took place for best
speaker as this was a special event to host more speakers for the evening. Silent evaluations were given
to each of the speakers.
Evaluators and Evaluations
Evaluator for Speaker #1: Mary Mahon-Fordis
Evaluator for Speaker #2: Yale Nogin
Evaluator for Speaker #3: Sandy Weaver Carman
Evaluator for Speaker #4: Judi Rogers
Evaluator for Speaker #5: Mack Miller
Evaluator for Speaker #6: Mike Hilgers
Evaluator for Speaker #7: Tom Nixon
General Eval
Rush Netterville
Charlene Anderson
Kumar Choudhuri
Debbie Field
Rob McGoldrick
Lisa Goodman
Judy Anderson
Rush Netterville gave a brief evaluation of the meeting in two points – we started on time and a huge
thank you to Lisa Goodman for providing the conference room space for us to hold the Speech-a-thon;
Sutham Cobkit gave his timer’s report; Ernie Pollitzer gave a wonderful grammarian report and Richie had
very little to report as “ah counter” since all of the speakers did such an excellent job.
Announcements: Judi Rogers reminded us of the upcoming Area Contest taking place on 2/21 and she
was still in need of volunteers. In addition, she passed around a sheet asking for our birth dates ONLY –
not the year.
Guest Comments: We had one guest in attendance, Randolph Finecountry (sp?) who was a guest of
Sandy’s and is also a member of Club 286, the Executive Club and after attending our Speech-a-thon
and seeing the level of talent in our club he said he was seriously thinking of joining the President’s Club.
Meeting Adjourned at 9:15 pm