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Business
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Vineetha Luke presiding
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Toastmaster Meeting Highlights
Toastmaster Jackie Pease announced that February 4 was her sister's birthday.
Throughout the meeting, she named notable individuals who shared the same
birthday: Civil Rights Activist Rosa Parks, Pilot Charles Augustus Lindbergh,
American Musician Ray Evans, Rocker Alice Cooper and Former New York Giant
Linebacker Julius Taylor.
Speaker Highlights
Working out of the Specialty Speeches Advanced Communication Series (Project 4,
Read Out Loud), Toastmaster Betty Gambill read a chapter from C.S. Lewis' A
Grief Observed, a moving narrative written after his wife's tragic
death
Toastmaster Vineetha Luke also worked from the Specialty Speeches manual (Project
4, Read out loud). She read from the story title A Pioneer of Compassion
by Francis T. Miller.
Toastmaster Danny Pritchard courageously and humorously expressed his opinion
about women and their use of makeup and need for cosmetic surgery. He spoke from
the Basic Manual (speech 7).
Educational Speech Highlights
Toastmaster Eric Leach shared insights you can gleam from watching speakers from
Ted.com on how
Toast of Jax members could improve their speeches. Insights included:
- Shorter speeches are better at conveying information (TED speakers
are limited to 18 minutes).
- Start out speeches with a bang
- Always involved a story
- Back up stories with succinct
visuals
- Take risks during your presentation
- Practice
- Always provide a take away message
How did you enjoy the meeting? Hop over to Facebook Toast of Jax and share your thoughts.
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Regular
Club Meeting
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Toastmaster
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Jackie Pease (February 4 Birthdays)
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Word
of the Day
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Voluminous-
Having great volume, size, or number
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Ribbon
for best use:
Millie Tannen
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Table
Topics
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Ramzi Salameh (Wisdom)
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Eric Leach
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Watch your thoughts they become your words (1:30)
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Brijesh Nayyar
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Watch as your words become action (1:07)
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Guest Gary Cornelius: Watch your actions become your habits (1:17)
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Dan Sizemore
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Watch your habits become your character (1:36)
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Millie Tannen
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Watch your character become you destiny (1:13)
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Speakers
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Betty Gambill
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A Grief Observed (13:27)
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Vineetha Luke
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A Pioneer of Compassion (14:12)
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Danny Pritchard
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Women are Vain (5:53)
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General Evaluator
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Millie Tannen
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Evaluators
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Milo Holt (3:45)
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Vineetha Luke (3:04)
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Grant McManus (3:22)
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Educational
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Eric Leach - Insights from TED.com
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Miscellaneous
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Guest
Comments
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Joke
Meister
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Brijesh Nayyar (A Truck Driver, A Priest and a Lawyer)
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A truck driver was heading down the highway when he saw a priest at the side of
the road. Feeling it was his duty, he stopped to give the priest a ride.
A short time later, he saw a lawyer with a briefcase on the side of the road and
aimed his truck at him. At the last second, he thought of the priest with him and
realized he couldn't run over the lawyer, so he swerved, but he heard a thump
anyway. Looking back as he drove on, he didn't see anything.
He began to apologize for his behavior to the priest. "I'm sorry, Father. I barely missed that lawyer at the side of the road."
But the priest said, "Don't worry, son. I got him with my door."
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Announcements
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- President Vineetha Luke challenged the club to bring in 8 new members by the
end of February. The District is rewarding clubs who do so with a $25 gift
card
- February 11: International Speech and Table Topics club contest
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Attendance
14 members and
1 guests
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Presiding
Officer
Vineetha Lukeadjourned
the meeting with a decidedly Presidential flourish at approximately
9:00 AM
Another
great meeting and a good time was had by all!
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