PRESIDENTS CLUB – # 1713 – District 44 – Division D – Area 36

September 2, 2015 / Location: East Cobb Government Center
Toastmaster / Daniel Jourdan
7:00 PM / Call to Order – Sgt at Arms / Rob Goodwin
7:05 / Invocation/pledge / Amanda Johnson- First Labor Day celebrated in 1885
7:10 / Business Meeting / Yale Nogin
Motions:
-None
Announcements:
  1. Educational Meeting Sept 30- focus on speech writing, practicing basics
  2. Please take the club survey if you haven’t already- 16 responses in thus far
  3. Oct. 17 speak-a-thon (most likely at Mount Bethel church) between 9 AM to noon; Presidents challenge to speak on anything related to Technology
  4. Division Humorist/Evaluators Contest Sept 22 (E. Cobb Library, corner of Johnson Ferry & Lower Roswell), 6pm

7:20 / Helpers
Joke Master/Humorist / Richie Deason
Vote Counter / A.K. Singh
Ah Counter / Vanessa Salazar
CL Evaluator / Jim Dawson
Grammarian / Clemmie Scott- Laconic (very concise)
Timer / Alejandro Barrera
Videographer / Debbie Field
7:30 / TableTopics – “Foods of the world” / Michelle Nogin -Table Topics Master
Shared some unique foods with this question- would you or would you not eat and why?
#1 / Debbie Field
Fried calves’ brains on white bread- a common St. Louis dish until mad cow disease hit / Was a vegetarian long time back when she lived in CA but has since long reverted to eating meat. Mother used to make sweetbreads and so would eat this dish vs. starving.
#2 / Richie Deason
Rocky Mountain Oysters / Would love a testicle. Having served in the Navy, used to be served whatever was out there. Has tried a pig’s ear in the past.
#3 / Jim Dawson
Casu Marzu- Rotten Sardinian cheese with larvae that jump / Would try as one should never forego an opportunity. Churchill said, “Never, never, never, never give up.”
#4 / Amanda Johnson
Balut- Fertilized eggs with nearly developed duck/chicken etc. / Might eat it potentially under “clean eating” criteria (eat anything as long as I know what’s in it)
7:40 / 5 minute break
7:45 / Introduction of Speakers / Toastmaster
#1 / Title: “15 minutes of fame” / Damon Mason
Manual: CC
Project #1 Icebreaker, Time: 4-6 min.
Objectives:
  1. To begin speaking before an audience
  2. To discover speaking skills you already have and skills that need some attention.
/ Highlights:
  1. Jan 15, 2015 had closed a big deal and was living the high life
  2. Received a call to be on the Maury Show
  3. Decided to go to NYC despite the risk
  4. Ended up being a Valentines themed episode
  5. Relished the 15 min. of fame

#2 / Title: “Why would you not?” / Rob Goodwin
Manual: CC
Project: #2 Organize your speech
Time: 5-7 min.
Objectives:
  1. Select an appropriate outline which allows listeners to easily follow and understand your speech.
  2. Make your message clear, with supporting material directly contributing to that message.
  3. Use appropriate transitions when moving from one idea to another.
  4. Create a strong opening and conclusion.
/ Highlights:
  1. Shared 3 facts and 3 actions to consider
  2. Opening:
  3. World getting warmer- 12 hottest years recorded since 1998
  4. 97% scientists agree that global warming is real
  5. Facts:
  6. Greenhouse gases like water vapor and CO2 trap heat
  7. CO2 concentration increasing
  8. All else being equal, more CO2 will make planet hotter
  9. CITI study estimates $70 Trillion impact before century is out; so if global warming might be real, why would you not take a few small steps to mitigate the risk
  10. Actions:
  11. Change 5 most used bulbs to LED
  12. Move thermostat up a few degrees in the summer and down a few in the winter
  13. Car pool, take transit, walk/bike when you can

#3 / Title: “The first time ever should never be your last time” / Clifton Foo
Manual: CC
Project: #5 Your Body Speaks
Time: 5-7 min.
Objectives:
  1. Use stance, movement, gestures, facial expressions and eye contact to express your message and achieve your speech's purpose.
  2. Make your body language smooth and natural.
/ Highlights:
  1. Never forget your first love, first major experiences and big failures
  2. Entered a speaking competition at school with 400-500 spectators and panicked when he peered out from backstage and saw the mass of humanity
  3. Forgot all the lines- unmitigated disaster
  4. Another time, decided to do a final lap in the pool with a friend but the friend started drowning due to cramps
  5. Decided to play hero and save the friend but the friend grabbed on to Clifton’s neck and tried to use him like a float. Survived somehow but couldn’t swim competitively for a few years.
  6. Was dumped by first love- ouch!
  7. Message- Confront first fears or you’ll never get on in life. First time should ever should never be your last time

#4 / Title: “Your Body is Smart” / Brock Davis
Manual: CC
Project: #5 Your Body Speaks
Time: 5-7 min.
Objectives:
  1. Please see above
/ Highlights:
  1. Your body has aches and pains and that’s the body’s attempt to tell you something
  2. Are Chiropractors quacks?
  3. Had a sore Achilles tendon after playing basketball and doctor found a half inch deposit of calcium on the tendon
  4. Chose not to undergo surgery and take up visits with a Chiropractor
  5. First visit showed things out of alignment- a back adjustment made Brock feel like a Rice Crispy as his back went snap, crackle, pop.
  6. Message- listen to your body when it’s trying to tell you something

8:30 / Evaluations / Lisa Kiblinger, General Evaluator
Yale Nogin For Damon Mason / Highlights:
  1. Fantastic imagery- took us there
  2. Brought audience in with the story
  3. Used some advanced tools, e.g. the chair as a prop
  4. Great tone
  5. Left us wanting more with the cliffhanger ending
  6. Key suggestion for improvement:
  7. Tell us more about who you are- speech hinted at items but didn’t divulge all

Mack MillerForRob Goodwin / Highlights:
  1. Told us what you’ll tell us, then told us and then recapped at the end again
  2. Call to action was clear- do simple things
  3. Key suggestion for improvement:
  4. Slow down a bit- spoke fast in some sections
  5. Focus on a little less data and more on emphasis in some parts
  6. Project voice more
  7. Results of global warming, if true, would be drastic- could have been more dramatic there
  8. More emphatic delivery of Clint Eastwood’s “Do you feel lucky” line

Tom Nixon For Clifton Foo / Highlights:
  1. Spectacular story telling display
  2. Set up the title, developed it and brought it back in the end- advanced technique
  3. Body truly spoke- peeked from behind the stage curtain, choked himself
  4. Came through because it was Clifton’s story- authentic
  5. Self-deprecating humor
  6. Great, knowing smile and message at the end
  7. Key suggestions for improvement:
  8. Do it again

Judy Anderson For Brock Davis / Highlights:
  1. Lot of great humor and imagery- being flipped over by the chiropractor, demonstration with hands to show what chiropractor did with the feet
  2. Engaging, natural speaker
  3. Not nervous- great eye contact
  4. Key suggestions for improvement:
  5. More broad/big gestures
  6. More imagery- could have done more with playing basketball, limping etc.

Awards
Best Table Topics / Richie Deason
Best Helper / Vanessa Salazar
Best Evaluator / Mack Miller
Best Speaker / Damon Mason

Guests:Ginger, Melissa, Shane, Kelly