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Online Weekly Meeting

Spirited Speech Masters meets online every Thursday (excepting institutional holidays) from 12 noon to 1 PM. Visitors are always welcome though only employees of MD Anderson are permitted to join.

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Thursday September 10, 2020 12:00 PM

This is a modified version of our in-person weekly meetings. For a full description of the modified protocol, visit our Jitsi page.

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Meeting Theme

Toastmaster of the Day Douglas Van Camp
The Toastmaster is responsible for facilitating the section of the meeting dedicated to prepared speeches. He or she introduces the meeting theme (if applicable) as well as the Ah Counter, Grammarian, and Timer roles.

Prepared Speeches

Speaker 1 Member not found
Speaker 2 Open
Delivers a prepared speech via webcam; returns control back over to the Toastmaster.

Extemporaneous Speeches

Topics Master Douglas Van Camp
Invites a series attendees to deliver 1-2 minute impromptu speeches; turns meeting over to General Evaluator.

Evaluation

General Evaluator Sally Boyd, DTM
Calls upon the evaluators for each of the prepared speeches to deliver his or her evaluation.
Evaluator 1 Brittney Edwards
Evaluator 2 Open
Speech Evaluators provide evaluation of a speaker's prepared speech before returning control of the meeting to the General Evaluator.
Timer Sara Gilheart
Reports upon the time elapsed during each prepared speech, table topic, and evaluation.
Grammarian Brittney Edwards
Monitors usage of the “Word of the Day” and reports upon both skillful and imprecise uses of the English language.
Ah Counter Loni Huff
Reports upon the use of filler words (ex. “um”) and repeated “double clutch” words.

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