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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 May 30, 2019 12:05 PM

Theme

Summertime, and the living is ... complex!

Toastmaster of the Day Open
The Toastmaster introduces meeting roles and calls up the first speech evaluator.
Evaluator 1 Open
Evaluator 2 Open
Introduces a speaker. Provides an evaluation of the speech after it has been delivered.
Speaker 1 Open
Speaker 2 Open
Gives a prepared speech; turns meeting over to Toastmaster.
Topics Master Open
Invites attendees to deliver a 1-2 minute impromptu speech; turns meeting over to General Evaluator.
General Evaluator Open
Calls up Speech Evaluators, asks for Timer, Grammarian, and Ah Counter reports.
Timer Open
Monitors and records the time elapsed during each speech and table topic response.
Grammarian Open
Introduces and monitors usage of the “Word of the Day”; listens for both imprecise uses of the English language as well as exceptional turns of phrase.
Ah Counter Open
Listens for the use of filler words (ex. “um”) as well as repeated “double clutch” words.
Vote Counter Open
Counts votes for best speaker, table topics speaker and evaluator. Provides results to President.

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