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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 March 28, 2024 12:00 PM

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Word of the Day

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Meeting Opening

Toastmaster of the Day Deborah Eldridge
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 Brittney Edwards
Speaker 2 Open
Delivers a prepared speech; returns control back over to the Toastmaster. The Toastmaster asks the timer to measure one minute to allow members and guests to send feedback to the speaker.

Extemporaneous Speeches

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

Evaluation

General Evaluator Joann Hester
Calls upon the evaluators for each of the prepared speeches to deliver his or her evaluation.
Evaluator 1 Open
Evaluator 2 Open
Speech Evaluators provide evaluation of a speaker's prepared speech before returning control of the meeting to the General Evaluator.
Ah Counter Pamela Frank
Reports upon the use of filler words -- such as uh and um -- as well as double clutch words and phrases.
Timer Douglas Van Camp
Reports upon the time elapsed during each prepared speech, table topic, and evaluation.
Grammarian Sally Boyd, DTM
Monitors usage of the Word-of-the-Day and reports upon both skillful and imprecise uses of the English language.

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