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Meeting Minutes of April 28, 2008 |
| Meeting Overview | | Meeting Of: | Monday, April 28th, 2008 | | Start Time: | 19:00 | End Time: | 21:05 | | Members Attending: | 15 | Total Membership: | | | Quorum Met? | | Guests Attending: | 1 | | Theme: | Life Style | | Word of Day: | Conscious |
| Club Officials | | President: | Robin Adams | VP Education: | David Oliver | | VP Membership: | Tiffany Liu | VP Public Relations: | Charles Cao | | Secretary: | Carol Wei | Sergeant-at-Arms: | Addy Ho | | Treasurer: | Malina Ma | | |
| Meeting Officials | | Toastmaster: | Tiffany Liu | General Evaluator: | David Oliver | | Table Topics Mstr: | Emma Qian | Table Topics Eval: | Kai Li Dawson | | Grammarian: | Huub Schrader | Greeter: | Addy Ho | | Timer: | Carol Wei | Ah Counter: | Paul Zhang | | Educational Instr.: | | | |
| Table Topics | | Topic: | Interview Experience | | Contents (include topic and participant): | 1. Robin Adams – A frustrating experience as an interviewer 2. Malina Ma – The interview experience in current company: Interviewed by 4 interviewer 3. Addy Ho – The first interview experience: didn’t prepare well but got a good result 4. Javier (Guest) – An interview experience with 4 hours waiting 5. Huub Schrader – An experience as an interviewer, the interviewee cryed during the interview | | Evaluation: | - Emma was very experienced on the session by giving suggestions; - Robin’s story was funny - Malina’s smile was making others feel comfortable - Addy was confident - Javier’s story was funny - Huub had good eye contact, clear voices and excellent personality |
| Prepared Speech #1 | | Speaker: | Felicia | Evaluator: | Malina Ma | | Speech No. & Type: | 2 – Organize Your Speech | | Speech Title: | | Who is Happier? A millioniar or a old trash man! | | Speech Evaluation: | - It was amazing to see a lot improvements - Your body language showed you really prepared a lot. But it was too much. - The beginning was good Conclusion: Like your speech and positive attitude |
| Prepared Speech #2 | | Speaker: | Lydia Zhang | Evaluator: | Sally Bi | | Speech No. & Type: | 2 – Organize Your Speech | | Speech Title: | | Beijing’s Si He Yuan | | Speech Evaluation: | - Your introduction was amazing - You gave us a clear idea of Si He Yuan - Your voice was flat. It’s better to have more stress and emphasis - It’s better to show the picture to all the audience when you describing it. - It’s better to reduce some details. |
| Prepared Speech #3 | | Speaker: | Nicolas Daguenet | Evaluator: | Addy Ho | | Speech No. & Type: | 2 – Organize Your Speech | | Speech Title: | | 15 | | Speech Evaluation: | - Your speech was quite good and improved a lot - You spoke too fast, better to slow down a little bit - Your speech title was attractive and it’s good to start telling the story with it. - The body of your speech was a little confusing. You should pay more attention to the content next time. - Your conclusion was a little weak - Your speech went quite smooth - You should pay more attention on your body language, try to avoid unnecessary ones. |
| Prepared Speech #4 | | Speaker: | Robin Adams | Evaluator: | Dinah Lin | | Speech No. & Type: | Adv 9.2 – Conquering the “Cold Call” | | Speech Title: | | Selling Leadership(The speech has 3 parts: introduction, role play and Q&A) | | Speech Evaluation: | - You explained your purpose very well - The questions you asked buyer were too detail - The price was not mentioned in the speech |
| Awards | | Best Table Topics: | Huub Schraber | | Best Speaker: | Robin Adams | | Best Evaluator: | Dinah Lin |
| Announcements | | 1. Dinah Lin was awarded the second prize on the North Division Speech Contest. |
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