Meeting Overview

Meeting Of:

March 31, 2008

Start Time:

19:04

End Time:

21:00

Members Attending:

23

Total Membership:

Quorum Met?

Guests Attending:

1

Topic:

Speech Contest

Word of Day:

N/A

Club Officials

President:

Addy Ho

VP Education:

Robin Adams

VP Membership:

Ben Wu

VP Public Relations:

Lily Wang

Secretary:

Chris Drumgoole

Sergeant-at-Arms:

Connie Gao

Treasurer:

YaChan Dong

Meeting Officials

Contest Master:

Ines Brunn

Chief Judge:

Yann

Ballot Counters

Lydia & Carol

Sergeant-at-Arms:

Connie Gao

Timers:

Sally & Sally

Prepared Speech #1

Speaker:

Chris Drumgoole

Evaluator:

Mary Tang

Speech No. & Type:

5 – Body Language

Speech Title:

Watch Out For Holes!

Speech Evaluation:

-          You hit your targets

-          You described with humor

-          Body movement very good, matched story very well

-          Organization very clear

-          But, conclusion was very negative – try to make it more positive next time!

Prepared Speech #2

Speaker:

Kay Chen

Evaluator:

David Oliver

Speech No. & Type:

3 – Get To The Point

Speech Title:

Spend Time with the people I like

Speech Evaluation:

-          You didn’t use notes this time, nice job!

-          You seemed very confident throughout the speech

-          Your appearance was better than previous 2 speeches

-          The purpose of your speech wasn’t very specific or clear. Need to work on that

-          The intro, body, and conclusion didn’t come together very well

-          Your body language could improve – move around a little bit, and keep the hands out of your pockets!

-          Don’t tell us you didn’t have enough time to prepare

-          Give some advice in your conclusion, give the audience some action points

Prepared Speech #3

Speaker:

Connie Gao

Evaluator:

David Oliver

Speech No. & Type:

7 – Research Your Topic

Speech Title:

Salt

Speech Evaluation:

-          Seems you did do the research required – you gave many supporting facts

-          We learned things not generally known about salt

-          You didn’t use complicated terms – good!

-          Regarding your body language, at the beginning, you were pretty stationary.  As you went along, you started to move around a bit more.  But by the end of the speech, you were pretty stationary.

-          You forgot what to say next near the end of your speech, but you remained calm, and you quickly recovered.

-          Perhaps bring a visual aid next time when doing this kind of speech – perhaps a salt shaker?

-          You may want to introduce rhetorical questions, such as “Did you know that Salt …?”

Prepared Speech #4

Speaker:

Charles Cao

Evaluator:

Yachan Dong

Speech No. & Type:

4 – How to Say It

Speech Title:

How to deal with our failures

Speech Evaluation:

-          Very good structure

-          You had a clear 3 points

-          Your speech was very positive – gave us the courage to face failure

-          You asked questions at the beginning, but the 2 questions didn’t really have a result or conclusion

-          You gave 3 howto’s on how to deal with failure, but maybe instead give the 3 points but then give your experiences to reinforce the 3 points.

-          There were a couple of interruptions during your speech, they weakened your speech some (for example, you added unnecessary pauses)

Prepared Speech #5

Speaker:

Emma Qian

Evaluator:

Huub Schrader

Speech No. & Type:

1 - Ice Breaker

Speech Title:

My Story With The City

Speech Evaluation:

-          You broke the ice in a nice way (by talking about ice!)

-          You gave an introduction about yourself – people like this – gets them interested in what you have to say

-          Seemed you prepared quite well, you spoke very naturally

-          You only used your notes ~2.5 times

-          It was very easy to understand what you were talking about – your spoken English is very clear

-          Your structure was very good (especially the conclusion where you compared your Boyfriend to Beijing)

-          A suggestion: when you spoke about Hangzhou, you turned your back on the audience when you wrote on the board.  Try not to do this – try to find another way to show us a map (perhaps draw it before the speech, or print one out)

Prepared Speech #6

Speaker:

Dinah Lin

Evaluator:

Huub Schrader

Speech No. & Type:

10 – Inspire Your Audience

Speech Title:

Reach For The Stars

Speech Evaluation:

-          This was the final speech for the Competent Communicator manual.  Congratulations!

-          Your voice was very clear – your body language gave us the sense that you had a lot of confidence

-          Your talk was inspiring and entertaining

-          One of the requirements of the speech was to “connect with the audience”.  You may have been lacking here.  A suggestion: Maybe spend a little more time on this – explain why we need a goal

-          You provided several personal examples which helped illustrate your ideas

-          Overall, very good, but it missed the extra push for audience to come up with plan and goals.

Awards (Speech Contest)

First Place:

Dinah Lin

Second Place:

Charles Cao

Third Place:

Chris Drumgoole

Announcements

1. Dinah Lin completed her CC (Competent Communicator) manual!  Congratulations
2. Chris Drumgoole finished the first 5 speeches of the CC manual.