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Regular Meeting
We meet every Saturday 1PM UTC in Zoom. Guests: to join our meeting, please email buddiestmi@gmail.com for meeting room information.
Meeting Theme:
Independence: Freedom is not free!
Word of the Day:
Courage (N)
President: Nicole Torres
Sergeant At Arms: Lucile Bationo
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Regular Meeting
We meet every Saturday 1PM UTC in Zoom. Guests: to join our meeting, please email buddiestmi@gmail.com for meeting room information.
Meeting Theme:
According to an article titled “Forest Cover – an overview | ScienceDirect Topics” on the website https://www.sciencedirect.com, nearly a third of the world’s land surface is covered with forest, with closed-canopy forest accounting for 4 – 5 billion hectares of land. Forests provide many ecosystem services that humans and animals cannot survive without, but anthropogenic actions (activities that are created or induced by humans) and climate change are threatening global forest cover in potentially irreversible ways.
Word of the Day:
| Word Form | noun |
| Definition | A plant adapted to grow in water. |
| Synonyms | aquatic plant |
| Usage | Water lilies and other hydrophytes dotted the surface of the lake. |
President: Nicole Torres
Sergeant At Arms: Lucile Bationo
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Regular Meeting
We meet every Saturday 1PM UTC in Zoom. Guests: to join our meeting, please email buddiestmi@gmail.com for meeting room information.
Meeting Theme:
Going the extra mile.
RECTITUDE
Rectitude is a formal noun that means “moral integrity or rightenousness” or “the quality or state of being correct in judgment or procedure.”
// The keynote speaker encouraged the graduates to go on to live lives of unimpeachable rectitude and integrity.
President: Patrick Guilfoyle
Sergeant At Arms: Paivi Kero
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Regular Meeting
We meet every Saturday 1PM UTC in Zoom. Guests: to join our meeting, please email buddiestmi@gmail.com for meeting room information.
Meeting Theme:
People are looking for a leader, and change begins with the leader.
Change is the price we pay for growth.
All change does not represent progress, but if we do not change there will be no progress.
Word of the Day:
Mentor (n): an experienced and trusted adviser.
President: Patrick M. Guilfoyle
Sergeant At Arms: Paivi S. Kero
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Speech-A-Thon
This is the Buddies way of providing newcomers with more speaking opportunities at the end of each month. There are six prepared speech slots to take instead of three. To make time for this, the speeches will only be only evaluated in writing after the meeting. Each evaluator is expected to watch the speech to be evaluated and complete the corresponding evaluation form after the meeting.
Thanks for being our Buddy!
We meet every Saturday 1PM UTC in Zoom. Guests: to join our meeting, please email buddiestmi@gmail.com for meeting room information.
Reminder: In a Speech-A-Thon, evaluators only provide written evaluations. Because there are no verbal evaluations, there is no best evaluator poll during Speech-A-Thons.
Meeting Theme
Training
Word of the Day:
Professional Development (PD) (Noun): training that is given to managers and people working in professions to increase their knowledge and skills
Example: After members of Buddies take more meetings for professional development, our agenda will be filled more quickly.
President: Patrick M. Guilfoyle
Sergeant At Arms: Paivi S. Kero
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(TTM: Request Best Table Topic Speaker Poll)
Reminder: In a Speech-A-Thon, evaluators only provide written evaluations. Because there are no verbal evaluations, there is no best evaluator poll during Speech-A-Thons.
(GE: Request Best Facilitator Poll)
Please read notes to role takers carefully if you are not familiar with Toastmasters meetings.
RSVP deadline is past
Regular Meeting
We meet every Saturday 1PM UTC in Zoom. Guests: to join our meeting, please email buddiestmi@gmail.com for meeting room information.
Meeting Theme: Collaboration
Word of the Day: Affiliation
President: Patrick M. Guilfoyle
Sergeant At Arms: Paivi S. Kero
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Regular Meeting
We meet every Saturday 1PM UTC in Zoom. Guests: to join our meeting, please email buddiestmi@gmail.com for meeting room information.
Meeting Theme: Leading versus Managing
Word of the Day:
Steer (Verb) guide or control the movement of a vehicle, vessel, aircraft or group. Example: The executive members of Buddies Online Toastmasters Club is trying to steer the club in a productive direction.
President: Patrick M. Guilfoyle
Sergeant At Arms: Paivi S. Kero
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(GE: Request Best Evaluator Poll)
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RSVP deadline is past
Regular Meeting
We meet every Saturday 1PM UTC in Zoom. Guests: to join our meeting, please email buddiestmi@gmail.com for meeting room information.
Time Management
Word of the Day: Convivial
convivial
[kənˈvivēəl]
ADJECTIVE
(of an atmosphere or event) friendly, lively, and enjoyable:
Last weekend we had a convivial cocktail party
We will have a convivial meeting today
President: Patrick M. Guilfoyle
Sergeant At Arms: Paivi S. Kero
(TMOD: Request Best Speaker Poll)
(TTM: Request Best Table Topic Speaker Poll)
(GE: Request Best Evaluator Poll)
(GE: Request Best Facilitator Poll)
RSVP deadline is past
Speech-A-Thon
This is the Buddies way of providing newcomers with more speaking opportunities at the end of each month. There are six prepared speech slots to take instead of three. To make time for this, the speeches will only be only evaluated in writing after the meeting. Each evaluator is expected to watch the speech to be evaluated and complete the corresponding evaluation form after the meeting.
Thanks for being our Buddy!
We meet every Saturday 1PM UTC in Zoom. Guests: to join our meeting, please email buddiestmi@gmail.com for meeting room information.
Reminder: In a Speech-A-Thon, evaluators only provide written evaluations. Because there are no verbal evaluations, there is no best evaluator poll during Speech-A-Thons.
Meeting Theme
WORD OF THE DAY: KISMET
The meaning of KISMET is a hypothetical force or personified power that determines the course of the future events : fate, destiny.
we left much of the trip planning to kismet and synchronicity, grateful for a chance to lose ourselves in the magic generated by anomalies, towering redwoods and sea air.
President: Patrick M. Guilfoyle
Sergeant At Arms: Paivi S. Kero
(TMOD: Request Best Speaker Poll)
(TTM: Request Best Table Topic Speaker Poll)
Reminder: In a Speech-A-Thon, evaluators only provide written evaluations. Because there are no verbal evaluations, there is no best evaluator poll during Speech-A-Thons.
(GE: Request Best Facilitator Poll)
Please read notes to role takers carefully if you are not familiar with Toastmasters meetings.
RSVP deadline is past
Regular Meeting
We meet every Saturday 1PM UTC in Zoom. Guests: to join our meeting, please email buddiestmi@gmail.com for meeting room information.
Meeting Theme: Stepping Out of Our Comfort Zone
Word of the Day: Compeer
compeer (kŏm′pîr′, kəm-pîr′)
| Definition: | (noun) A person who is of equal standing with another in a group. |
| Synonyms: | equal, peer, match |
| Usage: | He was a motivated and slightly competitive student who worked hard to distinguish himself from his compeers |
President: Patrick M. Guilfoyle
Sergeant At Arms: Paivi S. Kero
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RSVP deadline is past