Buddies Online Toastmasters Club

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Saturday March 18, 2023 12:50 PM to 1:50 PM
 

We meet every Saturday 1PM UTC in Zoom. Guests: to join our meeting, please email buddiestmi@gmail.com for meeting room information.

Meeting Theme:

St. Patrick’s Day (Wear green in the meeting and feel free to have a Guinness or a whisky!)

Word of the Day:


President: Nicole Torres

Sergeant At Arms: Lucile Bationo

Toastmaster of the Day Patrick Guilfoyle, DTM
Audio, Video and Body Language Monitor Open
Timer Open
Grammarian Open
Ah Counter Open

Speaker 1 lucrecia abasto
"Leadership styles and the 360° leader" Innovative Planning Level 2 Learning Your Style: Understanding Your Leadership Style (evaluation form)

5 – 7 minutes

Speaker 2 Charmaine Johnson
"TBD" Path Not Set Level 1 Mastering Fundamentals: Writing a Speech with Purpose (evaluation form)

5 – 7 minutes

Speaker 3 Gospel Eadweardfilia
"Creating an exceptional life for daughters" Visionary Communication Level 5 Demonstrating Expertise: Develop Your Vision – First Speech (evaluation form)

5 – 7 minutes

Please use the Introduction field to express any expectations from your evaluator. Thank you for your cooperation!
Backup Speaker Patrick Guilfoyle, DTM

(TMOD: Request Best Speaker Poll)


Topics Master Nicole Lopez Torres

(TTM: Request Best Table Topic Speaker Poll)


General Evaluator Open
Evaluator 1 Hodan Hilmi
Evaluator 2 Begnadehi Bationo
Evaluator 3 Open
Backup Evaluator Open

(GE: Request Best Evaluator Poll)

Topics Evaluator Open

(GE: Request Best Facilitator Poll)


RSVP deadline is past

Event Types:

Posted by Nicole Lopez Torres on January 14, 2023

Saturday March 25, 2023 12:50 PM
 

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.


wonder

Word of the Day:

wonderful

 

/ˈwʌndərf(ə)l/

adjective

excellent; great; marvelous:

Sample: We all had a wonderful weekend.


President: Nicole Torres

Sergeant At Arms: Lucile Bationo

Toastmaster of the Day Lucile Bationo
Audio, Video u0026amp; Body Language Monitor Open
Timer Hodan Hilmi
Grammarian Bruce Yu
Ah Counter Open

Joke Master Open
Speaker 1 Begnadehi Bationo
"Leading my team to the completion of our Portfolio monthly report" Leadership Development Level 4 Building Skills: Leading Your Team (evaluation form)

5 – 7 minutes

Speaker 2 Nicole Lopez Torres
"Here we go again" Visionary Communication Level 4 Building Skills: Communicate Change (evaluation form)

5 – 7 minutes

Speaker 3 Patrick Guilfoyle, DTM
"Ask Me Anything?" Path Not Set Level 1 Mastering Fundamentals (evaluation form)
Speaker 4 Nandhana (guest)
"Heebie Jeebies" Path Not Set Level 1 Mastering Fundamentals: Evaluation and Feedback – First Speech (evaluation form)

5-7 minutes

Speaker 5 Open
Speaker 6 Open
We have six speakers in the meeting to give a prepared speech from one of the many Toastmasters manuals

(TMOD: Request Best Speaker Poll)


Topics Master Nicole Lopez Torres

(TTM: Request Best Table Topic Speaker Poll)


General Evaluator Nicole Lopez Torres
Evaluator 1 Denisse Echevarria
Evaluator 2 Open
Evaluator 3 Hodan Hilmi
Evaluator 4 Nicole Lopez Torres
Evaluator 5 Open
Evaluator 6 Open

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

Event Types:

Posted by Nicole Lopez Torres on March 25, 2023

Saturday April 1, 2023 12:50 PM to 1:50 PM
 

We meet every Saturday 1PM UTC in Zoom. Guests: to join our meeting, please email buddiestmi@gmail.com for meeting room information.

Courage

Word of the Day:


President: Nicole Torres

Sergeant At Arms: Lucile Bationo

Toastmaster of the Day Bruce Yu
Audio, Video and Body Language Monitor Open
Timer Maurice Warburton
Grammarian Open
Ah Counter Eyad abuassonon

Speaker 1 Nandhana (guest)
Visionary Communication Level 3 Increasing Knowledge (evaluation form)
Speaker 2 Lucile Bationo
"Negotiation styles" Leadership Development Level 3 Increasing Knowledge: Active Listening (evaluation form)

5 – 7 minutes

Speaker 3 Open
Please use the Introduction field to express any expectations from your evaluator. Thank you for your cooperation!
Backup Speaker Open

(TMOD: Request Best Speaker Poll)


Topics Master Begnadehi Bationo

(TTM: Request Best Table Topic Speaker Poll)


General Evaluator Open
Evaluator 1 Open
Evaluator 2 Pinto Herman, DTM
Evaluator 3 Open
Backup Evaluator Open

(GE: Request Best Evaluator Poll)

Topics Evaluator Lucile Bationo

(GE: Request Best Facilitator Poll)


RSVP deadline is past

Event Types:

Posted by Nicole Lopez Torres on April 1, 2023

Saturday April 8, 2023 12:50 PM to 1:50 PM
 

We meet every Saturday 1PM UTC in Zoom. Guests: to join our meeting, please email buddiestmi@gmail.com for meeting room information.

What are you waiting for?

Word of the Day: DECORUM

Propriety of manner or conduct; grace arising from suitableness of speech and behavior to one’s character or to the place and occassion; decency of conduct.

The Tennessee legistators lacked in the decorum needed to express their opinion and lost their positions.

SYNONYMS:  decency, propriety, etiquette, correctness, modesty, seemliness, courtesy, respectability, protocol


President: Nicole Torres

Sergeant At Arms: Lucile Bationo

Toastmaster of the Day Eyad abuassonon
Audio, Video and Body Language Monitor Karen Randels
Timer Nicole Lopez Torres
Grammarian Karen Randels
Ah Counter Leeana Vinales

Speaker 1 Open
Speaker 2 Pinto Herman, DTM
"The TED-Ed Student Talks Program" Effective Coaching Level 5 Demonstrating Expertise: High Performance Leadership – First Speech (evaluation form)

5 – 7 minutes

Speaker 3 Nandhana Salil
"Oxygen Tanks" Engaging Humor Level 2 Learning Your Style: Introduction to Toastmasters Mentoring (evaluation form)

5 – 7 minutes

Please use the Introduction field to express any expectations from your evaluator. Thank you for your cooperation!
Backup Speaker Open

(TMOD: Request Best Speaker Poll)


Topics Master Nicole Lopez Torres

(TTM: Request Best Table Topic Speaker Poll)


General Evaluator Lucile Bationo
Evaluator 1 Open
Evaluator 2 Bruce Yu
Evaluator 3 Nicole Lopez Torres
Backup Evaluator Open

(GE: Request Best Evaluator Poll)

Topics Evaluator Open

(GE: Request Best Facilitator Poll)


RSVP deadline is past

Event Types:

Posted by Nicole Lopez Torres on April 8, 2023

Saturday April 15, 2023 12:50 PM to 1:50 PM
 

We meet every Saturday 1PM UTC in Zoom. Guests: to join our meeting, please email buddiestmi@gmail.com for meeting room information.

Meeting Theme:

Storytelling

Word of the Day:


President: Nicole Torres

Sergeant At Arms: Lucile Bationo

Toastmaster of the Day Nicole Lopez Torres
Audio, Video and Body Language Monitor Mary Kosovich
Timer Lucile Bationo
Grammarian Bruce Yu
Ah Counter Karen Randels

Speaker 1 Maurice Warburton
"Leaders for the times" Leadership Development Level 5 Demonstrating Expertise (evaluation form)
Speaker 2 Open
Speaker 3 Open
Please use the Introduction field to express any expectations from your evaluator. Thank you for your cooperation!
Backup Speaker Open

(TMOD: Request Best Speaker Poll)


Topics Master Nicole Lopez Torres

(TTM: Request Best Table Topic Speaker Poll)


General Evaluator Patrick Guilfoyle, DTM
Evaluator 1 Begnadehi Bationo
Evaluator 2 Open
Evaluator 3 Open
Backup Evaluator Open

(GE: Request Best Evaluator Poll)

Topics Evaluator Open

(GE: Request Best Facilitator Poll)


RSVP deadline is past

Event Types:

Posted by Nicole Lopez Torres on April 15, 2023

Saturday April 22, 2023 12:50 PM to 1:50 PM
 

We meet every Saturday 1PM UTC in Zoom. Guests: to join our meeting, please email buddiestmi@gmail.com for meeting room information.

COMMITMENT

The 5 Stages of Commitment

Word of the Day:


President: Nicole Torres

Sergeant At Arms: Lucile Bationo

Toastmaster of the Day Karen Randels
Audio, Video and Body Language Monitor Open
Timer Lucile Bationo
Grammarian Mary Kosovich
Ah Counter Open

Speaker 1 lucrecia abasto
"Leadership Styles and the 360° Leader" Innovative Planning Level 2 Learning Your Style: Understanding Your Leadership Style (evaluation form)

5 – 7 minutes

Speaker 2 Open
Speaker 3 Open
Please use the Introduction field to express any expectations from your evaluator. Thank you for your cooperation!
Backup Speaker Open

(TMOD: Request Best Speaker Poll)


Topics Master Bruce Yu

(TTM: Request Best Table Topic Speaker Poll)


General Evaluator Bruce Yu
Evaluator 1 Patrick Guilfoyle, DTM
Evaluator 2 Pinto Herman, DTM
Evaluator 3 Open
Backup Evaluator Open

(GE: Request Best Evaluator Poll)

Topics Evaluator Nandhana Salil

(GE: Request Best Facilitator Poll)


RSVP deadline is past

Event Types:

Posted by Nicole Lopez Torres on April 15, 2023

Saturday April 29, 2023 12:50 PM
 

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

Challenges vs Dreams

Word of the Day:


President: Nicole Torres

Sergeant At Arms: Lucile Bationo

Toastmaster of the Day Bruce Yu
Audio, Video u0026amp; Body Language Monitor Open
Timer Marina Marin
Grammarian Mary Kosovich
Ah Counter Begnadehi Bationo

Joke Master Patrick Guilfoyle, DTM
Speaker 1 Open
Speaker 2 Pinto Herman, DTM
"The TED-Ed Student Talks Program – Implementation" Effective Coaching Level 5 Demonstrating Expertise: High Performance Leadership – Second Speech (evaluation form)

5 – 7 minutes

Speaker 3 Nandhana Salil
Path Not Set Level 1 Mastering Fundamentals (evaluation form)
Speaker 4 Lucile Bationo
"How to develop your sense of humour?" Leadership Development Level 3 Increasing Knowledge: Know Your Sense of Humor (evaluation form)

5 – 7 minutes

Speaker 5 Open
Speaker 6 Open
We have six speakers in the meeting to give a prepared speech from one of the many Toastmasters manuals

(TMOD: Request Best Speaker Poll)


Topics Master Patrick Guilfoyle, DTM

(TTM: Request Best Table Topic Speaker Poll)


General Evaluator Open
Evaluator 1 Mary Kosovich
Evaluator 2 Open
Evaluator 3 Open
Evaluator 4 Open
Evaluator 5 Open
Evaluator 6 Open

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

Event Types:

Posted by Nicole Lopez Torres on January 14, 2023

Saturday May 6, 2023 12:50 PM to 1:50 PM
 

We meet every Saturday 1PM UTC in Zoom. Guests: to join our meeting, please email buddiestmi@gmail.com for meeting room information.

Meeting Theme:

Planning. Does it pay off?

Word of the Day:


President: Nicole Torres

Sergeant At Arms: Lucile Bationo

Toastmaster of the Day lucrecia abasto
Audio, Video and Body Language Monitor Mary Kosovich
Timer Karen Randels
Grammarian Marina Marin
Ah Counter Nethma Hettigedara

Speaker 1 Abhijit Gupta
"Speech Evaluation" Innovative Planning Level 1 Mastering Fundamentals: Evaluation and Feedback – Second Speech (evaluation form)

5-7 minutes

Speaker 2 Bruce Yu
Other Manual or Non Manual Speech: Custom Speech 5 to 7 minutes (evaluation form)

5 to 7 minutes

Speaker 3 Patrick Guilfoyle, DTM
"Don’t Be Afraid To Be A Tough Love Leader!" Innovative Planning Level 2 Learning Your Style: Understanding Your Leadership Style (evaluation form)

5 – 7 minutes

Please use the Introduction field to express any expectations from your evaluator. Thank you for your cooperation!
Backup Speaker Open

(TMOD: Request Best Speaker Poll)


Topics Master Patrick Guilfoyle, DTM

(TTM: Request Best Table Topic Speaker Poll)


General Evaluator Begnadehi Bationo
Evaluator 1 Nicole Lopez Torres
Evaluator 2 Marina Marin
Evaluator 3 Open
Backup Evaluator Open

(GE: Request Best Evaluator Poll)

Topics Evaluator Lucile Bationo

(GE: Request Best Facilitator Poll)


RSVP deadline is past

Event Types:

Posted by Nicole Lopez Torres on January 14, 2023

Saturday May 13, 2023 12:50 PM to 1:50 PM
 

We meet every Saturday 1PM UTC in Zoom. Guests: to join our meeting, please email buddiestmi@gmail.com for meeting room information.

Meeting Theme:

Club Elections

Word of the Day

INCONTESTABLE

Unable to be disputed; proven fact

Example Sentence: The Oversight Committee has presented incontestable evidence against President Biden. Fair & accurate counts in an election should be incontestable.


President: Nicole Torres

Sergeant At Arms: Lucile Bationo

Toastmaster of the Day Denisse Echevarria
Audio, Video and Body Language Monitor Karen Randels
Timer paivi kero
Grammarian Karen Randels
Ah Counter Abhijit Gupta

Speaker 1 Pinto Herman, DTM
"My Leadership Style… and how I got here." Team Collaboration Level 2 Learning Your Style: Understanding Your Leadership Style (evaluation form)

5 – 7 minutes

Speaker 2 Bruce Yu
"My DTM Dream " Visionary Communication Level 5 Demonstrating Expertise: Develop Your Vision – Second Speech (evaluation form)

5 – 7 minutes

Speaker 3 Patrick Guilfoyle, DTM
"Knock Him Down and He Gets Up!" Innovative Planning Level 3 Increasing Knowledge: Prepare for an Interview (evaluation form)

5 – 7 minutes

Please use the Introduction field to express any expectations from your evaluator. Thank you for your cooperation!
Backup Speaker Open

(TMOD: Request Best Speaker Poll)


Topics Master Nicole Lopez Torres

(TTM: Request Best Table Topic Speaker Poll)


General Evaluator Open
Evaluator 1 Patrick Guilfoyle, DTM
Evaluator 2 Begnadehi Bationo
Evaluator 3 Open
Backup Evaluator Open

(GE: Request Best Evaluator Poll)

Topics Evaluator Open

(GE: Request Best Facilitator Poll)


RSVP deadline is past

Event Types:

Posted by Nicole Lopez Torres on May 13, 2023

Saturday May 20, 2023 12:50 PM to 1:50 PM
 

We meet every Saturday 1PM UTC in Zoom. Guests: to join our meeting, please email buddiestmi@gmail.com for meeting room information.

Meeting Theme:

Meeting Theme: Social Awareness strategies

Instead of looking inward to learn about understanding yourself, social awareness is looking outward to learn about and appreciate others. 

Word of the Day:


President: Nicole Torres

Sergeant At Arms: Lucile Bationo

Toastmaster of the Day Begnadehi Bationo
Audio, Video and Body Language Monitor Open
Timer paivi kero
Grammarian Denisse Echevarria
Ah Counter Maurice Warburton

Speaker 1 Patrick Guilfoyle, DTM
"Making Buddies More Visible" Innovative Planning Level 3 Increasing Knowledge: Present a Proposal (evaluation form)

5 – 7 minutes

Speaker 2 Bruce Yu
"Keep learning, keep going!" Visionary Communication Level 5 Demonstrating Expertise: Reflect on Your Path (evaluation form)

10 – 12 minutes

Please use the Introduction field to express any expectations from your evaluator. Thank you for your cooperation!
Backup Speaker Open

(TMOD: Request Best Speaker Poll)


Topics Master Marina Marin

(TTM: Request Best Table Topic Speaker Poll)


General Evaluator Nicole Lopez Torres
Evaluator 1 Pinto Herman, DTM
Evaluator 2 Nicole Lopez Torres
Backup Evaluator Open

(GE: Request Best Evaluator Poll)

Topics Evaluator Lucile Bationo

(GE: Request Best Facilitator Poll)


RSVP deadline is past

Event Types:

Posted by Nicole Lopez Torres on May 13, 2023

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