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Good news– Robin’s babies are home and doing well!

He was born in Belgium and immigrated to Canada with his parents when he was 14 years old. Due to family financial pressures, he left school in Grade 9 to work in the tobacco fields in Langton near Tillsonburg, Ontario. At age 18, he bought an old army truck and began hauling manure from dairy farms to the tobacco fields.

A philanthropist and self-made man whose extraordinary achievements in the world of business
were predicated on a few distinct principles. He believes in hard work, doing the most with
the least, being determined and consistent, being accountable, and above all,being decisive.

In 1959, he moved to the Hamilton area. He purchased Laidlaw Transport Ltd.,
building it into the company that would become the largest school bus operator and third
largest waste management company in North America.

During the 1970s, he owned the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League.

In 1988, he sold Laidlaw Inc. to Canadian Pacific and in 1990 retired to Bermuda
where he still resides. In 1992 he was awarded an honorary degree from McMaster University.

Please rise and charge up your glasses for a toast

To Michael deGroote

Before the meeting

1) Match Speakers and Evaluators
a. Confirm Evaluators attendance.
2) Confirm Speakers Attendance
a. Speech Title
b. Which manual is the project from?
c. Timing?
d. Introduction information.
e. Any special setup? i.e. move lectern.
f. Inform Speakers about their Evaluators.
3) Contact General Evaluator
a. Introduction information.
4) Contact General Evaluator and Chair about 1) and 2) information.

At the meeting
(Keep in the back of your mind the meeting’s theme and word of the day)

Confirm speech titles
Ask your speakers if they require any special intro or setup to their speech.
If they require movement of lectern or other material confirm with the sergeant at arms or corporal at arms to make the necessary movements.

Toast: Ideally the toast is relevant to the theme.

Example of a toast:
Violence or non violence? That is the question. It is very important to understand that circumstances play a big factor in the decision making of non violent or violent acts. i.e. your emotional state, is your family’s safety at jeopardy?, are you at risk? What are the consequences? A not so common factor is basically the answer to our Violence or Non Violence Question. Common sense, ironically, not common practice; is very likely to provide us with the right answer under any circumstances.

Please rise and charge up your glasses for a toast

To ‘Common Sense’

Introductions

We have a fantastic line up of speakers tonight. They will provide us with information from their lives and take us on a journey into their reality. Please listen actively, enjoy and remember to note of constructive points about each speech to provide valuable feedback to our speakers.

1st Pat Lore

Pat Lore, our first speaker for the evening has been a toastmaster for over 5 years. Pat’s speech is based on a true story which also happens to be the first step towards achieving her Advanced Toastmaster Silver title. The speech is part of the Advance Manual: Humorously Speaking Speech #1 – Warm Up your Audience.

Ask the evaluator to read out loud the objectives and timings of the speech.
Evaluator – Gerry Bram – objectives and timing

Double check with timer about timing requirements.
Timer: 5 – 7minutes. Therefore, green at 5, amber at 6 and red at 7.

Please help me welcome

Pat Lore “Opera in a Parking Lot” “Opera in a Parking Lot” Pat Lore

Please take a minute to provide feedback to Pat Lore.

2nd Peter West

Peter West, our second speaker for the evening is experienced in many levels. Peter has been a toastmaster for over 12 years. Has held every position in the club has been a district office for District 60 and is the only member that has won the international speaking contest 3 times in a row. Peter’s speech is part of the Advanced Communication and Leadership Series Manual – ‘Specialty Speeches’ – (Speak Off the Cuff)

Ask the evaluator to read out loud the objectives and timings of the speech.
Evaluator – Loreen Paterick – objectives and timing

Double check with timer about timing requirements.
Timer: 5 – 7minutes. Therefore, green at 5, amber at 6 and red at 7.

Please help me welcome

Peter West

Please take a minute to provide feedback to Peter West

3rd Matt Wagner

Matt Wagner, our third speaker for the evening has been a toastmaster for over 6 years. He enjoys martial arts and understands that the best battle is the one that you win without drawing your sword.

Special Setup: For the speech Matt needs a flip chart and 18 chairs put into the middle of the horseshoe.

Ask the evaluator to read out loud the objectives and timings of the speech.
Evaluator – Sara Janelle – objectives and timing

Double check with timer about timing requirements.
Timer: 5 – 7minutes. Therefore, green at 5, amber at 6 and red at 7.

Please help me welcome

Matt Wagner “The Real Secret” “The Real Secret” Matt Wagner

Please take a minute to provide feedback to Sara Janelle

Timing
Mr./Madam Timekeeper.
Would you be kind enough to share the times of our speakers with us? (determines voting eligibility)

Cast Votes
Dear audience, it is time for the Evaluators. You may cast your vote now or wait until you gain more insight via an evaluation.

Introduce General Evaluator

It is my pleasure to introduce our General Evaluator for the night. A passionate bird watcher and a member of toastmaster since February 2007. Please help me welcome Akeel Ghaib.

Take lectern from GE and Present Awards

Present Awards
- table topics, Evaluator and Speaker

Hand over lectern to Chair

Turn the lectern over to the Chair for the evening

1) Thank Mr/Madam Chair
2) Greet audience
3) Ask participant #1 to open the envelope
4) Explain what Table Topics is …
5) Ask Mr/Madam Timekeeper for;
a. Green at 1min
b. Amber at 1.5mins
c. Red at 2.0mins
6) Ask participant #2 to open the envelope
7) Read participant’s #1 table topic
Participant #1 Table Topic
9) Synopsis of participant #1
10) Ask participant #3 to open the envelope
11) Read participant’s #2 table topic
12) Participant #2 Table Topic
13) Synopsis of participant #2
14) Ask participant #4 to open the envelope
15) Read participant’s #3 table topic
16) Participant #3 Table Topic
17) Synopsis of participant #3
18) Read participant’s #4 table topic
19) Participant #4 Table Topic
20) Synopsis of participant #4
21) Mr/Madam Timekeeper report (determines voting eligibility)
22) Give control back to Mr/Madam Chair