The Man, The Myth, The Legend (aka Darryle Brown) led off 2011 with a great theme for the new year. If you've got too much on your plate then get a bigger plate! So as we put together our resolutions and advance through 2011 keep this in mind.
Linda Knudson warmed us up with a "warm and fuzzy" instead of joke which we all enjoyed and appreciated. We had 3 great speakers for this first meeting who gave great speeches. Taya Sweeden lead off with a great Ice Breaker: "Terror & Exhiliration" giving us a brief insight into Taya. Watching Taya you'd have thought she was a Competent Communicator already. Very polished and well presented!
R.J. Kern took us on a journey up "The Climb Up the Stairway to Heaven" which detailed he and his brother's trek to the top of a beautiful hike in Hawaii. R.J. presented great enthusiasm and visuals with a bit of vocal variety thrown in for good measure! Nice job R.J.!
Rounding out the speeches, Doug Kendal made us think twice about Phospate with his "Phosphate Stories; Adventures in Chemistry" which made for a very interesting an informative speech about chemistry and specifically phospate. Thanks to Doug for making an otherwise difficult subject into something interesting and refreshing!
3 Great Evaluators provided superb feedback with Larry B, Roger S, and Ray H. giving their respective evaluations to the speakers above. I always enjoy hearing from Larry B. and Roger S. who give wonderful evaluations! Our GE, Ron W. also provided an excellent evaluation to the meeting and made a point to ask our guest (Brian VanKeuren) to give a quick intro to himself.
As a final note, special thanks to Carolyne for a nice table topics to start the year with good questions and interesting answers. See you next meeting!
Regards,
Ray
VP of Education
