🏝️ GC TMC The 1077th Meeting

Psychology Test Yunduan opened with a Desert Island Survival scenario as a psychology test:

Sarah (President) opened by recognizing Warren's recent work on meeting summarization and member growth tracking, then handed off to Yunduan as Toastmaster.

Examples: Water is not just important — if we don't drink it, we die. So that is essential. | Sleep is essential for health. | Practice is essential for improving English.

Usage Report: Cary, Yunduan, Bing, Tina, Cindy, Joanne, Bella, Warren all used it! Tina used it twice.

Bonus Tip: Replace "very + adjective" with single words — very practical → realistic, very touched → moved, very important → essential!

Creative Design Cindy expanded Yunduan's test into a full survival game with 12 items + 6 animals:

• Cindy (TTM): "Temporary work, but did it very well — background introduction was clear"
• Bella: "Always confident and natural, very humorous"
• Yue: "Free thought, break free from fixed thinking — choosing mobile phone was like a good journey"
• Tina: "Very clear thought and very clear need"
• Bing: "Like a mentor teaching us how to choose — speech had a very clear structure"

• General Advice: "Add imagination and dramatic twist to make your speech more unexpected"
• JiangHua: "You are a teamwork person — the only one who chose companion"
• Joanne: "Backpack = most creative choice! Map = big picture thinking. Book = knowledgeable"
• Sarah: "Very practical and realistic — chose revolver as weapon and dog as hunter or food"

Pathway: PM L3-3 Connect with Your Audience

Pathway: PM L1-1 Icebreaker — First Speech!

Background: Former risk management professional in finance. Used AI to help edit her speech draft, then modified it again herself. Prepared for about a week.

Seasoned Evaluation

• Delivery: "The pace is TOP OF THE TOP. Eye contact, vocal variety, body language — all excellent. Connecting with the audience is the #1 goal a speaker should have."
• Strength 1 — Survey Opening: "Two birds with one stone — trigger audience interest AND collect data for later use"
• Strength 2 — Classic Story Structure: Conflict → Change. Parents refused AI → Bing convinced them. "Very fascinating storytelling!"
• Strength 3 — AI Hallucination Warning: "Not just storytelling — an informational BONUS at the end. Double-check is essential!"
• Suggestion: Add "why DouBao stands out" into the speech body (he answered it well in Q&A but it wasn't in the speech)

• Content: "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" — a powerful message reflecting real growth over the years
• Technique: Opened with questions, shared both good and difficult experiences, maintained close eye contact
• Courage: "You are very brave as a new member. I myself haven't started my icebreaker yet — so you are already successful!"
• Emotion: "Very touching story that many of us can relate to, especially the fear of standing on stage"
• Suggestion: Speak more slowly — "like Brother Bing, our role model. Enjoy the stage, share the story slowly so we can learn more from your story"

• Clear introduction of green/yellow/red timing card rules with 30-second buffer
• Prepared Speeches: Tina spoke too fast (finished in ~5 min); Bing paced well (~8 min 15 sec)
• Also participated in TT session — Warren noted: "If I'm timer, I just sit. She also joined TT — amazing!"

• Tracked filler words: "and", "so", "um", "uh" and repeated phrases
• Excellent: Bing, Tina, Bella — minimal filler words
• Watch Out: Yunduan (5+ "um"), JiangHua (many "in"), Joanne (some "um" at start)
• Warren noted: "Though his English has room to grow, his eye contact and confidence were impressive"

• "Essential" was alive in this room! Used by: Cary, Yunduan, Bing, Tina, Cindy, Joanne, Bella, Warren
• Linguistic Gems: Tina's "Life is too short to be embarrassed" and "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" — very moving
• Tip: Replace "very + adjective" → very practical = realistic, very touched = moved/affected, very important = essential

AI-Assisted GE Warren used QianWen AI running on his notebook for real-time meeting notes and evaluation:

• Yue (Timer): Great job + participated in TT — "amazing for a timer!"
• Untie (Ah-Counter): Confident despite language limitations, good eye contact
• JiangHua (WordSmith): "New member but really confident! Essential is a great word choice"
• Yunduan (TM): Led the whole meeting naturally — axe, matches, encyclopedia choices revealed her character
• Joanne (Evaluator): "Very confident, spoke a bit fast, but high-level evaluation for her first time"
• Bella (Evaluator): Detailed and professional evaluation — showed AI appreciation
• Cary (TTE): "Always smiling, very confident message to everyone — vivid evaluations"
• Word Cloud: Generated a word cloud showing "Dog" as the most mentioned word — representing loyalty

3 New Members! Led by Cindy WANG (on behalf of VPM Lei)

After induction, Bella led the Toastmasters Promise Rap — and invited Tina to join her on stage! "No? No is not an answer I can accept!" 🎤🔥