A group that should be measured by its quality, rather than its quantity, met on Friday March 23 for the club's 29th meeting at UC. We were not an unruly lot - despite the number of times we heard the word mentioned during the meeting. That was thanks to our Grammarian Claudia. As always, Claudia wrapped 'us in her arms', as Keiko described it, with her calm, measured and highly personable style. Claudia also stepped in and did a fine job of timing.
Keiko managed to be all things to all toastmasters, because several people could not make it to the meeting - and of course all things were done with great style. Her evaluation of the Table Topic speakers was not to be missed, with all of us laughing at her ability to deliver critique and praise with the very same words! With Keiko as Toastmaster we all had confidence all things would be accomplished by all people on time.
Our Area Governor Jenny Power gave us some fabulous tips on how NOT to use the lectern when we speak - both practical and humorous, Jenny's advice was well received. Jenny also, um, gave the, er, y'know, counting for all of our ums and ahs.
Robyn delivered a speech about the delights of family history in disguise as a speech from the Manual (Project 2). Everyone at the meeting evaluated the speech, offering fine recommendations to improve Robyn's next attempt.
Then Yuyu delivered an extraordinary range of things to talk about throughout 'Table Topics'. The questions she posed wove local news with problems of parenthood and decisions about careers. Yuyu's topics are always well thought through, and delivered with a winning smile, that makes it difficult not to get up and talk. Yuyu also smiled her way through reminding us about payment of our fees in club business!
Of most interest to those who were at the meeting was the willingness of two new guests to take part in Table Topics. Did I say 'new'? - they both seemed like old hands. Dat argued that it was very sensible to allow students to live on a boat at the local Lake so that they could concentrate on their studies and ensure that they could make more money in the future. Speaking with insight and confidence, Dat had us all convinced. Peter (yes another one!) also spoke with confidence and constructed a speech whose length put the rest of us to shame. I hope Dat will join our Club and we also hope that we will see 'Peter the third' at future meetings.
No one could have said that our meeting was 'unruly' - it was lots of fun as always.
Written by Robyn.
Keiko managed to be all things to all toastmasters, because several people could not make it to the meeting - and of course all things were done with great style. Her evaluation of the Table Topic speakers was not to be missed, with all of us laughing at her ability to deliver critique and praise with the very same words! With Keiko as Toastmaster we all had confidence all things would be accomplished by all people on time.
Our Area Governor Jenny Power gave us some fabulous tips on how NOT to use the lectern when we speak - both practical and humorous, Jenny's advice was well received. Jenny also, um, gave the, er, y'know, counting for all of our ums and ahs.
Robyn delivered a speech about the delights of family history in disguise as a speech from the Manual (Project 2). Everyone at the meeting evaluated the speech, offering fine recommendations to improve Robyn's next attempt.
Then Yuyu delivered an extraordinary range of things to talk about throughout 'Table Topics'. The questions she posed wove local news with problems of parenthood and decisions about careers. Yuyu's topics are always well thought through, and delivered with a winning smile, that makes it difficult not to get up and talk. Yuyu also smiled her way through reminding us about payment of our fees in club business!
Of most interest to those who were at the meeting was the willingness of two new guests to take part in Table Topics. Did I say 'new'? - they both seemed like old hands. Dat argued that it was very sensible to allow students to live on a boat at the local Lake so that they could concentrate on their studies and ensure that they could make more money in the future. Speaking with insight and confidence, Dat had us all convinced. Peter (yes another one!) also spoke with confidence and constructed a speech whose length put the rest of us to shame. I hope Dat will join our Club and we also hope that we will see 'Peter the third' at future meetings.
No one could have said that our meeting was 'unruly' - it was lots of fun as always.
Written by Robyn.
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