Last Friday saw the last BenjaminToastmasters meeting before the club competion, to be held Friday August 2 in Building 15 at UC. The two competions will be Table Topics and the Humorous Speech Contest.
Friday's meeting saw a full agenda with two speakers and a new guest - Iwona. The new club mission was presented, then the word of the day, "changeable", introduced. The first speech was from Carmen, introduced by Leona. Carmen spoke from the CC manual, giving a very persuasive argument that applying for jobs requires applying self-marketing skills. The next speech was from an advanced communication manual - 'Communicating on Television', and involved Ann playing the role as host of a TV interview program. She was assisted by Geoff who played the role of interviewee. Ann asked Geoff a number of non-rehearsed questions on the chosen topic - Road Safety, which Geoff then answered for the benefit of the audience. While Ann was the only participant assessed in this speech, Geoff also found it to be a useful exercise.
Ann was the Table Topics master, providing a broad range of topics. The guest Iwona rose to the challenge, speaking on whether children should be allowed to play in the rain. Other topics were: Should children be told off for using laptops on public transport; are there too many roadworks in Canberra, should smoking be allowed in mental helath institutions, is it OK to burn trees; and is it OK to be forced to change offices at work.
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