Paul opened the meeting and also reminded everyone that that International Speech contest season has kicked off, our own club contest will be at the next meeting on Tues 15th March.
Felicitas as Toastmaster welcomed everyone and highlighted that the first of March is a special day of celebration for many countries around the world.
Kylie was our timekeeper; reminding us the importance of time.
Leanne our Grammarian, with her word of the day “Euphoric”.
Leigh was our Table Topics Master, using key news stories and anecdotes as the basis for impromptu speaking for our members and guests.
Charlotte was our Topics Evaluator; giving encouragement and feedback to all 9 table topics!
Dimos; introduced our new guests for the evening. Dimos will also be appearing in an amateur production coming soon.
We had 4 great speeches tonight (their speech evaluators in brackets):
- Johnny – a guest from First London club, with his speech “The Power of 1” (Tian)
- Noor – “Challenges of Being a Social Entrepreneur” (Jack)
- Hugh – “Icebreaker 2: Supersize Hugh” (Ana)
- Paul – Diffusing Verbal Criticism (Ga Lok)
Despite the cold, it was a lively and action packed meeting; congratulations to Hugh for completing his Competent Communicator manual; Johnny winning best speech, Ga Lok winning best evaluator and Darrell who won best table topic.
Next meeting Tues 15th March, where it will be contest night, see you all there.
