UM Masters Meeting– October 30th

Danielle was Toastmaster for her first time and did a fabulous job.  Her theme for the meeting was “Nonsense” having us think about making sense of nonsense.  “Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.” – The Mock Turtle.  It was so interesting to listen to our members and guests give their impressions of the theme.  We welcomed 4 guests to our meeting – Amy, Chris, Ru and Graham.  Welcome to Ru and Graham who joined our club at this meeting.

Pegah (our newest member before this meeting) spoke on “Saving Lives One at a Time, or Not”.  She was inspired to apply to Medicine through both her love of animals and people – to make a difference in people’s lives.

Dianne shared the consequences of consuming too much Red Meat – heart disease, cancer and type 2 Diabetes in her AC (Competent Communicator) Gold speech which challenged her to speak on a controversial topic.

Our Area Governor attended our meeting and presented a District pin to Dianne for completing her CL (Competent Leader) award.

Jennifer (our Area Governor) was also the General Evaluator and presented the Gold Star award to Danielle for her excellent job as Toastmaster.

It was another great meeting.

Blogged by Dianne.

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If you would like to take part in a UM Masters meeting, we’re located in Winnipeg at the University of Manitoba. Our meetings are held every Wednesday from 12:05 –12:50 PM in Room 111 at St. John’s College (which is part of the University of Manitoba).

If you're in Winnipeg and interested in sitting in on a club meeting to see if Toastmasters is right for you, please feel free to contact Catherine Plouffe at Catharine.Plouffe@umanitoba.ca