October 17 Meeting

Hey everyone,
Hopefully everybody is getting through their midterms alright so far as we get into the middle of October. Thanks to all who made the time to come out to the meeting this week!

Today's theme was "Strengths and Weaknesses", and we began the meeting by each sharing some of our own strengths as well as areas that we're trying to improve. Charith was today's Toastmaster, and he really set the tone for a great meeting from the beginning by creating a positive and friendly environment. He thoroughly explained each segment of the meeting and ensured that everything ran smoothly. Speaker Heather did a great job with her speech this week, which discussed the differences between how kids grew up in her generation compared to the generation her children are growing up in now. She brought up interesting points for us to consider, and provided real life examples that made her speech engaging to the audience. Table Topics participant Chi Chi gave a creative answer to the question "would you rather be a child or an adult forever" by saying that she would want to physically be an adult who possesses child like qualities.

All in all this past week was a great time. Hope everybody has a good week and we'll see you next meeting!

October 10 Meeting

Good job to all who joined us for this past week's meeting!

Our theme this week was "first times", and in our introductions we shared "first times" stories from our personal lives. First time Toastmaster Lisa had no problem taking control of the meeting with ease and confidence. She came prepared with a humorous article she had read this past week for today's joke of the day, and did a good job of providing commentary between segments of the meeting to keep things flowing. Charith did a really great job as today's Speaker, with a speech that explored and explained "Advanced Analytics". He did a good job of engaging the audience, and using practical examples to make complex info digestible to everyone listening. Table Topics Evaluator Heather gave a concise evaluation of the session with insightful feedback for all participants.

It was another enjoyable meeting together, and we'll see everybody next Wednesday!

October 3 Meeting

Hey everyone,

Hope October is treating everybody well so far. It was a great start to the month this past meeting for the UM Masters group!

Norman switched it up a little bit for us this week by volunteering to do humour, and shout out to him for mining our classic joke book to find a gold nugget! Lisa was our speaker for the first time today, and she did a good job of concisely delivering her "elevator pitch" style speech. She had a solid introduction explaining her speech, as well as a body and conclusion. Chi Chi lead our table topics session with questions that got intriguing responses from participants, including questions such as "If you could talk to your younger self, what advice would you give to them?" Speech evaluator Heather did a great job offering advice to Lisa on her first speech about her strong points as well as a couple of tips to improve. Soentaek delivered a thorough table topics evaluation, with a very good analysis of each participant. 

Overall good contributions from everybody who came to the meeting, and we look forward to seeing you all next week!