January 16 Meeting

Hey everybody, hope you are all having a good start to the new year and are really getting the ball rolling now that we're into the middle of January. We appreciate all that made it to our last session!

Heather transitioned smoothly in her role as toastmaster of the day, and gave life to the meeting with her warm smile. Thomas who was our grammarian introduced the word of the day, grateful. During introductions we all had the opportunity to share what we are grateful for. Someone noted that it is good to be grateful for the ‘little’ things that happen in our daily lives because they add to the bigger events.

Chichi did her icebreaker speech  titled “Dear World”. She introduced herself in the form of a letter to the world. She talked about her journey through primary, high school and university and her hopes for the future. Chichi’s speech had a poetic touch, and she used the basic structure of a speech.

 June was our table topics master and as usual, she presented us with some fascinating questions. One of them was “If you were not allowed to sleep, what would you do with the extra hours?” One of our guests, Ifan, took a proverbial stab at it and mentioned she would use the time to complete some chores, school work and other important tasks. Norman evaluated the speech, while Sam evaluated the table topics session. Both evaluators gave constructive, clear, and elaborate evaluations highlighting ‘glow points’ and ‘growth points’.

We concluded with a general evaluation in which everyone gave their feedback on their opinion of the meeting. Most of the attendees found it pleasant and enjoyed the ambience.

Thank you all for your participation, we look forward to the next meeting.

January 9, 2019 Meeting

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

January 9 Meeting

Happy New Year everyone!

Hopefully everyone enjoyed the holiday season, and is ready to return to the usual work and school routine. Thank you for coming out for the first meeting of the year.

Our theme was “Are You Ready?” Members and guests creatively infused the word of the day – and were enthusiastic in their introductions and descriptions of their holidays. June, our toastmaster of the day did a great job orienting the guests and making transitions between speakers. Also, she enhanced the meeting by recognizing Seongtaek as the most improved member.

Heather presented the first speech which was about New Year’s resolutions. She talked about the origins of New Year’s resolutions, and the statistics on how viable New Year’s resolutions are. In addition, Heather added flare to her speech by giving us her opinion on New Year’s resolutions, and recommendations on how we can be consistent with these goals. Norman was our second speaker and he discussed an important but often overlooked topic, “Communication Styles.” He concluded by saying, “If we understand our communication styles, we can adjust our communication styles as necessary.”

Sam and Lisa were the speech evaluators while Chichi was the table topics evaluator. They all gave brief but meaningful evaluations using the sandwich method. Our first-time table topics participant, Wendy confidently displayed her natural speaking ability when she answered a behavioural question Charith (today’s Table Topics Master) presented. Everyone who took part made the meeting all the more enjoyable.

Thank you to this week’s guests, Stella and Neil for being part of today’s meeting. It was a pleasure to see you all, and until next meeting, goodbye!