Edwin was our charismatic Toastmaster of the evening introduced each speaker to the stage. The theme of the night was Inspirational Woman, each speaker was given the opportunity to name a woman who inspired them.
Tasked with keeping this meeting on time was Tatianna, Andrew was grammarian, Fil as harkmaster and finally Thomas as vote counter and Table Topics evaluator.
The first speaker of the night was Alessia, her speech informed the audience of methods and skills that could be introduced at school in order to better prepare students for the working World.
AK’s inspiring speech had the message “Your Words Have Power”. A very apt topic, his speech outlined three examples where words had the power to change an otherwise hopeless scenario.
Third speaker was Florian who delivered an advanced speech. He spoke about the technical topic of nuclear safety, explaining through the use of a visual presentation and simplifying challenging concepts through the use of metaphors. These techniques enabled Florian to educate the audience in an otherwise very complex subject.
At Toastmaster meetings there is an opportunity to give a short impromptu speech. This is a very rewarding skill to develop. Through practice members develop the ability to organize their thoughts quickly and respond to an impromptu question or topic with skill.
Alex’s role at the meeting was to select the topics each speaker was given.
Terry was asked to detail his perfect date night. In order to rekindle their relationship, he described how he and his wife visit Brighton Pier, the place where they first met. They would play on the 2p slot machines to win toys for their two children. The perfect date would end at KFC where he would splurge on a romantic dinner.
Kim was asked to describe her life as a superhero, she recounted how useful it is to have the power of invisibility. Although this was Kim’s first time visiting Toastmasters, she informed us in her impromptu speech that she had attended previous London Victorians meetings incognito!
Paul was asked who out of three celebrities would he take on a cruise ship, he selected American politician Donald Trump! This decision developed into very humorous impromptu speech outlining the reasons why he would take the billionaire politician on a sailing trip.
An enjoyable evening with laughter, education and inspiration! Join us as a guest at our next meeting on Tuesday the 15th March!
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