It was the first meeting in July and Terry’s first night as president. Nuala was Toastmaster choosing the theme of surprises for the meeting. Tatiana was Timekeeper, Prateek was Grammarian and Christophe was Harkmaster.
We had two speeches on the night, an icebreaker and a number 10 speech to complete the competent communication manual.
Romain was first on stage delivering his icebreaker. He took the audience on his journey of moving to London, from arriving to St. Pancreas station to discovering the bad weather and experiencing London’s leisure time and lifestyle.
Second on stage was Eleanor G who delivered speech 10, “Inspire your audience”. Eleanor’s speech was about grit. She explained how we are all capable of getting what we want with the right attitude, self control and ultimately harnessing the gift of grit; perseverance, resilience and ambition.
We had a night packed with 11 table topics. Thomas provided volunteers with the beginning of a story which the speaker then had to continue, providing an opportunity for all to use their skills of thinking on their feet. The beginning of the stories ranged from being a lone cowboy in a ghost town, to discovering the World is flat, right through to being on Noah’s Ark and discovering that two cows are missing.
An excellent, fun-filled night. Join us next week for more table topics, speeches and evaluations!
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