Meeting Report for 26th February, 2020

Flemming welcomed guests at the door, before Brian called us to order. President Nick then introduced the evening before handing over to our Toastmaster, Ian.
Our Time Keeper was Eugene.
Melanie was our Table Topics Master, and she delivered a challenging but very entertaining theme: define the (obscure) word. Each TT contestant was, as is the Excalibur way, immediately evaluated for up to 45 seconds - that evaluation must include a recommendation.

We then settled back to enjoy three prepared speeches. Nick delivered "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" (Humorously Speaking #5 - The Humorous Speech).
This was followed by Ken, with "Broken Childhood Dreams" (The Entertaining Speaker #2 - Resources for Entertainment).
Finally, Carolina delivered "Unmatched Socks" (Her Centurion TM Club International Speech Winner).

The speeches were evaluated by Desi, Ian and Lynne.
Freddie then took the Open Feedback session, in which audience members are invited to add three more minutes of feedback per speech (2 mins commendations, one min recommendations).

Our General Evaluator for the evening was Rembrandt, who spent nine minutes analysing what people with roles had got right, and what could be improved.

Our prize winners were:
Best Evaluator: Lynne
Best Table Topic: Julie
Best Speaker: Carolina

Our next meeting is om 11th March. It will be the Excalibur Club International Speech Competition. We start at the earlier time of 18:30, and the venue will be University College London. Guests are very welcome but you must sign up on Eventbrite.