Meeting Report 28th September 2016

We were entertained, we had fun and we learnt.  

A great meeting on Wednesday.  David Lennon led an hilarious Table Topics (TT) session with the theme of cycling.  He made it fun and challenging with lots of twists and turns including getting Freddie D to evaluate his own TT ….and yes he did give himself a recommendation!  Everyone really stepped up and out of their comfort zones.  The winner was Freddie with ‘buying cycling lycra from a shop assistant who doesn’t speak english’.

The speaker of the night was Paul Andreas doing a Monodrama from the Interpretive Reading Manual titled Tintern Abbey and it was accompanied by a slideshow of beautiful pictures of the area.

A really useful mini workshop followed by Lynne Cantor on ‘Effective Introductions’ showing us how to link the speakers background, expertise, and / or credibility to the topic being spoken about. Going forward the aim is to have the Toastmaster introduce Speakers of all prepared speeches in this way.  See ‘Useful Resources’ on the Excalibur webpage for a link to the article and a template for both Speaker and Toastmaster to use.  

We were delighted to welcome International Regional Director, Teresa Dukes, who shared with us a recording of her two minute winning pitch to get the role.  She then led us through the range of leadership options from being a Committee Member all the way through to an International Officer. 

Overall the night was a great opportunity to learn and grow and enjoy ourselves whilst doing so. 

Do join us on Wed Oct 12^th for our next meeting.   

Invite your friends to come to our Open Night on Wed 26^th October, an opportunity to showcase what Excalibur has to offer.