With the meeting theme "Horoscopes", TME Eva
Yang introduced everyone with his or her personalities of the
star sign. Cat Kipling warmly invited our guests to promote their Toastmasters home club. Noor Khan served as a timekeeper.
Prepared Speeches!
Paul
Andreas who used to be an Marine Engineer explained how an engine works with the title “The
Wheels on the Bus.” Evaluator Ian Etherson enjoyed his
clear slide content and recommended to be aware of time limit. Simon
Bucknall delivered an educational speech on the importance of teaching public speaking in schools. Moreover, on 1st July, Simon Bucknall will speak at TEDx London with the same topic! Evaluator Errol
Williamson loved his examples and suggested to balance the time used in two stories. Robin Alcott, as a Canadian, amused the audience with her adventures in ice hockey. Evaluator Sonia
Araujo really liked her interesting experiences and recommended more vocal varieties. David
Adams, opened up his Icebreaker in <Innovative Planning Pathways> with a lovely poem of his star sign. Evaluator Dan Stoddart was surprised by his comfortable and confident stage charm and suggested to organised the speech.
Open Feedback & General Evaluator:
Carolina Castillo clearly
and succinctly drew out audience commendations and recommendations for both
speakers. General Evaluator as well as 2014 District evaluation champion, Lynne Cantor provided many useful tips for each individual evaluator.
Entertainment!
As an extra event of Excalibur meeting, we also included some interesting sessions which are unusual for the regular meeting. Grammarian Marcin Tolysz introduced the word "chillax" (calm down and relax) on his T-shirt and reminded the audience various beautiful word usages from the speakers during the meeting. Moreover, Harkmaster Freddie Daniells brought a box of delicious chocolate and conducted the Q&A session with lots of fun.
Finally, Chinkata Okpara closed
the meeting by announcing the winners:
Best Evaluator: Dan Stoddart
Best Speaker: Robin Alcott
Thanks to Ben Starling, who was the photographer during the meeting, the meeting report becomes so colorful and fruitful.
Welcome to join us!
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