Excalibur Speakers Blog: Excalibur Meeting Report, 9th May 2018

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Congratulations to our President, Chinkata Okpara, who won the district evaluation during the spring conference. IPP as well as TME, Lynne Cantor drew our attentions with her shiny microphone and introduced the word of the day: Champion! Ben Starling warmly invited guests to talk about themselves. Robin Alcott served as a timekeeper.

Table Topics session

Table Topic Master as well as Present-to-be in Excalibur, Monika Swiderska proposed various questions related to the conference.

Cat Kipling stated that she would like to have a super power which can transport herself to anywhere at any time. David Adam enjoyed her deliveries. Speaking of the best memory in the childhood, Carol West addressed overcoming the difficulties in her diabetes disease. Freddie Daniells thought her speech fabulous and inspiring and recommended to use more stages. Director-to-be of Division L, Marcin Tolysz totally agreed with what the current CEO of Toastmaster have done so far. Ben Starling liked his warm smiles.

When encountering some annoying audience, Brain Skelton figured out several brilliant ideas to deal with them. Chinkata Okpara found her reasons meaningful and suggested avoided swaying the body. In spite of two hours of commuting, Anne Bingham followed her inner voice to join the meeting. Carolina Castillo was fond of the descriptive way to address her feeling. Concerning the terrible experience of his breakfast in the company, Lukasz Karwacki would recommend to have an Asian food instead. David Lennon enjoyed the statements.

Prepared Speeches!

Errol Williamson converted his frustration experience in Evaluation contest to a humorous and inspiring speech on the topic “I thought I was fraud, it seems I was not.” Evaluator Nick Westall enjoyed his use of phrases and constructive hero journey. David West embarked on the journey of PATHWAYS under the title “My Speaking Debut.” Evaluator David Lennon loved his flow and dialogues with his teacher and suggested to learn the best time for silence on the stage. Ian Etherson painted an authentic picture of raising his children. Evaluator Noor Khan really liked his detailed descriptions and recommended to use the stage wisely.

Open Feedback:

Eva Yang clearly and succinctly drew out audience commendations and recommendations for both speakers.

IPP as well as TME, Lynne Cantor conducted the elections of Excalibur Committee successfully. Moreover, Marcin Tolysz was promoted to be the coming Division L Director and earned an award of “Home Club of the Division Director” to Excalibur.

Excalibur Committee	2017 - 2018	2018 - 2019
President	Chinkata Okpara	Monika Swiderska
VPE	Monika Swiderska	Freddie Daniells
VPM	Freddie Daniells	Lukasz Karwacki
VPPR	Eva Yang	Ben Starling
Secretary	Paul Andreas	Robin Alcott
Treasure	David Adams	David Adams
SaA	Brian Skelton	Brian Skelton
IPP	Lynne Cantor	Chinkata Okpara