Then our President, Monica took over before handing over to the TM for the evening, Ben, whose meeting theme was important lessons learned when travelling. As the evening progressed, our sophisticated, reflective and well-travelled members were introduced on stage, to share hugely valuable travel-related philosophical insights. Or not, as the case may be.
Our Timekeeper, (Commander) Robin took time out from her time travels around Alfa Centauri to (Star) Trek all the way to Fitzrovia and no sooner had she illuminated us as to the meaning of the magical lights, Brian came on stage to run the Table Topics session. He introduced an interesting new idea: a Q & A between an imaginary employer (Cat) and a potential Santa Claus (David). Despite the piercing questions, there was universal approval when it was announced that he got the job.
Three excellent speeches were then delivered: Harsha described his life as an "Ugly Duckling" (Dynamic Leadership - 1 - Icebreaker); Ian talked us through his "Pathways Experience" (The Entertaining Speaker - Make Them Laugh) and David read aloud an abbreviated version of Oscar Wilde's "The Model Millionaire" (Interpretive Reading - 1 - Tell a Story).
The speeches were evaluated by Carolina, Freddie and Chinkata.
Cat then teased out more commendations and recommendations on the speeches in our Open Feedback session - a feature in which Excalibur is (almost?) unique.
Our visiting General Evaluator was Chris, whose insightful delivery brought the meeting (nearly) to a close...
With special thanks to out stand-in photographer of the evening.
Our next meeting is on 28th November at 19:00, at the Fitzrovia Community Centre, 2 Foley Street, W1W 6DN. Guests are very welcome!
