Meeting Report for 23rd January, 2019

We met on 23rd January for another high quality, fun filled evening of public speaking.

Lukasz performed the Meet & Greet role, and Nick called us to order before our President, Monika took to the stage. She introduced Nick, who was our dual-tasking Toastmaster for the evening.

Anke, our Timekeeper, explained the mystery of the coloured lights, before David presented an unusual and challenging (which is as it should be for a advanced club!) Table Topics session, based on tarot cards.

Our first speaker was Sue - with a speech titled "I was 15" (Presentation Mastery - 2 - Evaluation and Feedback).

Our second speaker was Melanie - with "Not Just Public Speaking" (Public Relations - 1 - The Goodwill Speech).

Ian then took to the stage with "Schedules and Software Quality" (Speaking to Inform - 1 - The Speech to Inform).

The speeches were evaluated by Ben, Freddie and Ken before our Open Feedback session, which Monika took.

Errol then delivered the general evaluation. All noted that it was an evaluation of note, as he delivered it without notes.

Our guest Chris won Table Topics (for the second time!). Best evaluator was Freddie and Melanie won best speaker.

Our next meeting is 13th February, at 19:00 at The Fitzrovia Community Centre, 2 Foley Street, W1W 6DN. Guests are very welcome!

Excalibur Speakers Meeting Report for 9th January, 2019

Our Toastmasters advanced speaking club met on 9th January to a near-full house.

Meet and Greet/Call to Order was expertly handled by Brian (who was also Timekeeper), before he handed over to our club President, Monika, who in turn introduced our dynamic Toastmaster, Freddie.

We had eight guests this evening, who were introduced by Freddie. Each in turn told us a little about themselves...

Ben was Table Topics Master. The theme was storytelling and each participant was given the first sentence of a story, which they were invited to complete in 1-2 mins. Topics included something you forgot to take along on your dream date, the interviewer who asked the one question you prayed they wouldn't, you doctor laughing before s/he reads out your test results and your excuse when stopped for speeding.

Our first speaker was Ken, with "Ordinary Life, Extraordinary Mission" (Storytelling - 5 - Bringing History to Life).

Chinkata, then delivered, via two poems (one of which was an amusing take on the Cinderella story) "What is the Point of Poetry" (Interpretive Reading - 2 - Interpretive Poetry).

Our third speaker was David, with "Try, Try, Try Again" (Presentation Mastery - 3 - Evaluation and Feedback - 2).

 Our three speeches were then evaluated by Ian, Simon and Cat.

Prakash ran the Open Feedback session - we are one of the very few clubs that offers members and guests the opportunity to add additional commends and recommends to the speakers. Our General Evaluator for the evening was the extremely experienced Aditya, who made a number of useful comments about our club.

Table Topics winner for the evening was guest, Chris. The Best Evaluator award went to Cat and Ken was voted best speaker.

Our next meeting is at 19:00 on Wednesday 23rd January at The Fitzrovia Community Centre, 2 Foley Street, W1W 6DN. Guests are, of course, very welcome!