Meeting Report for Wednesday 11th September, 2019

We met on a balmy evening for another high quality meeting, kicked off by Brian (Meet and Greet) and Lukasz (Call to Order) before our President, Nick took to the stage to hand over to our Toastmaster for the evening, Debbie, who performed the role with great polish.

Once our guests had been introduced, Freddie explained the role of Timekeeper and then Robin took to the stage as Table Topics Master - her questions were based on the theme: when we we young, which given the considerable age spread of the club's members, proved more challenging for some than others!

Three excellent speeches were then delivered. The first was by David, "Do you see what I'm saying?" Presentation Mastery #2-1 Effective Body Language. It was evaluated by Ben.

Then Chinkata delivered "Things Fall Apart" Interpretive Reading #1 - Read a Story. This speech was evaluated by Errol.

Thirdly, David gave a speech entitled "Find the Source" Speaking to Inform #1 - The Speech to Inform which was evaluated by Jan.

Ian then ran the Open Feedback session - in which the audience is invited to add two minutes more of commendations and one minute more of suggestions to each speech. Rarely seen in Toastmasters clubs, this session allows members of the audience to speak and adds additional layers of analysis to the formal presentations.

Next, Ilaria delivered the Open Feedback session, in which she made insightful commendations and suggestions to people who hadn't been previously evaluated.

It was then time for President Nick to award the evening's prizes. Ben was chosen as best Table Topics contestant, best Evaluator was Errol, and David won Best Speaker. 

Our next meeting - which is our annual Humorous Speech and Table Topics contests - is on 25th September, but it starts at the earlier time of 6.30pm, at The Fitzrovia Community Centre, 2 Foley Street, W1W 6DN. Guests are very welcome!