Meeting Report for Wednesday 11th December 2019

Our Christmas-themed meeting started at 19:00 at our Fitzrovia venue, with a few members posing for the camera in their festive costumes.

Ken then called us to order before handing over to our President, Nick, who, after a few inspiring words, introduced our Toastmaster for the evening, Freddie.

Melanie, performing the Meet & Greet role, then invited our guests on stage, who each took a moment to tell us a little about themselves.

Our Timekeeper, Ilaria explained her role before Gosia conducted a Christmas-themed Table Topics session. At Excalibur, each TT is evaluated immediately after it has been delivered for up to 45 seconds by  a member of the audience.  

Our formal speeches then followed. The first was delivered by David: "From Dauphin to Charlemagne" (Presentation Mastery #2-3 Introduction to Toastmaster Mentoring). This was followed by Nick, with "Naughty of Nice?" (Humorously Speaking #4 - Keep them Laughing) and then Simon delivered "Who do you think I am?" (Presentation Mastery #1-2 - Evaluation and Feedback - 1). 

The speeches were evaluated by Latifa, Ian and Cat, before Ben took the Open Feedback session - in which members and guests are invited to add two minutes of commendations and one minute of suggestions to each speech.

Our General Evaluator, Alice then gave her meeting report - in which she explained what she liked about our club and made a few suggestions about how members could improve their performances.

Then it was time for the prizes! Cat was chosen as best Evaluator, Lynne scooped the Best Table Topic award and Simon was awarded the Best Speaker prize - for a speech that many present agreed was the best they'd heard him deliver.

And so ended another fun, high quality Excalibur meeting. Our next is on 8th January, 2020 at our usual venue, the Fitzrovia Community Centre, 2 Foley Street, W1W 6DN. Guests are very welcome!