Daniel called us to order in what will be his last meeting as Sergeant at Arms as the Toastmaster year comes to an end. Daniel handed the meeting over to President Brett for his Welcome and control of the meeting to Dai Fei as Chairperson for the first half of the meeting.
We welcomed Edmond who advised that he is formally joining the Club and Natalie as a guest of Brett’s and the return of Lyndel visiting from Hunter’s hill Club. Apologies were received from Natasha, Chris and Vicki.
Bernard presented the Reading of the Mission of the Club and Dai Fei pre-empted her other role as Grammarian for the evening by presenting the Word of the Day; Proliferate.
A significant Agenda Update and Leadership Manual Evaluations followed introductions.
Glenn D was Toastmaster for the first speech section and introduced John who spoke from the Advanced communicator Storytelling Manual No:2 – Let’s Get Personal with a speech entitled; A Very Personal Journey, where he recounted his experiences both good and bad with Public Speaking in the past and concluded by encouraging members to apply themselves to the Toastmaster’s challenges.
The second speaker was Josh who delivered speech No:9 from the Competent Communicator Manual; Persuade with Power with a Speech entitled; Ultimate Health and wellness. Speaking from a knowledgeable position in Food science, Josh provided quite a wake-up call in regard to the things we eat and the way in which we apply ourselves to maintaining good nutrition and health.
John was very ably Evaluated by Kimberley and Josh by Glen H. Both of whom have great prowess when it comes to balanced and encouraging evaluations that are both incisive and motivating.
After the Break, a very busy Glenn D assumed the role of Chairman for the second half and introduced Kimberley who presented the Toast for the evening.
In the role of Toastmaster for the second half, Glen H introduced Daniel who continued an emerging theme of health for the evening with a speech entitled; Permanent Medication providing a vivid insight into the pain and discomfort he had suffered recently and urged us all to carefully consider monitoring our health more closely.
Bernard then presented Speech No:4 from the Competent Communicator manual How to Say It; with yet another health related story; Say Okay and be Healed. In it Bernard related a very recent and graphic account of having severe pain relieved by agreeing to Acupuncture which on the outset exposed him to a personal terror – needles.
Both speakers were again very capably Evaluated by Brett and Glenn D, following the best course of Praise, improvement praise, each with their own very unique styles of delivery.
Juliet lead the evening’s Table Topics with yet another interesting and varied format. On this occasion Juliet had a series of scenarios written out in advance and asked speakers to come up and give an account of our response to those scenarios. Then the preceding speaker would select another topic at random and then appoint someone they deemed appropriate to respond.
Another intriguing season of unpredictable and well-developed responses ensued.
The final Evaluations of the evening were kicked off by Lyndel who despite a quite debilitating does of laryngitis managed as Ums and Ahs Counter. Dai Fei pointed out some interesting issues of Grammar, both good and bad. Josh challenged our listening skills and his throwing arm in awarding treats for the Big Ears segment.
Brett delivered a well-monitored Timers report and Paul M rounded off with his first ever General Evaluation in a very unique sequence focussing first on the member participants and looking at all their roles during the evening’s meeting. A highly commendable and creative approach.
Following Guest Feedback a special presentation was made by Vice President Education (elect) Kimberley to outgoing President Brett on the completion of both his Advanced Communicator Bronze and his Advanced Leader Bronze at upon the completion of his second level of Communication and Leadership Manuals. Well-done Brett.
Brett then concluded the meeting with his closing remarks.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday 12th July – Executive Change Over Evening & Supper
Tuesday 26th July – Guest Speaker Dave Griffiths
Dave is preparing to go to the US to represent District 70 in the World Championships.
This is a meeting not to be missed and would be a great night to invite Visitors and Guests.
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