We welcomed Rino as our only Guest for the evening. Formal apologies had been received from Bett, Paul V, Philip, Katrina and Vicki.
Sam stepped in to read the Mission of the Club and Paul M presented the Word (phrase) of the Day; Carpe Diem.
Chairman John asked that Introductions be kept to a brief and basic introduction in order to make provision for a special Change-Over Night supper to be held at the Break. The newly appointed Vice President Education, Kimberley undertook an Agenda update and Chris took on responsibility for the Leadership Manual Evaluations.
A special segment had been set aide for the presentation of Certificates of Appreciation to the outgoing Executive Team including: Brett; Past President, Chris; Vice President Education, Natasha; Vice President Membership, John; Vice President Marketing/PR, Glen; Secretary, Peter C; Treasurer, Daniel; Sergeant @ Arms and Paul V; Immediate Past President. The Meeting acknowledged their fabulous contributions to the Club.
Dai Fei was Toastmaster for the first speech section and introduced Paul M with a thought provoking second speech on the topic of our mining resources from the Competent Communicator Manual #2 entitled; It Will Be Gone Forever! Paul delivered an excellently researched and emotively presented address on this highly topical issue.
Paul M was very ably Evaluated by Bernard in what is still one of his earlier evaluations following the Praise, Improvement, Praise formula to great effect.
We went to a break slightly earlier just as an array of hot finger food and tea and coffee was delivered to room. This longer one-off Break provided a rare opportunity for Members to chat informally and just added to the special nature of the evening.
S@A Paul called us back to order a little later and handed the meeting to Glen H as Chairman for the second half. Dai Fei led the evening’s Toast with a very evocative tribute to young drivers getting their drivers licence.
Daniel was Toastmaster for the second group of speakers introducing Meghan with her Ice Breaker Speech #1 – Introducing Myself. Meghan presentation, structure and delivery were extemporary for an Ice Breaker and had her audience in the palm of her hand. Well done.
The second speaker was Peter C with the second speech from the Advanced Communicator Manual – Storytelling. Peter took us all on a wonderful journey with the adventures and memories of his families beloved old Tarago (people mover). It wasn’t just an example of a highly experienced speaker, but a thoroughly enjoyable tale that captivated his audience.
Meghan was enthusiastically Evaluated by Glenn D and Peter by Dai Fei, both demonstrating increasing confidence and development in the arduous technique demanded of Evaluation.
Peter C stood in as a late replacement to present a slightly reduced Table Topics segment and followed a very sound technique of having experienced members on their feet first, followed by lesser experienced speakers while ensuring that those who had not had much speaking opportunity were involved. Peter also used a tried and tested them of having each speaker deal with an abstract topic provided just moments before.
The evenings final Evaluations were carried out by Peter C; ums and Ahs counter, Paul M; Grammarian with a pleasing number of speakers using the word of the day. Big Ears was presented by Sandra and the Timer’s Report by Natasha. Kimberley delivered the overall General Evaluation providing quality feedback for those participants who had not been evaluated.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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
Tuesday 9th August – Normal Meeting
Tuesday 23rd August – Club Humorous and Table Topics Competition 2011
Tuesday 6th August – Area 6 Humorous and Table Topics Competition 2011 at Burwood RSL
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