Daniel called the meeting
to order in the absence of the S@A.
Presidents Welcome – John welcomed 2 Visitors; Patrick for his first
meeting and Sean visiting for a second time.
Apologies – Kimberley, Paul, Angela, Bernard, Peter and Brett.
Chairman for the First Session – Daniel
Reading of the Mission of the Club – Katrina
Word of the Day – Grammarian
Glen H presented us with the challenge of incorporating the word – Pragmatic –
into the evening’s deliberations.
Introductions – Daniel asked us to reflect on the “The Great
Aussie Sickie” as we all had our first opportunity to get onto our feet with
our personal introductions.
Agenda Update – Meghan
(standing in for Kimberley).
Leadership Manual Evaluations – Meghan.
Lyndal as Toastmaster
introduced Leo his third speech (almost in record time) from the Competent
Communicator Manual – Get to the Point – entitled: Network Marketing – It’s an
Asset, Not a Job. Leo demonstrated intimate knowledge and understanding of the
topic as he unpacked a well prepared and well organized exposition of Network
Marketing in almost exactly the stipulated time and with only minimal reference
to his notes. Well done.
The second speaker was John presenting his final
requirement as both outgoing Club President and for completing his Advanced
Leader Bronze with a presentation of ‘Moments of Truth’, from the Successful
Club Series. Despite the fact that Toastmasters have put these presentations
into a very professional package of Notes and PowerPoint documents this is an
extremely extensive presentation taking a lot longer than the allotted time in
order to deliver it in any form of appropriate detail. The general purpose
being a review of the club’s status in keeping with specific guidelines set by
TI.
Leo was Evaluated
by Dai Fei who gave great encouragement and demonstrated equal empathy of the
challenges Leo is takeling with English pronunciation.
John was Evaluated
by Glen H who sympathized with the challenge of covering so much ground within
the timeframe.
Daniel called the meeting back to order
following the Break and handed the
meeting over to Glenn D as Chairman
for the second half of the meeting.
Dai Fei delivered a thought provoking Toast to: “Our Dreams” with a
well-developed preamble to which I m sure we could all relate in part.
Toastmaster for the Second Speech Session was Sam who
introduced Daniel and Philip.
Daniel presented his Ice Breaker Speech without
a title but drew us in with a very unique and highly personal observation of
his first ever experience with the term – Ice Breaker – that was both highly
amusing and quite poignant. Daniel then went on to induce himself and gave us
an insight into his background in a very well prepared speech that was both
polished and informative.
Philip delivered a Speech from the Competent
Communicator Manual #6 Vocal Variety entitled: ‘Leaders Who Rock’. In a
flawlessly delivered speech Philip painted a picture of leadership attributes
using a rowing boat analogy. Philip’s experienced was clearly evident in his
use of vocal variety in what was a textbook delivery with some very solid
examples of good leadership.
Daniel D was Evaluated by Daniel T (if that makes sense) and it was most fitting
that Daniel receive the experience and astute observation that Daniel T can
provide given the number of Ice Breaker speeches he will have heard over the
years.
Philip was Evaluated
by Lyndal in another very descriptive and emotive presentation that focused on
the objectives and the delivery as much as the content.
Chairman Glen handed the meeting over to Sam to be the Table Topics Master. Sam had prepared a
series Dual Word Expressions eg; Over & Out, Back & White, Give &
Take etc. Each speaker would draw one out of a box and then provide their
impressions and thoughts on the topic they had selected. An innovative concept
that provoked some interesting responses from both members and Visitors alike.
The Evaluators: John and Glen H provided both
specific and broader observations and advice to the participating Speakers.
Dai Fei gave an account of the evenings Ums and Ahs.
Glen H’s Grammarian’s
Report acknowledged a number of folk who had utilised the Word of the Day and gave a wide range
of responses to various grammatical nuances during the evening.
Katrina extracted some excellent words and phrases to
challenge us all with Big Ears.
Marlowe delivered her first Timers Report and was able to maintain the ongoing take on how
John’s earlier speech had set somewhat of a Club record for going overtime.
Mark then delivered his first ever General Evaluation providing both
analytical and helpful observations of the evening proceedings and permitting
Evaluation of those who had not received feedback.
Forward
Planner – Meghan
Guests
Comments – We received some encouraging
feedback from our Guests including a response to John’s Educational that had at
least helped to unravel some of the mystery of Toastmasters.
President’s
Closing Remarks – John presented both
Marlowe and Leo with their long awaited Name Badges and thanked those members
of his outgoing Executive who were in attendance before appealing to all
members to make a special effort to attend the next meeting which will be the more
formal Hand Over Meeting.
Meeting
Closed – A fair bit later than scheduled.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday
10th July – Annual
Handover Meeting (with extended Break)
Tuesday
24th July – Normal
Meeting
Executive Leadership Training Dates – TBA
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