Meeting Recap: December 15, 2012

We welcome the last meeting of the year - a time to celebrate the end of the year and holidays, and a time to reflect our accomplishments - with a Christmas Potluck. (Is it really the end of 2012 already?) Guests and members had a fun meeting while trying out a variety of dishes.

Elizabeth, the meeting chair, started the meeting by talking about the theme "Connection" and how we need to do our best to connect with our relatives and friends- even those who we're not too fond of. Bhushan, the toastmaster of the meeting, introduced our speakers of the day.

SPEAKERS

We had two prepared speeches and an informative video session in this meeting.

Surekah spoke about the many different ways a person can be assertive in different situations in her speech "The Art of Assertiveness".(Speech no. 3 from the Competent Communication Manual)

Kenny gave a speech filled with tips on how to drive safely in the Winter, titled "Winter Driving". (Speech no. 2 from the Competent Communication Manual)

After the speeches, we had a short break to enjoy the food that members brought.

Thank you to everyone who brought food and made our Potluck a success!

Later, during the video session, Issa played two clips from the official Toastmasters website. "Finding Speech Topics" and "5 Public Speaking Skills".

For the Table Topics Session of the meeting, Mike asked a wide variety of Christmas/Winter themed questions such as, "What's your favourite winter sport?" to "What makes you happy?".

BUSINESS SESSION

Since there is still some time until the next meeting in the new year, Elizabeth made sure that members signed up for all the roles for next meeting.