Meeting Recap: May 18, 2013

Elizabeth, the chair for the meeting, enthusiastically opened the “Election” meeting. Pearl, the toastmaster of the meeting introduced the four speakers.

SPEAKERS

Tiffany gave the final speech from her CC manual titled “Keep trying, always.” where she talked about why we need to keep tyring even when we fail at certain things.

Kristina Johnston, a guest speaker, gave a helpful speech titled “Easy-Speak: How can it help?” She used a slideshow and informed the audience of a helpful program that can be used by Toastmasters' clubs to keep track of members' TM progress.

Bhushan's speech was “The Next Step”. In his speech, he talked about how Toastmasters started and how it came to be so useful.

Raj gave an educational lesson about “Impromptu Speaking.” He told the audience the best way to tackle any impromptu speaking situation.

BUSINESS SESSION

• The new club executives were chosen during this meeting's election.
  
• An end-of-year newsletter will be published on June 30. Members are encouraged to send in articles about their TM experiences by June 24. More information about the newsletter will be sent out in the club emails.
  
• On the final meeting of June- there will be a potluck meeting. More information and details will be emailed once everything is finalized by the club executives.
  

Meeting Recap: May 4, 2013 - Open House

 

Raj, the chair for the Open House meeting opened the meeting by telling the audience how and why they needed to “Step out of their comfort zone”. As the toastmaster of the meeting, Elizabeth enthusiastically introduced our three speakers of the meeting.

SPEAKERS

Cheryl gave a speech “Will there really be a morning?” She detailed why we should treat people nicely and touched upon the topic of depression.

Tiffany gave a personal speech called “When I say you should, you should.” where she talked about the benefits of joining Toastmasters and how it has helped her in life.

Frank Waldner, a guest speaker from Trillium Toastmasters, gave an entertaining and humourous speech about his experience with getting a colonoscopy called “Up the Wazoo.”

After a short break where guests and members socialized over snacks, Bhushan, the Table Topics master, provided a series of 'What would you do if you were a...' questions. Guests and members volunteered eagerly to participate in the session providing fun and imaginative answers.

BUSINESS SESSION

• The club elections for the year 2013-2014 will take place on May 18.
  
• We finally received our club banner.