Meeting Recap: June 22, 2013- Summer Potluck

Viash, the chair for this meeting, started the Summer Potluck meeting with a few words about the change in season. He later introduced the two speakers of the meeting.

SPEAKERS

Atika gave her final speech from the CC manual, “Why should you change your accent?” in which she talks about her communication problems when she first came to Canada. She also went on to explain why people should not be afraid to change their accents.

Bhushan read parts of a story in his speech “An Inspiring Story”. The story about three mice who questioned their circumstances emphasized his suggestion that people should not be afraid to question things if they want to progress in their life.

Later on, Kenny held a Table Topics Session connected to the Summer Potluck theme, where volunteers from the audience enthusiastically answered all sorts of questions about summer, vacations and potlucks.

BUSINESS SESSION

• The club will be moving to and using the EasySpeak Website in the future for all club and meeting related things like meeting planning, etc.

Meeting Recap: June 15, 2013

Pearl, the chair for this meeting, opened the meeting by talking about the theme 'Celebration' and how people in the audience needed to celebrate the small things they accomplish in life. She then introduced the four speakers of the meeting.

SPEAKERS

Judy gave her first speech from the CC manual, the Icebreaker Speech titled “Me” in which she talks about how and why she learnt to speak up for herself in small steps.

Raj gave a speech called “My 'Ouch' Moment” where he talked about how the most embarrassing moments in life usually ended up teaching him the most valuable lessons.

Atika gave her ninth speech from the CC manual called “How to Really Listen.” In her speech she gave the audience strategies to listen well and explained why we need to listen when someone is talking to us.

Bhushan gave a humorous speech titled “Marco Polo” where he talked about his own experiences in coming to a foreign land.

In connection to the theme, Pearl held a Table Topics Session called “Give A Toast”, where volunteers from the audience came forward and gave an impromptu toast for whatever occasion was written down on their paper.

 

BUSINESS SESSION

We have planned an extra meeting in the month of June- a potluck meeting on June 22nd. More information about the location of this meeting and other details will be emailed by the club executives in the coming days.