MR: Crazy Ma and Food Banks

Tiffany opened the meeting with the quote, “Even if you are on the right track, you can still get run over”. She used this quote to remind the audience that it's easy to remain in your own field of expertise and get overtaken by others if you don't improve yourself and keep moving forward.

PREPARED SPEECHES

Connie- “The Story of Crazy Ma”

For a project from the “Entertaining Speaker” manual, Connie regaled the audience with the story of the founder of the internet site Ali Baba. It served as a story of persistence that she used to encourage the audience not to give up in the face of failures.

Mike - “Food Banks and Food Insecurity”

Giving a serious talk about the history and necessity of food banks, Mike educated the audience on the topic of food insecurity in Canada. Using statistics, he gave the audience a clear picture of how much food insecurity existed. He also gave recommendation on how the issue should be handled.

TABLE TOPICS

Pearl, the Table Topics Master chose to have the table topics revolve around words. Participants were given a word and told to speak about it for at least a minute.

Some examples:

• Lavish
• Awkward

MR: Exploration, Toasting and Mind-Mapping

With the meeting theme of “Exploration”, Mike opened the meeting by telling the audience how Toastmasters makes it's members improve by having them explore their communication skills.

Exploration is important because it

1. Takes you out of your comfort zone.
2. Puts you in least expected place.
3. Makes you feel a sense of achievement at the end.

PREPARED SPEECHES

Mike- “Toast to Ralph Smedley”

For his first project of the Special Occasion Speech manual, Mike chose to give a toast to Ralph Smedley the founder of Toastmasters.

Susan - “Mind-Mapping”

Giving a presentation , Susan chose to speak on the topic of Mind-mapping and how it could be used to do all sorts of projects but more specially to write and give speeches.

Using a speech that she used to get to the semi-finals of the Toastmasters International Speech contest, Susan showed the audience how she came up with the core idea of the speech and then expanded on that with the help of mind-mapping.

TABLE TOPICS

Pearl, the Table Topics Master chose to have the table topics revolve around crime. Participants were asked to “Tell us about the time you got arrested for...”

Some examples:

• Hacking into Facebook
• Selling fake brand items

STATS FOR THE MEETING

Word of the day “Plenteous” was used 1 time.

MR: Commitment, Garbage and Mentoring

With the meeting theme of “Commitment”, Mike opened the meeting by telling the audience how commitment is a big part of the education process especially in Toastmasters.

 

We are all part of the education process and there are two ways that we can make the most of each meeting.

• Be proactive.
• Don't be afraid to ask questions.

PREPARED SPEECHES

 

Connie- “Let's Talk Rubbish”

For her “Demonstration talk” from an advanced manual, Connie chose to do a speech about garbage and how we can reduce the amount of garbage we produce.

Everyone knows about the three R's.

1. Reduce- Buy and use less items
2. Recycle- Don't just toss anything in the bin.
3. Repurpose- Find new and interesting ways to use 'garbage'

Connie concentrated on the 'Repurpose' method for paper garbage because of the limited speaking time that she had. With the help of props, Connie was able to explain how to make each item.

Take flyers and turn them into usable trash bins.

Cut cereal box to use as magazine or document organizers.

 

Convert a toilet roll into a gift box for small items.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jocelyne - “Mentoring”

Giving a presentation from the “Successful club” series, Jocelyne chose to speak on the topic of mentoring in Toastmasters.

She covered a variety of topics such as

• What is mentoring?
• What qualities does a mentor have? And what qualities does a mentee have?
• What are the benefits of mentoring?
• What are the first steps to starting a mentorship?

TABLE TOPICS

Parimal, the Table Topics Master chose to have the table topics revolve around careers and how they could benefit the community.

Some examples:

• If you were a lawyer, what would you do to improve your community?
• If you were an athlete, how would you change things in your community?

STATS FOR THE MEETING

Word of the day “Gratifying” was used 9 times.