“We had a nice turnout for our auspicious meeting celebrating
the “Year of the Pig”. Among the 20 attendees there were 5
guests, two of them returning for the third time.” “I love all
of my Toastmaster meetings, but tonight just felt extra
wonderful.” “Loved the energy and humour.” Among the 20
attendees there were five guests. Here are some of their
comments: “I felt welcome; appreciated the organization of the
meeting and the fact that it kept on time.” “It is a friendly
club – many people introduced themselves to me and chatted. The
meeting was efficiently run but in a very friendly manner. Good
energy in the group – good variety of skill levels – useful for
learning.” “The Theme was original and gave some structure and
coherence to the meeting.”
“Don controlled the meeting very well.” “Leading by example is
how a meeting should always be MC’d.” “He had great
introductions, having researched individual zodiac
characteristics fitting each of his participants.” “Loved his
bridging and the scaffolding of the meeting he ran.” “His ease
and humour as Chairman is entertaining and relaxing”, and “his
bridging was second to none.”
Almost everyone had something to say about the Table Topics
session tonight. Hilary, herself, commented on the satisfaction
of “being able to do a new role with more challenge, requiring
preparation.” “Congratulations to Hilary for her first time
hosting this session.” “She was an excellent Table Topic Master,
well prepared and comfortably confident in her role. She gave
clear descriptions of her topics, and the selection was
challenging but not overwhelming.” “She had humour and panache,
good topics, and excellent bridging,” “… bridging which
exhibited a finesse not often seen in such a new member.” “She
was quick to pick up Jan’s use of ‘red’ and the twist he put on
it to be able to tell his own story.” “She had a good choice of
open-ended topics.”
“The Table Topic speakers were exceptionally good – especially
Pam, Jim, Kate, and Aggie.” (Kate won the coveted Best Speaker
ribbon this time.) “I especially liked Jim’s ‘red-neck’,
hilarious-as-usual, incredibly humorous and unexpected Table
Topic speech!” “Kate’s response to ‘what wealth means to her’
was excellent.” “Jan delighted us with another story, this time
it had a twist to beat all twists … about the kiss on a pig’s
hind end!” “I admire Christine’s ability to address a Table
Topic both specifically and then broadly, bringing it around to
global values. She manages to make things both personal and
universal.” “Excellent to see two of our guests deal with Table
Topics not only confidently but also competently.” “Tanya’s
excellent speech had humour, confidence, and sparkle, when she
addressed the question of the negatives of astrology in her
life.” “We had a very fun and high-quality Table Topics session.
I really wanted to vote in Everyone for the Best Table Topic
Speaker!”
“Li Ying is not afraid to help even our most experienced
speakers – she has a suggestion for everyone. All speakers get
the same treatment and consideration - nobody feels they are
being singled out.” “The incisive observations in her
enthusiastic Table Topic Evaluations were most decidedly a
Highlight.”
“As Toastmaster, Omar once again did a great job with good
humour. This humour was also incorporated into his professional
handling of the music from the church with which he momentarily
found himself competing to be heard.” “Wonderful humour in
distinguishing between an ‘ox person’ and a ‘cow person’
“The commentary for his Toast was thoughtful and clear.” “His
bridging was well done, ie. thanking Dave F. with some cogent
comments.” “He was smiling, engaging … he was himself.”
“The best Highlight was Dave F.’s fabulously entertaining
speech: “Let’s Go Fly a Kite.” “He was awesome – no notes,
funny, a well done #2 speech.”
“Karen gave a good evaluation, especially noting specific
examples of improvements from Dave’s last speech. She has a good
memory and put thought and care into her preparation.” “She
projected sincerity and obviously enjoyed the speech.”
“Dave S. is my hero. His evaluations never fail to
simultaneously instruct and uplift.” “As always, I loved Dave’s
ease and humour as General Evaluator: wise and all-seeing.” And
‘all winning’ – He was voted Best Evaluator of the evening.
The Highlighted comments for the more minor role players round
out this edition:
“I liked Christine’s showing off our thematic “golden piggy”
bank at the lectern – she had excellent use of humour, and scare
tactics!!”…even though “it pained her greatly to fine
everybody!” “Wendy’s listening skill as Ah Counter was
incredible.”
“I really liked her clear Word signs and especially the
pronunciation aides.” “Kate’s topically correct joke on pigs
really was funny ”
“The epitome of a good Timer is to be as inconspicuous as
possible. Tonight Elena was inconspicuous in her absence. Well
done!” “Jill took us down two interesting tracks as she
described ‘embracing diversity’ as her Inspiration.”
You couldn’t find a happier group of diverse personalities,
abilities, and cultures who meet every Monday night to help each
other in the quest to learn through fun and friendship. Our next
meeting will be February 26th at 7:15 pm, when the theme will be
“Wisdom”. If you are curious about Toastmasters please come as
our Guests – we look forward to seeing you.
Club 1085
“The commentary for his Toast was thoughtful and clear.” “His
bridging was well done, ie. thanking Dave F. with some cogent
comments.” “He was smiling, engaging … he was himself.”
