“A friendly, brisk, fun, informative meeting – what more could
you want?” asks a guest regarding our Open House meeting this
evening. “We had a fabulous number of guests!” “A fun night as
usual. A very auspicious evening indeed.”
“Li Ying opened the meeting which was themed ‘Silver Linings’
with the song ‘Always Look On The Bright Side of Life’, charging
the atmosphere with positive vibes.” “Her humour and enthusiasm
were invigorating and inspiring! Great Chairmanship for this
special meeting. Her introductions of each of us were warm, and
liberally sprinkled with humour – so irreplaceable, Li Ying ”
“Atta was very clear in his instructions as Wordsmith, and his
word ‘Auspicious’ worked well with the theme.” “Great use of
humility and humour. In his report his humour glistened: I
admire your comic pauses, Atta!”
“Hilary’s well-chosen Inspiration perfectly suited the Open
House and the number of guests who had come to check us out. I
loved her inspirational encouragement to be courageous and
attack the fear of public speaking.” “How absolutely ideal –
personal testimonials from us on ‘what Toastmasters has done for
me’, to inspire guests and members alike. Brilliant!” “Wonderful
to feel how relaxed I am beginning to feel speaking in front of
our group, and great to be able to share that in an Inspiration
with so many guests.”
“Jessica C. took us back to the wonderful world of Oz - Dorothy,
Toto, et al, when she playfully acknowledged our play on words
for her title-of-the-evening: Wizard of Ahs!” “Her instructions
were clear and concise. Her report was wonderfully ‘ruthless,
but the numbers don’t lie’.”
“Pam’s explanation as Timer was very explicit – perfect for the
sake of all our guests, who may not have seen public speaking
‘traffic lights’ before.”
“I adored Jan K.’s creative and original Table Topics based on
photo images.” “The topics were fun and creative; made it ‘easy’
to speak and fun to listen to.” “Nice to see so many guests
willing to participate!” “They stepped up so admirably!” “Kate’s
‘multiple heads’ image will stick with me for a while!” “Her
Topic speech was brilliant – I’m not sold yet, though!” “Loved
Jan F.’s vocal variety in describing why we should live in a
swamp. He held us captivated with his tales of mythical
creatures.” “It was great! I love how he brings Norway into many
of his speeches!” “Laughed at Pam’s titillating invitation to
come see the ‘magnificent specimens of human beings’ atop the
Matterhorn.” “Suzanne’s Table Topic speech was hilarious!” “I
was truly captivated by her guided tour of Brittany Spears’
trailer park.” “Michelle’s encouragement to move to the Grand
Canyon ‘because you’ll have lots of visitors – some even bearing
gifts!’ was quite a sales job!!” “Christina’s ironic
advertisement of the exercise benefits and the ‘lookouts’ and
‘vistas’ of buying a condo in a slum area made me smile. What a
confident and well-organized delivery! ”
Kate and our guest, Suzanne, tied for the prized Best Table
Topic ribbon this time. “Thank you, Dave, for working your usual
magic with the Table Topic evaluations. He waves his magic wand
generously and constructively. Thank you for making us sparkle!”
“Really enjoyed what I learned from Jill’s inspiring thoughts as
Toastmaster: ie. the silver-lined ferns in New Zealand, and her
enticement to also always look to the beauty in ‘the other side
of the sky’ at sunset.” “Her array of silver linings coated us
in appreciation of the small, auspicious events in life.”
“Wow! What a speech, Delene! You effectively took us from
culture and belief, storytelling, and the imparting of
knowledge. It was wonderful!!” “’Knowledge exists to be
imparted.’ True words that were a Highlight in my evening.”
Plaudits too, for Karen, Delene’s Speech Evaluator: “Couldn’t
help but love Karen’s spontaneous link between the word Delene
based her speech on and Susan Aglukark’s song.” “The word
‘osseum’ – loved it!! Susan Aglukark. She is First Nations and
she has a song with that title.”
Best Evaluator ribbon went to Jim. “His General Evaluation was a
Highlight for me: his humour and interactive approach were a
superb finish to the evening!”
We couldn’t have asked for a better turnout of guests for our
fall Open House, Now that they have seen how we typically spend
our evenings, we hope they will come back next Monday October
1st to watch our club Humorous Speech Contest and Table Topics
Contest. This is always a fun event – the bigger the audience
the better. We always welcome everyone to come check us out on
Monday nights.
Club 1085
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