June 14th, 2010
Tonight's meeting was about "Science
Fiction", a topic that resonated thoughts of younger age when we
were most fascinated by the creativity and imagination that came
with science fiction. Our Chairman, Richard, was introduced by
Pierre. Richard explained to us his perspective on science
fiction and differentiated between science fantasy and science
fiction. He also introduced our 3 guests for the night, some who
were previously members of Toastmaster International in other
continents! Later the very important minor roles were explained.
Pierre, our Wizard of Ahs challenged us not to use the "ums" and
"ahs". Our Timer, Carla, explained her role with confidence. Our
Table Topics Master for tonight was Nima and he was very
selective in posing questions that challenged the speakers to
think about different aspects of science fiction. For instance,
the questions included, "Most memorable science fiction
character or story and why", and "Childhood memory of reading
Science Fiction stories" or "Applications of science fiction
ideas that could help humanity". These questions were thought
provoking and required speakers to think about creative answers
and provide support for them. Mike evaluated these speeches.
After the break, our Toastmaster Dave gave a toast to creativity
of science and its ability to help reshape our brain and
stimulate creativity. He also introduced our speaker for
tonight, Adel. His speech was entitled "The Discovery of
Insulin" and it was a brief overview of Diabetes and the story
that led to the discovery of Insulin, one that saved many lives
and made Canadians proud. Pierre evaluated the speech and
presented some encouraging suggestions for Adel to work on.
Pierre and Carla presented our mini-reports. Then we heard from
Diane who gave her evaluation of the meeting. She was very
detailed in evaluating every aspect of the meeting and providing
effective feedback. Richard adjourned the meeting after
presenting the awards and hearing the feedback from our guests.
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