Meeting Report – 15th November 2011
It was an exciting evening today. We began by welcoming guests who are new to the club as well as our visiting area governor, Sue Fish. Members of Canterbury Communicators also came to join in.
There was clearly a positive atmosphere as our Toastmaster for the evening, Yvonne Forbes, led us through a warmup about how we feel about the dark.
Tony Stavri delivered his ‘Ice Breaker’ speech, which was his very first speech in the club. Despite being new – he ably delivered it while sharing personal moments about his life. This was ably evaluated by Sue Fish.
The second speech was delivered by John Reid. Rather than being a standard project speech – it was a speech from ‘The Successful Club’ series entitled ‘Moments of Truth’. It was raised standard that the club should meet to create good first impressions and keep up that impression for all members. A short workshop completed the speech, and John will feedback the results of the workshop soon.
The second half of the meeting was opened with the Table Topics prepared by Randolph Bishop. The theme was ‘Just a Thought’ and asked participants to share moments or thoughts from their lives.
Timer: Imasogie Abimbola
Grammarian: Edwin Woodger
General Evaluator: Mike Martin