November 20: The Power of Words.

For the 11/20 meeting, Toastmaster Ahmad chose the topic The Power of Words.

Sergeant at Arms Bill Scott shared with us zoom etiquette rules. Quote of the day was:

“Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”

Toastmaster of the day, our resident stand up comedian, introduced the theme of the day with this video:

Word of the day, presented by Grammarian Paula was:

orator, a public speaker, especially one who is eloquent or skilled.
Example:  All you famous public orators, gather your skills, gather your power and change the world.

Traci was in charge of timing speakers, impromptu speeches and evaluators.

Our three speakers for the day were:

Saurabh presenting the Researching and Presenting project from Presentation Mastery Pathway Level 1, a speech titled : “Negotiation”.

Moises presenting the Persuasive Speaking project from Presentation Mastery Pathway Level 3, a speech titled: “The 18 Minute Speech”.

Bill presenting an 8-10 minute speech titled “How do we see color?”

Impromptu Table Topics Master of the day Sarah asked interesting questions to elicit 1 to 2 minutes speeches:

– Cris – if you could choose your final words, the words you say before you die. What would you choose and why?
Answer: She did it all!
– Traci – what is something someone said that had a profound impact on you?
– Jamie – what is your favorite non-verbal way to communicate?
– Steven – If your dog could use words, what do you think your dog would tell you?
– Jovica – what is a book that had a profound impact on you?
– Paula – if you could go back in time and change something that you said to someone what would you change?

Evaluators Jamie, Cris and Jovica evaluated our speakers following the sandwich approach: what you did well, areas of improvement, what you did well.

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Our next meeting is November 27th.