Kudos to Steven W. in his first foray as a Seattle Sunrise Toastmaster of the day! Steven reminded the audience that diversity fosters more opportunities for growth than uniformity. He also pointed out that the multicultural and multigenerational membership of our club is one of the reasons he decided to become a member. “ Keep fostering diversity and you’ll keep growing” he concluded he introduced the meeting.
The Word of the Day was “ Cognizant” and Paula L. and Saher A. acted as Grammarian and Timer respectively.
Speaker #1, Dilip, presented his CC project #6 – Vocal Variety speech titled : “Why do bad sandwiches happen to good people?”. Have you ever wondered whether we should have less choices in this country? I never thought so until I heard about Dilip’s adventures as he tried to order his first vegetarian sandwich at a Subway shop on his first day of life in the US. One tip: if you are a vegetarian, do not ask to put “everything that has “ pepper “ in it” in your sandwich. You might be in for a bad surprise!
We were especially pleased to welcome Speaker #2 , Dave E, one of our long term members back to the club after a long leave of absence. Dave, in his re-introductory speech titled “ Getting to know me all over again.” shared his trajectory to and back from some serious health issues.Using humor and lively language, Dave did a great job of sharing what was a challenging year with levity. We look forward to seeing Dave back at the club soon!
Speaker #3, Brett S, presented project #3 from the Technical Presentations Advanced Manual: “What is machine learning and why does it matter to you? “ Is Siri deaf sometimes? What does it take to teach a car to self drive ? What is the language of Artificial Intelligence? All weighty and very [pertinent questions to our times. Let’s make a note to invite Zuckerberg and Musk to the debate next time…Not!
Speaker #4, Aswini H., presented CC project #8- Get Comfortable with Visual Aids: ” Social Media- Pros and Cons.” Social media is known as the great connector. What’s become clear over the years is the increasing influence of social media in our lives and how, we who grew up learning not to talk to strangers, are constantly telling millions of strangers every little detail of our life. In this powerful and well structured speech, Aswini outlines the pros and cons of social media. Her call to action is to use social media smartly and carefully.
Kathy M. led the Table Topics.
Sandy T., a guest was voted Best Table Topics.
Zhou was voted Best Evaluator.
Our next meeting is Saturday, January 27.
What do Mauritius Island, fashion design, Vaclav Havel, Poutine and the Emerald City have in common? Me! All these ways have led me to ( drum roll...) the Seattle Sunrise Toastmasters where friends and great speakers are made! I look forward to sharing my stories with you!
