Johan delivers a speech
Quick! What do St. Crispian, Yoga, and Tzu-Chi have in common? “Selflessness” and “service,” which was the unspoken theme of today’s Seattle Sunrise Toastmasters meeting. 10 members and 4 guests were in attendance. Our Toastmaster was charter member, Dave Eberhardt!
The president Scott opened the meeting by inducting 3 new members to the club, Petra, Andrea, and Janell! We’re so proud to have them as members!
Dave started the meeting by asking members what books they were reading currently. Dick quipped that as a flight-test engineer, he’s reading a riveting book about Lithium Ion Batteries. The comment hushed the group and Dave quickly navigated the meeting to the introduction of our first speaker, Johan.
Johan gave a speech about Tzu-Chi — a relief organization that started in Taiwan. Initially it was a small group of housewives who saved small amounts of their grocery money and used it to help care for needy families. It is now and international organization with a large presence in the United States.
Dave introduces Dick’s speech
Dick was our second speaker, he delivered project 3 from the Advanced Interpretive Reading manual — The monodrama. Dick reenacted the St. Crispen’s Day Speech from Shakespeare’s HENRY V. He presented the monodrama with such fervor that all members were transfixed at its conclusion. Great work, Dick!
Our final speaker was our newest member Janell. This was Janell’s first speech and she told the club about her family’s passion for serving others. She went on to explain that she left her management job at a non-profit so she could teach yoga to others who were impacted by the stress of the workplace just like she was.
Scott presents membership pins to new members
Madeleine led the table topics session. Despite the theme of “read any good books lately?” Madeleine asked questions to which everyone could respond regardless of their level of interest in reading. Andrea was voted to have the best table topics response when she revealed to the club that her husband has the worst book recommendations! 🙂
Andrea wins ribbon for best table topics response
Our evaluators were Nagisa, Steve, and Nicole. Each provided clear examples of what they found appealing in the speech they were evaluating. Steve was voted the best evaluator for his evaluation of Dick’s speech.
At the end of the meeting, we received 3 more membership applications! Whoa!
Our next meeting will include our first-ever Evalution contest! Any paid club member is eligible to participate. Those who are interested should contact Dick and Dave for details.
See you at our next meeting on February 23rd!
