Resolutions and Revolutions – Meeting of January 14, 2017
16 members were present for the January, 14th Seattle Sunrise Toastmasters meeting. This was our first meeting of the year, so we had a very fitting theme of “Resolutions and Revolutions.” Our meeting was led by Vice President Andy K.
Our first speaker was Preston K. Preston spoke about his new approach to his New Year’s Resolutions. Instead of having all-or-nothing goals, he’s approaching it from setting manageable and obtainable goals throughout the year. So far, so good!
Ken B. was our second speaker of the day. He gave his 3rd speech from the Competent Communicator manual. In Ken’s speech, he spoke about his experiences meeting individuals that had dangerous stereotypes, but in reality weren’t dangerous at all.
Zhou B. was the third speaker of the day. Zhou gave his Ice Breaker speech. The Ice Breaker speech is the first speech from the Competent Communicator manual. He shared with us two stories of how he’s overcame his fears. We’re looking forward to hearing more speeches from Zhou throughout his Toastmasters journey.
Makoto Y. was our fourth speaker of the day. He gave his 7th speech from the CC manual, with objectives that include to collect information from numerous sources and to support his points and opinions with specific facts and examples. Makoto did a great job of doing this with different examples of traveling around the world during the Roman Era, Industrial Revolution era, present time and what travel could look like in the future.
Yanyan B. led our table topics session. She asked members what they thought of New Year’s resolutions. Bill S. had the most votes for table topics with his impromptu speech on his goal of being healthier in 2017 which includes physical, mental and spiritual. Great job Bill S.
Andrew H. was our general evaluator who gave great feedback for evaluators, speakers, and those with specific roles during the meeting. The greatest takeaway was the more specific evaluators feedback can get, the better outcome for the speakers.
Our next meeting is scheduled for 1/21.
