Members Dave, Dillibe, Mary, Nicole, Ray, Sally and Sonja were joined by guests Mineko, Jennifer and Mihaela.
Toastmaster Dave led a high-energy showcase meeting on the benefits of Speechcraft, our introductory course for beginning speakers which launches on June 30th.
Our speaker was Sonja, who shared lessons she learned by giving her first three speeches in Toastmasters. Sonja spoke based on the fourth project from the Competent Communication manual, Working with Words.
Members and guests practiced speaking off the cuff in the Table Topics session led by Ray. Because the theme was after all Speaking Off the Cuff, Ray made up questions on the fly based on audience input. Sally won Best Table Topics for her spirited impromptu promotion of the search tool Bing over that other leading search tool!
Mary demonstrated speech evaluation by giving Sonja supportive feedback and suggestions for improvement.
Toastmaster Dave explained the upcoming Speechcraft program and the meeting closed with a Q & A session. Mineko and Jennifer decided to join the Speechcraft at the close of the meeting! Yeah!
Speechcraft kicks off next meeting, June 30 at 7:45 sharp.
See you there!
