Meeting 1048 "Superheroes Fictional/Non Fictional"

 It was good to see Liz, Leesa and Trevor back from their travels.   

President Gail welcomed guests Chris, Jason, Amanda, Veronica and Tania and handed control to Toastmaster of the evening, Leesa.           

 

Gail

Leesa

Christiane announced that her father had been her hero, and proposed a toast to "Our Dads."

Christiane

Carmy

Carmy's Red Robin took the form of a continuing story, with everyone adding  to the tale which took many hilarious twists and turns.

Peter presented his final speech project from the Competent Communicator manual. He spoke about the Sandgate Park Run and urged his listeners to take part. 

Stephen also completed  the Competent Communicator manual, with his thought-provoking speech, "Critical Thinking."

Peter 

Stephen

Peter's speech was evaluated by Trevor. Darryl evaluated Stephen's speech.

Trevor

Darryl

Casey, who will be competing in the Humorous Speech Contest at the Area Conference had a practice run of her speech and received feedback from a group evaluation led by Marlene.

 

Casey

Christiane - raffle

Christiane presented her mystery raffle. She would only reveal that it was be to used by two people and would require some cooking skills. It was won by Casey.

Timekeeper Vaughan reported that we were a bit behind time, so supper time was shortened slightly. 

Thanks to Blake for providing supper.

Supper Time

Table Topics Master Gokul had some challenging topics for Trish, Chris, Christiane, Trevor, Annette and John.

Gokul

Annette - No heroes, only villains

Trish -  A Superhero because...

Chris - Woke up in Superman suit

Trevor - Good out of bad

Christiane - Power equals Resposibility

John - Favourite type of Superhero

 

They were evaluated by Jonathon and John.

Jonathon

John

Annette presented a helpful educational session on impromptu speaking - particularly in Table Topics.  She mentioned the P.R.E.P. method, (Make a Point, give a Reason, Example, repeat Point) and also suggested using fact when answering a topic we know something about and fiction for an unknown topic. 

Grammarian Trish reported that there had been very few "Ums" during the meeting. She also suggested using strong phrases and avoiding using the passive voice.

Annette

Trish

Gail gave an evaluation of the entire meeting.

Gail

The evenings awards went to Gokul (Most Improved,) Darryl (Best Evaluator,) John (Best Table Topic,) and Peter (Best Speech.)

Award winners 22 Oct 2019

As there are 5 Tuesdays this month, there will be an extra meeting next Tuesday, 29th October.