Cedar Hill Toastmasters gathered for their first meeting in August last Thursday night. Prior to the meeting, Joyce took a picture of our club's officers to include on the website. We were honored to have a guest, a new member and a returning member in attendance.
Mike as a Toastmaster of the evening was making sure that the meeting went as planned. Also, he explained some of the meeting rituals for the guest and the newer members to have a better understanding of Toastmasters meeting structure.
Martha, the Word Master, introduced the word "merriment" and encouraged everyone to use the word during the meeting. Lyn entertained the crowd with the jokes in form of question/answer and she got some good guesses from the audience.
First speaker, John gave a speech from the Special Occasion speech series, Presenting an Award. He presented the Advanced Communicator Bronze certificate to Kevin, praising Kevin for his accomplishments. Followed by that was Kevin's acceptance speech, in which he inspired everyone to keep working on becoming a better speaker by giving speeches.
Carolina presented her Ice breaker speech with the minimal use of notes! We learnt a lot about her life and the dreams she holds.
Then, Prend, our club coach, shared some new tips on how to be a more accomplished Toastmaster - 1) get involved in leadership roles outside the club - area governor or division governor, 2) organize a speech contest to help the club or area, 3) prepare reports for the meetings.
Joyce put some twist into the Table Topics. The participants were required to act to Joyce's reading of rhymes and the Cinderella fable. The participants displayed some great acting skills as they played
the role of Cinderella, Little Bo Peep, Humpty Dumpty or Tea pot to name a few.
the role of Cinderella, Little Bo Peep, Humpty Dumpty or Tea pot to name a few.
Prend evaluated John's speech, Kevin evaluated Carolina's speech. Paula kept track of timing and Larry was keeping track of grammar. Eliot was the General Evaluator who thanked the speakers for presenting the speeches and everyone else for contributing to the success of the meeting. Yes, it was another enjoyable meeting with some innovative ideas, a great environment for learning and improving while having fun.
Our next meeting is on Thursday, August 20. Club officers will meet at 6pm to discuss the club business.
Everyone - have a great weekend!
Martha Danielewicz
Secretary
Cedar Hill Toastmasters
