Although it was a nice Spring evening and the weather was very pleasant, last night's meeting at Cedar Hill Toastmasters was well attended, and we even had two guests in attendance.
Paul, Sargent in Arms, began the meeting announcing the press release published in Rare Reminder about Cedar Hill Toastmasters' Spring Club contest. Kevin was the Toastmaster of the evening. Anna presented a challenging Word - "thrasonical". Due to the absence of the assigned Joke Master, there was a competition between Larry and Paul to deliver a joke and we ended up with two jokes.
The prepared speeches were presented by Paul and Kevin. Paul delivered an inspiring speech from the Leadership Excellence Series about Motivating People. Paul spoke very clearly about the main principles on motivating others, the principles that could be applied in any environment. Kevin's speech " You Want Me to Do What" was part of Project 3 "Get to the Point" from the Competent Communicator manual. Kevin spoke about engaging in Toastmasters by performing various roles, participating in district sponsored activities and challenges, e.g. Charged Up Toastmaster incentive.
Marla was the Table Topic Master and challenged the volunteers from the audience with random questions on various general topics - morning routine, best movie/book, best gift, highlight of the week.
Eliot was the General Evaluator assisted by the speech evaluators and technicians, Joyce as Grammarian (who delivered very thorough Grammarian report) and Martha as Timer.
Larry evaluated Paul's speech providing feedback to the speaker and also gave the audience some helpful tips on project management and slide presentations. Anna was the evaluator of Kevin's speech by providing concise and valuable feedback.
Eliot commented on the timing requirements for each section of the meeting and concluded that the club is doing a better job sticking to the time slots, but he mentioned that there was some room for improvement.
Paula concluded the meeting by taking the roles for the next meeting scheduled for May 5. Also, she reminded about the upcoming District 53 Spring Conference in Windsor Locks on May 21.
Respectfully submitted,
Martha Danielewicz
Secretary
Cedar Hill Toastmasters
