Last week may have been cold in the streets, but the cold stayed well clear of our lovely home of the Windsor Castle Pub. Toastmaster of the evening Andy, led us through an evening run like a clockwork, with three functionaries helping him! Congratulations to Rosie for keeping a steady hand on time, to grammarian Daniela who unleashed a good muse into the room and vote counter Fahad looking after these oh so useful feedback slips!
Recently joined member, Anne opened the fray with her ice-breaker speech titled “Beyond Borders” on the diversity of her origins and the multiple cultural strands that make up her family. Vice-President Membership, Terry followed with a number four speech from the Competent Communicator manual, “Yellow”. We were treated to a flurry of beautiful language and to a journey to the grounds of the golden boys of Watford F.C. The finish of the evening was an advanced speech from the Persuasive Speaking manual, done by Marina Lussich. She led us through an interactive demonstration of cold-calling, highlighting the pitfalls to avoid (e.g. poor research of the target) and tips to follow.
Our three speeches were evaluated by Ross (first time evaluator – congratulations!), Florian and Marcel. Some of the points covered, were the importance of vocal variety and “less is more” in the case of using descriptive or advanced language. Our usual mingling break followed, with numerous guests including returning ones asking to take part in table topics later and asking questions about the club.
A hugely entertaining table topics session followed led by Fahad Alturkait, featuring questions such as “How do you explain a chair to an alien?” or “how to you explain women to men?”. Each of these worth a philosophical treatise, but to be tacked in one to two minutes only!
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