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We don’t just want to be good, we want to be better. Ben, Vice President of Education
Attendance
A Toastmaster meeting is not ‘just for fun’. It’s a learning experience, and yet our club has its specialty that we DO have fun as we grow and step out of our comfort zone each and every evening.
This evening we had a vibrant meeting with 24 people in the house, including 8 guests. Moritz, our Club President opened the meeting, using techniques of enthusiasm to warm up the audience.
Communication
The business focussed 180-seconds on a topic of relevance to members is a special and new element of our meetings and it was so spontaneous that today, our newest member Baria jumped in and took the first step on her Toastmaster Journey, sharing a 3 minute mini workshop about blogging.
It was just an another great example how supportive environment we have, even brand new members have the courage to speak up in front of a 25-person audience, which we love to see.
Our first prepared speaker, Martin, was introduced by Ranja. Martin, who is not only a great entertainer, showed us the importance of “control” in a sales talk and we learned WHY we can’t sell a pen but how we could do that.
Oliver, our next speaker, was introduced by Bertalan. Oliver is an actor and storytelling coach. Today he made his ‘icebreaker’ speech (the first speaking project for new members) which was not a usual first speech moment as he was already very experienced and we like to see such diversity in our club.
Radu, our Timer, reported the timing results which is always an important objective feedback in order to improve our ability to control our speaking time.
Moritz came up with a challenging Table Topic (impromptu speaking), and made sure that everybody was involved. David, another brand new member, proved his confidence on the stage with emotion. Birgit, a guest, spoke up too and did a very good job. Bertalan, our new Competent Communicator (CC) gave us insights into dealing with neighbours. Wei, Martin and Ben ended the Table Topic session with a creative collaborative speech.
Our “Ah – um” counter Eva gave us a very deep and professional feedback how many filler words we used in our presentations.
Organisation
Every meeting is a chance to improve, and our general evaluation of the meeting was delivered by Barbara.
Ben, our Toastmaster of the Evening made sure that everything went smooth so we had a good flow of the meeting between the different sections.
Club News
We welcome three new members: Jose, David, Baira. This brings our membership to 30.
Contests
16 march – club contests
6 April – Area (Frankfurt) contests (English). Saalbau Gallus.
14 April – Area (Frankfurt) contests (German) Saalbau Gallus.
23 April – Division (Southwest Germany) contests, Karlsruhe.
13-15 May, District (norther Europe) contests, Timisoara, Roumania.
Next meetings
3rd March – TME Barbara.
30th March – extra meeting, to replace the date lost to the club contest. Members, sign up for speeches.
Guests are always welcome. Send us a mail, or just drop in.
Bertalan – meeting summariser
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