Before Saturday's meeting with my favorite Toastmasters club began, we rocked out to some "Jailhouse Rock" while setting up. The theme was "Elvis Presley," so our skilled Toastmaster Jeff warmed everyone up with some tunes. It was a very nice touch. Ana called the meeting to order, and Jeff gave a brief history of The King who passed away 37 years prior.
We had one speaker that morning, Anne, and her speech on Anxiety was exceptional. She provided us with facts on the types of anxiety, how many people are afflicted by it, and some remedies to relieve the symptoms. How appropriate for a Toastmasters meeting! That's what makes Toastmasters unique - it caters to those who are good speakers and want to improve, but also those who dread speaking in front of people to the point of feeling physically ill. Many in the audience, including myself, know the feeling all too well. Anne, where was this speech sooner? She did an excellent job. Judy gave such a positive, informative evaluation that I, myself, learned a thing or two about how to structure an evaluation.
Table Topics was an interesting one, with our word of the day handed to us by Sandra. Euphemism - a word or phrase used in place of a term that might be considered too direct, harsh, unpleasant, or offensive. Many of us during Table Topics struggled with shoehorning that word in our response, but everyone did it! Shannon's questions were perfect, not too hard, definitely not too easy! Jennifer, our newest member by the way, won with her speech on her only concert experience, but a memorable one, watching Motley Crue. Kudos, Jennifer, especially because if you only go to one concert, I think you picked a good one! But also, because winning the coveted ribbon is an accomplishment especially after attending only a handful of meetings.
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