Meeting Recap for August 23rd

We have the most amazing club! Where else can we learn something new and have fun!? Our Toastmaster, DeAnna, carried over the music theme from last week – Elvis Presley – to this week's theme of Michael Jackson. Before the meeting started we listened to one of Michael Jackson's many hit songs - 'Wanna be Starting Something.' I thought it was an interesting choice of songs given that she was trying to 'one-up' last week’s meeting. I wonder if this will start a trend? It is definitely something for all of us future Toastmasters to ponder. During her role as Toastmaster she incorporated many of his song titles in her transition between roles – it was very well done.

Marshall delivered an informative speech about Dyslexia. He started the speech with a quote "You wouldn't wish dyslexia on a child of yours. Or would you?" He explained what dyslexia is, its causes and effects, and explained that many entrepreneurs are four times as likely to be dyslexic then the rest of the population. He included his personal experiences with dyslexia and answered questions from the audience as part of his objectives. He answered the questions honestly based on his knowledge and we all now know that some of the myths we hear about dyslexia are not true.

Jeff's speech was about becoming a distinguished club. He talked about the Leadership and Communication Track, and what the different acronyms stand for. He talked about our club's meeting specific goals in order to qualify for the distinguished club award and his handout provided us with information on the Distinguished Club Program goals. With so many new members in our club, the timing of this speech was perfect!

Ken introduced the word of the day – emulate – to try to equal or excel, to rival. The Table Topics portion of the meeting had fellow Toastmasters telling us about plans for surviving a zombie apocalypse, charitable causes, and awards to be won.  We did not give out a best table topics ribbon, but we did give out a best speech ribbon to Jeff and a best evaluator ribbon to Aparna.

Anne Brown