"If the Pumpkin Fits, Wear It!"
Saturday's meeting theme was pumpkins! I love everything pumpkin... pumpkin coffee, pumpkin pie, pumpkin rolls, pumpkin candles, pumpkin hand soap! It reminds me of fall – perfect for an October meeting with my fellow Top of Texas Toastmasters.
At our morning meeting, Aparna presented a speech from the Better Speaker Series manual on Preparation and Practice. Based on her own experiences, she gave us all some great tips on things to become familiar with prior to speaking somewhere unfamiliar. She also advised us to practice our speeches thoroughly and mentally.
Farah gave her second speech from the Competent Communication manual. She spoke about The Power of Strategy of IKEA. It was interesting to hear how the founder of this furniture and housewares empire, Ingvar Kamprad, built up a store we all love to browse for hours!
During Table Topics, Aijnel shared some interesting tidbits about pumpkins. Did you know pumpkins are a fruit and not a vegetable? She called on Ken to tell us about his favorite fruit and Vanessa told us a humorous short story about Ken and pumpkins. Our visitor, Avinash, braved the lectern and took his turn at answering a table topics question!
As always, I enjoyed hearing speeches with new bits of information. Not only did I gain helpful tips to help myself improve as a speaker, I got a chance to get to know our club members a little more.
- Lina Choun
