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| Toastmaster Craig |
Craig then handed the meeting over to Ian to convene the International Speech Contest.
Ian did an admirable job taking control of the contest. And what a contest we had. Only a small number of entrants so quality prevailed over quantity. All four contestants proved that practice does make perfect because four perfect speeches were presented.
First up was Steve speaking on the real cost of tertiary education. Steve convinced us that the real cost of tertiary education was visible in the community and economic sector, once the students have finished their degrees. According to studies, these educated people actually save the community money because they have better health and are well informed saving costs on our health system as one example. Steve thought that burning the odd couch and partying a small price to pay, when these same students will put more back into society and take less out once they are employed.
Our second contestant was Amy who had the audacity to call us all maggots! Once she got our attention she compared the reasons why and what we fear in the dark. Amy shared her poignant fear of being alone as a single parent. She led us on her journey of finding her way from her dark place to overcome her fear by being her own light house keeper, she knows now to turn “the freaking light on” and asked us if we knew who our lighthouse keeper is.
Netta was our third speaker. Netta shared a story of 2 special people who have inspired her. Her story revolved around the life of an elderly friend and compared her qualities with those of her young grand daughter. The message was for us all to find that special person that will be an inspiration and enrich our lives.
Our final speaker was Peter who informed us that small changes can make a big difference to our wellbeing. Peter used the examples of reducing the amount of chocolate we eat and taking up cycling. Peter told us how habits affect our health and it only takes 4 weeks to break a bad habit. Peter had some positive suggestions how we can undertake small changes to make a big difference to our life style such as making ourselves accountable for any choices we planned to make by sharing them with another person.
The second half of our meeting was kicked off by Steve, our General Evaluator for the night who introduced Grammarian, Chris Heath. The word (s) chosen were 'further' and 'farther'. As there were no guests present, our timekeepers Rachel and Graeme chose not to explain their roles.
Craig needed practice on evaluating and volunteered to evaluate our speaker Robyn. He informed us that Robyn was doing her second speech from the CC manual Get Organised.
Another quality speech was presented by Robyn. Obviously she believes that practice makes perfect as she delivered a near perfect and thought provoking story entitled “the lesser of two weevils”. Once again we were treated to hearing about maggots….nice. A lovely light hearted story of her battling moths and maggots in her pantry.
Table Topics was next, presented by Dee, who assured us that we need to practice to become perfect, yet when asked to practice impromptu speaking we all back away when we should all be asking “pick me”! Dee asked questions of her non-volunteers that included:
Ian Wright (Napier): What was the best present you have ever given any one?
Chris: What tall tale have you told while slightly tipsy?
Emma: What skills have you discovered that you didn’t know you had?
Netta: If you dream of winning lotto what would you do with it?
Ian Wright from Hastings Toastmasters: What clothes do you choose to wear to make you feel good / confident?
Paul B from Hastings Toastmasters: Most embarrassing moment at work.
A very entertaining session that created a lot of laughter from the room. A slight misunderstanding or lack of communication resulted in only half of the speakers being evaluated.
The Business Session was presented by Chris who reminded us that the D2 Speech and Evaluation competition will be held Friday 18 March in Hastings. He also mentioned the competition in Rotorua 10 April and the conference to be held in Rotorua 20 May. Craig is organising a mini bus if anyone would like a ride – cost approximately $40.00.
Ian Wright from Hastings encouraged us to assist with the area wide marketing promotion. He handed out invitation cards for us to circulate to various people and places. He also asked for old Toastmaster magazines to circulate to waiting rooms etc.
Craig then spoke of the roster for the next few meetings, reminded us that subs are due and thanked Chris, Graeme and Steve for judging the Secondary School Speech contest at the RSA. Once he finished the business business he evaluated Robyn’s speech commending her for a much improved presentation and suggested she slowed her speech rate when reading her notes.
The contest chair Ian then thanked the competition contestants and presented them with participation certificates:
First place was awarded to Amy.
Netta’s speech took second place.
Congratulations to Amy for another excellent presentation. We wish her the best of luck at the next round in Hastings. Hopefully there will be some members from our club to support her.
Finally Steve presented his General Evaluations.
Chris tallied the number of times we used his word of the night and the timekeepers gave a comprehensive report on all segments from go to whoa.
Craig closed the meeting at 9.15 after presenting our guest judge Paul with the Best Table Topics award.
Netta
Ian did an admirable job taking control of the contest. And what a contest we had. Only a small number of entrants so quality prevailed over quantity. All four contestants proved that practice does make perfect because four perfect speeches were presented.
First up was Steve speaking on the real cost of tertiary education. Steve convinced us that the real cost of tertiary education was visible in the community and economic sector, once the students have finished their degrees. According to studies, these educated people actually save the community money because they have better health and are well informed saving costs on our health system as one example. Steve thought that burning the odd couch and partying a small price to pay, when these same students will put more back into society and take less out once they are employed.
Our second contestant was Amy who had the audacity to call us all maggots! Once she got our attention she compared the reasons why and what we fear in the dark. Amy shared her poignant fear of being alone as a single parent. She led us on her journey of finding her way from her dark place to overcome her fear by being her own light house keeper, she knows now to turn “the freaking light on” and asked us if we knew who our lighthouse keeper is.
Netta was our third speaker. Netta shared a story of 2 special people who have inspired her. Her story revolved around the life of an elderly friend and compared her qualities with those of her young grand daughter. The message was for us all to find that special person that will be an inspiration and enrich our lives.
Our final speaker was Peter who informed us that small changes can make a big difference to our wellbeing. Peter used the examples of reducing the amount of chocolate we eat and taking up cycling. Peter told us how habits affect our health and it only takes 4 weeks to break a bad habit. Peter had some positive suggestions how we can undertake small changes to make a big difference to our life style such as making ourselves accountable for any choices we planned to make by sharing them with another person.
The second half of our meeting was kicked off by Steve, our General Evaluator for the night who introduced Grammarian, Chris Heath. The word (s) chosen were 'further' and 'farther'. As there were no guests present, our timekeepers Rachel and Graeme chose not to explain their roles.
Craig needed practice on evaluating and volunteered to evaluate our speaker Robyn. He informed us that Robyn was doing her second speech from the CC manual Get Organised.
Another quality speech was presented by Robyn. Obviously she believes that practice makes perfect as she delivered a near perfect and thought provoking story entitled “the lesser of two weevils”. Once again we were treated to hearing about maggots….nice. A lovely light hearted story of her battling moths and maggots in her pantry.
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| Robyn |
Table Topics was next, presented by Dee, who assured us that we need to practice to become perfect, yet when asked to practice impromptu speaking we all back away when we should all be asking “pick me”! Dee asked questions of her non-volunteers that included:
Ian Wright (Napier): What was the best present you have ever given any one?
Chris: What tall tale have you told while slightly tipsy?
Emma: What skills have you discovered that you didn’t know you had?
Netta: If you dream of winning lotto what would you do with it?
Ian Wright from Hastings Toastmasters: What clothes do you choose to wear to make you feel good / confident?
Paul B from Hastings Toastmasters: Most embarrassing moment at work.
A very entertaining session that created a lot of laughter from the room. A slight misunderstanding or lack of communication resulted in only half of the speakers being evaluated.
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| Table Topics Evaluators Colin and Graeme |
The Business Session was presented by Chris who reminded us that the D2 Speech and Evaluation competition will be held Friday 18 March in Hastings. He also mentioned the competition in Rotorua 10 April and the conference to be held in Rotorua 20 May. Craig is organising a mini bus if anyone would like a ride – cost approximately $40.00.
Ian Wright from Hastings encouraged us to assist with the area wide marketing promotion. He handed out invitation cards for us to circulate to various people and places. He also asked for old Toastmaster magazines to circulate to waiting rooms etc.
Craig then spoke of the roster for the next few meetings, reminded us that subs are due and thanked Chris, Graeme and Steve for judging the Secondary School Speech contest at the RSA. Once he finished the business business he evaluated Robyn’s speech commending her for a much improved presentation and suggested she slowed her speech rate when reading her notes.
The contest chair Ian then thanked the competition contestants and presented them with participation certificates:
First place was awarded to Amy.
Netta’s speech took second place.
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| Contestants: Steve, Peter, Amy and Netta |
Congratulations to Amy for another excellent presentation. We wish her the best of luck at the next round in Hastings. Hopefully there will be some members from our club to support her.
Finally Steve presented his General Evaluations.
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| General Evaluator - Steve |
Craig closed the meeting at 9.15 after presenting our guest judge Paul with the Best Table Topics award.
Netta
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