MWD Invites Metro Toastmasters to Holiday Party

Tuesday’s meeting started off with a bang when Kathy Hendry substituted her shoe for an errant and misplaced gavel. Toastmaster Cynthia Jimerson served up a great meeting.

The group was treated by a visit from Chris Hill from MWD. Seems he met up with Pres. Falan Guan and Sgt.(at arms) Kathy Hendry at the Fall Education Conference the previous Saturday. All shared their experience gleaned from attending the conference and encouraged us to think about attending the Spring conference. Best tip: “How to sparkle! Forget about yourself by focusing on the audience.”

Chris invited us to visit the MWD Toastmasters - they meet the first and third Wednesday of every month. Chris says: “Our holiday celebration will be on December 13 starting 11:45 a.m. in Room 3-599 and you are most welcome to attend. We will be having a white elephant gift exchange, where everyone brings a wrapped present, with high, medium, or no value, and walks away with a different present! We will be delighted to have you here.”

We had a rousing round of Table Topics from Gayle Anderson followed by a prepared speech from Paul Burke: “Why Are We Here.” He took humorous turns around the cafeteria polling for the Top 10 Reasons we are here in this building. The conclusion: One can’t work for at ATM. Evaulator Kathy Hendry gave him good marks, and rightly so. Good gestures and word variety, she said, but watch the pacing, Paul! Stay tuned for news on the Holiday Party.

How about a not complicated potluck and a couple of e-z impromptus to get us in the mood?