Do you want the scuttlebutt, the 411, the news, about today’s Toastmasters meeting?

Read on!

Early in the meeting, which was attended by 7 regular members and 3 guests, we were educated with the word of the day: scuttlebutt.

A few minutes later, we were entertained by another round of Joe Simpson’s musical Table Topics, won, with a marginal lead in the polling on this Super Tuesday, by Raynard Price. Say, wasn’t he last week’s Best Speaker ribbon winner? Is this a trend? Go Raynard.

Toastmaster Paul Burke kept the meeting running on schedule, introducing and transitioning with his usual flair for entertaining and energetic commentary.

He introduced our first speaker, President Joe Simpson, for “Show and Tell” who shared some ideas for a membership building activity, and called for suggestions and comments. Discussion of this topic is to be continued over the next few weeks.

Kathy Hendry was introduced next, by name only, because she didn’t have a title for her presentation. Her speech turned out to be an extemporaneous disquisition on the importance of knowing your audience, and tailoring your topics appropriately. She talked about how the Table Topics experience can help prepare you for those occasions when you are called upon to speak before a group without advance preparation. Particularly appropriate, in this case, since 30% of her audience were visitors new to the Toastmasters experience.

All in all, it was a pretty typical Toastmasters at Metro meeting. We laughed, we learned, we practiced our skills, and we laughed some more. Come on up and join us soon!

Kath