Another upbeat meeting last night at Linlithgow, with 2 new guests and another from Glasgow Toastmasters (Gerry). All were made welcome by Sheila who asked us “What warms you up?”.
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We learned a great speech technique from Gerry – he started half way through his story so we were intrigued as to why he was passing out in a car bleeding! It really keeps the audience interested because we want to find out more. Powerful message in his speech as well. What a lovely singing voice Gerry has – who knew?
We also learned more about delivering positive feedback and Avril gave us a template she has been using (stolen from another Toastmaster). This is a good starting point for new Toastmasters who often find evaluating difficult.
We had a lovely and inspiring story from Teresa during Table Topics.
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Sheila lead us through the evening and kept the meeting positive and upbeat. We had speech evaluations from Mark and Avril.
We had 3 first-timers. Our guest, Louise, did a Table Topic for the very first time – well done! New member Ellen was our Timer and new member Nadin was our Table Topics Master. Well done to you all.
Our next meeting is on Tuesday 25 February – members and guests welcome!