Club No 1996

Club No 1996

Sunday, 3 December 2017

"TEACHING AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS- How To Ski!!"

Meeting 23rd November:
Numbers have dwindled as the festive season draws closer, but meetings remain as lively and informative as always. Carol, our Toastmaster of the day, created a colourful salute to summer on the meeting programme, which was accompanied by her warm, enthusiastic welcome.

The first speaker of the day was Noel, and he was ably introduced by Darryl. In his talk ‘Your Body Speaks’ he focused on the joys of skiing and the modern technology that continues to make the sport fun and accessible to all levels of expertise. Valuable advice from a veteran skier of 40 years on the slope. Bringing in boots, skis and helmet, etc added considerably to the demonstration.
‘Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks,’ was an apt title for David’s speech that demonstrated the use of a TV screen to provide visual support. The club has struggled for some time to find ways to add visual impact to speeches and using the screen was easy to see and use with the enthusiastic instructions offered.
Mike stepped up to produce an interesting Table Topics with a supply of random words for his ‘victims’ to incorporate into a 2 minute talk. Kerry with her theme of ‘A day at the beach’ was able to use – ladder, elephant, hamburger, vegetarian and whip into a lively tale. Marc also took up the challenge with Bungee jumping’  and used the words – soap, otter, telephone, bubble and giraffe to good effect. Only two participants but great effort from both.

An excellent meeting, well run by Carol and enjoyed by all.

Best Speaker; Noel
Best Table Topic; Kerry
Best Evaluator; Craig

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