"ORDER OUT OF CHAOS!"

This week was the  first time as a Toastmaster for our Toastmaster of the day: Sahar. She did a wonderful job and she made an exceptional well designed double sided agenda with a lot of historical information and a Persian poem from Hafez Shirazi.

"MANAGING YOUR ASSETS with DIVERSITY & INCLUSION"

These were the topics of the two speeches we had today at Pania Toastmaster's weekly meeting, extremely well organised and run by Israel, with his first time as Toastmaster of the day. He had an excellent program, which ran to time and his enthusiasm and comments kept the audience well involved.

'"THE EVOLVING HOME OF HAPPINESS!"

Anna was the Toastmaster for the day, with a well-organized and run meeting infused with humour. We all read the mission statement together and apologies were accepted. The theme of the day was Story Telling.

"THE PYGMALION EFFECT ON EMOTIONS & CHOICES!"

Graeme set out the room today in a different way which was very inviting.  Michael read the mission statement with gusto. 

Lou introduced our first speaker Tamara whose speech was entitled What are you expecting?  All about The Pygmalion effect.  What you expect you will get.  She told us about an experiment done on University students that has since has been implemented with various groups around the world and the results are the same - giving someone a great reputation to live up to will result in this happening.  Tamara used great props and this was a very informative speech about different leadership styles.  Six styles: Authoritative, Coaching, Democratic, Affiliative, Pace Setting, Bureaucratic which Tamara explained each one in detail and advised that a good leader will apply all of these at one time or other but will lean towards one or two more commonly.  Lou gave very good feedback to Tamara and commented on what a clever use of the subject matter whilst tying it to the objectives.

Julie introduced our second speech and told us of her knowledge of Paula and her enthusiasm for what she does and how she motivates others. Paula's speech was on Emotions and Choices.  She used the stage and her hand gestures to emphasis her points. She told us that we are in charge of our emotions and how we choose to show these in any given situation.  We all have a choice and we all can choose at any time.  When we make conscious choices we can be more in control of what the outcome will be.  Your mission if you choose, is to be aware of what choices you are making and start to notice what your unconscious choices are making.  Julie evaluated Paula and gave some great recommendations as well as commending her on her use of great facial expressions. 

Craig gave us general business and reminded us of the leadership training happening  Friday 19th July 6.30pm-9.30pm.  Craig also acknowledged the previous executive committee and welcomed in the new executive committee.   Graeme went through next week's programme with glee!

Israel introduced Table Topics and removed the lectern and owned the stage.  Great voice modulation and great pace - exuding confidence!  Israel wanted everyone to convince him on why he should employ our Table Topic participants in his new make-believe company.

Sandy spoke about how NOT to take her on as the CEO of any companies that you may be starting in the near future! Michael spoke about what his colleagues would say about him and that he's easy to get along with and knows how to get people to feel comfortable about new initiatives or plans for the business.  Leigh was asked about why she was leaving her previous role and she told us that she wanted to pursue new opportunities, improving her communication skills and show how passionate for is for his new company.  Sahar was asked what would be her leadership style and she considered this quickly and decided it was coaching style as she likes to see people try and support them in as they learn. When it comes to conflict, Mehran likes to be the facilitator of resolving conflict and likes staff to try to resolve their conflict before he needs to be involved. Craig told us he's a great communicator and let Israel know he should employ Craig over other candidates - namely because he can talk his way out of a paper bag!

In the end Israel decided to employ himself!  Well done and of course you will pay yourself handsomely for this new role Israel!

Sahar evaluated Table Topics for the first time and gave commendations and recommendations for each person - well done on following the CRC method for your first time Sahar!

Jen  keep time during the meeting and we finished right on time to venture out into the rain again!!

Table Topics - Sandy

Best Evaluator - Sahar

Best Speech - Tamara

'"THE HAPPY PRINCE @ 20,000 per DAY!"

20th of June 2019

"The Happy Prince @20,000 a day!"

Jenni was confident, friendly, welcoming and well organised as Toastmaster, linking in fun facts over a variety of topics including the 1987 world cup.