"CLIMATE REALITY while HAVING FUN ALONG THE WAY!"

Imagine having two speeches! 

We also had a grammarian.  Anna challenged us to use the word "vulnerable."  Thanks Anna it proved to be a very popular word.

But lets get back to the two speeches!  One of them was titled "Having fun along the way" and the other "Climate reality"

Wow! 

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The first one was a chance for Pedro to shine.  This was his first speech to us.  Well done Pedro! 

We call it the Ice Breaker.  Laurel his evaluator set the scene by giving us a background as to the speech requirements so we could tune in on what was to follow.  Great speech Pedro.  What an interesting man and so enthusiastic.  Learned he was from Brazil.  What a place that must be! His

trip around the world was full of surprises as was his job.  We certainly appreciated your efforts!   Later on Laurel evaluated Pedro.  She gave him praise regarding speech rate, vocal variety and eye contact.  Laurel also suggested ways in which he could improve.  Pania is fortunate to have people like Laurel to help guide people like Pedro through his time with us.

Our second speaker was Benita.  Julie her evaluator explained Benita's background by mentioning previous evaluators and what they had to say.  The speech itself "Climate reality" was not only very meaningful but it was also something that may affect each and everyone of us.  Benita's facts, figures, examples were impressive and so was her presentation skills.  Julie's evaluation was full of praise but she did suggest Benita slow down a little more.

Sandy was our table topic master.  This time it was different!

Usually people taking part only have one choice.  Today they had three!

People were asked to choose either a playing card which had either a Club,Heart etc colour  or number on it.

Paula chose a number.  She chose six.  Possible error in that she suddenly remembered her Australian background.  Great recovery and ended on a positive note.  Well done!

Michael chose King of hearts.  Talked about fruit orchard.  Having a girl friend.  Besotted by a new arrival in the orchard.  Name Wendy.  Lost girl friend.  Said Wendy asked him if he would be her King of hearts.  Believable?

Sahar chose a card.  Said gambling was illegal where she use to live.  Sahar's openess and honesty came through very strongly.  Nice touch.

Craig told us he had chosen the Joker.  Did he make that up?  We will never know.  Certainly introduced considerable humour.

Lou was the Table Topic evaluator.  Excellent feedback to all those taking part.  Experience showed.

Thank you Lou.  Very good standard as always.

Leigh was our timekeeper.  Her report was clear, concise, complete.  Thank you.

Graeme provided feedback in his role as general evaluator.

Anna summed up her involvement as Grammarian.  Appreciate knowledge.

Patrick concluded the meeting in the same way as he started  -  brilliant!

Best Speaker Benita        Best Evaluator Julie        Best Table Topics Michael