General Evaluation for
Online Pania TM Meeting 9/4/20
Hope you all had a very happy
Easter
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The meeting was great,
with a fabulous greeting from Carol and very well chaired. It was well
attended. She cleared the space and asked everyone to talk about a highlight
which made the replies succinct and to the point. Some highlights were -
Sandy had a roller coaster with her parents, did traditional
Easter German baking to surprise and delight them.
Jen was frantic at work, and missed her grandchildren’s
hugs
Hannah is loving it with the kids, ‘real simple stuff’ and
enjoyed her hubby’s birthday
Carol- had been re-reading John Kehoe – with the key message
-choice, chance and crisis – about choice rather than crisis in
lockdown
Anna talked about different structures for
storytelling just as we have structures for talks which will be attached to the
agenda
Stories
1.Benita – with ‘People and Place’ took us on her journey with
Starbucks through four different countries. She used very effective images, for
example London was ‘grubby and unfriendly,’ Singapore –was ‘clean, green and
effective’ and Hong Kong - fancy, glossy and edgy.’
Benita used strong vocal energy and a variety
of gestures. Her story was well told and structured. However, breaking it into
two parts and telling the women’s march, in protest of Trump as the second part
would allow more time to describe the march. I would also recommend varying the
volume, making it softer at times and slowing the pace at times
Benita tied the end back in with the
beginning and concluded with comfort, community and cause, which summed it all
up.
I was sooo disappointed not to see a picture
of the pink pussy cat hat worn on the march.
2. Lou had been looking through her old photos, during the
lockdown and found one of her old house, that was flooded three times and also a
newspaper article about it. I would recommend adding some actions or using
dialogue.
Her use of modulation was effective and it
was well structured as it was tied back into lockdown. Lou excels at humour and
she used it well in this story.
2. Laurel gave a reading from ‘Even Eagles Need a Push’ by
David McNally. It was beautifully crafted, with effective eye contact, a
character voice, well-paced, paused and modulated. I would like to have heard
more about the author at the beginning.
She compared the baby eagle clinging to the
edge to Toastmasters and how we help people clinging to the edge. We nurture
them to the edge and give them the confidence to open their wings and fly. It
was a powerful reading with a strong conclusion.
Zoom meeting this week – 3rd
online meeting 15/4/20
Anna Toastmaster
Stories – Hannah and Michael, 3-4
mins
Speaker – Lou practicing her humourous speech
for online Division finals this Saturday 18th April. Tune In!
General Evaluator Marc
