'A RUDE WOMAN ON A WELLINGTON WINTER'S DAY!"

Today’s Toastmasters meeting of Pania Toastmaster’s was warm , convivial and certainly no reflection of the gloomy winters day outside .

Carol had produced a programme that would warm anyone up !

After the usual housekeeping , we were treated to Tamara’s speech , a beautifully  crafted speech about a Wellington Winter’s Day and how that day changed her life .

Graeme was her evaluator . His evaluation was tidy , succinct and kind .He used the CRC (Commend-Recommend-Commend) method of evaluation and was able to offer some recommendations to Tamara that she may use if she gives that speech again.

Lou was next up, her speech was from the same pathway as Tamara’s, but a different story about a Rude Woman who impacted her life .

Lou gave a personal speech about something that happened to her long ago and whilst it  upset her at the time she turned it around to be a positive in her life .

Laurel was Lou’s evaluator , the evaluation was smooth , and in depth , Laurel was able to reference her evaluation back to the objectives required in the speech . It was a very helpful evaluation for us all, because Laurel is always able to get a few little pointers in from which we can all learn .

Table Topics from Anna were a real treat , Anna had some items in a bag , she blindfolded each speaker then asked them to describe the item , it was funny , clever and as there were no guests we could have a lot of fun with it .

Sandy was our table  topics evaluator , a real toughie today Sandy, but well managed , Carol was awarded the table topic of the day , well-earned  Carol, job was a good one !

Her compatriots Patrick and Tamara also did well and entertained us .

After the meeting a member for whom hearing is an issue , confided  that the seating arrangement adopted for last week and today , made it very difficult for people with a hearing loss to hear , because the distance is far greater and people with a hearing loss miss out on the pre meeting banter because it has to be sent so far across the room .

Another member said she had not enjoyed the arrangement because it is less personal .

Today the best speaker was Tamara and the best evaluator was Laurel .

But everyone did a great job , thank you madam Toastmaster .