Often times a Toastmaster will choose a theme for a meeting, something to set the tone, the mood, the ambiance, or just something to fill the dead air.
I was today's Toastmaster, and I attempted to wing it more than is usually advisable. Our good General Evaluator, Dave Trzupek, was generous with his evaluation. Surely, the criticism, "a printed agenda would be helpful," was justified.
Without theme or agenda, we moved right ahead with the speeches As a happenstance would have it, a theme emerged from the speeches.
Nick Samoylov started us off by telling us a tale of a search for Fabrege's riches. It seems a desperate search of the egg artist's apartment ended badly when the would-be hiding spot turned out to be something entirely, and humorously, different.
Mike Stablein was up next, and began his speech by having a conversation with some eggs boiling away in a pan. The eggs had one chief complaint, and that was, it is too hot in the boiling water. Mike spun from this the moral of his story, that when you are feeling, "too cooked," get out of the water, act and change your situation.
Gary Fuller then subjected the, heretofore unspoken members, to Table Topics based upon our commitments as Toastmaster members. The resulting speeches were personal in nature, sharing what the speakers have received from our toastmaster's experience, what we hope for, and what we can do to make the experience positive for others.
There was a brief induction ceremony at the end of the meeting when we officially swore in six new members. Many of the inductees have been around for a while, this being a ceremony that, in my estimation, occurs bi-annually.
We were very pleased to have Karen Mehringer, a recently published author, visit the club.
D.
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