Mike Biggs, our VP of Education, stepped in as today's Toastmaster, noting that he's charged with filling the roles for each meeting. The downside of this duty is that when no one steps forwards to fill a role he is called upon to step in. He stepped in ably, harmoniously combining this unplanned role with the planned role of Table Topics Master. We were treated to two speeches today. First, John Wierzba gave an advanced story telling speech that addressed the perils of mis-communication resulting from our newest electronic medium. It was an excellent speech, well crafted, well rehearsed, and it took first place for the best speech today.
I gave the second speech, a speech from The Leadership Excellence Series, on Visionary Leadership.
Table Topics, were presented by Mike Biggs who asked a series of questions sharing the device, "Would you rather....?" As an example, Paul Sadowski answered the question, "Would you rather go to jail for a crime you didn't commit, or go to jail for a crime you did commit?" Paul replied, "He'd rather not go to jail, for a crime he didn't commit."
We had a guest today, Karen Lang, who we goaded - nicely of course - into participating in Table Topics. Karen spoke well and earned the prize for Best Table Topics. She was concerned she'd be nervous. We hope to hear more from her in the future.
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