Thursday night was just another inspiring evening at Croydon
Communicators and what a turnout of new guests! WELCOME!!
Attendees were warmly greeted by Sergeant at Arms (Arlene)
who subtly opened another very INSPIRING evening full of Education, Learning
and Humour. Where else could one be on a Thursday evening?
Our forever energised Club President Hanna took control and WELCOMED
members and guests to another fun filled, educational evening of learning &
development. On that note the audience was ready for an evening of edutainment.
Toastmaster, Michael diligently kept the flow of the meeting
throughout the evening with a very colourful game... all will be revealed
later!
And if time was a matter for concern, the meeting was kept
to schedule with the notorious bell via Timekeeper Rahmat.
A first timer, Oscar our Grammarian (CONGRATS!), who really
'INSPIRED" the audience with the Word of the Day.
Continuing with formalities "Don't Start what you can't
Finish, set the mood for a useful 'Tip of The Day' from Anne.
Another first time role, as warm-up leader, presented itself
to Sarah as she produced a unanimous "Birthday" choice as the
audiences chose their favourite day of the year (CONGRATS!).
One Ice Breaker & three speeches were to follow -
setting the pace for the night - straight into action...
If ever there was a time to take note of change then Mobola
certainly proved that with her ICE BREAKER speech! 'Change' which had the
audience definitely thinking about life's exciting changes from Nigeria,
working life through to new business goals. How inspiring to say the least and
so much potential. CONGRATS! Can't wait to hear more!
Secondly came Raquel, who gave the audience a lesson on IT
Housekeeping. "Think Before You Print"... Raquel, are you an
Environmentalist? One could never leave a Croydon Communicators meeting on a
Thursday evening without learning a tip or two. A very informative speech with
plenty of information for the audience to take away.
Third to shine on stage was Cheryn, "Tomorrow Never
Comes", are you telling us that you are guilty of 'Procrastinating?' Never
would have guessed! Something we're all guilty of at times! What a speech to
say the least; that was supreme. We could all learn a tip or two from that. And
start learning that Piano!
And last of the four speeches but certainly not least
came... wait for it... Champion of Champions... Malachi "The Autograph"....
Simply put, Superb! I think I'll go and buy that book and furthermore get it
autographed!
Evaluate, Evaluate, Evaluate & the Power of Three... up
came the evaluators, providing some very useful and constructive feedback on
all four speeches. Evaluators, Joe putting into practice some evaluation tips
from the Freddie Daniels recent workshop, held at Bromley Speakers the very
experienced and esteemed David L, the promising & confident Gareth and very
inspiring and motivational David L all gave some very useful & encouraging
feedback, encouraging hints & tips on of the the four speeches. There was
definitely a lot to take away and learn.
This was another great night of true edutainment and there
was more to come!
A short break and the Toastmaster Michael,
'colourfully' introduced the second half
of the meeting with more fun and humour, and another 1st time role! Ayo
(CONGRATS!) as the Table Topics Master for the session.
Ayo led the audience through some impromptu speaking in the
Table Topics session with some very intriguing Topics questions ranging from
'looking back and seeing yourself in the mirror', "I'll learn learn &
learn" KayJay; Cheryn, back on stage, 'things you wish you could do', it's
imminent now, that "Piano has to come out of the cupboard" and
"sprechen German"; 'Achievements this year?', "Joining
Toastmasters", your in the right place Ama; 'Stopping time for an hour'',
was Ola "going back to Nigeria for an hour"; 'Favourite Theme',
"Help someone each day", thanks Arlene; Thandi, 'could never fail',
by "doing that workout DVD", and Arthi, your next holiday be sure to
take armbands and "learn to swim"!
We're constantly learning and developing; John K & Anne,
delivered some very useful feedback, tips & hints whilst evaluating the
Table Topics contenders which was promptly followed by Oscar's summary on the
use of Grammar throughout the evening.
So all can now be revealed, Michael's analysis of the audience’s
choices of favourite colour "The audience tonight was predominantly
BLUE!"... we are calm, sophisticated, thoughtful and helpful people...
Mmmm one to think about!
Guest General Evaluator, Sue, topped off the meeting with
some very observant points about the evenings meeting. THANK YOU SUE!
This was another great evening full of entertainment in a
supportive environment inspired by our President Hanna and backed up with a
team of experienced and up & coming new leaders and members.
Can't wait until the next meeting - "HUMOROUS SPEECH
CONTEST and TABLE TOPICS CONTEST" - Thurs 27th Sept 18:45 prompt! Contact Gareth to book your place. Everyone
welcome.
Don't miss out, be part of it Get Involved & Get
Motivated, Be Inspired, Build Confidence, Educate, Have Fun, Smile.
Excellence together at Croydon Communicators. Mind in
Croydon, 10 Altyre Road, E. Croydon CR0 5LA
