Lingo Advanced TM Open House “Survivor night: Outwit, Outplay and Outlast”
Well our doors were open, so to speak, but only one guest came. We are very happy that Violet W took us up on our invitation to join us for an evening of “Survivor - Outwit, Outplay & Outlast.” Just what we needed in the midst of winter, experiencing another difficult Covid year, and busy times with Toastmasters as speech contest season is approaching.
Sgt at Arms Rhys D Introduced fellow Lingo Charter member Survivor Edith B, TM for the evening, who had everyone look at their thumbs since she read that a big curvature of the thumb is an indication of flexibility and survivorship. Grammarian Cherry C chose a good strong word of the day, as we all have great “potential” and are all survivors one way or another. From members and our guest introductions, we heard things like cancer, other health issues, job loss, long careers, long marriages and loss, caused by a natural disaster.
Before we got to the fun and games, Cherry C gave an inspirational speech from the Dynamic Leadership Path Level 3 titled “Leaders are made.” She described her own story which led her to becoming a leader within her career in Government. Speech Evaluator Eileen S liked how Cherry presented her speech but thought she could have tied in her original question about the age a person started drinking coffee into the conclusion of her speech. It is wonderful that Eileen can always find a concrete suggestion for improvement, particularly since she had a busy evening being timer as well.
Dan Mc used an interesting and thought provoking approach in leading Tabletopics by posting quotes and then asking a question. Craig B thought we had good structured responses but we could have enhanced our gestures. Xiao X won best Tabletopics describing her sudden need to relocate in Edmonton and how in turn it has benefited her family.
Then we “Let the games begin.” Thanks to Gamemaster Xiao and family, we played several rounds of guessing games using Blooklet.com. We may not have “Outwitted, outplayed or outlasted” our fellow toastmasters but we did find out how well we did or did not know capital cities, flags and logos. Thanks to the ultimate games, the Olympics, we did better than we could have. Such fun.
We were then back to Toastmaster business with reports and a round robin evaluation of the meeting. Our next meeting is on Tuesday March 1/2022 at 7 pm MST where the educational topic will be Motivational Strategies. Dan will coordinate the event and Cherry will be Toastmaster. But the very best news is that our guest Violet W will give a speech as she is working on the Motivational Strategies Path. What a lucky coincidence. Way to go Violet. We are certainly looking forward to hearing your presentation. Edith B, VPPR
