This week’s meeting was full of inspiration. Shin Yee gave us a thought-provoking speech about cultural clash, telling us about her introduction to NZ culture when she first arrived in this country. There were messages in the speech and several people have encouraged Shin Yee to consider taking this speech further – Speech contests maybe?
And speaking of contests…we brought up YouTube and watched the winning speech from the 2023 World Championship of Public Speaking.
The winner, Jocelyn Tyson, gave an inspirational speech about overcoming self-doubt, using her personal experience of competing in a triathlon.
Under the heading of Faster, Higher, Stronger, I introduced members to the power of the Educational series: Better Speaking; Successful Club; Leadership Excellence. I am looking forward to members presenting projects from them as part of their skill growth!
Table Topics went higher as well – with questions around what might happen is aliens showed up! That inspired a number of interesting reactions.
Photo shows Shin Yee receiving from Rob the best contribution for the night for her speech. Rob was general evaluator for the evening.
Shout out to Clare for the lemon cake, which did a disappearing act, ho ho.
We do it all again on 12 September:
12 September, 6 PM
Johnsonville Community Centre.
Ohariu Toastmasters 