{"id":491,"date":"2015-04-02T16:16:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T14:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toastmasters-bc-frankfurt.de\/?p=491"},"modified":"2015-04-02T16:37:59","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T14:37:59","slug":"meeting-summary-1st-april-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessclub-frankfurt-toastmasters.de\/wordpress\/archives\/491","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Summary 1st April 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If I may offer you a simple maxim, ‘Be interested’. Everyone wants to be interesting, but the vitalizing thing is to be interested.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

John Gardner, Commencement Address 1991, Stanford University.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Participation<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Business Club Frankfurt Toastmasters public speaking club\u00a0meets twice monthly on Wednesday evenings.<\/span><\/p>\n

On 1st April the 15 members and 3 guests were (see photos) included, informed, given time to digest, welcomed in\u00a0making our own contributions, and praised for our achievements. \u00a0Just 5 pictures speak volumes about successful meeting chairmanship, here demonstrated by Moritz<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Communication<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Club members practice speaking skills by preparing short speeches on specific themes. \u00a0 Our 3 speakers today were \u00a0Andrei<\/strong>\u00a0giving his very 1st, ‘Ice Breaker’ speech to the club. \u00a0Asli<\/strong> gave her 5th speech, with its focus on body language. \u00a0And Karla<\/strong>\u00a0spoke on a theme from one of the 18 advanced manuals (Speeches by Management).<\/span><\/p>\n

Feedback is given from one person to another. \u00a0It is a “perspective” from outside oneself, that lets one perceive one’s own self. \u00a0Feedback is give and take. \u00a0It occurs between individuals and so is contingent upon being part of a community; tonight we termed this “Interdependence”. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The evaluations to help our speakers improve were given by Barbara<\/strong>, J\u00f6rg<\/strong>, and Area Governor Alan H<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Impromptu Speaking<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Our impromptu, off the cuff speaking session was prepared by Petros, and Alan, Martina, Dilek, and Cezar stepped up to the challenge of speaking for 2 minutes on a given subject. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Words are only one part of communicating a message. \u00a0A story is painted, an emotion evoked. \u00a0Our hands can tell as much as our words.<\/span>
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Organisation<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We always aim to improve. \u00a0Our general meeting evaluation and other feedback given during the meeting raised the following points to praise and points to ponder:<\/span><\/p>\n

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