{"id":732,"date":"2015-09-07T11:10:26","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T09:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toastmasters-bc-frankfurt.de\/?p=732"},"modified":"2015-09-07T11:33:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T09:33:49","slug":"meeting-summary-2nd-september-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessclub-frankfurt-toastmasters.de\/wordpress\/archives\/732","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Summary 2nd September 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

“A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” – William James<\/span><\/p>\n

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

At our first meeting after the 4 outdoor meetings of the summer, we had a respectable 11 members and 4 guests. \u00a0Membership has held steady over the relaxed summer season, which is a good sign for the continued strength of the club.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

In a slightly shorter meeting of 90 minutes, there were two speeches: Petros gave yet another mesmerising and spell-binding account of a subject that dominates his professional and private life – physics. \u00a0This time, the subject was time. \u00a0Mirja gave a timely educational session on impromptu speaking, or Table Topics. \u00a0The subject was so well chosen because our next meeting kicks off the competition season (Humorous speech & Impromptu speaking competitions).<\/span><\/p>\n

Table Topics impromptu speaking – our guests Phani, & Tobias and members Martin & Eleonore spoke for 2 minutes on a topic provided by the TT moderator, Bertalan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evaluation leads to improvement. \u00a0Our speech and meeting evaluators today were Martin, Cezar, and Ben.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

The meeting was run by Andrei, our\u00a0TME (Toastmaster of the Evening). \u00a0He demo’d mastery as MC – Master of Ceremonies. \u00a0As each experience is an opportunity to improve for the next time, he showed us how to deal with issues that arose seamlessly and with panache.<\/span><\/p>\n

As with all of our activities, we aim to improve. \u00a0The following points were observed to help us do so next time round.<\/span><\/p>\n

The TME owns the meeting, and its success is due to her\/him. \u00a0As such, make sure to direct the Sergeant at Arms to accomplish all tasks – feedback slips need to be put out, a box to collect feedback prepared, the Toastmasters sign goes on the venue door, and even fill the seating from the back, so the speaker has space for her ‘stage’.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Fall Competition Season (Humorous speech & Table topics). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Club<\/a> contest: 16 September, Frankfurt Saalbau Gallus<\/span><\/div>\n
Area<\/a> (Frankfurt) contest: 27 September<\/span><\/div>\n
Division (SW Germany) contest: 10 October, Heidelberg<\/span><\/div>\n

This is a special event, as Heidelberg Toastmasters Club will be celebrating its 55th anniversary. \u00a0S<\/a><\/strong>ign up here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

District 95<\/a> European conference, Prague.<\/span><\/p>\n

Facebook<\/span><\/p>\n

Please join our club Facebook site<\/a>. \u00a0Bertalan is the administrator, and can give you more information if you wish to contact him by email via Facebook or via our Easy Speak site.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Request a speech via Easy Speak. \u00a0Your VP Education, Ben, will respond. Plan 2 to 3 months in advance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next meetings<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

16th September, 7th and 21st October.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Maxim “A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” – William James Participation At our first meeting after the 4 outdoor meetings of the summer, we had a respectable 11 members and 4 guests. \u00a0Membership has held steady over the relaxed summer season, which is a good […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meeting-summary","category-tmbcffm"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t