{"id":940,"date":"2016-02-18T09:20:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T08:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toastmasters-bc-frankfurt.de\/?p=940"},"modified":"2016-02-18T09:27:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T08:27:46","slug":"meeting-summary-3rd-february-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessclub-frankfurt-toastmasters.de\/wordpress\/archives\/940","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Summary, 3rd February 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maxim\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We don\u2019t just want to be good, we want to be better. \u00a0Ben, Vice President of Education<\/span><\/p>\n

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

A Toastmaster meeting is not ‘just for fun’. \u00a0It\u2019s a learning experience, and yet our club has its specialty that we DO have fun as we grow and step out of our comfort zone each and every evening.<\/span><\/p>\n

This evening we had a vibrant meeting with 24 people in the house, including 8 guests. Moritz, our Club President opened the meeting, using techniques of enthusiasm to warm up the audience.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

The business focussed 180-seconds on a topic of relevance to members is a special and new element of our meetings and it was so spontaneous that today, our newest member Baria jumped in and took the first step on her Toastmaster Journey, sharing a 3 minute mini workshop about blogging.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was just an another great example how supportive environment we have, even brand new members\u00a0have the courage to speak up in front of a 25-person audience, which we love to see.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our first prepared speaker, Martin, was introduced by Ranja. \u00a0Martin, who is not only a great entertainer, showed us the importance of \u201ccontrol\u201d in a sales talk and we learned WHY we can\u2019t sell a pen but how we could do that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Oliver, our next speaker, was introduced\u00a0by Bertalan. Oliver is an actor and storytelling coach. \u00a0Today he made his ‘icebreaker’ speech (the first speaking project for new members) which was not a usual first speech moment as he was already very experienced and we like to see such diversity in our club.<\/span><\/p>\n

Radu, our Timer, reported the timing results which is always an important objective feedback in order to improve our ability to control our speaking time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moritz came up with a challenging Table Topic (impromptu speaking), and made sure that everybody was involved. David, another brand new member, proved his confidence on the stage with emotion. Birgit, a guest, spoke up too and did a very good job. Bertalan, our new Competent Communicator (CC) gave us insights into dealing with neighbours. Wei, Martin and Ben ended the Table Topic session with a creative collaborative speech.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our \u201cAh – um\u201d counter Eva gave us a very deep and professional feedback how many filler words we used in our presentations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Every meeting is a chance to improve, and our general evaluation of the meeting was delivered by Barbara.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ben, our Toastmaster of the Evening made sure that everything went smooth so we had a good flow of the meeting between the different sections.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

We welcome three new members: Jose, David, Baira. \u00a0This brings our membership to 30.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

16 march – club contests<\/span><\/p>\n

6 April – Area (Frankfurt) contests (English). \u00a0Saalbau Gallus.<\/span><\/p>\n

14 April – Area (Frankfurt) contests (German)\u00a0Saalbau Gallus.<\/span><\/p>\n

23 April – Division (Southwest Germany) contests, Karlsruhe.<\/span><\/p>\n

13-15 May, District (norther Europe) contests, Timisoara, Roumania.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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

3rd March – TME Barbara. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

30th March – extra meeting, to replace the date lost to the club contest. \u00a0Members, s<\/span>ign up for speeches. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Guests are always welcome. \u00a0Send us a mail, or just drop in. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bertalan – meeting summariser<\/span><\/p>\n

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