Our president Markus Schumaker got the idea of doing the
meeting backwards from a Toastmasters
Leadership Training. Carlos Perez loved
the opportunity to do his first time as Toastmaster backwards, as he and his
college roomates used to call each by their backwards names!
The General Evaluator, Ian Brooks, had predictions about the
evaluations to be given. He had fun
saying everyone’s name backwards.
Each evaluator spoke to the strengths they knew the speaker had,
and predicted content based on the title of the speech. Eric spoke about the meaning of the number
three. Christine joked about eye contact
not being important, and the speaker should face the other way! Michelle spoke about the wonderful aspects of
a speech.
Dignitaries gave made-up numbers for each job.
For Table Topics, Kat had volunteers tell stories first, then the
question was asked. Amazingly, the
questions did apply to the stories!
Markus’s speech told of his experience as an exchange
student. He spent six months in
Finland. On the ferry, he met a man who
taught him about the rule of thirds to take better pictures.
Kat described her journey as a leader in Toastmasters, where she
learned to be an invisible leader
empowering others.
Diana spoke about her experiences in her old boots with her son,
hunting.
Ric brought the quote of the day inspired by Omar Coffee.
Humorist Ann read a Woody Allen story about living a backwards
life-dying first, then the nursing home, etc.
Dignitaries gave their job descriptions at the end of the
meeting. The timer Maryanne showed the
red card first, then yellow, then green, which was disconcerting!
Markus ended the meeting with the beginning! He commended Carlos on the great job he did
as Toastmaster.
Respectively submitted,
Lynne Grobsky
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