Our Sergeant at Arms for the evening, Evan Williams, started the meeting aplomb for the first time in this role at 7 o’clock, and handed over to our Toastmaster for the evening, Lianna Cairns, who ran the meeting with both fun and efficiency throughout; it was also Lianna;s first time as Toastmaster for the eveningContinue reading “Doncaster Speakers Meeting Report Monday 14th May 2018”
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Doncaster Speakers Meeting Report Monday 23rd April 2018
Our Sergeant at Arms for the evening, Maria Orlovic, started the meeting promptly at 7 o’clock, and handed over to our Toastmaster for the evening, Sarah Saxelby, who kept the meeting running smoothly and efficiently throughout, and set an interesting theme for the evening, Reflections. After helpful introductions to the roles of timekeeper, Ah counterContinue reading “Doncaster Speakers Meeting Report Monday 23rd April 2018”
Doncaster Speakers Meeting Report Monday 9th April 2018
What a great night once again. The theme chosen by our ToastMaster for the evening Bridget Pearson was: Embrace the change Onboarding our new members Just prior to this meeting the Doncaster Speakers Committee had met and had agreed on testing out an idea to help new members ‘ease’ in to the club and getContinue reading “Doncaster Speakers Meeting Report Monday 9th April 2018”
Doncaster Speakers Meeting Report Monday 26th March 2018
As a member of Toastmasters you are given the ability to find the balance between taking the path that suits you best and pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone. Maria Orlovic has been an active member of the club for well over a year, is a committee member and half way through her CompetentContinue reading “Doncaster Speakers Meeting Report Monday 26th March 2018”
Doncaster Speakers Meeting Report Monday 12th March 2018
Monday 12th March was the first of our competition nights for 2018 (there are usually two each year). Members competed in two categories of the Club competition (International Speech and Evaluation) to go through to the Area competition in Hull. The winners of that round will compete in the District Competition in Chester, and soContinue reading “Doncaster Speakers Meeting Report Monday 12th March 2018”
Doncaster Speakers Meeting Report Monday 26th February 2018
Standing still is the path to stagnation and the beauty of Toastmasters is how easy it is for people to grab opportunities to push themselves, even if by just a little bit. Appropriately, the theme for this week’s meeting was “Learning and Development” and our Toastmaster of the evening was Jon Carvell, who has beenContinue reading “Doncaster Speakers Meeting Report Monday 26th February 2018”
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