Another successful online meeting for Florida Toastmasters
The Business session was focused and informative, and Mandy Gobisang, the Vice President: Membership proudly announced that the Club has four new members
Members of the Florida Toastmasters Club embraced the technology available during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, and hosted another successful Zoom meeting on 19 May.
The Sergeant at Arms called the meeting to order at 7.30pm whereafter the Cub’s President, Robert de Kramer, extended a warm welcome to make all guests feel welcome and at ease.
Vivien Katzav kept everyone informed and intrigued throughout the evening with information about the four stages to reach Alpha Brainwave consciousness easily, tying in with the evening’s theme ‘All about Alpha’.
The Business session was focused and informative, and Mandy Gobisang, the Vice President: Membership proudly announced that the Club has four new members.
The Toast to Toastmasters International was proposed by Tim Knights and was followed by the Toast of the Evening ‘To Florida’ proposed by Robert de Kramer.
During the Educational session entitled Zoom Overview, which included a question and answer session, Tim shared a number of helpful fun tips and tricks about the toolbar status icons to try out for the next Zoom meeting.
This was followed by the prepared speeches, and participants had the audience on the edge of their seats with their well prepared and researched speeches.
Roger’s speech, The 3 Ds of Success, motivated everyone to have a dream and a strong enough desire to do whatever it takes to make your dreams come true, and he said, “In addition to that it requires determination, constant development and devotion. Loving what you do is basically what it all comes down to. Until you squeeze that last drop out of the orange you cannot give up. Motivation is a skill you can build. When it comes to your performance, motivation is one of the most important things to control.
Among my favourite places to look for motivation are sport and the gym. After all, athletes depend on motivation to perform their best. Every athlete craves the triumphant, arm in the air finish.”
The next speech was all about effective leaders and how essential they are to any organisation. In her speech, Ntombi Phaledi said you can practice good leadership skills in any role, at any level, “If it seems like a good fit for you.
You might consider seeking any leadership roles to develop and practice your leadership skills. One of the best ways to improve your personal effectiveness is to master. Good leadership is inspiring colleagues to apply positive leadership traits.” Following the prepared speeches was the Impromtu session, with Table Topics master, Karen Gray, keeping the session fun and light-hearted.
The participants made sure everyone was entertained with topics that included takkies vs high heels, living in the year 2040, the best car to impress your date with, water is needed to make anything grow, and rainbows.
Maggie Mtshali aced the cup for the Best Impromptu Speech, with her speech about watering what you want to grow.
