Dear Members, Guests and Friends,
Our seafaring TM Chris and Jim joined us today! Welcome back!! We have missed you!
TM Marie shared a few mishaps in last week's presentation before a large group and asked for our take on....
* Equipment failure - TM Jim informed us it's what happened to Janet Jackson at the Superbowl a number of years ago... Moral of the story: bring your own stuff...
* TM Chris has had echo echo echo in rooms with tiled floors and no curtains. Make lemonades out of lemons.
* TM Gail praised TM Marie for preparing ahead of time and having the foresight to test ahead in order to achieve best audience connection. She Won Best Table Topics Award.
* TM Pam indicated the goal is to have slides - both the good point and the bad point are the slides - enlarge the letters so those in the back can see, darn it!
* TM Christina used to dress for success, now is professional casual as an engineer must, but she will dress up for Australian zoom audiences to avoid criticism. Jeez!!
* TM Veronica has always practiced, practiced, practiced but is now practicing how NOT to practice. Improvise, improvise, improvise.
* TM BeckyJo is a pivoting pro. Children's theater helped her learn to embellish and have humor - they can fact-check you later....
Along came the prepared speeches...
* I, Ana, reminisced about my traumatic exit from Cuba with several glitches which led me to join in the 250th Celebration of the Best Country on Earth. I Won Most Improved Speaker Award.
* TM Aleta emphasized the importance of comic timing and pause before the punchline. Dare to be quiet! And "Take my wife..... PLEASE!"
As far as evaluations go...
* TM Christina praised my inspirational speech and encouraged me to dramatize the fact that the secret police took my father away from the line... momentarily.
* TM David stressed that this speech is very important to us as public speakers and slowing down is critical because it takes the audience twice as long to absorb the message as it does the speaker to present it. He Won Best Evaluator Award.
The Word of the Day was
UPLIFTING, adj.
Something that makes you feel happier, more hopeful or spiritually and emotionally elevated.
Example: The uplifting speech was very invigorating.
Our new officers are officially starting next week, July 2. Welcome aboard!
See you next week!
Ana
Recap Writer
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