Toastmasters, Where Leaders are Made

Toastmasters, where leaders are made.  This was the speech title of the presentation delivered by Richard at today’s Toastmasters meeting.  He briefly explained the Toastmasters Leadership track and where he fit in the program and explained extensively what the High Performance Leadership (HPL) program is all about.  An HPL project is one of the requirements to achieve your Advanced Leader Silver (ALS) educational award.  We learned what project Richard is taking on, what his vision is and what the desired results should be.  Along the way leadership skills will be learned and practiced while leading a team.  Good luck in your project Richard.

The rest of the program was a little out of the ordinary.  We had a Table Topics session as well as a Business Meeting.  Normally we would have one or the other, but today we had enough time to fit both in.  Table Topics was enjoyable with questions being asked of three members.  The questions weren’t meant to stump anyone but allowed us to practice listening and thinking on our feet so we could deliver a two minute mini speech.  The Business meeting was run with a little monkey business thrown in for fun.  There was no actual business to discuss so a motion was made, seconded and debated on having the meeting chairman bring a beverage besides water to the meeting.  There were many points made for and against the motion, which eventually was defeated.  I am not sure what the problem was with the motion.  I guess people didn’t pick up on the word “besides” which could have been interpreted as “in addition to”.  Oh well, maybe next time we may have something else to toast with instead of water.  Whether monkey business or actual club business is discussed, it is a great opportunity to practice Roberts Rules of Orders.

We also had 2 guests in attendance.  John came back for a second look and Meg joined us as she is shopping for a club to join.  We told her Prairie Schooners was the best and she didn’t need to look any farther.  We also had two young ladies join us half way through the program.  I didn’t get to speak to them.  I hope they got their questions answered and will return for another visit soon.

All in all we had a pretty productive meeting with a few new faces.

Hope to see you for a visit next week.