Christmas 2019

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Another week in the books! Here is your Big “D” Toastmasters meeting summary for January 17, 2019. This weeks theme was “Random Facts.”

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One thing that frightens most beginner speakers is the idea of a pause. Notice how smooth speakers typically will pause and enable that minute of silence in a discussion to simply hang there.

This week’s theme was “Air.” Now, you might be wondering if this had anything to with “Love” in the Air. The answer to that question, is No.

Another week and another Toastmasters meeting. This week our Toastmaster is a returning member, Yolanda, who entertained us with the theme of “Smile.” We learned many facts about smiling throughout the evening. One of them being that waiters who smile tend to earn higher tips.

This week the Toastmaster was Elizabeth, who covered the role for another member. She decided that the theme this week was going to be Ireland, in celebration of the recently passed St. Patrick’s Day.