August 20 2009

Brent Audrey and Diane went to the home of Heidi Menzi on August 20, 2009. Heidi welcomed everyone and was chairperson for the evening. The theme was "You'll never guess what happened". Brent was toast and timer. Audrey read "Disaster at Hog Trough Bridge" for literary corner. Heidi led table topics by passing an envelope of pictures for each person to comment on using the theme-"you'll never guess what happened". Diane Bender was the winner of table topics.
Diane led with an improv game where you find a partner, then-You must convince each other verbally of why you need the $5 bill
You can’t repeat the ways in which you try to obtain your objective or we will freeze the situation by calling time.
Conflict- why you need it
Setting- where are you
Relationship- do you know each other
What’s at stake
1st person- Asked…..begged…….bargained……..blackmail….threaten
2nd person-Refuse,,,,explain,,,,,,question,,,,,,,,defend,,,,,,,,,deny,,,
It was so much fun that we played it three times with different objects and members.
We played a board game of Donald Trump. We needed to choose competitors that would be best suited for the job provided. Audrey and Diane vs. Brent and Heidi.
For the good of Toastmasters
Audrey was asked by the Women's Institute if Toastmasters could provide a few humourous speakers for their Ladies night out on Monday, November 9 at the Ag Hall.
We decided that yes that would be a good opportunity for us to go out into the community.
Diane attended an area presidents meeting Aug 19 in Hanover. We are busy setting goals and sharing ideas. I will be attending District 86 Humorous and Table Topics contest in Collingwood Nov 13-15.
Area Governor Diana Snowden will attend Linguists of Listowel September 10. She will present awards.
Brent has made some posters for Speechcraft and will post them in Listowel

Diane sent a picture to the banner for Tall tales contest and to promote Speechcraft.