A bucket list or a hit list?

The meeting was opened on time by our president Pat. Our Toastmaster for the evening Donal introduced each of the roles. Declan, the Grammarian, kept in with the festivities by giving the word “Frightened” as the word of the night.

The topics master Michelle who introduced some exciting topics such as your favourite Halloween character where Frank divulged his previous Superman moment. Declan had the topic of running the country for the day and he wished to have a St Declan’s day. Other topics included three things on your bucket list where one new member turned it into a hit list! There were plenty of add-ons also allowing the topics to be most entertaining.

 Eamon was the first speaker up and his title was The Blue Bird, his speech was inspiring and got us all thinking about Facebook and social media and how much time we waste on these sites. The second speech of the night was by Pat titled Own goal, yet again Pat always entertains the audience. An excellent speech - well done. The third speech of the night was by Darragh where he was selling us The Christmas Dream, he firstly started by explaining sales and cold calling and then asked a member of the audience to engage in a role play with him. This speech had many members asking Darragh for a look at the brochure at the break-very persuasive and excellent marketing. The final speech of the night was by another Pat on Situational Awareness on how our minds think, the audience were engaged by solving problems and got everyone engaged and thinking. The speech left us all thinking when do we think fast or think slow.

 

After an enjoyable break and tasty biscuits. Frances took over as the General Evaluator. Each speech was evaluated and Frances gave feedback to everyone and on the meeting. The officers were called on to give their reports. Brian gave a very interesting poem for the creative corner. Our president then closed the meeting. A very enjoyable meeting- thank you all. 

Our next meeting is Wednesday the 15^th of November.

Hope to see you there. 

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