Published August 5, 2011 | 
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Published July 22, 2011 | Just for a moment,imagine 15 of you are trapped in a deep cave,many of your party are missing,and you want to keep everyone calm and entertained.
This was the unique theme for Tim’s meeting,after many meeting roles were left unclaimed,despite requests for help.
Gerald had already volunteered to keep time,and placed himself in a position to monitor the situation
Lynda took on grammarian with word of the day being
BLATANT
1. Unpleasantly loud and noisy: “There are those who find the trombones blatant and the triangle silly, but both add effective color” (Musical Heritage Review).
2. Usage Problem Totally or offensively conspicuous or obtrusive: a blatant lie
Our spirits were raised when Mark took us through topics.The theme was a book summary,with the players going through 2 chapters each.This was a complex session.
Jim R customised his creation with tales of crimean war wounds
Lynda continued with treacherous treasure trove searches
Rob N elevated the pace with tales of time travel and espionage
Tim completed the tale as he crept over the carpet,conversing with the charactors therein.(best topics)
Sarma took on his 2nd speech on education and was evaluated by Gentle Jim.
Jim praised the difficulties around speaking in a second language,adding that practice is essential to improve abilities.
Jim said he practices his speeches around 6 times,before performing.This is the advantage of having a prepared speech and primed evaluator
(I practice,perfect,then record and playback,until it’s in my head)
Yiorgos painted a picture of gardens and benefits to all of us in his 7th speech.
Lovely Lynda was volunteered to evaluate,praising his body language.
Mick made us consider manufacturing in his 2nd speech
Manic Mark,having been volunteered after his topics session, evaluated in his unique style,suggesting Mick took his speech to breakfast clubs.
Carmel obtained her CC(competant communicator) badge (speech 10)
We were taken on an emotive journey through personal development in adversity.She claimed the best speaker award,and it was very much deserved.
Reliable Rob N ,was volunteered to feedback,describing her as a ‘wizard of wordery’ (best evaluator)
Carmels language was magical,and left the audience spell bound.
Rob P,our newest member,tackled grunts as if they were second nature,entering into the collapsed cavern theme with humour.He obtained the humour and general evaluators award.
Louise was the general evaluator,and led the rescue team .
This meant adding topics evaluation to the summary.
As part of the overall evaluation,members were reminded about leadership roles,the benefits of taking time to prepare and rehearse speeches,and the importance of keeping to time.It pays to have a ‘get out’ if time is running out.
When you request a speech,ask someone to evaluate you at the same time.This way ,you can brief each other on what is required
Tim was praised for his unique theme,which dealt with the issue of meeting role gaps.
Mohamad guested and plans to return with friends
Lynda,our president obtained her CL (competant leader award)
Diary dates
humour/topics contest
club 1st September
area 5th October
Division 15th October
our next meeting 4th August
Published July 11, 2011 | In the first congress of the new term,we gathered together for a Presidential theme,thanks to American independence day.We continued the party theme from last week,but more on that later.
Rob led the meeting with witty quotes about waffles and other unusual facts.
Roger came back to take on the timing
Gerald was grammarian,with a conundrum word of the day.
1. a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words, as What is black and white and read all over? A newspaper.
2. anything that puzzles.
Mick and Chris counted grunts.
Tim in his role as VPE,explained that leaving the manuals behind,is like turning up for a swim without a towel or costume (embarrassing and inconvenient)Keep your manuals with you in your TM folder,and bring them to meetings
He said we’d use easyspeak to book meeting roles,rather than the paper trail way.He then took us onto a warm up joke,
which was a conundrum in itself.
Nicky blasted us back to the 80′s with a Mr Ben topics session
Each person was given a fancy dress item,as per the shop in the show.
Jim R was a whacky wizard complete with harry potter clothes
Louise was a victorian caped professional policeman,who assisted with convenience
Tim was a diver (no trunks or towel) suffering suffocating snorkels as he couldn’t find the treasure.Best humour and topics
Chris donned a dinosaur hat ,but realised he couldn’t step into his shoes.
Simon B evaluated with confidence and humour and showed us how he has improved his skills.
Maggies 2nd speech was about bees,complete with a honeycombe.Her husband,Gunta came along too.
Best speech again Maggie……fabulous!
Jim E evaluated
Mo gave us a poetic wedding speech,complete with bubbly and samosas.
MMMmm.
Jim R evaluated
Lorne broke the ice with a history lesson of the real Milton keynes,as his family settled here,due to the railway works.Nerves led to most grunts,but the content was informative,and Lorne has started his speaking journey.
Carmel evaluated with tremendous flair.She mentioned
fluent and evocative language,and talked about a lovely part of history,from his story.
Carmel,you have a way with words!Best evaluator was well deserved.
Louise co-hosted sergeant at arms with Tim.
Lynda multi tasked as general evaluator and president.
Nicky baked some fabulous muffins again.
See you next time.
Anyone who wants to learn about committee roles,contact Lynda about the club officer gathering on 16th July.
Louise Mason CC.ACB.ALB
Meeting Secretary North Bucks Speakers
Published May 27, 2011 | Dear Members;
Welcome to your new look website for the 2011 speaking season.
The site is built on Wordpress and I designed a theme which bears some resemblance to Toastmasters branding. The theme can be edited at any time.
This site will enable ALL members of BOTH clubs to become a blog author and write entries about their speaking experience at either club.
There are several ways to reach the website.
The main http://mktoastmasters.co.uk URL still stands.
In addition I have enabled http://eldergate.mktoastmasters.co.uk
and http://northbucks.mktoastmasters.co.uk
(please do click on these and see what happens).
I plan to enable a podcast.mktoastmasters.co.uk URL at some time in the not too distant future.
Speak to me if you want to become a member writer and have a story to tell.
All content can only serve to bring readers to the site.
Right, now to work on some SEO and get us up the rankings!
Kind regards
Mark Ty-Wharton