During the last Toastmasters Cluj meeting, all the members and guests had the chance to unleash their inner movie star, as this was the theme of the meeting. Whether it was for a prepared speech, an evaluator role or an impromptu speech, the brave ones that decided to talk in front of more than 40 people were recognized with sincere and strong applauses.
Before starting the agenda the introductions were made: Mircea, as club president, presented Toastmasters to the guests and they briefly introduced themselves to the public. After getting acquainted, the first movie stars to have the stage were Livia, Andrada, Adela and Misi with their prepared speeches. Not only did we have fun while listening, but we also took home some valuable lessons about appreciation, art of winning and differences as a way of making progress.
Encouraged by the creative topics that Bibi proposed for the Table Topics section, five brave guest volunteers shared their thoughts about talking to or being in the shoes of movie stars. As custom has it, the public voted for the best speaker – Alex, who got this award the second time in a row (Alex, are you considering a career in impromptu speeches?)
The club meeting didn’t have only movie stars, but also a team of judges who evaluated them. Ioana, Raluca, Florin and Mircea listened closely to the prepared speeches and feedback them according to the project objectives. All the people who were on stage paid special attention to the technical evaluators – the grammarian (Diana), the timer(Cosmin), the „ah counter”(Rares) and the non-verbal evaluator(Ovidiu). Their reports were encouraging and pointed out clearly what we should continue and what we should still work on in our speeches.
The meeting ended with the Daniel as general evaluator. He kept an eye on the agenda and gave an overall opinion on how the movie stars of Toastmasters Cluj acted their roles in the evening of 28th February.
Author: Silvia