April 27, 2024- National Tell A Story Day

We all have stories, stories happen to us every day. Toastmaster Paula shared a small collection of stories she gathered this past week. Insights picked up from podcasts and snippets of daily life were summarized in a series of ” Notes to self” at the end of the meeting: life is precious, create beautiful moments and share them with friends, do not be stingy, be awake to the beauty around you and the beauty inside will grow.

Two speakers presented two passionate speeches: Isabella, in “Plans to promote Seattle Sunrise Toastmasters” laid out three ideas for outreach in the U-District. Bill took the audience on a journey to the revitalization of Thornton Creek. Bill and his family have lived by the Creek for a long while and he has been paying attention to the amazing restoration that has been happening over decades and generations.

Bethany was the Grammarian and the word of the day was ” Fable”. Nelson keep time for the meeting for the very first time! Kudos to Bethany and Nelson!

Hui led the Table Topics portion using a card game called ” Storymatic”. Firefighters rescuing damsels in distress, office clerks on a deadline that end up in ER, newly weds with a slice of frozen wedding cake in a hot air balloon and a game tester farter who meets his match…my, oh my such fertile imaginations!

Traci was the General Evaluator.

Our next meeting is May 11th.

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April 13, 2024: Binge-Worthy TV Shows! πŸ“Ί

Binge- Worthy TV Shows!

Toastmaster Belle introduced the meeting with spirited observations about how oh-so- bingeworthy satirical shows about the workplace such as ” The Office” have forever made it hard for Gen Z to take work seriously. There are so many binge- worthy shows that it makes sense to block one’s week-end calendar just to stay on track with ” Bear” and never leave the couch.

The word of the day introduced by Grammarian Jovica was ” Season”

The first speaker of the day was Bethany, presenting her ice breaker speech titled ” Two Truths and a Lie”. A choir singer, a sports induced broken jaw or a native of Arkansas- two truths and a lie about Bethany. The big reveal of the speech would be that there were three truths and zero lies because, I paraphrase, good relationships do not start with lies. Well done, Bethany!

Paula presented: Become a Leader, a power point presentation about the upcoming officer elections.

Bill led a fun and theme related round of table topics.

Our next meeting is Saturday, April 20th.

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