Happy new year! This was the second meeting of 2022! 🙂 🎉
Toastmaster Sarah chose the theme Good Reads, as she explained it: “Our theme for this week will be “Good Reads”! What books or stories have inspired you? Doesn’t matter if it’s magazines, manga, or mysteries, be ready to share what you like to read.”.
Sergeant at Arms Bill Scott started the meeting on time, at 7:45am PST and shared with us zoom etiquette rules.
The word of the day, presented by Grammarian Steven was:
volition, the power or choosing or determining.
Example: I accomplished my new year’s resolution of my own volition.
Sarah was in charge of timing speakers, impromptu speeches and evaluators.
Our speakers for the day were:
Ahmad, presenting a speech about his experiences, fears, and games as a child titled: “The day I was almost kidnapped“.
Isabella, presenting a project to give and receive feedback, a very personal story about how she went from not having support to pursue her interests in writing, to receiving positive feedback for the stories she created, a speech titled: “How to be a writer“.
Jamie, presenting a storytelling project, a contest-quality speech about how her brother was there to help her score points in video games as a child, and how she had the opportunity to return the favor and help him later in life, a speech titled: “Unplug the controller“.
Impromptu Table Topics Master of the day Jinendra prepared questions that helped us deliver 1 – 2 minute impromptu speeches:
– Cris – when was the first time you realized you started to lose hair? or what was the worst haircut you ever had?
– Traci – if you won the lottery what would be your first expense?
– Katie – what kind of phone was your first cellphone and how would you use it in today’s world?
– Albert – which of the seven wonders would you want to visit first?
– Moises – what is your first memory as a kid that you recollect?
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Our next meeting is January 29th, 2022!
hello there! Joined this club in 2020, what I like the most about Seattle Sunrise is that it meets early on Saturdays ;-)
