“Those Crazy Things We Do” Meeting Recap – 01/13/10

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Today’s meeting began with a consensus among the ladies that the men of Capital City looked extraordinarily handsome. Suits, ties, jackets, slacks. Wow. Many thanks to Brian, Robin, Brad, and Albert, to name a few, for livening things up a bit for us. Feel free to maintain that dress code going forward.

Amy – Miss I Moved to Austin Without Furniture Car AC or a Plan – opened us up with a dig on love. Something about it being lunacy we willingly embrace. She must have still been thinking about our handsome men.

Maria – Miss I Can Eat a Whole Meringue Pie in One Sitting – timed without incident. Oreo Bandit Brad acted as grammarian and forced on us some flibbertigibbet.

Then sweet Brenda – whose craziest act, in her own mind anyway, is leaving a job at Kodak to date a fellow employee – tossed out some creative table topics. Always handsome Albert described his dream of having Austin be the world’s center stage for a gigantic cultural exchange via a jumbo-tron. Grumpy Old Stuart lamented his life without adventure and vowed to forever leave the straight and narrow never to be heard from again. Finally, wild man Corky spoke of his belief in his own immortality and the ridiculous things he did that risked his life before he turned 50 – flying in zero visibility and riding horses without a saddle or reins. Handsome, grumpy and crazy – we love them all.

Then came the speeches. Robin made his arguments as to why radio is unequivocally the best medium. Brian delivered his third of four speeches in preparation for a presentation he’ll be making to some technical types next month. Both speeches were technical in some respects and personable in many.

Maureen, Wendy and Brendan evaluated. Useful tips for all of us: (1) give newer toastmasters the opportunity to tackle table topics, (2) connect the content of the speech to the audience, and (3) use charm, folksy or otherwise, to win over the audience.

Thanks to Rey, our Toastmaster, for a fun theme and a well-guided meeting. The winners:

Table Topics: Stuart
Speaker: Robin
Evaluator: Brendan
Humor: Robin
Enthusiasm: Corky

Don’t forget: the International Speech and Evaluation Contests are coming up. We hope that everyone will consider competing or serving as a role player for one of the contests. And men, feel free to turn up in suits, ties, jackets, and slacks at the contest…and beyond.