Jean Schmidt was our Toastmaster and talked about the benefits of entering the International Speech Contest. Bang Parkinson brought our word for the day: "Colloquial" meaning the informal use of a word.We had two manual speeches. Theresa Frasch spoke from an advanced manual giving us all a lesson on making a cold sales call. Keith Weir explained the benefits of the apprenticeship available to graduating high school seniors. Our topic master Roger Wells had us handling different diversity situations.
A few notes:
- Dues are due! Bring your check for 30 dollars made out to Burien Breakfast Toastmaster to our next meeting
- Theresa will bring our new club business cards to our next meeting
- Our club will hold its speech and evaluation contest at our Feb 24th meeting (agenda here)
- The Area contest is March 18th at ERAC (where we meet)
