The Colors of Autumn
Toastmaster Deb Lee introduced the theme of autumn colors, and even if weather dictated fall colors not as spectacular as for some other autumns, the stage was already set for a spectacular (word of the day) meeting. What makes an advanced Toastmasters club spectacular is the quality of the speakers, speakers so good that evaluators are hard pressed to give meaningful grows. John Bowen’s speech was an invitation to “Dinner at John’s house.” As hospitable a host John was, his power point slides gave images that looked like vegetarian garbage, which in fact was the fare. The audience was to play the role of compost worms. And John delivered in great humor our three job descriptions: eat, shed worm castings, and make babies. As John said, it was all a win-win in the worm bin. His project was level two, project two in Presentation Mastery Pathways, Effective Body Language. Alicia’s speech, titled, “Bet You Didn’t K...