Welcome to CTI Techtalkers! We are an open Toastmasters club that is committed to helping our members achieve their communication and leadership goals. We offer encouragement and support, a mentoring program and lots of fun while learning. Guests are welcome.

Meetings are held every Wednesday from 12 noon to 1 pm at 3553-31st St NW, Calgary, AB. Our club meets all year.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Our Stars, Faults and all...

Meeting, Wednesday 29th August 2012:   
Always look on the bright side of spice...da dum, da da da da, da dum
In attendance: Darlene, Simon, Geetha, Chris, Kyle, Janet

Word of the day: Plethora (many, more than you need, lots and lots...)


Let's face it, the world has a 'plethora' of diseases, and tragic endings, and books. Kyle's speech of the day though, reading from "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green, managed to get us hooked on a book that contained all of the above, but with such poignant humour that we couldn't help listening, and wanting more.

Janet tried to get us to consider a healthy lifestyle, and Geetha: to consider cooking with some flavour! (Good luck Geetha...).

Ably masterminded at the last moment by our very own Darlene, the meeting had lots of Lib and lots of Ad, probably not in any particular order. The only organized role on the agenda was Simon as a timer. He took this role because of the pretty colours apparently.

Despite this we had Janet's second ever speech, packed full of nutritious topics, and just a hint too much content. Geetha, doing speech number 2 also, but definitely not for the first time.

And Kyle, who got to be a 16 year old girl for 10 minutes...which was well worth showing up for in itself, as I can testify to...

Chris tried hard to make us use real sentences and give up our "aaaand" and uh, and eh, and huh and um...to no avail....

With competitions coming up this next month you'd best come along...there's a plethora of talent on show...