Rocky Mountain High!

Meeting, Wednesday 18th July 2012:   
Social Media Suicide and the mountainous journeys of life...
In attendance: Mahdia, Simon, Geetha, Chris, David, Kim, Julie, Janet

Guests: Reuben, Cher, Neda

Word of the day: Pleonasm (use redundant words e.g. True Fact)
Theme of the day: Rocky Mountains


Our Toastmaster for the day gave us Pleonasm, and encouraged an introduction. I was reminded how relevant this word is, because we have taken great liberties with the English language in recent years. It's because like, you know, like, it's totally too hard you know, to like speak properly.

Table Topics Mistress Geetha gave us a selection of questions about mountains. Personally I thought they were quite challenging, but our members and guests tackled them well. Many of the thoughts included life as a journey, many routes to the top, and the concept of the view changing but it being the act of climbing not the pinnacle that represented real success.

The group perceived guest Cher to have expressed this most eloquently and she was awarded Best Table Topics Trophy for the week.

Simon presented his sixth speech entitled "Social Media Suicide", using the Competent Communicator Manual Speech 5 as his template, 'Your Body Speaks'.

The basis of the speech involved giving up Facebook, and reasons why technology no longer serves us, but shackles us. Gesticulating, and waving his arms around in required Toastmasters style, Simon presented his case for why he 'killed Facebook', or himself for that matter.

Not all were convinced, Geetha promised a counter argument, and discussions of having a "Debate Day" were mooted. Simon stuck to his guns though, the ability to "Cyber-Stalk" people you knew 10 years ago isn't a good enough argument for the time-suck vortex to be worth it.

Give me Face to Face not Face-in-book any day of the week...