Beth. You have truly captured the intended Spirit of this Recap. GREAT JOB!! Toastmasters, Going forward I will be sending the Educational Moment that is shared at the meeting to Beth for her to include with her Recap. I hope you find the topics selected to be relevant and helpful. Ever wonder why Toastmasters are asked to EXPLAIN their role at the meeting? Each Role is designed to improve the members' public speaking and leadership skills. Speaking clearly relies on thinking clearly and being able to get that CLEAR message out to your audience. There's no better way to develop critical-thinking skills than by taking on the meeting roles and being able to clearly articulate the intent of that role to the Audience during the Role introduction portion of the meeting. It will help you gain self-confidence and skills that will help you: academically, professionally and personally. How do you prepare for your meeting roles? The tools ARE all there! The success of each Toastmasters meeting depends on the meeting participants being prepared for their roles. From: frtm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:frtm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Beth Chacon Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 7:51 PM To: frtm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: FRTM - FRTM: July 19th Meeting Recap Thank you Toastmaster Adam Vesely for using the flighty theme of airports! You set a resplendent example, which just happened to be the word of the day. Last Thursday, Kathy Barrett did a splendid job with Advanced, Persuasive Speechmaking. Her alter ego, Pearly White, did a fabulous job showing us how to be persuasive. She was able to convince her client, Jacques, to upgrade his oral hygiene habits. Really, Jacques, you have got to be kidding me! My speech covered saving money on your electric bill, and we are now able to invest in real estate, thanks to Collette Smith's overview of investing opportunities. Yours truly received the honor of best speech of the night. Ray Pezolt did an excellent job relaying in a very humorous way what must have been a very frustrating DMV experience! I am afraid of going to the DMV again! But really Ray, how could that ALL that stuff have happened, you have got to be kidding me! We've been to the DMV enough to know it's the truth, though! Mark Demay did a great job with table topics asking us how to handle certain unusual airport situations. It is always good to be prepared, and Luke Vesely, winner of table topics, was indeed prepared thinking about what he would do if trapped at the airport for a long, long time. Pat Haugse won Best Evaluator; he does a great job relating comfortably to the audience and speaker and providing specific feedback. Nice job Pat! Have a great week and see you Thursday! We have a few things we've learned from Saturday's leadership training that we'd like to share with you. Beth Chacon Secretary - Front Range Toastmasters