Hi Lori,
Thank you for your great (and concise) table topics on Thursday. That's
unbelievable you fit five table topics in ten minutes! I learned something
new and enjoyed hearing the answers, both in the session and what they
REALLY MEANT.
Thanks Lori,
Kathleen
On Sat, Sep 7, 2019 at 3:25 PM Lori High <lhightop2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sorry for the 2nd email… I forgot one:
*like a bat out of hell*
*Moving extremely fast,* as in She ran down the street* like a bat out of
hell. *This expression presumably alludes to the rapid darting movement
of bats and, Charles Earle Funk theorized, their avoidance of such light as
might be cast by the fires of hell.
Toastmasters,
I’ve always said the part of our meeting that challenges me the most is
Table Topics. I have struggled with both ideas for the session when I am
Master of the segment as well as when asked to participate. This past week
I made an attempt to connect the “concise” theme to the concise TT part of
the meeting… albeit one that did not go over *too* well!
Table topics is meant to challenge us, even if our life experiences do not
connect with the challenge, our job as Toastmasters is to respond with
something … from whatever we are given to work with. In the case of being
stumped and drawing a complete blank remember that any other thing in your
head that you can put order to is a fitting response!
*The only TRUE goal for Table Topics is to speak for 1-2 minutes without
time to prepare. To think on our feet!*
*To enlighten others that might not have been familiar with the phrases
that were given, please read on!
Spitting image is the usual modern form of the idiom meaning exact
likeness, duplicate, or counterpart. The
original phrase was spit and image, inspired by the Biblical God's use
of spit and mud to create Adam in his *image*. But *spitting image* has
been far more common than *spit* and *image* for over a century.
The *phrase* 'A *Drop in the Bucket*' refers to a very small or
unimportant amount. Example of Use: “What we were paid for our work was a
*drop
in the bucket* compared to what the company earned.”
When a fact or opinion is *neither here nor there*, it is not important.
Words that have the same *meaning* (synonyms) of *neither here nor there* are
unimportant, inconsequential, irrelevant and immaterial
**Like the Skin on a grape*: the only one I wasn’t able to confirm with
a technical definition. Jonathan played this one well despite being
unfamiliar with the phrase.
Humbly,
Lori High
*From:* frtm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <frtm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On Behalf
Of *Alan Wong
*Sent:* Thursday, September 05, 2019 11:55 AM
*To:* Kathleen Jewby <kjewby@xxxxxxxxx>
*Cc:* frtm <frtm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* FRTM - Re: Don't miss tonight's concise challenge followed by
a storytelling workshop
How exciting. Looking forward to tonight.
On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 11:19 AM Kathleen Jewby <kjewby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Toastmasters,
Tonight is going to have a few innovations for the meeting and great
education from Dirk's storytelling workshop.
*Be sure to find out who will win the concise challenge!*
There are awards for the best speaker, evaluator, and table topics, but
what about the people who come and blow us away with their role? Tonight,
they have a chance to win an award for packing the most bang for their buck
with the Concise Challenge. The winner will be the participant who speaks
with the most power using the least amount of words and stays within their
time limit to introduce themselves and complete their role. How concise
can you be?
*Roles – Concise Contestants highlighted in blue*
Grammarian: Jeff Stoll*
Timer/Joker: Pattie Apple*
Inspiration: Isaac Ramirez*
Ah Counter: Jonathan Kolber*
Speaker 1: Alan Wong
Evaluator 1: Jennifer Dunne
Table Topics Master: Lori High – ten minutes
General Evaluator: Ray Pezolt – ten minutes
Greeter: Luis Estrada
Toastmaster: Kathleen Jewby
*Timer light will go off with the following times:
Immediately – there is no minimum so long as the objective of the role is
met.
30 seconds
1 minute – there is a two-second buffer before disqualification.
Thank you,
Kathleen
