“You have come to the hottest ticket in town for Monday night!” Our proudest President, Jessie Macneil-Brown, opened the evening by praising Laura McCracken who came third in the Division B Humorous Speech round.

“Fantastic things are going to happen here tonight!” Danny Callaghan, Toastmaster for the evening, set the theme – winning the lottery: “What would you buy if you won £101 Million in the Lottery?”

Our Timekeeper – Richard Russell – explained the Timekeeper role, “I’m the Timekeeper, it’s like being a bee keeper but different – instead of keeping bees, I’m keeping time”.  Dara Lanlehin, Grammarian, set the word of the evening: ‘resplendent’.

Gino Coquis Ortiz, Table Topics Master, kept with the evening’s theme of winning the lottery.  Jo Holmes: no better way to spend the day then being in a bookshop; Nigel Cutts: wants a house on the beach in Mauritius, plus a private jet to get him there, “if I could really afford it I’d go there every month”.  Sally Maier-Yip: flying friends and family to Hong Kong for a big party. Trang Le: Buying a house in Hanoi.  Deborah Henley: Do men or women spend more money?  Gary Cooke: “when you see something you really want – buy it.  Because you’ll always regret if it you don’t!”  Monica Chong: sharing a lottery win with ex-partners.  Simon O’Mahony: keeping a lottery win a secret or not.  Wonu Sanda (guest): people should play the lottery because you just might win.  Carlos Gonzalez (guest): “It’s all about the happiness and thrill of winning the lottery.”  Alison O’Mahony: the downside of winning the lottery is when people ask for hand outs.  “I know my friends like me because I’m not going to be handing out cash.”

Laura McCracken, Table Topics Evaluator, evaluated 11 table topics expertly in the time given.  Sergeant at Arms: Nigel Cutts introduced 12 guests.  Laura McCracken videoed the prepared speeches in the second half.

Sonalini Gunasekera, Speech No 1, Icebreaker – ‘About myself’ “In the midst of all the chaos one rule remained the same: all ladies must travel in a line.”

“A wonderful cornucopia of images from a wonderful life.” Deborah Henley, Evaluator

Craig Haffey, Speech No 3 – ‘Legacy’ “We all influence each other more often than we realise.”

“A man with a message.” Stephan von Posern, Evaluator

Jane Chambers, Speech No 8 – ‘If the shoe fits’ “These shoes were going to take me places.”

“Jane’s words are pristine – she doesn’t even need props for this speech.”  Maggie Etheridge, Evaluator

Jenny Cutler, Advanced Speech, Speaking to Inform Manual – ‘Try anything once’ “I would no more try a Japanese blow fish then jump out of a plane!”

“I love Jenny’s love of life!” James Marshall, Evaluator

General Evaluator: Gilly Cutts gave the club and those that had not yet been evaluated some useful feedback, “Nothing compares to this year’s President”. 

WINNERS! Table Topic:      Gary Cooke Best Evaluator:  James Marshall Best Speech:     Jane Chambers

 

Our next meeting – 31.10.11 – special ‘Back to Front’ meeting

Hope to see you at the next London Cardinals meeting on Monday 17th October, where the Toastmaster will be Danny Callaghan.  We have a great line up of speakers delivering a range of speeches from the Competent Communicator manual… including not one but two No 10 Speeches!!  What a treat!

 

Upcoming Meetings

Monday 31st October 2011- Halloween special ‘backwards’ meeting

Hubble, bubble, toil and trouble…..come along to the London Cardinals Halloween ‘Back to Front’ special meeting on Monday 31st October @ 7:30 pm

What’s a ‘Back to Front Meeting’?  Basically it is what it says on the tin – we start the meeting at the end with the awarding of the Best Speech, Evaluator and Table Topic – and then work backwards until the end (the beginning?) – the Table Topics and the introduction of the meeting.  And what also makes this meeting special is that its being held on Halloween.

Monday 7th November 2011

Monday 21st November 2011

 

Announcements

New Facebook page is launched!

If you have a Facebook account please visit the new London Cardinals Facebook page.  Copy and paste this link in to your browser: http://www.facebook.com/groups/londoncardinals/.  The Facebook page will have updates, news, links to newsletters, photos and more!  But do not fret – if you do not use Facebook everything will still be sent to you via email.

Division B competition day – well done Laura McCracken!

On Saturday 15th October, at the Division B Toastmasters competition, Laura McCracken came third!!  Big congratualtions to Laura for an amazing humourous speech!

Bring your friends
We love guests at London Cardinals and we love to also promote the club – so why not spread the news to friends, family and colleagues about how fab we are and bring them along to the next meeting?

Other news

Gilly Cutts is now overseeing Competent Leaders and encouraging everyone to complete the Competent Leader manual.  Please help Gilly by making sure we have your correct email address.  If you have any questions about competent leadership skills please do not hesitate to contact Gilly or have a chat to her at a meeting.

Finally, please remember to let our VPE, Laura McCracken, know about when you want to do your next speech, and also about any roles you want to fulfil (e.g. Toastmaster, Timekeeper, Grammarian, TT Master, TT Evaluator, and Speech Evaluator).  You may email Laura at cardinalsvpe@yahoo.com or catch her at the next meeting.