For the Mt Victoria Toast Master meeting on the 8th of June 2011 we held the “who am I??? event”. Yes, rather than just a theme for the meeting everyone in a leadership role was challenged to give a description of their role and how it contributes to the club, as part of their speech. Even the non-speaking role of Assistant Sergeant at Arms (ASA) was given the opportunity to inform the club of their purpose.
As chair, I challenged everyone when taking on a new role, to research it, find out why they are doing it and even how they could be doing it better.
Tonight we had four speakers:
Jacinta gave a very, inclusive speech on selling your best asset. You are your best asset – make the most of it.
Peter finished his 10th speech from his Competent Communicator manual – Congratulations! For this speech we were transported to a night of people watching on Courtney Place.
Victor reminded us about the upcoming referendum. Going through the history of the two questions we will be asked, their relevance and importance.
Alana’s speech was about the New Zealand Travel bug. We now know how many of us are travelling and were we are all going. She recommends everyone to register on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Safe Travel Website http://www.safetravel.govt.nz/ when going overseas so you can be found if anything goes wrong.
Thanks to all those who joined in the Who am I??? event
Chair Rachelle
