Recap Author: Fernando G. Hello fellow Toastmasters, I filled in as Toastmaster of the evening for our last week’s meeting. Our theme was Silly Sounding Words. It was a catawampus meeting covering an assortment of odd or funny words such as gobo, malarkey, and gazebo. A big thank you to
Best of Dallas Meeting Recap 1/21/20
Recap Author: Fernando G. A HUGE thank you to Joe Y. who filled in as Toastmaster for the evening. The theme for the meeting was Blessings. It was a blessing to have Joe lead our meeting. Joe spoke about the things in life he feels blessed with including his family,
Best of Dallas Meeting Recap 1/7/20
Recap Author: Fernando G. We had a fun first meeting of the new year. Bill B. served as our Toastmaster of the evening and picked the very timely topic of New Year’s Resolutions. Bill shared with us some statistics on New Year’s resolutions among people in the US including that
Best of Dallas Meeting Recap 11/26/19
Recap Author: Fernando G. We had a fascinating meeting this past Thanksgiving week. Nancy H. stepped in as Toastmaster for the evening with the theme: Conversations. Nancy opened up about being an extroverted introvert, and shared with us a list of Huffington Post dinner conversation starters including: ask them to
Best of Dallas Toastmaster Meeting Recap 11-12-19
Recap Author: Fernando G. Sia Z. served as Toastmaster for the first time at our club! The theme was “Diet” and he discussed all manner of eating and dieting during the holiday season. Sia questioned the effectiveness of fad diets and encouraged us to make incremental changes instead. Not a
Best of Dallas Toastmaster Meeting Recap 10-29-19
Recap Author: Fernando G. We had a fantastic meeting last week with John P. serving as Toastmaster for the first time at our club. The theme was “Halloween” and we were all invited to show up in costume. John shared with us the influence Halloween has had on a few of our
Best of Dallas – Meeting Recap 2/6/2018
As usual, we had another fabulous meeting this Tuesday. It’s such a pleasure to have Danni Babik served as our Toastmaster for the evening. She picked a very festive theme: “Mardi Gras” not only sharing fun facts about this special holiday from its history to current celebration events but also
Best of Dallas – Meeting Recap 1/23/2018
* These excellent meeting minutes were provided as always by the talented Lydia Li! :-) As January wears on and the unpredictable weather continues for many of us, coming to Toastmaster meeting every Tuesday is absolutely a delight of our lives! This week, we are so lucky to have Haley
Best of Dallas – Meeting Recap 1/16/2018
We just had our first “normal” meeting in 2018 this Tuesday. Can’t be more thrilled about that! And it’s such a great pleasure to have Danny Oberst as our Toastmaster for the evening. He picked a very interesting theme: “Electronic Devices”, stating the importance of doing a digital-detox and sharing
Best of Dallas – Meeting Recap 10/24/2017
This week’s Tuesday night feast was conducted by Mr. Zak Karamally. “Ants in the Kitchen” was the theme he picked for the evening. Zak shared a lot of fun facts about ants, not limited to the ways (chemical and natural) of keeping them out for good. Do you know that