The Florida Toastmasters looked at leadership through a kaleidoscope during their recent meeting.
Clive Goodman, the Toastmaster of the evening, informed his intrigued audience that much like a kaleidoscope’s shapes and colours, leadership is made up of many facets that appeal to different people and highlight distinct interests.
“This encourages and allows people to develop successful individual leadership styles,” said Goodman.
Tim Knights once again presented an informative educational session on the ‘essentials’ for judges of a speech contest. The members were treated to five high-quality prepared speeches by Craig Ellis, Elize Ellis, Maggie Temana, Neville Solomon and Margaret Roodt. A variety of topics such as nutritional information on food products, campsite characters, coincidence, job satisfaction and personality types were enjoyed.
The impromptu speeches allowed participants to speak under contest conditions while other members practiced being judges.
Wessie van der Westhuizen addressed being prepared for earthquakes while Pearl Forbes discussed floods. Maxine Thomas spoke of the natural element of fire denoting love and passion. Lerone Solomon spoke about tornadoes.
Evaluators gave clear, helpful and supportive criticism for the improvement of the speeches made. Elize Ellis’ speech won the Best Prepared award while Van der Westhuizen was selected as the Best Impromptu speaker. Michael Glencross was praised for being the best evaluator of the evening.
The Florida Toastmasters meet up at the Huguenot Restaurant in Flora Centre twice a month. For more information contact Michael Glencross on 083 254 5319 or via email at michaelglencross@wbs.co.za or Aubrey Govere on 083 795 8548 or via email at aubrey.govere@za.sabmiller.com.
