Praveen MC’d as Toastmaster to a Dangers of Social Media Theme

14 members / 5 guests = 19 Attendees

2 Prepared Speeches / 4 Table TopicsStarted on Time / Ended 4 minutes early 

Other Highlights:

–          WOD:  “Utmost” – Most extreme, greatest.

–          For a laugh:  Try looking real close at various mirrors – all you’ll see are eyeballs.

–          Praveen advised:  Delete your social media accounts!       Withdrawal symptoms include nausea, anxiety and fear of missing out (will be replaced with peace and joy)

–  Social media reduces your ability to concentrate (Oh, and…  Don’t forget to “like” LKN Toastmasters on Facebook!!!) Haha!

–          Bob showed little things that “Take No Talent” can lead to big improvements in performance

–          Nadine facilitated a group discussion via a deer in headlights / fear response theme.  And how Toastmasters improves it!

–          Kevin proposed an interesting philosophical question in Table Topics:o   Is Twitter helping or hurting political discourse?

–          Ed suggested the Table Topics Master try asking the group the question then call on an individual:    This keeps everyone in the hot seat and allows them to think about how they would respond.   It buys the actual speaker a few more seconds to contemplate a response as they walk to stage

–          “So” transitions & speaking intros emerged as the group’s favorite grammatical area of improvement