As we officially welcome fall weather in the northern hemisphere, Enyonam, our past President, led the meeting with the theme of fall. There were 8 members and 1 guest in attendance.

Our current President, Fowota kicked off the session with a very famous quote: “We are kept from our goal not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal.”

George, our veteran Jokemaster, shared a joke about a mob boss with four henchmen called Winter, Summer, Spring, and Autumn – aptly aligned with the theme of fall.

Ron chose the word Germane, as the word of the day. 

Besides being the Jokemaster of the day, George was also the Table Topics master. Toastmasters is all about honing speaking skills, there’s a prepared speech, and also an impromptu speech, where we speak off the cuff. That’s exactly what we do on Table Topics. George picked an activity and asked the participants to elaborate on it. Bob, got ‘climbing trees’. His response was as always full of wisdom and hilarity.

However, the crown of the Best Table Topics Speaker went to our guest in attendance, Rita.

We love having guests join our sessions. There’s no mandatory participation requirement, it’s entirely up to our guests. But believe it or not, whenever they choose to join in the fun, our guests a lot of times have ended up winning the title of the Best Table Topics Speaker.

We also had Fowota step up to give a prepared speech. The way she spoke, demonstrated how well versed she is with the topic. She gave us a glimpse of some of the initiatives of the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation in conjunction with North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. There are multiple different initiatives the foundation is involved in, but the three she focused on were the Families Forward, First 2000 Days, and Pathways to Grade-Level.

Throughout the meeting, Enyonam continued to share some fun facts about fall. Did you know the word ‘Harvest’ used to be spelled as ‘Harfest’? She ended her presentation by sharing some beautiful pictures that ranged from gorgeous fall weather of Vermont to the fall colors of Kyoto, Japan. 

We would love to have you join us in our next session, as Shailiza takes the reins leading the coming week’s meeting of Toastmasters. 

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