WE ARE PRESIDENT'S DISTINGUISHED CLUB!

Yesterday evening we enjoyed our first meeting in Barcelona Toastmaster, after summer holidays.

And we had the chance to welcome quite a number of guests! They were eleven! Wanda, a Polish woman, admitted her addiction to TM, as she came to visit us during her 1-week-holiday in Barcelona. ;-)

Our toastmaster of the day, Christian Clottu, made us think about the importance of decisions in life: “Decision shapes Future”, he said, and told us about his difficult decision of leaving Toastmasters , now that he has accomplished his goals as a speaker. Good luck with your next challenge, Christian; you are always welcome in BCN TM!

Was it all about “leaving”? Our timekeeper, Joan Marc García has left his entrepreneurship project; Rayane, ah-counter, told us about her decision of leaving Belgium in order to come back to Spain; Iñaki, table topic master, has left his job… For sure, when we leave something, when we close a door, a new window is opened for us :-)

Ambros Abellana inspired us with a speech about adaptation to the environment… and frogs… An experiment showed how a frog would die in its effort to adapt itself to changes in temperature… And Ambros then advised us to be adaptable but, in the process, never to forget our dreams.

Catalina Maldonado is a very responsible VPE, who will always have a good advice for improvement as a public speaker, even when delivering her speeches :-); with the inspiration of Antonio Machado, she gave us this thought: “Communicator, there is no style… The style is made by talking”.

Both speakers received the feed-back of proficient evaluators, David Ramírez and Lidia Plaza.

One of the reasons for my attending Toastmasters meetings is that I feel so inspired and moved when a good speaker is at stage.  And both David and Lidia are!

Table Topics, guided by Iñaki, were all about decisions… Our guests Andras, Rosa and Julia were all very brave and volunteered to participate and improvise a speech.

Andras admitted that he has been feeling a coward during his summer holidays, because he didn’t dare to stand up and participate in our last meeting in July, even though he wanted to… And he has decided not to feel back that way never again! Well done Andras!

Julia also mustered courage to act as a table topic; she was sitting next to me, and I know she had this inner conflict “I want to do it, but I do not dare… Do I rise my hand?...” And she did it! Congratulations, Julia, and welcome to BCN TM :)

Sweet Rosa enjoys public speaking, and she delivered a natural, fluent and very well presented table topic!

Our president Mariyana Tasheva was the general evaluator, and reminded us about not coming into the room until we hear an applause.

In her role of President, she informed us of the forthcoming contests: Club Contest on the 17th, Area Contest on October 4th. Participation is still welcome!