24th Meeting of the Year

Our club has been meeting regularly all year, but our website went into hiatus for a while. We are back in action and ready to share the excitement of our meetings!

Friday's meeting drew upon the theme of Strategies, whether they be philosophies for better living or tips on putting together a delicious meal.

Thomas led the show as Toastmaster of the Evening. In her prepared speech Marcia continued to share her love of literature, this time through the poem Jabberwocky and a biography of Lewis Carroll. Eugene, a guest from a Toastmasters club in Houston, gave a forceful and inspiring speech on identifying your goals and seeing them though.

Joaquin led the TableTopics and asked us to share our strategies for success at work and play. Zhufeng won over the crowd with his hilariously meta response to the question, "What strategy do you use to reply to TableTopics questions?" He responded, via a demonstration, that he distracted the audience with tangential conversation until his time was up.

We had several guests who participated enthusiastically in the TableTopics session. Special congratulations to Ollie and Edward, our newest members!

Join us next week as we ponder the deeply controversial topic of "Insects in Food."

Winter Break!

Just as bears and marmots hibernate through the cold winter months, so too does UT Sciences Toastmasters Club go on hiatus. As the university closes for Winter Break, our official meetings will be on hold from now until mid January.

Please join us for our next meeting on January 11, 2013 at 5:55 pm in SAC 1.106!

No meeting on November 23, 2012

Because of Thanksgiving, our club will not be meeting on November 23, 2012. We hope to see you the week after on November 30, 2012!

209th Meeting

Our prepared speaker gave a speech about time that provoked both thoughts and chuckles. Our Toastmaster made sure we knew what time it was: game time! Eight impromptu speakers tested their wits in front of a crowd by fielding questions about games of all kinds. The crowd seemed to like them all, as each speaker got at least one vote for best Table Topics speaker. Our area Table Topics champion and a guest did get a few more votes than the rest—and the glory and prize stickers that came with them.

208th Meeting

A great welcome back to all of our guests who attended the Open House to our meeting this evening!

Maryam gave a moving speech set on a cold New Year's Eve, while Kalen retold the history of Perseus and the slaying of Medusa.

Later this evening I asked the audience to describe something they know well -- such as swimming, football, and photographs -- to someone (be it aliens or Tarzan) who might be unfamiliar with these objects and actions. The theme this evening was Explanation Station.

207th Meeting

Open house!

Out halls (single lecture room) were bursting out the door (a couple of chairs left) for this once-in-a-lifetime (semester) event!

Food was aplenty this evening as our members and new guests discussed why they love to speak, or why they want to speak. Our member Alex posed many questions to the audience designed to get people focused on different methods as they spoke.

As always, guests are always invited, and we hope to see all of our Open House attendees back!

Open House This Friday!

Everyone is encouraged to attend our Fall Semester Open House. It will be held at 5:55 PM this Friday, September 21st. It is a great way to be introduced to the structure and resources of Toastmasters as a new guest.