GSC Persuasive Speaking Class and Arlene's Speech in Merrimack!

At this week's Merrimack Motivators Toastmasters Club, we had a full and exciting meeting.

Our President Lauren and Sargent At Arms Kathy presented the Smedley award for our achievements over the past year.

Lauren also kicked off the meeting, providing the theme of "challenges," which is very fitting for getting up in front of people to speak.

The Manchester Campus of Granite State College Persuasive Speaking Class took up the challenge this week and all came over to see how we do it. Several students even took part in the speaking!

Plus, Arlene gave a speech on teamwork and how we can use this at Thanksgiving. She showed us . four ways to look at teams: communication, collaboration, confidence, creativity.

Plus, Karen provided us a humorous speech on trying to get out of speeding tickets in New Jersey.

In Joe's impromptu speaking or Table Topics portion of the meeting, we all took a chance to spin the wheel to see what question we would have to answer.

Manchester CC speaking student Dan accepted the Table Topics challenge and was voted as the best speaker in this category this week with his story about his father.

Can you believe we did all of this in an hour‽

And new guests are always welcome.

This Merrimack Motivators Toastmasters Club meeting is a weekly meeting that occurs every Tuesday at 5:00PM to 6:00PM at the Merrimack Townhall at 6 Baboosic Lake Road, Merrimack NH 03054.
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