Mercury Toastmasters News

At our next meeting there will once again be four speeches but this time with a slightly different twist. Christian will take a further step towards his Advanced Communicator Bronze with project number four while Wendy will give her final speech as part of her Advanced Communicator Silver. Then we will have an educational speeches by Christian S. who will tell us more about goal setting as part of his Advanced Leadership Bronze and finally Charles will round off the evening with an informative speech. It's extremely rare to have a mixture of all these projects in just one evening so don't miss it!

The cake of the day will reflect the summer colours and flavours and after some much needed refreshment, Sabine will make her debut as Table Topics Mistress, the part of the evening where any of us members (and also willing guests!) can be called upon to answer a question on any given subject for 1-2 minutes. It can be nerve wracking but still enjoyed by all.

The particular flavour of our meetings changes according to what's on the agenda but there's always the supportive and inspiring atmosphere for us to try things out in and improve our communication skills so why not join us next time?

For more details about what will hapen during the evening, please use the link below to et our agenda (please check it for last minutes changes regarding speeches):

http://www.mercury-toastmasters-berlin.de/public/agenda.php

After our election last Wednesday, I'm pleased to announce the upcoming board from July onwards:

President: Ramin G.

Vice President Education: Emily V B. (ACB, CL)

Vice President Membership: Christian S. (CL)

Secretary: Waltraud P.

Treasurer: Alin S.

Sergeant at arms: Christian K. (CC)

Immediate Past President: Emily V B. (ACB, CL)

I feel the new board represents an excellent mix of experienced and new members and that this will be a strong team to lead Mercury onto even bigger and better things over the next year. Unfortunately, our nominee for Vice President Public Relations could not be with us that evening so we will have the election for this position at our next meeting. Stay tuned for an update!

On the schedule next time, we have three speeches scheduled. New member Lisa will make her Mercury debut and break the ice. Then Wolfram and Adam will continue working towards their Advanced Communicator Bronze by delivering speeches which aim to persuade but with very different emphases. Wolfram will focus on a hot topic, the financial crisis and its causes, while Adam will delve into the workings of the mind with a speech about spirology. All in all, a rich and extremely varied speaking section which you wouldn't want to miss.

As a change to our regular format, there will be no Table Topics next time to get our pulses racing but instead the election of Mercury's new board for the beginning of the Toastmasters year which will start 1st July. I know that I'm very much looking forward to seeing the new line-up.

As a guest, you're free to come along to our meetings as often as you like. There's no need to register beforehand and no pressure from us to join. Experience for yourself the unique atmosphere we have here at Mercury which makes it an inspiring and supportive place to practise and develop your communication skills. For more information about what will happen during the evening, please use the link below to get our agenda (please check it for last minute changes regarding speeches): 

http://www.mercury-toastmasters-berlin.de/public/agenda.php