Today I held the meeting as the Toastmaster, coordinated every roles and put together the entire show.
This is my leadership project #5, Ali is my evaluator on this project. He pointed out corrected that I could have done better in following up in the filling up the roles. The situation this morning was really dire for me. We still have general evaluator and table topic master roles unfilled. And I haven't got the word of the day from the Grammarian Julian, to put on my agenda. I was ready to put up a one-man show and fill all three roles by myself.
Fortunately, by the time I got the conference room, Laurent happily picked up the general evaluator role. That instantly relieved a lot of pressure from me.
I wasn't sure about what table topic to raise, given the short notice, until the first speaker Tod finished his speech. There is a sparkle in my mind (email!!!).
So I raise the topic "A story of your best/worst/most funny/most boring email"
Everybody chipped in and we had a really good time. I felt very proud for my handling of the last-minute emergencies.
All in all, it was a really rewarding experience driving a volunteer-based team, especially when the meeting finishes with success and everyone was happy.
Words I learned today:
a technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in his audience (his reader(s) or listener(s)). These emotional responses are central to the meaning of the work or speech, and should also get the audience's attention.
manifest: \ˈma-nə-ˌfest\ adjective
- 1 : readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sight
- 2 : easily understood or recognized by the mind : obvious
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