A very warm welcome to our numerous guests tonight! We were treated with two Ice Breaker speeches from some of our newest members, Richard and Rory. I was amazed to hear what both of them had already experienced in their lives, be it foreign countries and cultures, accidents or challenges at school. Our evaluators Ross and Vivek were right saying that both Richard and Rory displayed great talent and vast potential as speakers.
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Conveying Confidence with Body Language
Advait, once called a “curry muncher”
How can we optimise our body language?
In teams of two, we experimented with powerful poses.
What gestures are suitable for introducing ourselves or our research? Our members came up with fabulous ideas.
As always, our members support each other to create our uniquely encouraging club atmosphere.
Congratulations to Andy! VP Education Timm presents an Advanced Spirit of Success Certificate for the completed manual on technical presentations
Say it with Gestures!
Tonight, Timm filled the role of Toastmaster. He challenged everyone who would get up to speak to have a particular look at hand gestures – which is one of the objectives of CC project 5: “To be most effective, gestures should be made above your elbow and away from your body, and they should be vigorous and definite to show conviction and enthusiasm.” In fact, tonight’s speakers generally demonstrated excellent use of body language. Continue reading Say it with Gestures!
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