Side-Splitting
Laughs, Friends, and Intellectual Pursuits
By Setma Maddox, DTM
November
14-15, 2014 marked the 54th Toastmasters Conference that Brenda
Daniels has attended throughout her 28 years as a toastmaster. Along with Brenda, Rose Timmons, and
myself represented Afterburners Club 6191. We were treated with side-splitting laughs as we listened to
the humorous speech contestants deliver their speeches, we caught up with old
friends, attended educational sessions, and attended the semi-annual district
business meeting.
I
know it is hard to find the time away from family (you can bring them along),
and the money ($1.90 a day for 180 days – see my additional blog), but the time
away from the humdrum of our daily lives twice a year, the connecting with new
and old friends, and learning something new is priceless.
Because
we attended this Fall Conference, the three of us have a different perspective
of “Meeting the Boy”; of TSA Security at the airport, of how “Toastmasters
Changes Your Life”, and how mother’s advice is well worth heeding. We also heard how challenges can
actually be opportunities to bigger and better things. We learned why Toastmasters advocates
“Know Your Audience” when we sat through an educational session in which the
presenter tried his best to fit his sales training program to the needs of
retaining club members.
Rose,
Brenda, and I had a great time. We
missed you. Let’s plan on you
attending the Spring conference May 1-2, 2015.
