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STELLAR PERFORMANCE IN A THEMED MEETING!

We don't do this often, but once in a while a themed meeting is quite appropriate.   April 12th, 2006 marked the 25th anniversary of the First Space Shuttle Mission.  Florida Hospital Toastmasters recognized this great American achievement by launching another fun meeting with a FULL Flight Crew!  Members gave STELLAR performances while keeping their topics in tune with the theme.

Officer Crew: Top Row from left to right, Sara Alsup, Paula Summa, Sandi Van Horn, Ellen Weiss and Scott Hoehn.  Bottom Row: Barbara Bonaparte, Taylor Davis and Patricia Palumbo

Commander-In-Chief, Sara Alsup brings the ship to the launch pad.

Special Thanks to President Sara Alsup and Educational Vice President, Ellen Weiss for encouraging creativity while promoting personal growth for the members.

Mission Commander, Scott Hoehn shows that a satellite dish doesn't quite fit in a pocket... YET!

All members and guest joined in the fun while wearing their "official"  souvenir NASA ID Badges to commemorate the day.

Table Topics kept in the theme of the day.  Here, member Ellen Weiss elaborates on what she would tell Astronauts to prepare for their journey.

Member Barbara Bonaparte receives her Ribbon for BEST TABLE TOPICS after letting us know what antics she would use to get herself OFF OF THE SPACE STATION!

Sharing in this special "mission", from left to right, were:
Visiting Dignitary, Merrie Cunningham (Winter Park Tech - Medical Secretary Program), member Paula Summa, visitor Shirley Kennedy (Florida Hospital employee), member Taylor Davis and member Penny Porteous.

Newest member, Caryn Gonzalez is awarded the "FIRST TIMER's" Ribbon to commemorate the achievement of giving her FIRST public speech to the group, also known as the "Ice Breaker".  She blew us all away by beginning her speech with a rendition of "76 Trombones" played on a KAZOO!  Congrats Caryn! 

Can YOU deal with STRESS???  Most astronauts would greatly benefit had they heard member Jean Aldridge's speech today.  She gave us TEN tips to prevent premature "Burnout".  Jean received the BEST SPEAKER  Ribbon.  Congrats and thanks for the TIPS!

Here are some of the "after-landing" comments:

Three speeches which followed their intended goals, yet were so entertaining!  I was so impressed by the growth in each speaker.

Carl, Maureen, Jose, Catherine, Kim, Jane, Louise – You picked the wrong day to be absent!  We were challenged to stay in these creative roles and use the jargon associated with the space industry.  Although Sherrie told us how too much jargon can be a hazard to communication.

Scott, You have energized us forward into the 22^nd century at warp speed.

That was the most fun meeting!  We should have themed meetings more often.  Especially as a first time speaker, it was a relief to just relax, laugh and have fun before I had to give my speech!  Everyone did a great job sticking with the theme, using the terminology and the name badges were really cool!  It will serve as a memory of my first speech!  Sherrie and Jean your speeches were great guidelines for all of us!

Can’t wait to see you all again next week

That was probably one of the best and definitely the most entertaining meeting we have had. It was so difficult to vote for the best speech since they all would have won the ribbon on their own. For those of you who do not know Jean’s history with the club, she had a public speaking phobia when she started. We were always telling her to speak up! Now she has great vocal variety! I cannot believe how much Sherrie has improved since she started and she was great from the start! Caryn, that was one of the very best ice breaker speeches we have had. Practicing in various locations paid off! Jenola, your table topics were fun and “out of this world”.

Wow! How awesome to be a part of this wonderful Toastmaster’s group! Ditto to what has already been said by Caryn and Sara… it truly was the best meeting I’ve been to yet! The theme idea was terrific and I think we should have a themed meeting at least once a month!

Not only did Scott do a fantastic job of putting this all together, everyone who attended gave their ALL to stick with the theme and made it even more fun and interesting. Thank you, one and all!  

Our visitor, Merrie Cunningham thoroughly enjoyed the meeting, too… she told me on the way out that it was the best Toastmaster’s meeting she’d been to… she was extremely impressed by all the speakers and evaluators, as well as the friendly nature of everyone there. We were glad to have another guest join us, Shirley Kennedy, and I hope that she left with a feeling of “I WANT to be a part of this fun club!” Hope to see you back again, Shirley!

The speeches were all fantastic…. And if we would be allowed to have had a 3-way tie, that certainly would have been easily accomplished. Great job to Jean, Sherrie and Caryn!!! You each had me riveted… laughing… smiling…. And trying to write down all your colorful phrases was impossible!!!