Walking on the Moon
20/07/2024 11:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
izmeinaHappy Moon Day!
This was how I greeted my fellow Toasties at this morning's meeting.
I'm some looked a little puzzled & convince that the Izzie had finally lost the plot.
(For background, I'm a card carrying member of a Toastmasters club. A masochistic mob devoted to the Dark Art of public speaking)
Last time I gave a speech with the title "Walking on the Moon" was exactly 5 years ago. Also on Saturday 20th July at the same club.
But since that was also the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, it was pretty much the topic on everyone's mind.
This time I stuck to shamelessly promoting the current exhibition at the museum "To the Moon"
My scheduled time was between 5 & 7 minutes and I went just 10 seconds short of the 7 minute limit.
I must say I was amused when my evaluator praised me for being so confident & calm & always coming up with quirky & interesting takes on things. He also said I had good eye contact with the audience.
It really does show that plenty of practice works wonders. Because when I first joined the club I was quite a shy mousy member hiding behind a wad of notes.
I still do my dinosaur hands thing.
That's the last trait left from my beginner days
I also liked that it was not at all obvious that I had nothing more than an absolute basic roadmap with 4 key landmarks and improvised the whole thing on the spot.
I wonder if I tempted anyone in the audience to pay a visit to the museum.
Tomorrow I'm off to the maritime museum since the James Cameron " Challenging the Deep" exhibition ends next Sunday.
This was how I greeted my fellow Toasties at this morning's meeting.
I'm some looked a little puzzled & convince that the Izzie had finally lost the plot.
(For background, I'm a card carrying member of a Toastmasters club. A masochistic mob devoted to the Dark Art of public speaking)
Last time I gave a speech with the title "Walking on the Moon" was exactly 5 years ago. Also on Saturday 20th July at the same club.
But since that was also the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, it was pretty much the topic on everyone's mind.
This time I stuck to shamelessly promoting the current exhibition at the museum "To the Moon"
My scheduled time was between 5 & 7 minutes and I went just 10 seconds short of the 7 minute limit.
I must say I was amused when my evaluator praised me for being so confident & calm & always coming up with quirky & interesting takes on things. He also said I had good eye contact with the audience.
It really does show that plenty of practice works wonders. Because when I first joined the club I was quite a shy mousy member hiding behind a wad of notes.
I still do my dinosaur hands thing.
That's the last trait left from my beginner days
I also liked that it was not at all obvious that I had nothing more than an absolute basic roadmap with 4 key landmarks and improvised the whole thing on the spot.
I wonder if I tempted anyone in the audience to pay a visit to the museum.
Tomorrow I'm off to the maritime museum since the James Cameron " Challenging the Deep" exhibition ends next Sunday.
