Tri-County Toastmasters #5682

The Tri-County Toastmasters club met on 9-3-09 at the Virden Area Community Center. Jim Blankenship was the evening’s Toastmaster (or master of ceremonies). Liz Mollett served as the Tabletopicmaster, who coordinated the impromptu speaking portion of the program. During tabletopics, each participant gave a 1 to 2 minute unrehearsed response to a different question.

The evening’s prepared speaker was Casey Tom. Tom, a CPA, was giving only his second speech as a member of Toastmasters. His speech was called “Manufacturing The American Dream” and was about the city of Detroit, MI. Casey, who grew up near the auto factories as a child gave examples of Detroit then and now in a very informative and entertaining presentation. Les Apps evaluated Casey’s speech.