Last night was my second Laurel Highlands Toastmasters meeting. It was also our wonderful president’s birthday so we celebrated by singing Happy Birthday. We had a great turnout with two guests in attendance. One was online and the other in person.
Lisa Shorter served as the meeting Toastmaster. While preparing my Ice Breaker, I emailed her an introduction about me which was well written. In my inaugural Laurel Highlands speaking role, I talked about my Toastmasters journey, my blog, and my professional life.
Some of the best memories of my Toastmasters journey included: serving as District Sergeant at Arms, attending countless District events, and being an adopted member of Cranberry High Noon. My favorite blog posts included my Top Ten of 2021; Dinner, Disco, and Dancing; and of course, the ones I kept from 2019 (especially the Stylish Crush and Hiding a Crush posts). When talking about my professional life, I spoke about how nice it is to work close to home after a lifetime of traveling to stores. I loved my 3609 family but I knew I needed a change. Giant Eagle presents plenty of opportunity and I had family who worked there in the past.
Dana Mitnik went second and spoke on the state of Laurel Highlands Toastmasters. He gave his take on the first club to charter as a hybrid club. They didn’t take long to get off the ground. He also talked about the history of Toastmasters in Fayette County and presented us with the question, who will succeed Sharon Joseph as the next club president of Laurel Highlands Toastmasters?
Judy Eans presented us with great Table Topics questions. Our guests participated as did myself. I answered the question on who some of my favorite leaders were.
I talked about the GOAT 🏆, the man myth and legend himself, Mr. Kevin Clougherty and how he encouraged me to take on the role of swim team manager in tenth grade. I also spoke about of some of favorite bosses to work for at WIS. I learned a lot from Chase at the big events, felt confident with Zach at the helm, and applauded Maura for their growth as she and Ashley took on more supervisory roles. Maura ran Lowes and Target well (her crew just happened to be amazing too) and Ashley was an exceptional stockroom leader on Target.
Sharon was our General Evaluator and she gave great feedback of the meeting. I’ll be taking on that role at our next meeting on March 22. Ryan and Nick were both really good in their evaluations of me and Dana, respectively.
We ended the meeting by sharing cupcakes 🧁 in honor of Sharon’s birthday, which will be this Thursday.
Stylish 🍒 