Tag: Storytelling
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Travel Talkers Toastmasters — Cruising
Cruise adventures was the theme of our March 2 meeting. Pamela McHenry gave a speech, “To Cruise or Not to Cruise” in the Engaging Humor path about her cruise adventures. She detailed two cruise experiences. A Pirate Ship cruise with very high high winds, choppy seas and seasick passengers and a luxurious cruise in the…
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Travel Talkers Toastmasters — South America
The theme of the February 23 meeting was South America. One of our regular members, Tym Myers, was a pilot for American Airlines for 37 years. For fourteen of those years, his main route was flying from Miami to various cities in South America. American Airlines is the leading US carrier for flights to and…
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Travel Talkers Toastmasters –Travel to India
India is home to eight of the fifty largest cities in the world and has a diverse population of over 1.4 billion. Samantha Jamwal had the opportunity to travel to India to meet her husband’s family and attend a wedding, Her speech at our meeting provided several tips for Americans travelling to India for the…
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Travel Talkers Toastmasters–On Safari
What are your first memories of a far away and wonderful area of the world with large wild animals? Would you like to experience the exotic animals, plants and birds that you have only seen in movies or zoos? Time to go on safari! Kit Myers was the Table Topics Master at our meeting and…
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Travel Talkers Toastmasters — Around the World
Have you ever considering travelling around the world? At our January 26 meeting, Travel Topics Master, Vernitta, asked us for our responses to her questions about travelling around the world. We heard about how to plan for a trip around the world, how to make money while travelling, and how to save money booking an…
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Travel Talkers Toastmasters — Local Favorites
Unique, breathtaking, delicious. We heard about local favorites at our meeting on January 19, including favorite fast food in San Antonio (puffy tacos), San Francisco (Darby Dan’s sandwiches) and the Bahamas (cracked conch and fries). We also heard about unique locations that are local favorites and a “must see” if you are visiting. These favorites…
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Travel Talkers Toastmasters — Culture Clash
The theme of our January 12 meeting was “Culture Clash”. That moment when you are travelling and you experience different customs, foods or languages that are totally unfamiliar to you. How do you cope when you don’t know the language and you feel hopelessly lost? Have you ever been an invited guest at a business…
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Travel Talkers Toastmasters — New Year Travel
Travel in the New Year was the theme of our January 5, 2023 meeting. Vernitta Brown was our Travel Topics Master and she asked us to comment on our best New Years travel experience, what interesting New Years travel we would recommend and any travel tips we had for travel on New Year’s Eve. Meghan…
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Travel Talkers Toastmasters — Celebrations
Travel for celebrations and holidays was the theme of our December 15 meeting. Tym Myers was our Travel Topics Master and he asked us about travel for a last minute celebration, travel for a “destination” celebration, travel interrupted by a local celebration and travel plans for a “dream” celebration. Travel for destination weddings is becoming…
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Travel Talkers Toastmasters – Island Getaways
December weather is making us think about warm sand beaches and beautiful island paradise vacations. It’s time to start planning our Island Getaway! Our speaker at the December 8th meeting was Avis Russell. She prepared a panel discussion with a question and answer session to dig deeper into the meeting theme of “Island Getaways.” Her…
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