London Corinthians

At every London Toastmaster club I have attended, everyone has always said - "You must visit Corinthians". So I visited Corinthians - and what a club! Not only did they stick to their schedule, they also had the area TableTopic champ to treat us to a speech about the "Big Job" from the entertaining speeches advanced manual. Add another 3 ATM speeches and a general evaluation from 17 year TM veteran and you have a impressive display of TM values.
Things the club does well:

* The tabletopic mistress kept her introductions to under 30 sec, this allowed the contestants to interpret the topic as they liked and show their creative side.

* People got to vote for their best speaker/TableTopic speaker and write individual comments about the speeches (a constant theme throughout all the London clubs)

* Finished under the allocated time (nearly all the clubs I have ever attended have gone over time)

Things I could have done better during my table topics session:

* Make gestures with my feet as well as with my hands

* Introduce more humor into my topic ("Do I see the world as black & white or shades of grey")