Perceptions of Saint John by Locals and Visitors - February 8 2016
Perceptions of Saint John by Locals and Visitors At our February 8 th meeting we again had three speeches delivered. And three guests, two of which have joined and will start participating in our self-paced program. People can join and begin at any point throughout the year. One speech exercised vocal variety, one exercised use of visual aids, and one exercised interpretive reading techniques, in this case interpreting poetry. Topics were on working with media, decisions related to visual aids, and of course a poem, in this case one from the 1800’s. The Table Topics, the impromptu speaking session, were on perceptions of Saint John by locals and by visitors. This was inspired by a recent conversation with local comedian James Mullinger. James is performing in April at a fund raiser for another group I work with, L’Ache Saint John. James was talking about a recent trip he made to Ottawa to promote Saint John...