After a conference is before a conference ! The Division Spring Conference 2017 in Nuremberg is now over. It was highlighted by the keynote speech of David Sen “What I am dying to tell you”, informative workshop “Online Toastmaster Clubs” led by Sandra Eggelhöfer, funny and interactive workshop “Reden reicht nicht: Improvisationstheater” improvised by Justin Hegler, and inspirational workshop “Love Your Problems: Creative Problem Solving Techniques for Every Day” held by Lukas Liebich. Ellen Hermens gave us an update on the Pathways program “What you always wanted to know about Pathways”.
Photos taken by Tobias Schlosser and Stefan Gruss
At the exciting speech and evaluation contests, that constitute the core of the conference, the speakers brought down the house. The speech topics ranged from brave midwives riding a bicycle in 19th century Belgium to very creative and exotic alternative retirement plans. All speeches were excellent, yet only the best of the best have made it to the next round:
Contest International Speech
1. Place: Marc Schuck
2. Place: Mel Kelly
3. Place: Ranjith Venkatesh
Contest Evaluation English
1. Place: Armin Hierstetter
2. Place: Eamonn O’Leary
Contest German Speech/ Wettbewerb Rede Deutsch
1. Place: Ineke Vermeulen
2. Place: Bettina Jäger
3. Place: Mel Kelly
Contest Evaluation German / Wettbewerb Bewertungsrede Deutsch
1. Place: Mel Kelly
2. Place: Ranjith Venkatesh
These excellent speakers will fight for our Division at the District Spring Conference !