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Thursday 25 August 2011

Evaluation & Humorous Contests

It was a great night, beginning with the induction of new member, Chelsea. Elizabeth and Melissa were also voted in and will be inducted next meeting. This club is really growing!

Rachel performed the role of Toastmaster for the first time and didn't seem at all daunted by the extra visitors and judges.

Tim from Stafford Toastmasters was our guest speaker, and presented a very animated speech with an amusing twist. Contestants Kylie, Annette, Dave and Rhys each gave an evaluation of the speech. The winner of the Evaluation Contest was Annette, with Dave coming second.

Contestants in the Humorous Speech Del, Marlene, Annete and David had everyone laughing. The winner was Marlene, with Annette second.

President Sharyn thanked the visiting judges Deb, Jean, and Teena and guest speaker Tim.

Annette and John were  acknowledged and thanked for their efforts in conducting a Speechcraft Course for students at the Aspley High School. 



Sunday 14 August 2011

Meeting 861 - Theme "Ekka"

It was good to see four visitors at our meeting. Elizabeth, (Glad we didn't scare her off last time) and Inga, Chelsea and Melissa who had met some of our members stall at the Einbunpin Festival. 

 It's Show Week in Brisbane. The Exhibition or "Ekka" began on Thursday, so it was the theme of our last meeting. The theme was used in Liz's Round Robin, Jennine's Table Topics and even the Raffle, which was a sample bag filled with goodies by Trish. 

Kerry took on the role of Toastmaster for the first time and kept the meeting running smoothly.

Another first timer was Nicole, who gave an excellent speech evaluation.
There were three speeches. Kylie's very topical speech "Everyone Counts" was about the census.
 Jonathon's speech "A Webi What?" explained what a Webinar is and convinced us of the benefits.
Lynda's speech was about "Motherhood"

Sharyn presented an Educational on "Giving Effective Feedback."

The Business Session, chaired by Leesa was a lively session with plenty to discuss.
Somehow, we still managed to finish on time and president Sharyn presented the awards for the evening.



Tuesday 2 August 2011

Bayside Stars


Woo Hoo. Well Done Annette, published at last and of course it had to be Kylie and moi, the shy demure personalities of the Club...

Please note we were in the Dining and Entertainment section - no idea why ! Annette keep up the great effort, it is amazing how many people have commented on the article, it is great publicity for the Club.