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Sunday 27 November 2011

Welcome to Guests


Guests are encouraged to attend club meetings, held on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at The Full Moon Hotel in Sandgate, at no charge. Meetings start promptly at 7pm, so please arrive by 6:45pm so we may welcome you beforehand. Further details can be obtained by contacting sgatetmATgmail.com  (replace "AT" with @ )

We will be in recess until 24th January 2012. See you then!

Meeting 868 "Travel"



Toastmaster Liz Wo welcomed us on board and guided us through a fun filled meeting with the theme of "Travel."

Marlene presented the word for the evening, "peregrinate," which means to travel.  Everyone managed to use the word at least once during the evening.

Round Robin Master Dave asked us to each speak for 30 seconds on  where we would like to travel next.

June's Table Topics were also travel related, and asked Kylie, Liz We, Inge and Rhys to speak about the 7 wonders of the world, hot air balloon, travelling back in time, and a "TRAVLR" number plate.

The Table Topics were evaluated by John.

Robert presented his 5th speech, "Homer's Peregrinations" and told us what is involved in travelling with a guide dog.

Trish's speech was about her love affair with books. She displayed some of her favourite books, including the one she has had published, "Learning can be Fun." 

The speeches were evaluated by Kylie and Annette.

There was time for a second Round Robin. Leesa asked us each to talk about things that had gone wrong while travelling. There were many funny stories and nearly everyone spoke for more than the allotted 30 seconds. It was good to see our guests Andrew and Leonie taking part.

Rhys's raffle, drinking water bottles and a chiropratic treatment proved to be popular. It was won by June.

The evenings awards went to Kylie, for Best Table Topic and Best Evaluator, Liz for Best Contribution, and
Robert was Best Speaker and Personal Best.


This was our last regular meeting for the year. Our Christmas Break Up Dinner will be on the 13th December. If you haven't already done so, please contact Sharyn or Marlene  for payment details.


Thursday 17 November 2011

Meeting 867 Flower Power

We were pleased to have guests at our meeting - Roslyn and Alan from Carindale Toastmasters, and Greg from Bunya Toastmasters.

In the absence of our Wordmaster, Harry rose to the occasion and presented us with the word "Rubicon," He told us of Julius Ceasar's army crossing the Rubicon River and how the phrase "to cross the Rubicon" has come to mean passing the point of no return. A few people managed to use the word during the evening.

In keeping with the theme of the meeting, Round Robin Master Liz (also filling in at the last minute) asked "What is your favourite flower?"

Kerry also used the theme for her Table Topics, "What is your favourite perfume?" "Powerful Flower" (can't remember the exact topic,) "Childhood Memory of flowers" and "Roses are Red..." These were answered by Leesa, Jonathon, Dave and Nicole.

Jonathon presented his 5th speech, " A Strange Dream." The object of this project was to use gestures & facial expressions etc to convey the message, which Jonathon did extremely well.

Our second speaker was unable to be at the meeting, so Dave filled in with two entertaining poems, "The Lion and Albert: and "The Return of Albert."

Liz Wo presented an Educational Session on Impromptu Speaking. You can read most of the information Liz gave us in the excellent article she wrote last year for our blog. "Table Topics made Simple."

Toastmaster Annette followed this up with some extra Table Topics for her lucky victims, Jonathon, Liz, Harry and Dave. The topics had all been used for past contests and were, "If the shoe fits,"  "By Fair Means or Fowl,"  "Every which way but Loose," and "Through the Eye of a Needle."

 In the "Your Choice" segment, Inge read some inspiring quotes from Goethe and Helen Keller and explained what they meant to her.

Marlene's raffle (two books) was won by Sharyn and Dave.

General Evaluator Del found it hard to find points for improvement for the meeting.

New member Michelle was presented with her badge.

Award winners were Dave (Personal Best,) Jonathon (Best speech, and Table Topic)  Sharyn (Best Evaluation,) & Annette (Best Contribution.)


Next meeting will be the final one before our Break Up Dinner. Could everyone please bring their payment for the dinner to the next meeting.




Thursday 3 November 2011

Atomos - The Story Of The Atom - Toastmasters Speech 2




Which Statement Is True?

"The Entire Human Race Could Fit Into The Volume Of One Sugar Cube"



OR

"I Am Superman"



Is this a trick question?

The Seriousness of Clowns - Toastmasters CC Project 2


This is SERIOUS! Clowns Are No Joke ...

This was speech 2 from the competent communication manual which is about organising your speech.