Won't he just love it when he is old enough to listen to the wonderful stories that Liz is so good at telling!
Congratulations to all the family!
Monday, 29 November 2010
It's a Boy!
Liz was thrilled when her new grandson arrived last Thursday. His name is Hayden Gregory and he is very cute.
Won't he just love it when he is old enough to listen to the wonderful stories that Liz is so good at telling!
Congratulations to all the family!
Won't he just love it when he is old enough to listen to the wonderful stories that Liz is so good at telling!
Congratulations to all the family!
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Meeting 846 - "Inventions"
Our meeting last Tuesday was not without it's high points. See Kylie's photos in the previous entry.
Word master Sharyn introduced the word, "Litoties." See how many you can find in my report of the meeting.
li·to·tes
Although there were not a few programme changes, members were not unwilling to perform roles without previous notice.
Meriel was not reluctant to step up and take on the role of Toastmaster. She didn't let the meeting drag but kept us entertained while votes were being collected with facts about inventions.
President Marlene congratulated Sharyn on obtaining her Competent Communicator award, and Dave on his Advanced Communicator Bronze, also Trish on winning a Speech contest. All not small achievements.
New member Damian was warmly welcomed into our club. Damian is not new to Toastmasters, having been in another club before.
We also had 3 guests, Mary, Linda and Rod.
Liz's Round Robin showed that some of us are not without imagination when she asked, "What have you invented."
Annette continued the theme of "Inventions" with her Table Topics, "What is the greatest thing since sliced bread?" "What invention could you do without?" "Life without computers," "Cars of the future," "3D Television," and ""The most useless invention."
David, John, Rhys, Trish, Jonathon, and Sharyn found it no problem to invent an answer.
Chris, evaluating Table Topics for the first time (I think) proved that he is not without evaluating skills.
Raider gave a very informative speech "What makes a Leader" which was not hard to follow thanks to his excellent flip charts.
Rachael presented her Icebreaker speech, "A Little Bit of Me" and kept our minds from wandering with her flowing gestures and animated expression.
Damian set the scene with dimmed lighting and painted word pictures in his Folk Tale, "What makes the Waves."
The speeches were evaluated by Del, Trish and Marlene.
Nicole presented an interesting book review on Stephen King's book, "The Dome."
The "Invention" theme was not forgotten by Raffle Master John, who pointed out that the compartments in the carry bag holding the 2 bottles of wine was not a useless idea. It was won by June.
Timer Dave said it was not too late to include a few extra Table Topics for Sharyn's "victims," Kylie, June and Rod. They were not easy topics.
Grammarian Del reported that there were not too many "ums" & other errors, and Rose concluded with her General Evaluation.
Award winners for the evening were:
Personal Best - Rachael
Best Speech - Damian
Best Table Topic - Trish
Best Evaluator - Trish
Best Contributer - Meriel
(See photos below.)
Word master Sharyn introduced the word, "Litoties." See how many you can find in my report of the meeting.
li·to·tes
A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite, as in "This is no small problem." "Not unkind, " or "You're not wrong!"
Although there were not a few programme changes, members were not unwilling to perform roles without previous notice.
Meriel was not reluctant to step up and take on the role of Toastmaster. She didn't let the meeting drag but kept us entertained while votes were being collected with facts about inventions.
President Marlene congratulated Sharyn on obtaining her Competent Communicator award, and Dave on his Advanced Communicator Bronze, also Trish on winning a Speech contest. All not small achievements.
New member Damian was warmly welcomed into our club. Damian is not new to Toastmasters, having been in another club before.
We also had 3 guests, Mary, Linda and Rod.
Liz's Round Robin showed that some of us are not without imagination when she asked, "What have you invented."
Annette continued the theme of "Inventions" with her Table Topics, "What is the greatest thing since sliced bread?" "What invention could you do without?" "Life without computers," "Cars of the future," "3D Television," and ""The most useless invention."
David, John, Rhys, Trish, Jonathon, and Sharyn found it no problem to invent an answer.
Chris, evaluating Table Topics for the first time (I think) proved that he is not without evaluating skills.
Raider gave a very informative speech "What makes a Leader" which was not hard to follow thanks to his excellent flip charts.
Rachael presented her Icebreaker speech, "A Little Bit of Me" and kept our minds from wandering with her flowing gestures and animated expression.
Damian set the scene with dimmed lighting and painted word pictures in his Folk Tale, "What makes the Waves."
The speeches were evaluated by Del, Trish and Marlene.
Nicole presented an interesting book review on Stephen King's book, "The Dome."
The "Invention" theme was not forgotten by Raffle Master John, who pointed out that the compartments in the carry bag holding the 2 bottles of wine was not a useless idea. It was won by June.
Timer Dave said it was not too late to include a few extra Table Topics for Sharyn's "victims," Kylie, June and Rod. They were not easy topics.
Grammarian Del reported that there were not too many "ums" & other errors, and Rose concluded with her General Evaluation.
Award winners for the evening were:
Personal Best - Rachael
Best Speech - Damian
Best Table Topic - Trish
Best Evaluator - Trish
Best Contributer - Meriel
(See photos below.)
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Meeting 845 on 9 November - Racing
The group general evaluation, faciliatated by Damian, showed that members are enjoying and benefiting from the meeting due to the standard of speakers; the friendliness and welcoming nature of all; and the willingness of members to step into roles vacant for the evening due to others not being able to attend. Suggestions for improvement included not racing through the business session, as we regularly do due to time constraints, to ensure the secretary has the opportunity to make notes.
Toastmaster Sharyn tracked down (pun intended) racing quotes and demonstated fine listening skills by slipping them into the program at most appropriate times. Jonathon as Sargeant at Arms for the night handled the job with ease, only showing at trophy time that perhaps Santa needs to bring him glasses.
Jonathon, Annette, Del and Leesa confidently replied to Monica's interesting table topics; after a very colourful Round Robin.
Nicole presented her second speech on The Golden Number - very interesting content delivered with confidence. Kylie's speech drew upon personal experiences that resulted in a fear of public speaking. Dave, with The First Industrial Revolution, once again impressed us with his memory for dates and details, completing his 5th speech from the advanced manual Speaking to Inform.
Rachael highly recommended the movie Red with a throrough and entertaining movie review.
Marlene won the raffle, with Leesa stepping into the role on the night - with a few away each meeting it is great to see others willingly taking on the challenge.
Welcome to two guests, Kerry and Lynda - we hope you enjoyed the meeting and come again. Welcome also to Damian who will be inducted at the next meeting - we are pleased to have another experienced Toastmaster join our ranks.
Trophies presented to:
Table Topics - Annette
Speech - Kylie
Evaluation - Annette
Personal Best - Nicole
Conribution - Sharyn
A reminder that there are only two more meetings for 2010 - Tuesday 23 November and Tuesday 14 December (Christmas dinner).
Kylie as VPPR welcomes all contributions for the newsletter by end November for distribution at the final meeting - by email please, as she is not able to attend meeting of 23 November.
Toastmaster Sharyn tracked down (pun intended) racing quotes and demonstated fine listening skills by slipping them into the program at most appropriate times. Jonathon as Sargeant at Arms for the night handled the job with ease, only showing at trophy time that perhaps Santa needs to bring him glasses.
Jonathon, Annette, Del and Leesa confidently replied to Monica's interesting table topics; after a very colourful Round Robin.
Nicole presented her second speech on The Golden Number - very interesting content delivered with confidence. Kylie's speech drew upon personal experiences that resulted in a fear of public speaking. Dave, with The First Industrial Revolution, once again impressed us with his memory for dates and details, completing his 5th speech from the advanced manual Speaking to Inform.
Rachael highly recommended the movie Red with a throrough and entertaining movie review.
Marlene won the raffle, with Leesa stepping into the role on the night - with a few away each meeting it is great to see others willingly taking on the challenge.
Welcome to two guests, Kerry and Lynda - we hope you enjoyed the meeting and come again. Welcome also to Damian who will be inducted at the next meeting - we are pleased to have another experienced Toastmaster join our ranks.
Trophies presented to:
Table Topics - Annette
Speech - Kylie
Evaluation - Annette
Personal Best - Nicole
Conribution - Sharyn
A reminder that there are only two more meetings for 2010 - Tuesday 23 November and Tuesday 14 December (Christmas dinner).
Kylie as VPPR welcomes all contributions for the newsletter by end November for distribution at the final meeting - by email please, as she is not able to attend meeting of 23 November.
Saturday, 6 November 2010
Catching up with old friends
We form some lasting friendships in Toastmasters, and it is always good to catch up with old friends who no longer belong to our club. This week, Annette, Leesa and I met with past Toastmasters Lenore, Narda, Edith, and Bing to celebrate Lenore's birthday. It was also a farewell for Edith, who is going to Hong Kong.
At the Area Conference, we were thrilled to see Penne, who was a member of our club until she moved away and is now a member of Caboolture Toastmasters. I took a couple of photos of Penne with Liz. Penne looked good in one photo and Liz looked good in the other. Thanks to modern technology, I was able to take someone's head from one of the photos and superimpose it in the other.. Can you tell which one?
Catching up with old friends
We form some lasting friendships in Toastmasters, and it is always good to catch up with old friends who no longer belong to our club. This week, Annette, Leesa & I met with past Toastmasters Lenore, Narda, Edith, & Bing to celebrate Lenore's birthday. It was also a farewell for Edith, who is going to Hong Kong.
At the Area Conference, we were thrilled to see Penne, who was a member of our club until she moved away and is now a member of Caboolture Toastmasters. I took a couple of photos of Penne with Liz. Penne looked good in one photo & Liz looked good in the other. Thanks to modern technology, I was able to swap heads of one of the photos. Can you tell ?
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Meeting 843 on 26 October - Technology
Toastmaster Rose impressed us with examples of modern technology; and Nicole had us pondering in the round robin just which piece of technology we would wish not to be without. David Y did an excellent icrebreaker speech - note free; and new members Rachael and Andrew received their badges - plus tasks throughout the meeting. Once again members absorbed the roles of those unable to attend with ease - well done all!
Trophies to:
Table Topics - Rachael
Speech - Sharyn
Evaluation - Kylie
Personal Best - David Y
Contribution - Rose
Monday, 25 October 2010
Notice of Seminar organised by Toastmasters
Lance Miller, 2005 World Champion, is conducting a full day seminar in Brisbane on Saturday 27 November from 10am to 4pm.
To register email Carolyn Phillips on carolyn_007@hotmail.com - first come first served.
- Losing my way to the World Championship
- Building a championship club
- Effective Speech Evaluation
To register email Carolyn Phillips on carolyn_007@hotmail.com - first come first served.
Area Contest on 24 October
Congratulations to Annette, John and Liz Wo who represented Sandgate in Table Topics & Evaluation (Annette), International Speech (John) and Humorous Speech (Liz). Annette received 2nd place for Evaluation and 3rd for Table Topics. All did an absolutely fabulous job amidst very strong competition.
As a club we were very well represented, with 10 members attending, contesting and assisting with roles such as caligrapher, timers, sergeant at arms, contest chairman, tally counters, pep talkers - and redecorators.
As a club we were very well represented, with 10 members attending, contesting and assisting with roles such as caligrapher, timers, sergeant at arms, contest chairman, tally counters, pep talkers - and redecorators.
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Meeting 843 on 12 October - Music
With Annette as Toastmaster reminding us of hit songs of the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s; Dave Young allowing us the opportunity to be profound with a round robin topic of "life is a process of ..." and Chris presenting a fabulous icebreaker speech, this was yet another vibrant meeting.
Voted best on the night were:
Table Topic - Annette
Speech - Chris
Evaluation - Liz Wo
Personal Best - Chris
Chris was thrilled to receive two trophies, as since joining Toastmasters he has encouraged work colleagues to also join - five, across Australia - with a fair bit of friendly rivalry between them. Well done!
Congratulations
to Sharyn and Liz Wo for completing their Competent Leadership Manual and receiving their badge at the meeting.
Best of luck and skill for the Contest next week Annette, John and Liz! We are proud to see you representing Sandgate.
Voted best on the night were:
Table Topic - Annette
Speech - Chris
Evaluation - Liz Wo
Personal Best - Chris
Chris was thrilled to receive two trophies, as since joining Toastmasters he has encouraged work colleagues to also join - five, across Australia - with a fair bit of friendly rivalry between them. Well done!
Congratulations
to Sharyn and Liz Wo for completing their Competent Leadership Manual and receiving their badge at the meeting.Best of luck and skill for the Contest next week Annette, John and Liz! We are proud to see you representing Sandgate.
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