Article in Northside Chronicle 13 April 2011

Edited.

Mark Hunter's Boot Camp

There are still places left for Mark's special presentation on Saturday 9th April at Tingalpa State School 10am- 2.30pm.

Topics covered include: what he has learnt from his journey as World Champion of Public Speaking, writing for success, understanding what the audience wants, and spot evaluations- 3 people giving speeches and Mark evaluationg them on ths spot!! 

Lick on picture to enlarge. Oops, I mean "click!"

Meeting 852 - Relaxation

David Young as acting Sargeant at Arms started the meeting as it was to progress - relaxed and enjoyable.

Welcome to our guests Rod & Cindy; and Jennine & Harry. Congratulations for participating in the round robin! We hope you come again.

Dave, June and David entertained with excellent speeches. Dave gave a dramatic interpretive reading entitled Flight of Terror; June convinced us that wherever you are in the world, the side you drive on is the right side, and the other side is the wrong side; and David shared his impressive knowledge of the legends of the Glasshouse Mountains.

Kerry was inducted to the club, with Meriel announced as her mentor for the next 6 - 12 months.




Lynda, inducted at the last meeting, presented a great raffle, won by Harry.

Tropies were voted as follows:

Table Topic - Sharyn and Kylie
Speech - David
Personal Best - June
Evaulation - Sharyn
Contribution and best jokes - Annette

Trish is a winner!

Congratulations to Trish, who won First Place in the Evaluation Contest at the Metro Division Conference, as well Third Place in the International Speech Contest.

Trish has a lot of tips and tricks to share with other members. Visit the blog which she co-authors with her friend Michele. http://trischel.blogspot.com/

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Meeting 847 9th March 2011

We are always pleased to have a visit from our Area Governor, Deb Smith.
Deb presented an inspiring speech. She also joined in the fun with our theme of "Insects."

New member Lynda was inducted. She also presented the word for the evening, "Elucidate." Trish, David, Raider, Dave, Rhys, June & Sharyn managed  to use the word during the evening.

We heard some excellent speeches by Rhys and Trish, and an Educational Session by Sharyn.

The supper break was a good time to socialise.

Award winners for the evening were
Personal Best : Lynda
Best Contribution: Raider
Best Evaluation: Dave
Beat table Topic: Trish
Best Speech: Rhys

Contests at Eventide

The standard was very high and the judges must have had a difficult task at the Interpretive Reading & Novice Speaker Contests on Sunday. We were proud of our contestants, Jonathon and David.  Their performance was even better than when they first presented in our club.

David gave a lively performance as "Wee Dave" in his speech "Welcome to my time Machine."

Jonathon had everyone enthralled with his reading of "Bad Jelly the Witch." He took first prize in the Interpretive Reading Contest.

The winner of the Novice Speech Contest was Ranjeet Cavanagh (from another club)
Alan Murray (also from another club) took second place in both contests.

We all enjoyed the afternoon.

Meeting 850 "Love"

It may have been just past Valentines Day, but it was still a good opportunity to use "Love" as our meeting theme. Jonathon set us a challenge with his Round Robin when he asked what foolish thing had we done in the name of love. It was interesting to see that  more men than women admitted to acting foolishly.

There were quite a few programme changes. Kylie and Jonathon quickly thought of some Table Topics in the absence of a Table Topics master, and Raider and Trish both had a speech ready to fill in for absent speakers. A good Toastmaster is always prepared!

Raider won both the "Best Speaker"  and the "Personal Best" awards. Damian also won 2 awards - "Best Table Topic" and "Best Evaluator" as well as one of the raffle prizes. (He had a good night.) The "Best Contribution" award went to John, who had performed admirably as Toastmaster.

Kylie will add photos later.

Meeting 850 - Photos

Metro Division Conference coming up

Who is coming to the Metropolitan Division Conference on the 12th March? You heard the winners from each club at our Area at the Area Conference, now come & hear the winners from all the Areas in the Metropolitan Division.

METRO DIVISION CONFERENCE “ACHIEVING GREATNESS TOGETHER”
				Special Educational Session by Mark Hunter World Champion of Public Speaking 2009 Plus A showcase of the contest winners from all 7 Areas.  Don’t miss this opportunity to support your Area contestant and hear the best do battle for a place at District finals.
				Time: 8:00 for 8:45 am
						Finish: 5.30 pm
			Date:     Saturday, 12 March 2011      Time:    8:00am registration & briefings                    8:45am—5.30 pm conference & contests Venue:  The Auditorium, Broncos Leagues Club,              Fulcher Road, Red Hill Cost:       Pre-Registration—FULL DAY              $36:00 per person—includes Lucky Door               Prize, all day tea and coffee, a,m. tea,               full buffet lunch at Players Buffet &               Grill with a choice of roast, Asian or  pasta dishes, salads & desserts.               Pre-Registration—HALF DAY               $15:00 lunch NOT included                          8:45—12 noon or 1—5:30 pm               Registration ON THE DAY               $40:00 full day, $16:00 half day               At the door entry is cash or cheque               No eftpos or credit card facilities. Parking: There is plenty of parking,  street or               front and rear of venue  Disability parking in rear car park

Interpretive Reading & New Speaker Contests

"Wow!" was the reaction of chief judge Liz, after hearing the contestants last meeting. Our New Speakers, presented speeches of a very high standard.  David's speech was titled, "Welcome to my Time Machine." Nicole's speech was about "Digital Natives" and Liz Welch's speech was "The Rudest Invention."

The Interpretive Reading Contest also brought out the best in Damian, with his reading of "Pompeii,"  Dave with a Lewis Carol poem, and Jonathon who read a children's story.

 David won the New Speaker Contest and Jonathon won the Interpretive Reading. They will compete with other clubs in the Area 8 Contest on Sunday, 27th February  in the Eventide Auditorium , Brighton.

Come along and support them. It will be an interesting afternoon.