Area Conference 2018

The Area Conference was held on the 11th November - Remembrance Day. Nearly everyone bought and wore a red poppy in memory of those who died in the war. 

It was a successful day, thanks to all those who organised or took part. 

Christiane came third in Evaluation and Humorous Speech contest. Darryl came third in Table Topics and first in Evaluation ( representing his other club, Redcliffe Club).

We are also proud of our new members Stephen and Eileen, who competed in the contests. 

Most of these photos were taken from where I was seated in the audience. There are some really good ones on Redcliffe Toastmasters Facebook page, taken by their photographer Kris. 

Gail at registration table

Area Council meeting

Humorous speech contestants

Humorous Speech place getters

Morning tea

Raffle prizes

Table Topics Contestants

Darryl & Christiane

Guest Speaker Terri Tonkin
(click for more info)

Division Director Rod
presented Leesa with 15 year badge

Congratulations Leesa!

Kirsty chaired Evaluation contest

Test speaker Helen with Kirsty

Evaluation Contest participants

Evaluation place getters

John T chaired International Contest

Area 8 Director Dave

Kris from Redcliffe Toastmasters has put much better photos on their Facebook page. Be sure to check out both Part 1 and Part 2.

Meeting 1026 "Halloween" Speechfest

"Halloween" was the theme of our speechfest night. Peter's  jack-o-lantern pumpkin watched over the proceedings.

The Toastmaster was Marlene.

We were pleased to welcome back guests John A and Skye.

Wordmaster Gail chose the word "macabre" meaning gruesome, ghastly horrifying or pertaining to death. It was easy to use the word with our meeting's theme.

Peter

Round Robin Master Peter asked "What are you afraid of?" Everyone admitted to a fear of some kind or related a scary experience.

Christiane

Stephen

There were 6 prepared speeches. Christiane and Stephen repeated the speeches they will present at the Area Humorous Speech Contest and received feedback from all the members. The evaluations were led by Gail and Blake.

Gail

Blake

Trevor presented a speech from the Technical Presentations manual and told how he had successfully proceeded with a business venture in spite of  being told it wouldn't work.

John T  assumed the role of "John the Local Aussie Hero" and told a humorous fictitious tale of how he had saved Sandgate.

Trevor

John T

Trevor's and John's Speeches were evaluated by Darryl and Eileen.

Darryl

Eileen

Time for a break

After a delicious supper provided by Blake, Christiane presented her International Contest speech and received some helpful suggestions from Carmy and the rest of the club.

Carmy

Darryl gave an inspiring talk about his experiences competing in contests.

Peter announced the winner of the raffle. Stephen was the lucky winner who took home the jack-o-lantern together with bags of treats for any children who might come to his door.

Kirsty evaluated the meeting, with commendations on what had worked well and gave suggestions for improvement.

Kirsty

Thanks to time keeper Chris, the meeting finished on time.

Chris, Eileen, Blake, Carmy

President Christiane presented the evening's awards to Eileen (Best Evaluator and Most Improved,) and John T (Best Speech.)

Award winners 30th Oct 2018

We wish our competitors success in the Area Contest on the 11th November.

Please note: Next meeting will not be held on our usual night as our meeting room will not be available that night. Instead we will meet on Wednesday, 14th November.

Meeting 1025 - Poetic Rhymes

This Meeting offered variety and the scope for developing interesting segments as the novel theme  brought out Member's inner poet.
A warm welcome was extended to guests John and Kathy by Toastmaster Leesa. She kept the happy friendly manner throughout with lots of rhymes.

Leesa

A Toast to "Limericks" and also presenting one herself was Monica.

Monica

Wordmaster Trevor was a bit flummoxed with his choice of "Quintessential" which at first appeared with a variation of the spelling. The meaning is the very essence of something.

Trevor with Version One

Version Two

Round Robin by Marlene, asked Members to remember a rhyme from their childhood, which tested some with recall. Marlene wrapped it up well by presenting her own humorous rhyme.

Marlene

Speeches were presented by: Carmy "Going Home" and evaluated by Gail.

Carmy and Gail

 Peter spoke on "Highlights" from his recent overseas holiday, and was evaluated by Eileen.

Peter and Eileen

 "Cut to the Core of the Problem" was a serious speech by Darryl, which was evaluated by Christiane.

Darryl and Christiane

Chris cleverly wove a rhyme around the raffle prize, also for the raffle draw. Blake was the winner.

Poetic Chris

Kirsty led Table Topics with a twist. She introduced one of her favourite poems, then called on a Toastmaster to extend this as their topic. It challenged all to speak off the cuff in a slightly different manner. Trish and Blake were Table Topics evaluators.

Kirsty

Monica was vigilant as Timekeeper and accurately recorded and reported during the Meeting.

A Movie Review was next on the agenda, by Chris. The movie was titled "District 9".
Chris gave a great description and recommended it to any Sci Fi buffs. It was obvious that he is a fan.

Chris

A Soap Box segment was presented by Trevor. He made an impressive opening by rolling out a long scroll of paper to emphasize his point about safety issues of the Flu Vaccine.

Trevor and his "notes"

Grammarian Trish gave us 3 points in an educational overview of common pitfalls of our speaking manner. Avoid clichés, avoid the word "but" and use an "active" voice rather than a "passive" one.
Good advice for all.

Trish making her point

Marlene was Listening Quizmaster and tested our recall of the Meeting.

Marlene and Liz

General Evaluator Liz covered the Meeting in record time, highlighting the many well done segments and presenters. Congratulations to all who provided a Poetic Rhyme and wove the theme around their presentations.

Best Speech Award - Darryl
Best Table Topic - Marlene
Best Evaluator - Eileen
Most Improved - a tie for Carmy and Eileen

Carmy, Eileen, Marlene and Darryl

Reminder: Next Tuesday is a 5th Tuesday in the month, so there will be a Meeting on 30th October.