Toastmasters on Holiday

CLEM 7 TUNNEL

Toastmasters are adventurous and to prove this, some of us went underground at Woollongabba travelled along a 6.8km tunnel and fortunately surfaced near Herston. Being a forthright Toastmaster I just had to take control, play with the microphone and safety vest and rest assured I KNOW what to do in the case of an emergency. Perhaps I should have rotated the photo !!!

Christmas Break-Up

Our Christmas Party was great fun. Toastmaster Liz kept us enchanted with her magic wand. We even laughed at her jokes!

We had fun playing Celebrity Antlers.

Everyone brought an item for the Grocery Hamper raffle and a Secret Santa gift.

Creatures of the Night

Our meeting on 27 October 2009 was very entertaining. An informative after dinner speech by Dave gave us some thoughtful, fascinating facts about glass (how does he remember all that information? - very inspiring). Ian presented an impromptu speech which left us all desperate to hear the next instalment. I showed how to build rapport with fellow members (using an exceptional able assistant - Thanks Liz). Trish, our toastmaster, almost told a decent joke regarding the halloween theme, all the members were all smiling and commenting goodheartedly at how bad they were although the DELIVERY was superb. The raffle containing a big black spider (edible) was introduced by our own wordsmith Leesa with an amazing rhyming verse. Trish won!
In conclusion Annette in her General Evaluation stated "It was a happy and friendly meeting".

I attended the 'free' Toastmaster viewing of Michael Moore's movie "Capitalism - A Love Story" at South Bank and as a bonus listened to International Contest winner Mark perform his speech.

John our International Contestant.

Turn Up the Heat

On Saturday, 24 October 2009, Sandgate Toastmasters showed amazing support (we occupied three tables) for our contestants: Table Topics - Annette, International - John, Evaluation - Trish, Humorous - Marlene.



The winners of the competitions were:
Humorous 1st - Marilyn 2nd - Annette 3rd - Bob.
International 1st - Richard 2nd - John 3rd - Chris
Evaluation 1st - Marilyn 2nd - Monica 3rd - Trish
Humorous 1st - Monica 2nd - Richard 3rd - Marlene

Mark Hunter facilitated an education session titled 'The Process of Writing a Great Speech'. Quite a few references were made during this session to the 'cheese and toast specialist' that we are lucky enough to have as a member at our club. The main points Mark made regarding the process of writing a great speech were; number
1. 'Select and Issue'
2.'Brainstorm ideas on paper'
3. 'Determine your purpose'
4. 'Identifying the topic'
5. 'The development of your main ideas for your speech'
6. 'Writing a great opening to your speech', 7. 'Writing a great conclusion for your speech'. Concluding with tips on 'How to overcome nerves' and 'The importance of rehearsal'.

Area Governor's visit

We were thrilled to have a visit from Asoki, our Area Governor last meeting. Asoki inspired us with her talk on setting goals.
It was good to chat with her during the break.

New member Sharon presented her Ice Breaker speech, titled "Who Am I?"

Ian gave a speech about a lion called "Samson."

Another new member Rhys was inducted.

Robert and Reese had a good chat over a cuppa.

Its Spring - and our club is blooming!

The theme for the meeting this week was "Swing into Spring." Toastmaster Dave kept the  evening flowing with quotes & rhymes about Spring.

The Table Topics chosen by Sharyn D were quotes related to Spring. Although they were difficult, all her "victims" rose to the occasion and delivered some very witty mini speeches.

Metamorphosis was the word of the  evening (chosen & presented by our new member Sharon R.) It was thrilling to see the metamorphosis that had taken place in Ian as he confidently presented his fourth speech. He had everyone listening and laughing at the story of his experiences with a science teacher from his past.

Other wonderful speeches were presented by Trish L (about Spring Cleaning) and Michael (about Toastmasters.)

Several of our guests filled in a membership application form and others asked for one to take home.

Club's 35th Birthday

11th August 2009 

Sandgate Toastmasters

Celebrate 35 years

Paula brought her new baby

We celebrated our 35th Birthday with a wine and cheese evening.

It was a great night. 8 past club members attended as well as 10 prospective new members.

The Round Robin and Table Topics sessions broughts lots of laughter as people reminisced.

Our newest member Barry presented his Icebreaker Speech.

A slide show compiled by Trish was viewed during the evening.

John

Charter Member John (who is still a current member) presented an entertaining History of the Club.

At the end of the evening, 2 of our first time guests filled in membership application form and several others requested one to take home.

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Speech Contest
At our last meeting we held our International Speech and Table Topics Contests.The winner of Table Topics Contest was Annette and John came second.The International Speech Contest was won by John and Annette came second.