Sandgate Toastmasters Blog

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Speech 2 - What's The Point?

Was anyone carrying a gun?
Was anyone carrying a knife?
Was anyone planning to assault Darryl?
Find out in the recording of his second speech from the competent communicator manual.

Are you coming ?

Are you coming to the Metro Division Conference? Trish will be competing in the Evaluation Contest. Come and support her.

Let Nicole know if you are coming so she can make a group booking.

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Metropolitan Division Conference is being held on

Saturday 21ST March 2015 at the

Geebung- Zillmere RSL Club,

323 Newman Road, Geebung.

Watch our Area winners compete

for the chance to represent our Division at the

District 69 Convention in May 2015.

Are you ready to change?

Do you need support?

As a Toastmaster in the Metro Division you have the opportunity to gain the help needed to achieve your goals.

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Registrations Open

$35 - Early Bird

$30 – Early Bird Group Bookings

$40 - After the Early Bird cut off

Early Bird registration closes on Friday 28 February 2015.

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Meeting 937 "Love is in the Air"

Love was in the air at our last meeting. The word of the evening, chosen by Nick was "passionate."

Peter V was Toastmaster

Tim proposed the toast.

President Nicole welcomed our guests Peter, Steve, Lisa, Roseanne, Jean, Soheil and Saba.

Harry filled in for our Round Robin Master and asked "What was your most memorable Valentine's Day. Everyone found it easy to answer and there were some amusing stories.

Cinderella (Pam)

Table Topics Master Marlene referred to the romantic story of Cinderella and called on Cinderella, Prince Charming, and one of the Ugly Stepsisters (aka Pam, Harry and Darryl) to tell what really happened at the ball.

They were evaluated by Dave.

Prince Charming (Harry)

Ugly Stepsister (Darryl)

Jim presented his 3rd speech "The Best Idea I Ever Had." He told a hilarious tale about his long ride on a petrol tanker.

Jim

Amanda's speech was her 7th. For her "Research your Topic" project, she used the projector to show the importance of hand washing.

Amanda

Peter dM recounted an exciting adventure on a flooded river in Ecuador.

Peter dM

Speech evaluators were Rose, Sharyn and John T.

Sharyn

Rose

John T

The Business Session was efficiently chaired for John S. The main item discussed was the changes to our Semi Annual fees, which will be raised slightly to bring it in line with the US Dollar and will also include meeting fees.

Reza's raffle was a large tin of Lindt chocolates and a Valentine card. It was won by Marlene, who is passionate about Lindt chocolate. Thanks Reza!

Reza

Grammarian Sharyn commented on some good word usage and General Evaluator Jonathon gave some honorable mentions. Both gave suggestions for improvement.

Jonathon

President Nicole presented the evenings's awards to Peter V (Best Contribution,) John T (Best Evaluator,) Amanda (Best Speech and Personal Best) and Harry (Best Table Topic.)

Award winners 10/2/15

Next meeting on the 24th February will be a Speechfest. We are looking forward to hearing some great speeches.

Thursday, 29 January 2015

Meeting 936 "Australia - True Blue"

"Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!" Pam's toast at the beginning of the meeting was to all Australians, whether they were born here, or have adopted Australia as their home.

President Nicole welcomed our guests, James, Meg, Barbara, Marco, Leanne, Rosanne and also welcomed back Pam who has been recovering from an operation and past member Harry who is going to rejoin our club.

Nicole was also Toastmaster for the evening.

Tim's word for the evening was "Fair" in the Australian sense of the word, as in "Fair Go" and "Fair Dinkum."

Round Robin Master Maureen asked "What does it mean to you to be a True Blue Aussie." Everyone took part and there were many examples, but the general consensus was that a Fair Dinkum Aussie will give everyone a fair go.

Reza was Table Topics Master and he called on Jonathon, Annette, Sharyn and Tim to answer his topics.

Reza

"What are Australia's greatest Achievements?"

"What icon best represents Australia and why?"

"What is your ideal way of celebrating Australia Day?"

"How do you explain Australia Day to a Tourist?"

Jonathon

Annette

Sharyn

Tim

They were evaluated by Amanda and Marlene

Amanda

Marlene

Darryl presented his second speech, "What's the Point." His vocal variety and gestures made it a powerful message about speaking in public. "Is it fear- or ego that holds us back?"

.Darryl's speech was evaluated by Sharyn.

Darryl

Dave's speech was a fact finding report from an advanced manual. Using the acronym WINNERS, he told us the history of the Quakers and what made them successful.

Dave

Dave's speech was evaluated by Trish, who wore blue instead of her favourite purple in honour of our theme.

Trish

Annett's raffle

Raffle Master Annette said (with tongue in cheek) that what Australian's love is "Booze and Gambling" so she had brought a bottle of wine and Scratch-it tickets for her raffle. It was won by Pam.

Peter - timer's report

Jim conducted the Listening Quiz and proved that collecting fines can be fun.

Jim

John T

John T's joke about a man who was hit over the head by his wife had everyone laughing. (If you want to know why she hit him, ask John)

John S

John S, in his true blue shirt managed to inject humour into his grammarian's report as he commented on "the good, the bad and the ugly."

Rose

Rose presented the General Evaluation, pointing out the good points of the meeting and what could be improved.

Pam collected votes

Pam collected the votes, and Nicole presented the evening's awards to Trish (Best Evaluator,) Tim and Jonathon (Best Table Topic tied,) Nicole (Best Contribution,) and Darryl (Best Speech and Personal Best.)