Thursday 25 November 2010
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.
Tuesday 5 October 2010
Meeting 842 - 28 Sep 2010
Riddles about riddles ... much pondering, laughter and groaning to be had.
While the trophies are awarded to just some of those who contributed to the meeting, the blog does seem an appropriate place to record the recipients:
Table Topic: Sharyn
Evaluator: Kylie
Speech: Raider
Personal Best: Raider
Contribution: Dave H
A warm welcome to our new members, inducted at this meeting, Rachael and Andrew. Congratulations on accepting your first assignments and table topics!
As always, thank you to all those who accepted roles when other members were unable to attend.
Kylie was the lucky winner of the raffle, courtesy of Monica, but doesn't yet know if she is "set for life".
A reminder that newsletter items must be to Kylie by email by Monday 11 October. As VPPR Kylie will collate the material but does not wish to be the only author!
While the trophies are awarded to just some of those who contributed to the meeting, the blog does seem an appropriate place to record the recipients:
Table Topic: Sharyn
Evaluator: Kylie
Speech: Raider
Personal Best: Raider
Contribution: Dave H
A warm welcome to our new members, inducted at this meeting, Rachael and Andrew. Congratulations on accepting your first assignments and table topics!
As always, thank you to all those who accepted roles when other members were unable to attend.
Kylie was the lucky winner of the raffle, courtesy of Monica, but doesn't yet know if she is "set for life".
A reminder that newsletter items must be to Kylie by email by Monday 11 October. As VPPR Kylie will collate the material but does not wish to be the only author!
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Don't forget to bring your Area Conference registration fee next meeting. Come along on the 24th to support our own club contestants, to meet old and new friends from other Toastmasters clubs in Area 8 and to be inspired by world champion speaker Mark Hunter.
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