Area 8 Conference

Steve and Annette - winners

Congratulations to our contestants at the Area 8 Conference. Our contestants did our club proud.

Steve won the Evaluation contest and Annette won the Table Topics contest.
We also had some third place getters - Harry in the International Speech contest, Annette in Evaluation, Darryl in Table Topics and Liz in the Humorous contest.

 The theme of the conference was "Fill it with Colour." Area Director Kris had organised a well run event, coloured with exciting contests. We even had fun colouring in the programme with the colouring pencils provided.

Area Director Kris

 A special treat was a presentation by Mark Hunter, World Champion  of Public Speaking 2009, who told us how to design and put together a World Championship quality speech.

Mark - World Champion 2009

Our club was well represented in attendance, contestants and contest officials. Well done everyone!

A few more photos from Kris.

Area 8  & Area 19 Directors - Kris & Rose

Sergeant at Arms - Rose $ Amanda

Test Speaker Petra & Contestant Toastmaster John

Annette with TT Trophy

High School Awards Night

John T with Blake, Rosie & Rachel

John T had the privilege of attending the Sandgate and District High School awards night and presenting the Year 12 debating team with their certificates. The team,  Jasper, Blake, Rosie and Rachel  had been  semi-finalists in the Queensland Debating Union Competition for 2015.

Jasper had already been presented and left the stage when I took the photo. I don't know who owns the big head in the foreground!

Area 19 Conference

Area Director Rose

Although Rose is a member of our club, which is in Area 8, she has taken on the  role of Area Governor for Area 19, which encompasses Narangba Valley, Pines, Bunya, SeeChange and Western Suburbs Clubs.

One of the most challenging tasks for an Area Director is to organise the Area Conference. Thanks to Rose and her team, the Area 19 Conference was a resounding success.

John T

Our club president, John T was one of the judges.

And the test speaker for the Evaluation Contest was ......

Me!

Marlene with contestants Lindsay, Steve, Leonard, Rod.

If you ever have the opportunity to be a test speaker, go for it! I learnt so much about evaluating as well as how to be a better speaker.

A most enjoyable day.  Congratulations Rose and to all who participated.

Meeting 954 "Modes of Transport"

Happy 90th Birthday, Toastmasters International!

Sandgate Toastmasters &  guests celebrate 90 years

Toastmasters International was founded by Ralph Smedley in 1924, so we just had to be part of the year long Anniversary celebrations. Members at the meeting and our guests Norm from Narangba Valley Toastmasters and Kirsty posed for a photo before enjoying the delicious cake. Thanks to our other guest, Norm's wife Margaret for taking the photo.

The theme of the meeting was "Modes of Transport" and Toastmaster Reza had prepared some interesting information and quizzes about transport. It was Reza's first time in that role.

Toastmaster Reza

John inducted Annette W

Steve

President John T inducted our new member, Annette W.

Steve proposed the Toast, & gave a helpful mini educational on how to do it properly.

Dave

Word Master/Grammarian  Dave chose the word  "COMMUTING."

Round Robin Master Leesa invited us all to tell what our first form of transport had been. There were some interesting stories about first owned cars -  and even roller skates!

Maureen's 8th speech from the CC Manual was about "Little Known Amazing People."

John T presented  a speech from the advanced  manual "Specialty Speeches" and tried to sell us a can of  "Tassie Breezes - the freshest air anywhere."

Maureen

John T

Liz and Annette T each had a practice run of the speech they will deliver in the contests at the Area 8 Conference on the 7th November.

Liz will be competing in the Humorous Speech Contest and Annette is in the International Speech Contest.

Liz

Annette T

Table Topics Master Rose had prepared  her topics on strips of paper which were passed around in a container for club members to select the first or second half of the topic and to draw out the name of a "victim."

Rose

The topics were all transport related and were answered by Tim, Nick, Norm, Maureen, Nicole, Leesa, Annette W, and John T.

Tim

Nick

Norm

Nicole

Leesa

Annette W

Maureen

John T

 Nick was Time Keeper.
Speech Evaluators were Annette T and Sharyn.

Sharyn

The Table Topics were evaluated by Liz and Amanda.

Amanda

Paul conducted the Listening Quiz  and Darryl evaluated the entire meeting.

Pau

Darryl

Annette's raffle of wines was won by Sharyn.

Award winners of the evening were John T (Best Speech,) Reza (Personal Best,) Annette T (Best Contribution,) Leesa (Best Table Topic,) and Liz (Best Evaluation.)

Winners 27 Oct 2015

See you all at the Area 8 Conference next Saturday.

Meeting 953 "Super Heroes"

What a super meeting it was! Everyone made a super effort. Some even dressed up.

Super Heroes
John S, Leesa, Marlene Amanda & Sharyn

"When I say 3, jump in the air"

Harry couldn't resist taking a selfie.

The INTREPID Wordmaster John S

Super Girl Amanda 

Amanda had put a super effort and a lot of preparation into her role as Toastmaster.

Lisa's Table Topics about Super Heroes evoked some imaginative responses.

Tim

Liz

John S

 Super John T  in action

They were so entertaining, I forget to take photos of  the other four participants. New member Annette W gave an amazing response to her Table Topic.

The Table Topics were evaluated by Steve and Dave.

There were three super speeches. 

Jonathon is working through the Story Telling Manual, and he presented a story about "The Golden Rule."

Rosanne's speech was appropriate for the meeting's theme. She spoke about "Super Heroes - They're all around us."

Rose, who is working through the High Performance Leadership course, delivered a stirring speech, "It's Showtime!"

Sorry, the photographer was too engrossed to take photos of the speakers!

Evaluators were Marlene, Darryl and Steve.

Darryl

Steve

The Business session was conducted by Rose. The main topic under discussion was the cake which we have decided to purchase for next meeting, to celebrate Toastmasters International's 90th Anniversary.

Chairman Rose & Toastmaster Amanda

Grammarian Maureen was called on to "tell us if we have done our grammar okay." Maureen commented on the improvement she has seen in members because they are now using more pauses instead of fillers.

Maureen

Maureen also provided the raffle, which was won by Liz. 

After the Listening Quiz, conducted by Reza and Timers Report by Paul, Harry evaluated the entire meeting.

Paul - Time Keeper

Reza Quiz Master

Harry - General Evaluator

President John T presented the evenings awards to Steve (Best Evaluator,) Jonathon (Best Speech,) Annette W (Best Table Topic AND Personal Best,) and Amanda (Best Contribution.)

Award Winners 13 Oct 2015

Hey, its only 2 weeks to the Area 8 Conference. If you haven't registered yet, contact our Treasurer Jim. 

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