Peter is presented Toastmasters of the day award for his evaluation and completing the duel role of Topics master at short notice. Peter is an example of a person who uncomplaining does more than his share. He is the reason for the success of a number of Wellington Toastmasters Clubs. If your thinking of improving […]
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Congratulations to Nicole – Toastmaster of the day
Congratulations to Nicole our Toastmaster of the day. Nicole completed an advanced Pathways Project that required her to moderate a panel discussion. This meant she had to choose a topic find the right people to make up her panel and think about what information she wanted them to share. Nicole chose Toastmasters and populated her […]
Humorous Speech Contest Report
Cat antics and Retirement Villages were the topics of todays Humorous speech Competition at Terrace@12 Toastmasters. Hazel was first up and with a Cat named Tensing she he or it certainly takes after its namesake with antics relating to getting in and out of the house though a tight cat door. What I loved about […]
How much does the Queen weigh?
How much does the Queen weigh? Today we listened to two speakers give their interpretation of the Pathways Project, Leadership Styles. You might wonder, what sort of leader I am? Toastmasters gives you the opportunity to deep dive into this subject to discover your currently predominant in some styles and less so in others. This […]
Congratulations Pauline – Toastmaster of the day
Congratulation to Toastmaster of the day Pauline for an advanced presentation on her analysis of Toastmaster’s use of presentation style versus content. Which do you think would be most important? Presentation? Content? Pauline has completed a study over the past 8 months and found surprising variations in how and when this occurs.My summary from today […]
Congratulations Thomas – Toastmaster of the day
Congratulations Thomas TM of the day for a trio of interesting childhood memories and their lessons for today’s toastmasters. 1 wear your helmet when on your bike accidents can happen to anyone. 2 be careful around water you could drown. Thomas is lucky to still be with us. 3 choose your friends wisely or you […]
Congratulations Chris – Toastmaster of the day
Congratulations to Chris seen here being awarded TM of the Day by Thomas for his incredible rendition of the story of William Tell. Today Chris completed his final project in the Advanced Communicator, Story Telling Series and by doing so achieved the Advanced Communicator Silver Award. Many of us can remember the story of William […]
Congratulations Suzanne – Toastmaster of the day
TM of the day Suzanne for being prepared, providing the meeting a comprehensive description of the project she was evaluating today. Suzanne’s pre preparation for today’s meeting was shown with her knowledge of the project and the technical skills about to be demonstrated she also including feedback from the speaker on what she wished to […]
Congratulations Keyur – Toastmaster of the day 23
How do you make a good speech a great speech? Repetition and practice. Keyurs challenge today was to incorporate feedback given for a previous speech in the areas of organisation and speaking style. He set about enthralling us all with a candid story of his Honeymoon in the Maldives. He explained how he chose the […]
Congratulattions Toasmaster of the day – Marion P
Well structured, thoughtful, clear, helpful, sensitive and culturally aware are all words that come to my mind in describing the evaluation given by Marion to a speech given by one of our members for whom English is their second language. Marion has learned and practiced the art of evaluation and she can identify and demonstrate […]
Congratulations Thomas, Toastmaster of the day
Our Toastmaster of the day is Thomas. Calm cool and self assured Thomas spotted the technical problem emerging for our speakers presentation today and showed Toastmasters leadership by stepping in to fix it so the slide show worked. Most of us wouldn’t try this for fear of the exposure of getting it wrong. Congratulations Thomas […]
Congratulations Toastmaster of the day – Tony
Congratulations to Tony Toastmaster of the day for filling the role of Table Topics Master at short notice. Table Topics is where you offer the opportunity for members and guests to speak impromptu. Tony demonstrated care and thought. He set the scene for each of his opportunity related topics before he selected a speaker. What […]
Congratulations Toastmaster of the day – Hana
Congratulations to Toastmaster of the day Hana who gave her second speech from the competent communicator manual today about personal security and the strength of passwords. Hana involved us all straight off by asking questions as to which of two examples of password we thought would be the most secure? Surprise. We got it wrong. […]
Congratulations Toastmaster of the day 11/10/17 –
Congratulations to our Toastmaster of the Day, Marion. Marion, full of enthusiasm and energy joined the stage as one of the table topic speakers for the day. Table Topics is part of our weekly agenda where speakers are invited to deliver an impromptu speech for 1-2 minutes. This helps Toastmasters acquire new skills through thinking […]
Congratulations Toastmaster of the day 11/10/17 –
Congratulations to our Toastmaster of the Day, Hazel. Hazel spoke on a topic relevant to everyone in the room, learning. Throughout Hazel’s speech she encouraged us to continue learning new skills, whether it was reading a new book, learning a new language or learning a new skill like trapeze. Hazel had the audience’s attention captive […]
Congratulations Toastmaster of the day – Siobhan
Why do we come to Toastmasters? Usually because we have made one or two speeches or presentations and know we need help to overcome our fear and improve. Other times someone at work sees us struggle with the skill and may recommend joining. Toastmaster of the day goes to Siobhan who got up and told us as a Table Topic how she found […]
Toatmaster of the day 30 August – Hazel
Now they talk about and write about this type of presentation but rarely if ever do you get to witness it first hand. Today we did. Hazel gave us an educational presentation on Mentoring using very simple but highly effective presentations methods. Enthusiasm for the subject Hazel’s was infectious with eyes flashing and arms stretched out drawing us […]
Congratulations Zaine Humorous Speech Winner
A big Congratulations goes out today to Zaine who was the winner of Terrace@12’s Humorous Speech contest with his wittily crafted speech taking us through the trials and tribulations of making mathematics fun. Zaine drew upon his own experience of learning maths and intertwined a numerical riddle through it to hold his talk and our attention to […]
Toastmasters of the day – Table Topics Contestants
Congratulations to all 6 of our club members who challenged each other for the best extemporaneous speaker of the day. Table Topics is a part of the Toastmasters program that allows speakers to speak on a topic for a maximum of 2 minutes and its designed to enable you to learn and gain the self confidence that comes with […]
Congratulations Toastmaster of the day 19 July _ A...
We are being treated to an explosion of Ice Breaker speeches from our new members and Andrew C as one of these did his today. Keeping to the meeting theme of ‘Get Active’ Andrew treated us to his speech on how his Father has taken up riding a motorcycle with himself being roped in to make sure the old […]