Congratulations to Chris K for his informative speech about planning for which he won the Toastmaster of the day award. Chris K’s speech was had a number of successful elements to it: an interesting relevant and relatable topic successful use of props humor One of the first rules of speaking is to know your audience […]
Toastmasters meeting 26th Nov – Happiness
Congratulations to David Toastmaster of the day
Congratulations to David, who gave his first speech today at Terrace@12. The first speech at a Toastmaster’s club is know as the “Icebreaker” speech and is deigned to break the ice between a speaker and the club. The speaker, David, had the opportunity to share personal experience about themselves an easy subject to talk. By […]
Toastmaster meeting 18th Nov – A walk in the park
Terrace@12 International Speech Contest 2020
Toastmasters run contests to bring out the best in speakers. Why is it that contests bring out the best? Perhaps it is head to head with other speakers, perhaps it being judge by a panel of judges, or perhaps it the large audience with visitors from other clubs. What ever the reason there is no […]
Congratulations to Sanja – Toastmaster of the day
Have you ever been asked for your opinion on a short presentation? Sanja our Toastmaster of the day gave her opinion on five short speeches today. Her objective was to tell the speakers in her opinion where they excelled, offer a suggestion for improvement and a challenge for when they are next calked to speak. […]
Toastmasters meeting 4th Nov – Anticipation
Congratulations Grace – Toastmaster of the day
“Congratulations Grace our Toastmaster of the day. Grace’s speech walked us through NZs current housing shortage and the issues faced by the old, young and vulnerable in this market. Grace used a simple whiteboard diagram of a continuum and stickers representing the various housing types available, Government provided, local body, owned and private investment. She […]
Meeting 28th Oct – Enthusiasm
Congratulation to David – Toastmaster of the Day (
Last week David won Toastmaster of the Day for his role as Grammarian, and this week for his role as speaker. “Congratulations to David for being our Toastmasters of the day. David is our newest member to join the Terrace@12 family. He hit a milestone today, working 18 years at MPI. He celebrated this with […]
Toastmaster meeting 21st Oct – Motivation
Terrace@12 Evaluation Contest 2020
Congratulations to the winners of Terrace@12 2020 Evaluation Contest. 1st Richard 2nd Rachel 3rd Ruth Well done too John and Chris for taking part in the contest. A big thanks to the many people involved in running the contest and the visiting judges from other Area G3 Clubs.
Fearbusters Evaluation Contest 2020
Table top drum roles built up the excitement for the announcements of the winners of Fearbusters 2020 Evaluation Contest. The three competitors had concentrated and made notes on the guest speakers 7 minute speech; a speech that took us on a journey to the far off land of Zimbabwe. That took us to a time […]
Terrace@12 Evaluation Contest 2020
Congratulations to Mona – Toastmaster of the Day
Congratulations to Mona for delivering more than a speech all about mindfulness. Mona well deserves the award for jumping into full audience inclusion and immersion with just her second speech along the Toastmaster’s Pathways educational process. During Mona’s mini mindfulness workshop members were encouraged to shut their eyes and go through the step by step […]
Toastmaster meeting 30th Sep – Optimism
Congratulations to Peter – Toastmaster of the Day
Congratulations to John – Toastmaster of the day
Cool, calm, and funny John exhibits note worthy attributes as a Toastmaster running a lunchtime meeting. In the preparation before hand he had to deal with a complete change of meeting away from being a contest. John showed the multiple skills that have been honed over the years from attending Toastmasters: Innovation Preparedness Flexibility Innovation […]
