Business Talk Toastmasters Blog

Business Talk Toastmaster Second in Metro Division Contest

2010-03-23T14:42:00.001+11:00

Business Talk club member Gail Smyth did a great job at the Metro Division Contest on 13 March 2010 in Melbourne. RMIT was the venue for a long guelling day of competitions which saw Gail do her club proud competing in both the Humorous and International speeches. Well done Gail coming in second in the tough International Speech - you are a great role model for us all!

Table Topics started the day 9.30. The topic was ‘Be a good listener, your ears will never get you in trouble’. The contestants were Paul Eaton, Colin Lewis, Ross Turetsky, Vivien Ellard, Max Warlond, Raj Gopiraj and Philippa Martin. Results- 1st Place- Philippa Martin, 2nd place Ross Turetsky, 3rd place Paul Eaton.

The Humorous Contest gave plenty of laughs and enjoyment. The contestants were: Gail Smyth with ‘CPA Capers’ a delightful tale of what accountants and auditors get up to; Marian Adamcewicz with ‘I have a dream’ the dream of a perfect world with Myki and a innovative public transport system; Simon Quail with ‘Saving an Icon’ protecting VB beer from those other beers such as Mexican Lemonade and Euro Trash; Robert McIlroy with ‘Who loves ya baby?’ the joys of having many friends with new babies, Trish Brown with ‘It’s Criminal’ an expose on pantyhose and Samantha Rennie with ‘Getting un Stressed’ and how to take off those layers of stress. Results: 1st place- Robert McIlroy, 2nd place Simon Quail, 3rd place Samantha Rennie.

The Evaluation Contest kicked off after lunch. Laurell Staunton was the test speaker with a presentation titled ‘Looking Forward, Looking Back’ a speech covering many aspects of her life journey and the inspiration to ‘enjoy being who you are and who you are becoming.’ Contestants: Max Warlond, Elena Kelareva, Zita Paprota, Trish Brown, Ross Turetsky and Philippa Martin. Results: 1st place- Philippa Martin, 2nd place Max Warlond, 3rd place Trish Brown.

The highlight of the afternoon was the hotly contested International Speech Contest. A feast of thought provoking and inspirational topics. The contestants were: Philippa Martin- ‘You can’t do it’ an intriguing title that revealed the key word you can’t do it ‘Alone’ ; Michael Atkinson- ‘Inspire Someone’ with the challenge for us to ‘be the change you want to see in the world’; Vivien Ellard- ‘The Treasure Chest’ pirates are not the only ones who can discover treasure in the most unlikely of places; Raj Gopiraj- ‘Free Money’ a new program to assist people starting out a new business; Helen Thomas – ‘Stress’ what we can do to relieve this common problem; Gail Smyth- ‘Beauty to Behold’ a thought provoking message about true meaning on self worth; and Paul Higgins- ‘Revelation and Inspiration’ how you can be involved via your PC in problem solving worldwide issues. Results: 1st place- Michael Atkinson, 2nd place Gail Smyth, 3rd place Raj Gopiraj.

To view a few photos from the day click on this link Metro_Division_Contest_2010
Thanks to Trish Brown for providing details of the contest.

Business Talk ends the year on a high note

2009-12-14T17:17:00.003+11:00

The great end of year debate was once again a feature of the last meeting for 2009.

Here are the contestants and the winners

Has Santa lost the plot?
Is Christmas too commercialised?
Is there an alternative to wishing someone “Happy Christmas?”

This Christmas, the Club continued its traditional Famous Annual Debate. Our newer members gave debating a try. Strong points were delivered with force and the judges congratulated all on an impressive presentation.

Daniella Anderson and Darren Saunderson narrowly won over John Stamatakos and Luke Maguire. Everyone enjoyed the entertaining debate from all four members. Well done!

Business Talk Meeting #303 - more to celebrate!

2009-08-13T17:21:00.010+10:00

Special guest Adrienne Bowd visited us today bearing gifts! Adrienne, 2008-09 Area Governor presented Business Talk with a beautiful plaque in recognition of achieving President's Select Club status last year. We were the only club in Area 23 to reach this level. Well done club members - its your achievement so revel in the glory!
Great news of club member George O'Keeffe - placed 3rd in the semifinals at Toastmasters World Speaking Championships in the USA. Thanks to fellow ozzie toastmasters for sending the news via Twitter straight after the event! Pics to follow when George gets back!

Business Talk celebrates its 300th on 25 June 2009

2009-07-03T15:55:00.005+10:00

A special meeting to celebrate acheivements and get motivated for the years ahead! Special guests included Bruce Hill District 73 Lt Gov Eduaction & Training, Adrienne Bowd immediate past Metro Division Governor and Bert Naik incoming Division Governor. A full house and a full program with one of the best ever mini workshop on gestures from fellow Toastmaster and corporate trainer Kevin Kosky (http://www.kevinkosky.com/) - mastering the flick, the dab, the slash, the glide and many more. George O'Keeffe gave his contest speech "Grab the Girl" for the US International Finals as he gears up for August! A motivational speech "We are All Admirals" by Vivien Ellard reminded us how Toastmasters can make us leaders of the future.
There were plenty of awards for the club and members alike: Division Club of the Year 2008-2009; Presidents Distinguished Club Only one in Metro Division; a triple crown for three educational awards in one year to our President Shanta Hallock CC, CL, ACB; and individual recognition for club members: Competent Communicator & Competent Leader - Verena Engbarth; Advanced Communicator Bronze - Gail Smyth; Competent Communicators - Ranabahu Wickramasinghe and Jo Stephenson.
All in all a great year! View the pics here

District 73 Convention May 2009

2009-06-09T17:27:00.012+10:00

Business Talk's George O'Keeffe has taken out the coveted International Speech title for District 73 (Victoria, Tasmania, Sth Aust & WA)! Before an audience of more than 300 delegates George blitzed his way to the title and a place at Toastmasters International Convention in the USA for the Finals.
George's win was made even more significant by achieving it in front of TMI International President Jana Barnhill and past International President Bob Barnhill. They both paid homage to George's speech, using it to illustrate their presentations on the final day of the convention.
George dedicated his win to Rosetta Muscat.
Congratulations George - we are all so proud of you!
Not only did George do us proud but so did Business Talk's representative in the Humorous contest - Our own Andrew Monaghan bared his chest yet again in pursuit of excellence and as the final speaker after a long conference day lifted his audience from weariness to joyous laughter that did our souls good! While he didn't take out the title he made us all believe that the journey was so worthwhile.

View pics from the convention (courtesy of Max Warlond "Capturing Concepts") http://picasaweb.google.com.au/BusinessTalkTM/District73ConventionMay2009GeorgeOKeeffeWinsAPlaceInWorldChampionships?feat=directlink

Metro Division Contests Feb 2009

2009-03-16T18:02:00.004+11:00

Business Talk Club members win at Metro Division Contests! George O'Keeffe (International Contest) and Andrew Monaghan (Humorous Contest) delivered stunning speeches and will now go on to the District 73 nationals in South Australia in May.

Club member, and ex President, Rosetta Muscat won the National Speaker's Association of Australia Idol Contest in February. Against a strong field of 13 professional speakers Rosetta has earned a place in a national contest in Sydney at the end of March.

Final meeting for 2008

2008-12-15T13:29:00.006+11:00

Business Talk's final meeting for 2008 took place on Thursday 11 December - everyone got to have their final say for the year with a rolling story of gigantic proportions and the hotly contested traditional Christmas Debate. This year's Christmas Debate was won by the all girl team Jo Stephenson and Vivien Ellard (seen here giving the trophy some love!) who narrowly beat Rosetta Muscatt and George O'Keeffe. Sadly, Rosetta announced she is passing on the Club President's mantle while she focuses on her health but luckily she will continue as a club member. Rosetta has inspired us all with her drive and determination and has shown us that passion and sincerity are winning ingredients in public speaking.

Business Talk talks its way into District Competion Finals

2008-12-04T15:50:00.005+11:00

Business Talk fielded a strong field of contestants in the club and area competions this year. Congratulations to Club members who were placed in the Area contests in November - George O'Keeffe (Winner of the International Contest) and Andrew Monaghan (second in the Humorous Contest) & thanks to our other other contestants for participating. Job well done to all! here are a few pics.

Business Talk Toastmasters moves base

2008-03-13T16:42:00.003+11:00

2008 New Venue

The club has now settled in and is based at Level 12, 121 Exhibition street. Attached are some photos which give you different perspectives of a top grade venue. There is a security system in operation, so vistors must contact Gail 03 9655 8894,Verena 9651 7613 or Shanta 96552068 if they wish to attend.

Today's speeches are a fair representation of what you may expect Shanta(in picture at podium) spoke on a contentious topic of every day relevance - "Are today's kids more spoilt than before or, are today's parents spoil-sports" -speech # 6 his speech had great entertainment value .In contrast Gail Smyth speaking from the advanced manual, presented us with an evocative analysis and rendition of some of Banjo Paterson's poetry appealing to our senses. One of the great benefits of this club is that we run a lunch session and finish on the dot within the hour at 1:30 pm. We had 21 members attend meeting 271 with 3 visitors and one new member joining up today. Visitors are welcome to come and savor the experience.

Shanta
Blog Editor

What toastmasters did for a club member

2008-02-25T18:57:00.001+11:00

Hi,

The 5 speeches I gave since joining has made all the difference to my confidence and launched my career as a speaker. Tomorrow I will do two 20 minute presentations to a crowd of 80 CEOs and CFOs and on Friday I am a guest speaker at a Love Your Business Community dinner where I will speak to 50 business owners.

I could not have done this without the experience I gained with Toastmasters.

Warm Regards

David Markus
Founder and Managing Director
Combo

2007 Christmas Debate

2007-12-13T16:46:00.001+11:00

2007 Christmas Debate

July 2007 to June 2008 Club Executive

2007-07-01T20:59:00.000+10:00

Lets congradulate all of the following members who have been elected to the club executive. These members will be leading you over the next 12 months and making sure your needs are being served as a club member. You are most welcome to contact them if you have any further queries in relation to how you can help them out.

President - Verena
VP-Education - Andrew F
VP-Membership - Ronny
VP-Public Relations - Enri
Secretary - Ankur
Treasurer - Tony
Sgt.at Arms - Gail
Past President - Scott

2007 D73 National Conference

2007-05-19T20:56:00.000+10:00

A special mention to our long time club International Speech Champion George O'Keeffe. He again for the 9th time made his way to the District 73 International Competition to come 2nd overall. This is an awesome feat and well done George. What may not be realised is the incredible amount of preparation George has put in over the years for these competitions.

I would also like to mention a special thanks to George in recognition to all of the preparation which goes on behind the scenes. We would love to hear more about this in the future.

You can follow the link below to see more pictures that were taken on the day.

2007 D73 National Conference

Club Meeting #254 - 26th April 2007

2007-04-26T21:10:00.000+10:00

With our young talented toastmasters coming up through the ranks, this time we had Jennifer to be the toast mistress of our 254th club meeting. Well done Jennifer, who quickly reorganised the meeting and ensured our first time visitors understood what each of the roles were about.

We had 6 visitors attend our meeting, where both Brendan and Terry took the next step and signed up to become a member. Well done guys and we will be in touch with you shortly to scheduel you into the agenda.

Our Table Topics was run by Michael, who gave us a unique taste of Australian sport, running a theme of sport sledging. Quite a topical and contraversial subject with lots of great responses. Well done Michael for giving us something a little different and challenging us in a new way, which is what its all about.

Manual speechs were given by both Manel and Claudia which were a delight to listen to. Such powerful and well crafted speechs. A special congradulations also goes out to Claudia who at last after a number of years has completed her 10th speech and is now a Competent Communicator.

This is also an extra special meeting where Business Talk Toastmasters has now completed all of the requirements to be recognised as a Select Distinguished Club. This is a significant achievement and is only achieved by a select number of clubs in the Metro Division. Well done business talk toasties for making this possible.

Claudia becomes Competent Communicator

2007-04-26T21:08:00.000+10:00

Congradulations and well done Claudia on such a persistant effort. This is what Toastmasters is all about. You have given us some memorable speeches and look forward to you progressing through the advanced manuals.

The speeches Claudia gave to achieve this milestone were.

1. 1995-05-25 - Life Experiences
2. 1996-07-25 - To Be Free
3. 1997-08-28 - Famous, for 15 Minutes
4. 1998-04-23 - I've Now Got the Fever
5. 1998-08-13 - Should Junk/Fast Fodds be Banished from our Lives?
6. 1998-11-12 - Let's Party
7. 2000-03-09 - If I had my Life to Live Over Again
8. 2000-09-28 - Music is Good Medicine
9. 2006-11-09 - The Joys of Commuting
10. 2007-04-26 - Let's Begin to Really Listen

Rosetta becomes Competent Communicator

2007-04-12T22:16:00.000+10:00

Congradulations Rosetta on becoming a Competent Communicator and is a wonderful milestone to achieve. Rosetta is now the second club member to have achieved this goal this year and can now move into working on the advanced toastmaster manuals to further develop his speaking skills.

The speeches Rosetta gave to achieve this milestone were.

1. 2004-08-05 - Me
2. 2004-09-30 - Customer Service
3. 2004-10-28 - First Love
4. 2005-02-03 - The Bra - A Woman's Best Friend
5. 2005-04-28 - To be or not to be
6. 2005-09-01 - Half Baked Speech
7. 2006-03-09 - School days - naughty ways
8. 2006-07-13 - When you hurt the one you love
9. 2007-02-08 - wake up
10. 2007-04-12 - Embrace Ebay

Club Meeting #253 - 12th April 2007

2007-04-12T20:20:00.000+10:00

Happy 12th birthday Business Talk Toasty club!

This is a great achievement and a credit to the strong leadership within the club. It was a full house again, with 10 visitors and a special appearance from Robin who has been hiding away in the background for a while. Great to have you back!

Like all club celebrations, we did it in style. Our special occassion Toastmaster, Lionel, did the honours and were privelaged to hear Kevin give his Australian Championship humourous speech. Good luck Kevin and you really have a winner there!

And like all brithdays, where would we be without the cake. Thanks Gail for organising this which was absolutely delicious, with not even a crumb being left to give the birds.

Manel was given the responsibility to run the round robin and what a surprise it was, being asked to decribe something special we remember about our own 12th birthday. This was an excellent choice and was well contributed by all our our guests. This is what its all about, giving it a go, and everyone gave such a great answer. Thanks Manel.

Next came the manual speechs from Glenn and Rosetta. Its amazing to see how each of you have progressed in the delivery and development of your speechs which were both very entertaining and captivating. A special congradulations also goes to Rosetta who has now completed her first 10 speechs, now making her now a Competent Communicator. Well done Rosetta and look forward to seeing you progress into the more advanced manuals.

Lastly, thanks again Kevin for being able to provide us with some special entertainment on our 12th birthday. We all loved your speech and wish you the best of success for the Australian Championships.

2nd April 2007 - Metro Division Speech-a-thon

2007-04-02T21:34:00.000+10:00

A big thankyou goes out to everyone that came along and participated in the speech-a-thon. It was a really fun time where we all had a go at giving a speach, evaluation and ended off with some impromptu speaking.

Details of the speechs given are:

Lionel - ATM - Story Telling #2 - I am glad I accepted that invitation

Craig Short - ATM - Humorous #2 - Obsessions Music / Volunteering

Max Warlond - ATM - Fact Finding Report #4 - Do we really care?

Julie Jensen - CTM - #5 - Fear to comfort - comfort to fear

Jennifer Haling - CTM - #4 - Land of Saris & Spice

Scott Evans - ATMB - Humorous #1 - Goals - do you believe in them

Another similar event will be held in a few months so let us know now so we can make the necessary arrangement. We will be limiting the numbers to a maximum of 12 speakers.

If we have a lot of interest, we may organise another one to give every one a chance of participating.

Scott becomes Competent Leader

2007-03-22T19:13:00.000+11:00

Since becoming a member of the Business Talk Toasty club in 2004, Scott has shown a lot of enthausiasm about Toastmasters and decided early to take up the leadership stream within the Toastmasters recognition system.

Since then, Scott
* has served as Vice President education in 2006
* currently holds the club President role
* completed his first 10 speeches in 2006

and has now given 2 educationals from the Successful Club Series. These were:

1. 2007-03-23 - Evaluate to Motivate
2. 2006-10-12 - Keeping the Commitment

Well done Scott, now making you a Competent Leader and helping the club earn one more point towards the Distunguished Club program.

Club Meeting #252 - 22nd March 2007

2007-03-22T17:16:00.000+11:00

Well done Claudia on your successful toastmastering of our 252nd club meeting. Everything flowed smoothly throughout the meeting and was a credit to all of your preparation before hand.

We had 11 visitors for the meeting, with a number of people coming back for a second look. This is great to see and encourage you all to follow the steps of Sam and Ankur who are becoming members of our club.

Verena displayed her passion for Toastmasters giving the Table Topics section where we promote impromptu speaking. Each of the participants performed very well under a little pressure, all of which being visitors on the day. Well done guys for giving it a go!

Ashok and Enri each gave a manual speech, whilst Scott gave an Educational on Evaluations to complete his Competent Leader (CL) program.

In all, a great meeting and a good time was had by all. A special mention also goes out to Wendy who gave the best and most humorous Grunt Masters report we have ever had, thanks again Wendy.

Club Meeting #251 - 8th March 2007

2007-03-08T21:54:00.001+11:00

Another block buster meeting following on from our 250th meeting. Everyone arrived early and were able to chit chat with each other before kicking the meeting off.

Rosetta was at the helm, being Madam Toastmaster, who kept the meeting smoothly and on time. Not an easy task with a full agenda. The meeting was enriched by the 8 visitors who joined us. It was a full house!!

Next Andrew Fenlon conducted the Table Topics where we promote impromptu speaking and see how we respond under a little pressure. All of the participants gave a great display of impromptu speaking and was very entertaining.

The manual speeches of 5 -7 minutes each then followed. The speakers were Manel, Enri and Jim delivering their speeches with a passion.

The meeting was lively and everyone had something to take away from what they learnt.

To finish the meeting off, a special announcement was made to award George a donation from the club for the expenses in Fremantle where he competes in the District Championship in May.

Club Meeting #250 - 22nd February 2007

2007-02-22T22:12:00.002+11:00

Click the picture to view the online album of the meeting.

Well done Business Talk members, it was a fantastic 250th meeting.

Everyone “turned up and tuned in” and were in the presence of many distinguished guests and toastmasters from across Victoria.

Under the able toastmastery skills of Lionel Nicholas who conducted the meeting, it was one unforgettable day for most!

The audience was warmed up by being entertained with some impromptu speaking. Chaired by John Dalton, members were picked out of the audience to respond to a wide range of topics from UFOs to Education.

We were next treated by an upcoming prominent speaker in our club, Madam Toastmaster Gail Smyth, presenting “around Australia in 80 days”. This captured the hearts of those present and took us on a journey we will have lasting memories of.

Then came George, our most distinguished club toastmaster, who gave the inspirational speech “The biggest mistake of all”. This was a life lesson for the audience and one we can take with us where ever we go.

And at last, the moment we were all waiting for, our Guest Speaker Verity Robins with her speech “Eaten any snow lately?”. Delivered with glamour and poise, we were all encouraged to focus on our achievements and to celebrate our successes, rather than dampen them with our minor mishaps which we all face in life.

And with true Toastmaster style, there can be no Toastmaster without an evaluation which is at the heart of each club. This was given by Andrew Monaghan, the 2005 District Evaluation Champion, who gave an excellent evaluation of Gail telling her how well her speech was, a few points for improvement and finishing with some encouragement for next time.

To give the audience a bigger picture of Toastmasters, District and Area Governor Max Warlond was invited up on stage to give a few words. Max really connected with people and showed the true value of Toastmasters being that it is a continuous learning environment where you can take the chance to try our new skills without the embarrassment that may happen if it was a working environment.

Then finally before the close of the meeting, time was taken to recognise those members who have achieved a significant milestone. Andrew Monaghan (ATMB), Tony Hayward (CC) and Scott Evans (CC).

Again, an impressive meeting and shows just how good Toastmasters is. The room was a buzz with conversation and everybody was left in high spirits.

Thanks to the team efforts of the Club Executive. Especially Vivien Ellard, Gail Smyth and Verena Engbarth who paid attention to all the little details to make sure the meeting ran smoothly and was a successful day. We Business Talkers were one proud bunch of Toasties at the end of this meeting.

Tony becomes Competent Communicator

2007-02-08T22:48:00.000+11:00

Congradulations Tony on becoming a Competent Communicator and is a wonderful milestone to achieve. Tony is now the second club member to have achieved this goal this year and can now move into working on the advanced toastmaster manuals to further develop his speaking skills.

The speeches Tony gave to achieve this milestone were.

1. 2005-02-24 - Caravan trip
2. 2005-04-14 - Fair-weather footy fans
3. 2005-05-26 - Exhilaration
4. 2005-08-25 - The Battle of X & Y
5. 2005-09-22 - A summer day
6. 2005-10-27 - Strange Dreams
7. 2006-05-25 - Free Public Transport
8. 2006-09-14 - Parenthood
9. 2006-02-23 - Parent's - can't live with them
10. 2007-02-08 - Dare to live, and feel alive

Club Meeting #249 - 8th February 2007

2007-02-08T20:49:00.000+11:00

What a great start for this year! We had our first meeting on 8 February attended by over 25 participants. We were very encouraged by the number of visitors who made their first move that day to get an appreciation of what we do and how we do it in toastmasters. Most of them would have loved it to continue for longer with the inspirational speakers, attention to detail and the decorum we displayed at the meeting. It was a great success.

A special congradulations goes out to Tony Hayward who completed his last speech of the first manual. This is a great achievement and will help our club move one more step closer to achieving a Select Distinguished status for 2006-2007. Tony is one one of our 4 other members who have completed their first manual (George DTM , Andrew ATMB , Lionel ATMB and Scott CC).

We have a few other members that are dangerously close to completing their manual and look to the moment when they also join the group of members that complete their first manual. These are Rosetta (done 9), Andrew (done 7), Manel (done 7) and Glen (done 6). We still have a few meetings to go and will see how many more can complete this by the end of June.

Also, we are only few days away from one of Business Talk Toastmasters club milestone. The 250th meeting on 22 February 2007 at level 29, Nauru House, No 80, Collins Street, Melbourne. Yes, we want to celebrate our success and form an alumni of the club members in the near future. We are growing from strength to strength!! Please join us on 22 February and you will be enlightened with our mission “Better speeches and better speakers!!”.

Welcome back

2007-02-01T22:02:00.000+11:00

Hi members and isn't it great to be back from holidays. I am sure we all have many stories to share and adventures to tell.

I look forward to meeting up with you all and seeing your achievement through the manuals.

Scott
President

Club Meeting #248 - 21st December 2006 - Xmas Debate

2006-12-21T13:30:00.000+11:00

A long standing club tradition was relived when 4 of our club members battled it out in a debate contest to see who is the best. With a good balance of experience on each team, a tough contest was had by all. Winners of the contest were Andrew and Tinal with Tom and Enri needing to regroup for next year. The perpetual trophy was awarded to both Andrew and Tinal by Tony who will have their names added to the list of winners and take a place in our club history.

2006 M23 Area Contests

2006-12-03T21:28:00.000+11:00

Hi Toasty members !

An impressive representation by our club in the Area contests.

The Results of the M23 Contests are as follows ...

Table Topics Contest
Winner: Vivien (Business Talk Toastmasters)
Runner Up: Verena (Business Talk Toastmasters)

International Speech
Winner: George (Business Talk Toastmasters)
Runner Up: Frank

Speech Evaluation
Winner: Ian
Runner Up: Vivien (Business Talk Toastmasters)

Humorous Speech
Winner: Gail (Business Talk Toastmasters)
Runner Up: Manohar

Our club won 3 out of the 4 contests. I am sure you all feel proud of this significant achievement! The next stage is the Metro Division contest scheduled for 17 February 2007. The likely venue for these contests is within the RMIT complex subject of course to availability on the day. Details will be released early in the new year.

Please keep the date free. We hope all of you will be there to cheer our members to get through to the next stage.

Congratulations to those who have done a fantastic job in representing our club in the Area contests :

George
Rosetta
Verena
Vivien
Gail

Cheers!

Manel
Vice President – PR

2006 Club Competition Winners

2006-09-21T21:14:00.000+10:00

Congradulations to the club competition winners. All contestants were of a high standard and was a pleasure to watch. Each winner will now go into the next level being the M23 Area Contests.

Our appreciation to all those who participated in the contests. We all learnt from the experience.

Special thanks to Gayle for organising the venue, Verena for arranging the meetings, Rosetta for getting the participants and Scott for getting the judges organised.

For all our members and guests, please cheer our winners at their next competitions.

Good luck to all!

The Results of the M23 Contests are as follows ...

Table Topics Contest
Winner: Vivien
Runner Up: Verena

International Speech
Winner: Rosetta
Runner Up: George

Speech Evaluation
Winner: Vivien
Runner Up: Manel

Humorous Speech
Winner: Gail
Runner Up: Scott

Scott becomes Competent Communicator

2006-08-10T19:18:00.000+10:00

Lets all congradulate Scott in completing the first manual. What a great achievement and is one of the first milestones in progressing through the Toastmasters leadership program. Scott will now move onto an advanced manual to fine tune specific areas of interest.

The speeches Scott gave to achieve this milestone were.

1. 2004-11-11 - The quite achiever
2. 2004-12-09 - Optimal Health
3. 2005-02-10 - Heart Disease
4. 2005-04-14 - Water
5. 2005-05-12 - Safe Driving
6. 2005-08-04 - Jims Dilemma
7. 2005-09-28 - Communication
8. 2006-05-11 - Living with fear
9. 2006-07-27 - Water conservation
10. 2006-08-10 - 24 Hour Speech

You can view an article on Scott becoming Competent Communicator in the September 2006 Southern Cross newsletter.

http://d73.toastmasters.org.au/southerncross/sc_0609.pdf

July 2006 to June 2007 Club Executive

2006-07-01T21:49:00.000+10:00

President - Scott
VP-Education - Verena
VP-Membership - Ashok
VP-Public Relations - Manel
Secretary - Rosetta
Treasurer - Glenn
Sgt.at Arms - Gail
Past President - Vivien

Club Meeting #200 - 9th September 2005

2005-09-09T20:40:00.000+10:00

A special was organised where the Hon Tim Holding (Minister for Justice) was the featured guest speaker with around 90 people attending.

Andrew Monaghan goes ATMB

2005-07-14T23:31:00.000+10:00

Well done Andrew, now becoming the 3rd active member in our club who has achieved this. This is a great achievement and shows a lot of committment towards Toastmasters, having to complete 2 Advanced Toastmaster manuals for this recognition. We thoroughly enjoyed all of your speechs and look forward to seeing you give more of them.

The speeches that Andrew gave to complete his ATMB are:

1. 2003-05-08 Entertaining Speaker #1 Welcome to the world
2. 2003-07-10 Speciality Speeches #4 A story of our time
3. 2003-09-25 Speciality Speeches #1 Going beyond the boundaries
4. 2004-02-26 Entertaining Speaker #4 You've got buckley's chance
5. 2004-05-13 Speciality Speeches #5 MTO 191 Toastmaster
6. 2004-06-24 Entertaining Speaker #2 My boss wore flourescent socks
7. 2004-07-08 Entertaining Speaker #5 The bank
8. 2005-05-12 Speciality Speeches #2 Here's How
9. 2005-06-09 Entertaining Speaker #3 Why I'm not a reporter anymore
10. 2005-07-14 Speciality Speeches #3 Try it for yourself

July 2005 to June 2006 Club Executive

2005-07-01T21:49:00.000+10:00

President - Vivien
VP-Education - Scott
VP-Membership - Ashok
VP-Public Relations - Manel
Secretary - Dianne
Treasurer - Glenn
Sgt.at Arms - Andrew
Past President - Andrew

June 2005 Advanced and Competent Toastmasters

2005-06-01T13:30:00.000+10:00

Here is a photo of the June 2005 crop of Advanced and Competent Toastmaster award recipients that lead to the club's Select Distinguished Club status.

Names from left to right:
(back) Lionel, Don, Marjorie, Andrew, Ted, Robin
(front) Victor

Awards
ATMB - Lionel, Ted
CTM - Don, Marjorie, Robin, Victor

Andrew was the club President at the time.

Clubs 10th birthday

2005-04-23T20:38:00.000+10:00

Special club meeting when the club had its 10th birthday.