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Upcoming Educational

On March 26, 2022, in Member Article, by vpprtoast
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Friendly reminder for this week's toasties, guests and the Gold Coast community.

This week on Wednesday, March 30th 2022, we are inviting you to an engaging evening with awarding winning toastmasters. A session is an educational event that covers the basics and intermediate level of public speaking skills, tools and advancements to accelerate your vocal career.

Don't miss out!

 

The First Meeting of 2022

On February 10, 2022, in Member Article, by vpprtoast
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Meeting 1149 steps beyond your typical Toastmasters bonanza. It is a time of reunion, laughter and a reminder of how much we love Toastmasters.

After nothing short of a two-month break from our Wednesday evening entertainment, all committee members, local toasties and guests gathered around for an educational episode of public speaking.

The night was hosted by Amber Duncan, a buzzing Toastmasters providing insights into the forecast of this year's innovations. The experienced toastie titled the meeting, Prognosis - an estimation of social-cultural influences, trends and styles for 2022 to kickstart everybody's entrepreneurial brains. Other highlights of the meeting included speeches from Anthea and Brett with an array of mini-talks in Table Topics.

If you would like to advance your skills in the new year, please come and visit one of our meetings. Find out more via our socials.

 

Why are you here?

On November 25, 2021, in Member Article, by vpprtoast
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Considering the theme of the week was "Why am I here?", you would think the Toastmasters meeting would take a dire turn. Not at Southport Toastmasters. Instead, it is an opportunity to show value for what we have and promote how far every member has come in their lifetime.

Introductions, a usual, were far from typical. Mr Gorgeous discussed how he is the ultimate gift to Toastmasters, dry Daniel is here for a speech and Daria is here because she wants to make a bigger impact. Indeed we all do. As Luke addressed, Toastmasters is all about upskilling. We are all here to grow and flourish.

"Like a skipping stone across the water" the topic for tonight could be left lightly touched or be delved into a little deeper. Regardless, an eventful showcase is planned. The next substantial activity is Table Topics, a segment that enables speakers to respond to a question on demand. One highlight among the many was Roy's speech, where he answered the question "What would you do if you couldn’t fail?" Roy explained how he wakes up every day asking himself this, so when his executive director sat next to him he felt nothing but confident…until the director told him his fly was undone.

Meeting 1145 was an icebreaker extravaganza, beginning with Daniel (a member of 5 years), thanks pathways! Daniel's speech was a beautiful story about how his parents have influenced his personality.

Brett, the Toastmaster, tells us about why he is here. The club junkie explains how he joined a men's group committee and was forced into the position of MC. Brett raced home to frantically Google "public speaking heeeeelp", and today he is a powerful, confident speaker. If you're feeling like you need some guidance, pop on in and say hi, we would love to meet you.

 

Welcome to the new Committee

On June 20, 2021, in Member Article, by vpprtoast
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Southport Toastmasters have elected a new committee to guide the club over the next 12 months. The capable Viv Capes has been elected as our President and we are very lucky to have her. 

The Change Over Dinner will be held on 30 June 2021 to thank the previous committee and welcome the new committee. It also is an opportunity for the whole club to celebrate our successes over the last year with some great food and company. 

Hope to see you there! 

 

Calling all poetry lovers

On June 1, 2021, in Member Article, by vpprtoast
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The annual Syd Phillips poetry competition will be held on 9 June 2021. As always, we'll meet at the Southport Community Centre. 

The contest is held in honour of Syd Philips who was an accomplished Toastmaster for some 50 years, a poetry lover who could recite any poem by Banjo Paterson and a cherished member of our club until he passed away in 2014. He is sorely missed but we pay our tributes through the contest. 

We hope you'll join us for a night of poetry.  

 

 

Time flies when you’re having fun!

On May 20, 2021, in Member Article, by vpprtoast
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Wow, where did the year go? It's been a while since our last update, but rest assured we are still here. 

It's been an incredibly busy year with exciting competitions, inspiring speeches and more importantly, lots of fun which would explain how the year seems to have flown by. After all, our motto is 'have fun while you learn'. We hope you'll come join in the fun! 

PS! If you want to make sure you're across all the latest news, you can also follow us of Facebook for all the latest updates.  

 

New year, new goals

On January 1, 2021, in Member Article, by Roy Bekkeli
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January is the month for New Year's resolutions, a time to reflect on what we would like to achieve in the year ahead and setting new challenges for ourselves. Have you decided on what your goals are for the year? 

Joining Toastmasters is a fun, proven and cost-effective way to develop communication and leadership skills that will help you achieve personal and professional goals. 

Southport Toastmasters will hold their first meeting of the year on 20 January 2021. As before, we are meeting at the Southport Community Centre, 6.30 pm arrival for 7 pm start. We welcome past, present and prospective members to come along and make 2021 the best year yet! Hope to see you then!

 

’tis the season to be jolly

On December 17, 2020, in Member Article, by Roy Bekkeli
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I'm sure we can all agree that 2020 has been a year like no other. After a long and tumultuous year, it was finally time for Southport Toastmasters to get together to enjoy some food, drinks and great company. Of course, it's not a Toastmasters Christmas event without a festive Table Topics, season inspired speeches and Secret Santa.

Thanks to all our guests and members for coming along. Also a special thanks to the BeChange Toastmasters Club for joining us and making it a wonderful event. It was 'Simply the Best' 😉

The Christmas party marks the last event of the year as we take a well deserved break to hopefully spend with our nearest and dearest. Until next year, Southport Toastmasters would like to wish all existing and future members a safe and merry Christmas!

 

CONGRATULATIONS CONTEST WINNERS 2020

On October 28, 2020, in Member Article, by vpprtoast
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The Humorous & Table Topics and Evaluation and International contests were held on 23 September and 14 October respectively with a very high standard among all contestants.

Congratulations to all participants and in particular our winners for 2020:
Humorous: Ralph Gilmour
Table Topics: Maureen Plowman
Evaluation: Alessandro Contaldi
International: Macalie Adamson

 

Also a special thanks to our esteemed judging panel. 

 

We have now elected our new leaders for the next Toastmaster year being July 2020 to June 2021.

Our Leaders are:

  • President                                            Ralph Gilmour
  • Vice President Education:              Viv Capes
  • Vice Presidenr Membership:         Daniel Dolhare
  • Vice President Public Relations:   Roy Bekkeli
  • Secretary:                                           Laura Langford
  • Treasurer:                                          Anthea Antonio
  • Sergeant-At-Arms:                          Maureen Plowman

We wish them all the very best for an exciting and successful year ahead.

 

Pat