Gladstone Toastmasters International in Gladstone, Queensland | Community organisation

Gladstone Toastmasters International

Locality: Gladstone, Queensland

Phone: +61 417 648 125

Address: Shed 19, 19 Dalrymple Drive 4680 Gladstone, QLD, Australia

Website: https://toastmastersgladstoneqld.toastmastersclubs.org

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22.01.2022 Gladstone Toastmasters is moving uptown. Planning a trial 'room and Zoom' meeting this afternoon from 1pm. New venue.... contact the Club via Messenger or text/phone 0417 648 125 for details. Interested folk are welcome to come along for a look and listen. Your input as we re-build post-Covid is welcome.

20.01.2022 Hi Everyone, there is just one week to go before our last meeting for the year. All members (past and present) and guests are welcome! If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask. Thanks, Inez

16.01.2022 Congratulations to Trent Scherer (Evaluation) and Victoria McDonald (Table Topics), our Club's contenders for the upcoming Area 4 Speech Contest. Winners are Grinners ! Thanks to our guests who helped make it happen. Part 2 is on this Wednesday, 7pm, at Shed 19, 19 Dalrymple Drive, Toolooa. Our Club's International and Humorous Speech Contestants will be decided then. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

14.01.2022 ONLINE CLUB MEETINGS Now you can Zoom your way to success. If you're keen for some quality personal growth, join us to improve your communication and public speaking skills, or enjoy the challenge of meeting roles to help you grow as a leader. ... Our Club is continuing to provide a friendly, supportive environment to help you learn by doing. There is no longer a free cuppa provided. Now it is BYO. Our meetings still provide the most interesting 90 minutes you'll enjoy all week.

13.01.2022 Gladstone Toastmasters are continuing to meet online only at this time. Opportunities exist for people to attend and participate via Zoom. Further opportunities exist in developing content for Facebook and the Club website. Database management and communication skills can be enhanced through practical experience.... Leaders are certainly made at Toastmasters. Feel free to get in touch. Toastmasters can certainly change your life.

13.01.2022 Get ready for online Toastmasters. Free webinar. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156605729896853&id=195836396852

12.01.2022 How's this for a happy snap of Zoomers? Admittedly, the timer is looking a tad serious... that's because Toastmasters take timing seriously. That's how we get through all the agenda items, without waffle, and finish as scheduled. Everyone contributed to an enjoyable night of speaking, aptly themed 'Spring' by Toastmaster Trent. Grammarian Aileen counted the umms and ahhs and challenged all to use 'blossom'. This 'word of the day' blossomed throughout the meeting, as every...one slipped it into their speaking opportunities. Table Topics Master Inez showed mastery of the Zoom platform, and wisely reminded folk to unmute before starting their impromptu 1-2 minute tale. We learnt Miranda would prefer to tend roses and chickens, or make cheese, than Spring clean. Not sure if she gained bonus points for the blossoms on her blouse or the rose blooms she earlier added to her Zoom background. Centre of pic is a relaxed and happy Chris Doring who presented his first speech. Chris's chosen Pathway is Strategic Relationships. His Icebreaker speech packed a lot into the 4-6 minute timeframe. Colleen's evaluation included much praise, particularly for his charming reference to the Philippines as the Pearl of the Seas. Speaking of language, we learnt Chris is fluent in 3! Geoff and Miranda both demonstrated use of the 'top and tail' device in their stories. Early in his speech, Geoff turned his head away from the camera. He looked around and behind him, showing his physical response to being asked a question. "Who? Me?" This same gesture was used towards the end of the speech when he posed another question. This finished his speech, and story, off very adeptly. General evaluation comments referenced the calibre of speakers, opportunity to learn and improve, being inspired to emulate others and it how was good to be mindful of umms and ahhs. Regarding meetings overall, comments included 'it's always a pleasure'. The meeting content was noted as light-hearted while also credited with helping us all learn and all grow together. Next meeting 23 September 7-8.30pm. You are welcome.

11.01.2022 Table Topics question, on Zoom. Lotus position, demo?

10.01.2022 Yet another awesome Club meeting done and dusted. Excellent effort by our Toastmaster of the evening. Trent's theme of 'Spring' was suitably embellished with excellent tales, from historic times and today. Loved these, and so much more. You never know what you will learn at Toastmasters. If you're seeking more from life, and for your own personal or professional path, plan to turn up, speak up and enjoy the growth and development that follows the Toastmasters experience.... It's 'nothing too serious' at our Club, but damn effective at creating great communicators and leaders. In the interim, it's Spring. Blossom, bloom and challenge yourself to live a little more brightly and/or adventurously. Trent shared these Spring tales with us tonight. Toastmasters is an international organisation so it was appropriate to hear of how others celebrate the changing of the season. https://www.smithsonianmag.com//holi-festival-colors-mean/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org//Cooper%27s_Hill_Cheese-Rolling Seriously, you never know what you will discover at a Toastmasters meeting. You will be so busy learning from seeing others in action, and having a go yourself, that you won't have time to umm or ahh. Guests always welcome at Toastmasters. Find a club today.

10.01.2022 Hi Everyone, Apologies for an agenda not being sent out but rest assure there is still a meeting on this week! If there are any volunteers who would like to participate by doing some roles please let me know. See you all Wednesday night 7pm at Shed 19, Gladstone. Yours in Toastmasters, ... Inez Corfield President See more

08.01.2022 Valuable lessons - about living life and presenting online. Recommended viewing. Note staging, props, and varying positions in front of camera. Also offering great examples of good storytelling using tools like 'top and tail' and 'repetition'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9edim8P4TnY

07.01.2022 A member of our Club visited numerous folk today sharing news of an event this Sunday. 17 sites were attended. More than 20 people were spoken to. Question is .... will more than 20 people show up this Sunday? Who knows? Opportunity is knocking.... Why should a real conversation event become nothing more than a Facebook event? Will the Facebook community Like, comment or otherwise indicate interest? Will the actual in-person real community respond to the invitation, or call for action? As at 30 September, not even 8 individuals were found locally to support the cause. Pity. The strategy and atmosphere provided by this Cub has been observed to create and provide positive outcomes - often - in recent years. The event this Sunday is about real live conversation, and keeping a very good thing going to inspire and encourage others. Taking a risk this Sunday, fully intending to fall forward. Channelling attitude speaker Darren La Croix. He is quoted to have outspoken 25,000 speakers, from 14 countries, to have been awarded the title of World Champion. 'Ouch'. Maybe. Maybe not. World champion speakers are often inspiring, and certainly never dull or boring. May we all strive to be so positively determined. https://m.youtube.com/watch?noapp=1&v=FUDCzbmLV-0