The Hills Toastmasters Club in Emerald, Victoria, Australia | Community organisation

The Hills Toastmasters Club

Locality: Emerald, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 421 324 359

Address: 356 Belgrave-Gembrook Road 3782 Emerald, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.thehillstoastmastersclub.org

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23.01.2022 We have some of our freedom back but we're still on Zoom. Our next meeting is on Wednesday so feel free to check us out (even if you want to hide behind your Zoom profile and just stalk us - we don't mind). We have a full program of prepared speeches and a little impromptu to keep our members on their toes. When: 4/11/2020... Time: 7:30pm Where: Zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6507622464 Meeting no: 650 762 2464 ping us for the password if you want to drop in. #thehillstoastmasters #publicspeaking #personaldevelopment #stretchyourself photo credit: Photo 173124125 Luka Vunduk | Dreamstime.com

21.01.2022 Well, wasn't that an interesting meeting on Wedneday? We had a normal first half of impromptu speaking then came the unusual bit: Michael's project on reaching consensus. The scenario was that our club was offered $1M but only if we could all agree on what to do with it. There were some interesting suggestions including cruising, scholarships and just a straight split. Michael did very well narrowing down the options and guiding us towards consensus. So did we reach cons...ensus? You had to be there to find out..... This is just another type of skill you learn at Toastmasters. So many opportunities in the new Pathways learning system. Can't wait to see what's in store for next year. #thehillstoastmasters #publicspeaking #learningnewskills #spicingitup

14.01.2022 How well did we do with our inaugral debate night? Amazingly well. Despite some last minute nerves about this new style of speaking the night went off like a frog in a sock! The debate topic: Country living is better than city living The teams: ... Affirmative: Di, Roger, Arek Negative: Annie, Asanga, Lynette We had a poll before the debate to find what position our members and guests held and a poll at the end to see how many, if any, had been swayed by our speakers and, guess what? Despite most of us living in the hills the negative won the day with their proposition that city living was better than country living. That's the power of debate and being able to put up a good argument even if you don't believe in the proposition yourself. Well done to all - the speakers, support roles, our guest (who wholeheartedly joined in), and visitors from other clubs(Wandin Toastmasters) . You guys all rock! Roll on next year when we'll try out other exciting formats to give you all a well rounded speaking platform. #thehillstoastmasters #stretchyourself #PublicSpeaking #lovethehills #personaldevelopment

12.01.2022 Not long now until we unleash our fierce debating powers on you all! Can't wait for this meeting. It promises to be an interesting night. Please indicate your attendance below and also share with your friends and colleagues so that they can join in the fun.

12.01.2022 Welcome to the Brady Bunch...oh no, sorry this was the latest meeting of The Hills Toastmasters. Ralph Smedley, the founder of Toastmasters, is quoted as saying "We learn best in moments of enjoyment". Well, if that's the case, we must learn an awful lot in our club. If you've ever wondered what we do but were too scared to join, feel free to pop in as a guest. As you can see we don't take ourselves too seriously but we do get people where they want to be using all the resources available to us (which are considerable!) #funwhilelearning #thehillstoastmasters #PUBLICSPEAKING #stretchyourself #personaldevelopment

12.01.2022 If you want to work on your communication and public speaking skills join our friendly, supportive and fun orientated group. You can attend as a guest and see what we do before you commit to anything. All over 18 welcome.

11.01.2022 Social distancing - Important update to The Hills Toastmasters meeting: We are very pleased to announce that, due to COVID-19 precautions, we will run a virtual, full-featured meeting online - how exciting! At the Hills we always encourage each other to learn new skills and so we will use this as a perfect opportunity to sharpen our teleconferencing skills. ... I suggest that that this will become the new norm for many of your business meetings in the near future, so come and practice in a fun learning environment. You're now invited to join us via Zoom this Wednesday the 18th at 7:30pm via the link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/777461743 All welcome! Meeting ID advised in the current Event Posts.

07.01.2022 Hi all, There is some pathways training this coming weekend. When: 5/12/2020... Time: 2:00pm Where: Zoom - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88336714649 Topics covered over 3 sessions: Session 1: Re-igniting the Path by Graeme Dunlop For this session, we will be focusing on where we are now and reflect what want we want to achieve in our Toastmaster journey. Session 2: How Pathways applies to your day to day life by Susan Macdonald Susan will explore how does Toastmaster Education System Pathways applied to our day to day life. Session 3: Pathways In depth Leadership Project by Michael Clancy DTM In this session, Michael will focus on Effective Coaching, Innovative Planning and Persuasive Influence. Toastmasters please register here: https://d73.toastmasters.org.au//online-training-re-ignit/

04.01.2022 Here's the recording from this morning' radio show where we hightlight our club and our upcoming debate night meeting. We're on around the 15min mark but I encourage you to listen to the whole show (especially the segement just before mine, it's hilarious!). Many thanks to Jules of 3MDR for supporting our club and giving us airtime.

01.01.2022 Well, the Area Contests are done for R36 and we can safely say that The Hills contestants did the club proud. This is an incredibly strong area and the contest was fierce. Lynn Brunet represented us in Humorous and raised her speech another level. Well done Lynn! Lynda Roach represented us in International and Evaluation and, despite her best efforts didn't place. ... Asanga Ragakaruna represented us in Table Topics and took out 1st place!! Go Asanga.... All in all it was a great day seeing the best of the best at Area level. Arek would have been proud of the timekeeping as well, haha. Congrats to all and look forward to seeing Asanga at Division Contest in March 2021. #thehillstoastmasters #reachingnewheights #publicspeaking #personaldevelopment