Toastmaster club. District 72, New Zealand. Rakaia Building, Ara Institute of Canterbury, Madras Street, Chch.
What a meeting, today we had an exciting island escape themed meeting with colourful leis and funky sunnies to help us to get into a great mood for the day. Our toastmaster Jacqui Anderson led us in a colourful, exciting, and extremely entertaining morning meeting featuring two amazing speakers, Louise Landess, and Ian Thornton. ... read more.
Fraser Beckwith as Sergeant at Arms, was organised and welcoming Thomas Bernard, Toastmaster, led us with the Theme of Health and Wellness encouraging us to use exercise to add 5 to 7 years to our life. Stay hydrated, eating cucumbers, watermelon and oranges, getting enough sleep (7 to 9hrs), balanced diet, handwashing, music with exercise, ... read more.
Imagination flowed through this meeting led by Dee with some extremely interesting speeches. Louise had a six minute speech talking about neurodiversity and the autism spectrum. Just like there is vast diversity in the way humans look, there is also vast diversity in human minds. I think this is great! Life would be boring if we all ... read more.
We were in hybrid mode again this week with members in the room and on Zoom. Alana Vickery our toastmaster set the theme of the day as Thank God It’s Friday. We received some education about the weather along with the pro and cons of swimming in the Lyttleton Harbour. Our two introducers Stephen McConnachie ... read more.
Member blog by Gerald Hartley. The ‘buzz’ was in the air at meeting #1078, as Toastmaster Jacqui led our ‘Demo Day ‘ with the theme ‘What’s Your Buzz’. Our Grammarian Max was simply ‘elated’ this week. Not only did he bring along his partner Ashley as a guest, but also shared the news that he’s ... read more.
This week’s member blog was done in collage style – some pictures really do speak 1000 words. read more.
Member blog by Corinne Bataille. On a foggy Thursday morning we took a road trip to Sunrise!! Exceptionally this week, the (almost!) whole of Boaters was welcomed by Sunrise, another 7am Toastmasters club, due to our club room being unavailable. One of the great things with Toastmasters is that we can visit other clubs and ... read more.
Member blog by Louise Landess. Sometimes it would appear that the world conspires against the blog, or the bloggers, so in this post, to fill in some gaps I’m having a crack at summarising the Merry, Merry Month of May and a little bit of the tail end of April. Highlights and random memories 30 ... read more.
Member blog by Max Delaney. This week’s meeting was hosted wonderfully by David Clarkson as Toastmaster and was centred around the theme of Comfort Zone. Each speaker this week stepped out of their comfort zone, which David reminded us throughout the meeting is the most effective way to reach our goals. (Note from the Editor ... read more.
Member blog by Gerald Hartley. A big day today at Boaters Toastmasters Meeting #1049, as we had an impressive turnout of guests for this morning’s Demonstration Meeting! Not only did we have guests attending their first ever Toastmasters meeting, but we had a lot of recent members performing roles for the very first time, which ... read more.