Toastmaster club. District 72, New Zealand. Rakaia Building, Ara Institute of Canterbury, Madras Street, Chch.
On Friday morning, 12th June, Toastmasters Boaters gathered once again for a meeting filled with inspiring speeches, valuable lessons, and the opportunity to learn more about our members’ life journeys. The meeting also included a creative twist that made the morning especially memorable. Let’s start with the Word of the Day. Ben Nowland challenged us ... read more.
Have you ever wondered what type of leader you are? Or better yet what you resting heart rate is, while watching a loved one clamour up a ladder to do somewhat unnecessary but appreciated hedge grooming… All this and more happens down at the local Boaters Club every Friday, and last week’s meeting featured three ... read more.
As a new member of the Boaters Toastmasters Club, I’ve quickly come to admire this community. Everyone here is proactive, open‑minded, and genuinely intentional about listening, speaking, making connections, and staying involved. I feel drawn to their energy, and last Friday’s session only deepened that appreciation. The theme of the meeting was “Winter is coming”, ... 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.
Outstanding! This meeting was a celebration of Sabine, a member of the boaters club who has recently been awarded the distinguished Toastmasters award (DTM). The DTM is something that very few people ever achieve. It took Sabine 7 years to achieve it (which is an impressively short amount of time). It has involved her completing ... read more.
Member blog: by David Pottinger. The theme for this week’s meeting, which included an educational by Laura Bruce, winner of the 2020 D72 Toastmasters Humorous Speech Contest, was Winning. Jacqui Anderson opened the meeting as Sgt at Arms and welcomed us in, introducing our Toastmaster for the morning, David Clarkson. David explained the difference between ... read more.