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.
Theme: Idiosyncrasies This week’s meeting theme, brought to us by Jacqui, was “Idiosyncrasies.” And what a wonderful theme it turned out to be. Throughout the meeting, we got to discover everyone’s little quirks, habits, pet peeves, and peculiarities. The room was filled with relatable moments, light-hearted laughter, and the kind of warm humour that reminds ... read more.
Spring! This morning’s meeting was all about new beginnings, perfectly fitting for our theme of Spring! Helen kicked things off warmly, welcoming our visitor Tim and our Toastmaster for the day, Tsarina, taking the lead for the very first time! Despite being unwell last week, Tsarina bounced back with a fresh energy, opening the meeting ... 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.
Member blog by Rachel Walton. Thank you to our Toastmaster of the morning – David Cooper, who successfully interwove the “look to the stars” theme throughout our meeting We had such a stellar meeting today – what a great word choice from today’s Grammarian, Cam Parsonson. We were challenged to weave this word into our ... read more.
Member blog by Henry Thomson. Meeting #1046. I began coming to Boaters Toastmasters meetings in late November of 2020. If there is one thing I have noticed, it is that we like to keep it uplifting, optimistic and positive. Which is definitely nice for a 7am start to the day. However, our meeting last Friday ... read more.