Toastmaster club. District 72, New Zealand. Rakaia Building, Ara Institute of Canterbury, Madras Street, Chch.
This Toastmasters session, themed “There You Are”, was one of the most fun, engaging, and memorable events I’ve attended! Creative and Engaging Toastmaster Lucie Harrison, our Toastmaster, was highly creative and exceptionally well prepared. Four days before the event, she sent an email inviting members to share their baby or childhood photos, under the theme ... 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.
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 Helen McLeod. Spring has sprung at Boaters! This morning we followed the theme of “recharge”. The meeting was opened by Rachel minus her carrots and fluffy suit from the last meeting. Dee was Toastmaster who shared that she recharges her phone every night and goes to sleep listening to stories read via ... read more.