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Visitors:

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Future programs:

See the programs for future meetings and notes from the Vice-President Education.

Minutes:

See the minutes of the last meeting.

Newsletter:

See the current issue of the Club newsletter, the "Parra-Natta".

See archive of older issues.

Assignment Guide:

See our online guide to
the performance of meeting assignments.

Club Podcasts

Listen to our Podcasts on Leadership Journeys.

Club Blog:

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Next Meeting

 

See Meeting Dates and Themes for this term.

Mission of our Club

We provide a supportive and positive learning experience in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth.

Elizabeth Wilson's and Gary Wilson's Resources

When one our members, Elizabeth Wilson, DTM stood for the position of International Director, a website was set up as part of her campaign. That website included material that Elizabeth and Gary had developed over the years for use in Training Sessions within Toastmasters. They have made this material available for archiving on this, their club website.

Here are links to the many resources that can now be found on this website. Please feel free to copy and use them as you wish. All files are in Acrobat Reader (PDF) format.

Session Handout Notes

• Table Topics (making miniature speeches)
• Table Topics Unlimited  (a great variety of alternative topic session ideas)
• Guidelines for Delivering Effective Evaluations
• The + and - Technique of Evaluation (complete with guide sheet)
• All About Microphones

Club Operation / Officer Training

• Time Management for Toastmaster Leaders
• Area Council Education Session Ideas
• Head Table Protocol and Proprieties
• Australian Flag protocols
• Summary of How to Form a new Community Toastmasters Club
•  "Scripting" a Service Encounter or How to Turn Guests into Members
• Putting Excitement into Clubs with Theme Meetings (Detailed ideas for 21 different types of theme meetings that were  produced in a large Workshop conducted for Presidents and VPEs in District 70.)
• How to have Quality Club Meetings
• Club Quality Audit (A questionnaire based of the Moments of Truth module. After using this heavily at Club Officer Training, an interesting feature has emerged. When a group of officers completes this honestly about their club, it is found that the number of standards met closely relates to the number of active members in the club.)

Meeting Procedure Training Workshop

Elizabeth Wilson and Gary Wilson have developed and used a program for training in chairmanship and meeting procedure. This program is the Australian equivalent, based on Renton's Guide for Meetings, of the TI Parliamentary Procedure in Action module. It can be used for a Success/Leadership credit.

See flyer for more details.

The program is available as a free download here.

After extracting the files, locate and open file index.htm.

Games Toastmasters Can Play

Elizabeth Wilson and Gary Wilson have developed and used many games to enhance training sessions and club meetings. They are designed to add both stimulation and involvement to the sessions whilst reinforcing learning, because "People learn best in moments of enjoyment".

Elizabeth and Gary have presented sample presentations of different sets of these games at 3 District 70 Conferences, the Down Under Convention and the Toastmasters International Convention at Las Vegas.

All the details of the games, their sample handouts and other useful features of these presentations are available here.

Please if you wish any advice about the application of any of the resources on this page.