Townsville City Council Toastmasters

Fellow Toastmasters,
I'm excited to share with you the attached "Save the Date" invitation for the upcoming Toastmasters International 100th Birthday Celebration.
It's going to be a momentous occasion, marking a century of empowering individuals to become confident communicators and leaders. Please mark your calendar for this special event.
Further details will be shared shortly.

We enjoyed a slightly different Toastmasters meeting format on the 14th by hosting a Table Topics and Humorous Speech Contest. What a great night it was too!
A special thank you goes out to Betty Sheret from Tropic City Toastmasters for volunteering her time as one of the Timers for the night. Also welcome back to Heather and thank you for being the Chief Judge for the night.

Table Topics Contest Winners: 1st Martin; 2nd Micheal; 3rd Kristy.
Table Topic Subject - “I was a winner until…”

Humorous Speech Conest Contestants & Winners: 1st Ian “Temporarily Misplaced”; 2nd Gemma “The Favorite”

Our next meeting is this Wednesday 26th August.
Location – 103 Walker Street, Townsville City Council Chambers at the Mayoral Reception Room.
Time – 5:30pm for a 5:45pm start
Visitors are encouraged to attend!

Our last meeting held on July 24th was another exciting night of Table Topics, Prepared Speeches and Evaluations. During this meeting we also recognised some of the outstanding achievements of our members.


Club Educational Achievement Awards presented:
1. Pathways Level 1 Presentation Mastery Path completion: Di
2. Pathways Level 4 Engaging Humour Path completion: Gemma
3. Pathways level 5 Visionary Communication Path completion badge: John

District 69 Educational achievement Awards presented:
1. Tripple Crown Award: Ian 2023-2024
2. Tripple Crown Award: Leigh-Anne 2023-2024
3. Tripple Crown Award: Leigh-Anne 2022-2023

Club Member Long Service Recognition Award presented:
1 Year member of Townsville City Council Toastmasters Club: Di

Club Meeting Awards presented:
1. Timers Award – Di
2. Gavel of the Gab - Bevan
3. GE Award - Bryan
4. Members Choice – Bryan

Please join us again this evening for another night of fun and personal development.

Location – 103 Walker Street, Townsville City Council Chambers at the Mayoral Reception Room.
Time – 5:30pm for a 5:45pm start
Visitors are encouraged to attend!

We had a fantastic meeting held on July 10th.
Our first speaker, Bryan, entertained and informed with his speech entitled “Life Lessons”.
Club President, John, motivated and energised the group with his speech “A Bag of Goodies”.
The final prepared speech was from Shimna, it was her first ever Toastmasters speech which is known as an Icebreaker.
Shimna delivered a fantastic and insightful speech and had the crowd fully engaged throughout. This Icebreaker speech won Shimna both the Timers award and Members Choice Award.
The Gavel of the Gab award was won by Bevan for his Table Topics speech and Kristy was awarded the General Evaluators Trophy for her evaluation of Shimna’s Icebreaker Speech.

During the meeting, we inducted our newest member, Stuart, to Townsville City Council Toastmasters – Welcome aboard Stuart!
We also celebrated the 80th birthday of one of our founding members, Bevan. Happy birthday Bevan!

Our next meeting will be held this Wednesday July 24th.
Location – 103 Walker Street, Townsville City Council Chambers at the Mayoral Reception Room on the ground floor.
Time – 5:30pm for a 5:45pm start.
Visitors are encouraged to attend. For more information about Townsville City Council Toastmasters, please contact us via direct message or via our website Townsville City Council Toastmasters (toastmastersclubs.org)

🎉🎉Celebrating Milestones Together!🎉🎉

Townsville Council Toastmasters and Business Leaders Townsville have recently marked special milestones - 20 years and 10 years, respectively, of fostering communication and leadership skills in our community. The event was graced by our inspiring guest speaker, Mike Storkey who shared his wisdom and experiences. A heartfelt thank you to Mike and his wife, Lesley for joining us on this memorable occasion.
Special recognition goes to Bevan and Fleur, founding members of our club who are still active and dedicated participants to this day. Your commitment and passion have been instrumental in our success.
The evening also included the Townsville City Council Toastmasters Awards for 2023/2024

The Awards for the evening include;
• Enthusiastic Toastmaster of the year – Di Knight
• Timer of the year – Leigh-Anne Metcalfe
• Gavel of the Gab – Di Knight
• Members Choice – Di Knight
• Most Improved Toastmaster of the Year – Kaylen Schulz
• Spirit of Success – Kristy Dethick and Nick Todeschino
• President’s Award – Bevin Irvine
• Toastmaster of the Year – Kayleen Schulz
• Legacy Award – Di Knight
• 20 years of Club Membership – Bevan Irvine and Fleur Francis

🥂Here’s to many more years of growth, learning and excellence!🥂

Our next meeting will be held this Wednesday July 10th.
Location – 103 Walker Street, Townsville City Council Chambers at the Mayoral Reception Room on the ground floor.
Time – 5:30pm for a 5:45pm start.
Meeting closes at 7:45pm.
Visitors are encouraged to attend. For more information about Townsville City Council Toastmasters, please contact us via direct message or via our website Townsville City Council Toastmasters (toastmastersclubs.org)

The Townsville City Council Toastmasters Club is a diverse group of people who want to improve their communication and leadership skills, increase confidence, and boost self-esteem.

Our meetings are fun and friendly and open to anyone who wishes to come along.

Enjoy the speeches, learn something from the evaluations and have fun during the Table Topics (Impromptu speaking).

We are all at different levels of achievement; however remember that we were all beginners once. Toastmasters is all about building better leaders and speakers.

💥💥Toastmasters meeting on tonight!!!
Location - 103 Walker Street, Townsville City
Time - 5:30pm for a 5:45pm start. Concludes at 7:45pm. Visitors are most welcome to attend and see what Toastmasters is all about. 🎤 👩‍🎓🙋

Wow, our Toastmasters Showcase event is just around the corner.

If you haven’t already done so, please select “Going” on the Facebook event to help us finalise catering arrangements for the evening.

We’re looking forward to seeing you all there to discover how Toastmasters can assist you in your public speaking journey!

- Are you achieving your full potential?
- Is a fear of public speaking holding you back?
- How much more could you do with confident and effective communication skills?

All it takes is practice and you will achieve your communication goals!!

Dananjaya Hettiarachchi - World Champion of Public Speaking 2014 - Full Speech A speech that changed my life. The full version of the winning speech!Transcript:You and I are not very different from this flower. Just like this flower is ...

Another fantastic evening of Speeches and Evaluations was had last meeting.
Di received the Enthusiastic Toastmasters award for her speech titled “H is for Herbivore” as she presented her case for being a vegan.
Kayleen was presented with the Members Choice award for instigating a new segment called “Around the World”. This took the place of the Table Topics session for the evening and provided the opportunity for every attendee to express their thoughts and preferences about their chosen perfect holiday destination.
Leigh-Anne was awarded the Timers Award for her speech about her leadership style titled “It’s never too late to learn” and of her first-hand experience with the 4 core elements that contribute to a successful team approach.
Club President Gemma presented Martin with a certificate of recognition for his 15 years of Townsville City Council Toastmasters Membership.

Our next meeting will be our special Open House Showcase and is on Wednesday April 10th.
Location - 103 Walker Street, Townsville City
Time - 5:30pm for a 5:45pm start. Meeting closes at 7:45pm.

This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone interested in building confidence and achieving their 2024 goals!!

Wow, what another great meeting held on March 13th.
We were treated to some wonderful, prepared speeches from Martin, Heather and John on subjects ranging from barbecues to the Toastmasters journey to commitments and taking on leadership roles within Toastmasters.
Kristy was inducted as a new member during this meeting, Nick received recognition for 1 year of membership and Ian received recognition for his 20 years of membership.
Di received both the Members Choice Award as well as the Enthusiastic Toastmaster award for her outstanding performance as Toastmaster for the evening. Ian received the timers award for the timing of both his Table Topic Speech and his Speech Evaluation. A special mention also goes out to one of our visitors for the evening, Rochelle who volunteered to do a Table Topics question and completed it in exactly the 1:30min time allocation. This is an outstanding result for a first-time participant!

Our next meeting is on this Wednesday March 27th.
Location - 103 Walker Street, Townsville City
Time - 5:30pm for a 5:45pm start. Meeting closes at 7:45pm.

Our special Open House Showcase will be held on April 10th. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone interested in building confidence and achieving their 2024 goals!!

Our last meeting held on February 28th saw three fantastic and diverse Prepared Speeches along with the usual Table Topics session that is always sure to entertain.
Congratulations to Bec for 12 months of membership as well as to Micheal for achieving Level 3 of Innovative Planning. Heather won the Gavel of the Gab for her Table Topic response and Leigh- Anne took out the General Evaluators award for her performance as the Topics Evaluator for the evening. Kayleen won the Timers Award for her Prepared Speech and most importantly walked away with a box of Lindt chocolates after winning the raffle! This meeting was again made really special by being so well supported by both new and experienced members as well as first time guests.

Our next meeting will be held this Wednesday, March 13th.
Location - 103 Walker Street, Townsville City
Time - 5:30pm for a 5:45pm start. Meeting closes at 7:45pm.

Our special Open House Showcase will be held on April 10th. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone interested in building confidence and achieving their 2024 goals!!

Our meeting held on February 14th would best be described as energetic, inspiring and entertaining!
Our Topics Master for this evening, John selected some fantastic questions for the Valentines Day themed impromptu speaking session.
These included;
- What was your favourite Valentine’s Day gift?
- Special dinner date for Valentine’s Day – When and Where?
- Cupid – Who would you shoot with your arrow and why?
- Who deserves roses for Valentine’s Day and why?
- Valentine’s Day has Roman origins, should we go back to them?
Di and Bryan both delivered fantastic “Prepared Speeches”. Di entertained and informed with her speech “What’s love got to do with it?” as did Bryan with his speech “Responsible Dog Ownership”.

Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday March 13th.
Location - 103 Walker Street, Townsville City
Time - 5:30pm for a 5:45pm start. Meeting closes at 7:45pm.

Our special Open House Showcase will be held on April 10th. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone interested in building confidence and achieving their 2024 goals!!

During our last meeting we were thrilled to welcome our newest member, Brian to Townsville City Council Toastmasters. Great to have you onboard Brian!
Congratulations to Nick for winning the Gavel of the Gab, General Evaluators Award and Members Choice Award for his Table Topic and Prepared Speech. Congratulations also to Bevan for taking out the Timers Award for his Table Topic.

Our next meeting this Wednesday February 14th.
If you have any questions about attending a Toastmasters Meeting, please send a message on Facebook or via "contact us" on our website

Our next meeting will be this Wednesday January 31st.
Location - 103 Walker Street, Townsville City
Time - 5:30pm for a 5:45pm start. Meeting closes at 7:45pm
Visitors are encouraged to attend at no charge before deciding whether to join.

Notice - This evenings meeting will be postponed due to Cyclone activity. 🌀🍃☔️⛈️

Townsville City Council Toastmasters enjoyed a fantastic Christmas party as members and guests came together for an evening full of laughter, joy and festive cheer. Our Toastmaster for the evening Di, ensured that the meeting ran smoothly as we enjoyed 2 x table topics sessions lead by Leigh-Anne and Michael as well as a special visit from Santa (Bevan).
Congratulations to the below members for their achievements throughout the year.

Gemma – Level 3 of Engaging Humour
Ian – Level 2 of Leadership Development
Jessica – Level 3 of Presentation Mastery
John – Level 5 of Visionary Communication
Leigh-Anne – Level 3 of Strategic Relationships
Micheal – 2023 Club Champion – Speech Evaluation & Humorous Speech
Brian – Inducted as a New Member

On October 21st, Townsville City Council Toastmasters hosted the area 2 Conference and the theme for this year’s Conference was ‘Unleashing Leadership and Communication Potential’.
One of the main purposes of the conference was to hold speech and evaluation contests between the area 2 clubs for a chance to progress and compete at a regional level.
Speech contests are an important part of the Toastmasters Educational Program. They provide an opportunity for Toastmasters to gain speaking experience, as well as an opportunity for others to learn by observing proficient speakers.

What is Toastmasters? Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organisation that builds confidence and teaches public speaking skills through a worldwide network of clubs that meet online and in person.

Our last meeting was held on Wednesday October 11th - Congratulations to Richard for winning the Timers Trophy as well as the Gavel of the Gab for his Table Topic. Nick was awarded the Members Choice Award for his role as Toastmaster for the evening. Well done to all those who participated, and we’ll see you at our next meeting this Wednesday October 25th.
If you have any questions about attending a Toastmasters Meeting, please send a message on Facebook or via "contact us" on our website https://townsvillecity.toastmastersclubs.org/

Another great meeting which included the Table Topics Competition.
Table Topics are a long-standing Toastmasters tradition intended to help members develop their ability to organise their thoughts quickly and respond to an impromptu question or topic. Congratulations to Martin on taking out first place, Micheal did a great job and was awarded runner up and Kayleen had a strong performance coming in third.

Congratulations to Dianne, Sue, Andrew and Micheal on their recent awards! We are looking forward to seeing you all again this Wednesday for another great meeting. Happy Toastmastering 🎤

Our last meeting held on July 26th was chaired by Robyn and contained some outstanding speeches.
Ian had the crowd captivated with his speech entitled “Victims” and Jessica took us on a journey with her speech “Hello, good news”. Andrew delivered his Ice Breaker speech (the first prepared speech you make as a Toastmaster) entitled “In and Irrational manner”. This was an exceptional speech and earned Andrew both the General Evaluators Award as well as the Members Choice Award. Jessica won the Timers award for her speech, Heather took out Gavel of the Gab for her Table Topics Speech and Robyn was presented with the Spirit of Success Award.

Our next meeting will be this Wednesday August 9 at 103 Walker Street, Townsville City Council Chambers at the Mayoral Reception Room on the ground floor. Meetings commence at 5:30pm and visitors are most welcome. For more information about Townsville City Council Toastmasters contact us via direct message or through our website https://townsvillecity.toastmastersclubs.org/

Our meeting held on July 12 was both a Business Session and a Toastmasters Session. Leigh-Anne was kept busy, taking the minutes as well as chairing the meeting. Great work Leigh-Anne!
During this meeting, we welcomed Di as a new member to the club. Di had a fantastic evening taking out the Timers Award as well as Gavel of the Gab. Congratulations to John who won the General Evaluators award as well as Kayleen for winning the Members Choice Award. Darryl was presented with his Spirit of Success award. Congratulations Darryl!

Meetings are held every 2nd, 4th and 5th Wednesday of the month at 103 Walker Street, Townsville City Council Chambers at the Mayoral Reception Room on the ground floor.

Meetings commence at 5:30pm and visitors are encouraged to attend.

At our last meeting we celebrated the Toastmasters year 2022/2023 at a special dinner, celebrating our Toastmasters and presenting them with awards of the Toastmasters year. Congratulations to all Toastmasters who were presented with an award, and to all other Toastmasters for participating throughout the year.

We also celebrated with cake. 19 years for Townsville City Toastmasters with our past president and new president cutting the cake.

We also said goodbye to the old executive committee and inducted the new committee for 2023/24 Toastmasters year, welcome to a new speech fun filled Toastmasters year.

Our Next Meeting will be held on Wednesday 12th July at 103 Walker Street, Townsville City, ground floor at the Townsville City Council Mayoral Reception Room, 5.30pm start. Guest most welcome to join to see what Townsville City Council Toastmasters has to offer you.

At our last meeting we saw 6 Toastmasters take on the challenge to battle in a debate. The theme of the debate 'All leadership positions should be allocated to people over 50 years of age' The positive team came out strong but it was the negative team who convinced the judges. Congratulations to both teams for delivering a great debate.
Our next meeting will not be held as usual. We are having a celebration evening where we will be saying goodbye to the old executive committee members and introducing the new committee. Townsville City Council Toastmasters will also be celebrating 19 years and we award our Toastmasters for their achievements throughout the Toastmaster year. Our normal meeting will resume on 12th July at 103 Walker Street, Townsville City 5.30pm.

Bevin and John virtually presenting to past International President Mike Storkey and club member of the Townsville City Council Toastmasters Club, 10 year membership of TCCTC. Congratulations. The insert pic is of Bevin & Mike in Washington 2016.
Bevin told us 'Mike has just presented me with his Home Club Certificate (Townsville City Council) and I gave him an Australian Flag. All this occurred at Mike’s Inauguration at the Washington Convention in 2016'.
Congratulations