Burdekin Toastmasters

Interview with Lisa Lange, President Riverside Toastmasters Club on using Twitter for your club. Could you please explain for those people who genuinely have no idea about Twitter, how you use it, how set it up and what followers/ following means (ie not stalking!) Twitter is a communication tool used for quick, to the point messaging.  You […]

As a first-timer to the International Convention, this event opened my eyes even wider to the world of Toastmasters possibilities. Not only was the location and setting magnificent, so too was the planning and thought that had gone into every aspect of this Convention. For your leadership trio (Bruce George, John Kay and myself), it was the […]

The newly charted K K Kingston Toastmasters Club has just held their 10th meeting. Although this is just a very small milestone in a club’s progress nonetheless the members of the K K Kingston Club are very excited to be up and running with all members being thrilled to be part of the Toastmaster […]

Did you realise that the Toastmaster year is already almost 21 days old? How prepared are we for the exciting year ahead.  To help us set the scene for a successful year each club is asked to participate in the Toastmasters International Membership Building Contests through out the year. Members are the lifeblood of, and key […]

Competent Communicator Helen Redhead organises a promotional stand at Robina Town Centre to promote Robina Sunrise and other Toastmasters clubs in  area 6. After much negotiating with the Robina Town centre management Helen organised a stand in the busy shopping  centre and using her delegation skills enlisted members of the club to arrange promotional mater […]

Oasis on Broadbeach celebrated their charter with a dinner on the 10th of July. Chartering just over a month ago and already with 5 new members Oasis on Broadbeach celebrated their charter with a dinner officiated by the Immediate Past District Governor Coral McVean, District Governor  Bruce George, LGET John McKay and Immediate Past Southern  Division […]

As you can see by the photo, there was a little gender confusion when Talk of the South Club held a ‘mock wedding’ recently!  As well as being great fun, it was an opportunity for members to show creativity and cleverness in their (manual) speech making. For instance, here is a quote from the “groom’s” speech: […]

Presidents from District 69 are are invited to attend the presidents week-end being held at the Gympie Conference Centre on the 24th -25th July 2010. It will be an interesting and informative weekend with educational and motivational speakers, interspersed with team building exercises. There will be time for networking and questions (with answers). It is tha […]

At last, the results are in. CONGRATULATIONS to the following District 69 Toastmasters Clubs, Areas and Divisions who performed above the rest. Distinguished Clubs Islander Toastmasters Club Caboolture Club Country Valleys Maroochydore Toastmasters Club Gympie Goal Diggers Club Cooloola Coast Toastmasters Club Sunnybank Club Upper Mount Gravatt Toastmasters […]

Area 6 celebrated the Toastmasters year at Robina on Tuesday evening. The area had plenty to celebrate with achievement if Area President’s Distinguished status, the club (Gold Coast ) with the highest membership in the District, 40+ members and counting, a new club, Oasis on Broadbeach, chartered and each club in […]