From the No. 202 Meeting Recap: Great SYD has been in Lockdown for 1 month, during the meeting everyone shared the tips about how to stay positive: Stay Connected (Like …
What a great night to have such a big meeting. We were excited to have 4 new members joining the club: Martha Mok, Anju Rai, Donald Lal and Nimal Kumar. Welcome to the family …
The meeting was chaired by Phillip Agrapanidis with “A Winter’s Tale” as the theme and “Voracious” as the word of today. After Damien Lake announcing the meeting open, we were …
“‘Ctrl + Alt + Delete’ not only implies ‘existing complication’, but also ‘another resumption’ “ With the word of the day “Prodigious” provided by our grammarian Sussana Chan, another remarkable …
Caitlin Manoharan got the meeting underway nice and efficiently. Heidi Heron was the chairman for the meeting and also doubling as the tech support. Kevin Murphy read the Club Mission …
Our meeting was opened by Caitlin Manoharan as Sergeant at Arms, also doubling as tonight’s technical support. Victor Houwas our Chairman for the very first time and did a tremendous …
Meeting #174 – Elections! Last night was our election night, and what a night it was! The meeting was opened by Caitlin Manoharan and chaired by Margrit Fisher. Robin Huang …
Meeting #173 was held Wednesday 13th March. Expertly opened by Caitlin Manoharan and Chaired by Aaron Ross, it proved to be a great meeting. We had two guests which was …
It was a nice autumnal evening as we had our first ever mini-speakathon on Wednesday night. This provided an opportunity for members to not only pop out extra speeches to …
“We can be heroes, just for one day,” said David Bowie and we were that last night with our theme of Superheroes. With over 20 zoom cameras in action, it …
Meeting #170 was held on Wednesday 8 April and our theme was “if you think you can, you can”. The meeting was opened expertly by Caitlin Manoharan with Sussana Chan as our Chairman …
Our theme for the night was “embracing a new now” and didn’t we do that well. The very first online meeting of Sydney Speakers was well attended, efficiently run and …
This is to confirm that next Sunday’s (22 March) 2020, Lachlan Division Contest has now been cancelled. This decision is a result of a directive coming from World Headquarters in …
We certainly did make the most of now, with 4 speeches, an educational and all of the regular roles making for a packed agenda. Damien Lake was our Sergeant at …
Our Speech Spectacular was amazing and everyone was ‘delighted’ to hear the speeches. The meeting was opened by Caitlin Manoharan in a blizzard of excitement in her first meeting for …
The night for our International Speech and Evaluation Contest was on Wednesday 12th February, and what a great night it promised to be. The meeting was opened by Rati Jain, …
Our first night back and it seems like we have been practising during the break. Our cheeks were hurting following all the laughter we had endured. The quality was excellent …
‘Tis the season to be…. sad. Sad that our last Toastmasters meeting for the year has been and gone. Sad that I don’t get to practice public speaking or my …
Our penultimate meeting for the year was all about incremental improvement. This was a theme that many touched upon and for those members who had been there all year, the …
Caitlin Manoharan has shown off her incredible speaking abilities with a very commendable first attempt at the Area 24 Table Topics and Humorous Speech contest run by Sydney Speakers very …
Meeting #162 was held with the theme “Truth or dare”, doo dee doo doo, doo dee doo doo. We had a special guest all the way from Canada, the 2016-2018 …
It is nearly time for the Area 24 Contest, with some Table Topics and Humorous speeches for us all. Be there to witness some amazing talent and show your support …
Love your life was the theme at our meeting and there most certainly was a ‘euphoric’ love of life. Due to plenty of absentees at this meeting, we ran on …
Raindrops on roses And whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with strings These are a few of my favourite things If …
We had our Humorous Speech and Table Topics contest on Wednesday 25 September. It was a wonderful session with David Fisher as our contest Chairman. Donald Zhang was kept busy, opening the meeting, …
What a quintessential meeting ably led by our Chairman for the evening, Donald Zhang. Opened on time by Sergeant-at-arms Raja Dhanapal and kept on time by the venerable John Drake …
A fantastic meeting was had on Wednesday night, with the theme “Think on your feet”. This meeting was ably chaired by Heidi Heron and the theme was saluted to by Susan Nguyen. …
“Dreams and Ambitions” was the theme to last night’s meeting, and what a great theme it was. Opened deftly by Raja Dhanapal and chaired by Margrit Fisher, the meeting was bound to be …
24th July was another great meeting for Sydney Speakers Toastmasters. Our word of he day was desideratum and it certainly lived up to that! MJ was the Chairman of the …
What a great meeting we had on 3rd July. There were some inductions of new members, Susan Nguyen, Ryan Price and Caitlin Manoharan. This was coupled with some fantastic speeches, …
Wednesday 9th August was our Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest Meeting. It was a great night enjoyed by all present and was not to be missed! The Table Topic …
Last Wednesday we enjoyed a “Remember when” themed meeting, with Sussana helping give the night a ‘retrospective’ touch with an on-theme Table Topics impromptu speaking session, and word-of-the-day too. Aaron …
From the incoming Vice President Public Relations, David: It was a great night last night at Sydney Speakers for our Changeover Dinner & Meeting. Wonderful having both our Lachlan Division …
A quick wrap up of last week’s meeting (14 June 2017).. With the theme of ‘winter’ at Wednesday’s meeting, we had a warm and inviting room, with a few guests …
Our meeting last week, #106. The meeting was opened by our Sergeant-at-Arms Steven about the benefits of visualisation, and the grammarian’s challenge to us was to not use the word …
Elections, peace, birds, dogs, and a tongueless chef!
Wrap-up from last week’s meeting (10 May 2017) With the theme of ‘elections’ and word-of-the-day ‘peace’, the meeting was Chaired very proficiently and smoothly by Aaron. We welcomed two new members …
Reflecting back on our meeting on 26 April 2017.. With the theme “family”, we had a wonderful meeting chaired beautifully by Margrit. The theme featured throughout the meeting, thanks to …
Wrap-up of last week’s meeting – 12.04.2017 For our club’s first themed meeting, we had ‘Traditions’ as the focus theme, with members weaving it into the evening wherever possible. The …
This week’s meeting had an unspoken and underlying theme of ‘community spirit’, with the club values (Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence) demonstrated in every moment and word. A toast to Harmony Day (thanks Dilara), and a Table Topics session …
Last Wednesday 8th March was International Women’s Day and our meeting was right on theme! I did my best to step into Chairman role as best I could – thanks …
Like a healthy diet, social interactions in our digital age should be balanced. What are the pros and cons of bite-sized digital conversations? Do you need to disconnect to reconnect …
Wrap-up of last week’s meeting, by Aaron (Club Treasurer) What a busy little meeting we had on Wednesday night. With our numbers down there were lots of members doing multiple roles …
Wrap-up of last meeting #99 (25-Jan-2017) With a toast to Australia Day and the proposed “Mate Day” (May 8) by Margrit, and the word of the day being “mettle”, we …
Wow what a Christmas meeting last Wednesday! The Christmas spirit certainly flowed at our meeting last week. The picture collage below shows some special moments: – Warmly welcoming our newest …
Last night’s meeting saw yet another full room! We had four guests, one of which was the object of the meaningful toast made by Francis – to his wife for …
A wrap-up of our 9th November meeting to let us reflect, and get excited for our next meeting – this Wednesday 23 November! Aaron chaired the meeting like a true professional, …
A re-cap of our previous Wednesday’s meeting: Steven’s introduction was an informative start to the meeting, with interesting facts about Universal Children’s Day. The table topics were facilitated by Margrit, focusing …
Last Wednesday’s meeting was a treat – including ‘trick or treat’ Halloween themed table topics, thanks to Ursula as Table Topicsmaster. We had members and guests confessing their love of …
Keen to learn how you can use purposeful repetition in speeches? Here’s an interesting article by Paula Fuchsberg (a corporate communications expert): What You Say May Bear Repeating How do you plan on …
Lots to report from last night’s high energy meeting held in the ‘grand ballroom’! We were in good hands with our new Sargeant-At-Arms Steven, and Chairman Aaron doing a fabulous job. …
Last Wednesday’s meeting was packed full of exciting news, educationals, and emotional speeches. We had an exciting club business session with Margrit, announcing the brilliant news that Club President David Fisher …
Two very high profile speakers. Two interesting evaluations.
US politics has long been considered the benchmark of oratory and body language. LA Times spoke to two famous Toastmasters – the 2015 World Champion of Public Speaking, and the current International President – for …
Meeting #89: Entertaining, informative and inspiring
Wednesday night’s meeting was entertaining, informative and inspiring. The three prepared speeches were “all of the above” thanks to Yosef, Michael and Peter. Special mention to Steven for the interesting reading on …
Wednesday night’s meeting was the first of the “new year”. The room was full of energy and packed to the brim as we had a great turnout of members, guests …
The annual Changeover dinner was held on Wednesday 29 June and what a spectacular night it was! The unofficial theme of the evening was “change” – as we changed venue …
Article: 10 ways to improve your presentation skills
Speaking in front of people is a skill, not an innate ability. Ten Forbes Coaches Council members offer their professional advice on how to develop your speaking skills in this article. …
Looking to pack more punch into your speeches? This article will help you ‘prune your prose’: How to be a ruthless editor. As you get set to write your next speech, which …
Do you suffer from stage fright? Or does the fear of the unknown leave you feeling paralysed? Learn how to control the manifestations of fear and anxiety to become a …
Article: Giving a presentation that doesn’t put people to sleep
An interesting article outlining 10 ways to give a presentation that doesn’t put people to sleep. Do you have any other tips you would add to the list? Feel free to …
