Markets Sausage Sizzles Uni Open Days

February 24th, 2010 by David Nicholas | 2 Comments - click to view »

A new opportunity for Public Relations in WA

Robyn Lloyd, the President of Western Founders, has proposed we pursue a new style of Public Relations to publicize Toastmasters in WA.  Of course it could be used anywhere in Australia, and probably most of the world.  It comes from Robyn’s highly successful project at Murdoch University Open Day on Friday, February 12, 2010.  You can read about the Open Day and the Canning Vale Sausage Sizzle on January 2nd & 3rd, 2010.

Robyn Lloyd
Robyn Lloyd

This is a summary of Robyn’s proposal, prepared from her recent email.

A marketing opportunity

With a community focus there is a marketing opportunity to promote WA Toastmasters clubs by using events such as Markets, Sausage Sizzles and University Open Days.
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Community Events Coordinator

This will be a new role.  It will be similar to the Speechcraft Coordinator function.
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The Coordinator’s role

This marketing strategy is aimed having a presence (stall) at local markets/ fairs/ festivals and various events that are held regularly  throughout the state or as annual events. The Coordiantor’s role will be

    To compile a list of such events and make it available to clubs.
    To store and make available a range of support materials for events – banners, handouts etc
    To prepare help files and make them available on appropriate web sites
    To publicise the available opportunities to Toastmaster members and officers

Coordinators relationship to WA Toastmasters Officers

The Coordinator would work with and alongside existing TM Marketing positions and strategies.  It is not intended that anyone’s role is to be taken over.  We need lots of strategies.

Contribute to the discussion

We need to engage in an energetic discussion to devise the best possible approach to this opportunity.

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TEEM Demonstration Meeting

February 13th, 2010 by David Nicholas | Click to leave a comment »

Toastmasters Enhanced Entertainment Members

Come to the TEEM Demonstration Meeting

Thursday evening, March 11, at the Fremantle Bowling Club in Ellen St – 6.45 for a 7pm start

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Cliff Boer

Cliff Boer is a master speaker.  In 2003 he won his way to the final of the World Speaking Championship in Atlanta, Georgia.

He is a brilliant communicator and he is dedicated to promoting Toastmasters.  TEEM is his contribution to enhancing the long term success of our organisation in Western Australia, soon to be our own District, District WA.  (And it would work all over the world, if there were enough Cliff’s to go around.  We are very lucky.)

I asked him “What’s your idea here, Cliff?”

“Members join,” he answered.  “They stay on average, according to statistics from World Headquarters, for 18 months.  Then they drop out.  Why?  Why can’t we hold them?  There may be pressing reasons for some, but mostly it’s because they have become bored.  I want to change that.  I want to give them ongoing options to have exciting, entertaining, challenging, growth developing processes within our Toastmaster Clubs.  That’s why I am promoting TEEM.  When it takes off,  it will revitalise clubs which use the techniques we can train members in.  By enhancing entertainment for members and clubs we will reduce the dropout rates and strengthen the new District.  It will boost membership across the State.”

Cliff has already demonstrated the power of his enhanced entertainment techniques.  Innercity Governor Gawain Simpson hosted an all day workshop for 50 lucky Toastmasters.  Read the story at http://toastmasterswa.net/teem-demo/ .

After that resounding success, I got Cliff along to deliver a shortened version to the District 73 Council Meeting held in Perth last November.  District Governor Damian Chong was so excited and impressed by the idea and the presentation that he has inspired a Club in Melbourne to bring Cliff over to run a Demonstration there in April.  Damian hopes that while he is in the East he can get Cliff to whip down to Launceston and inspire the Tasmanian Toastmasters as well.

Come to the Demonstration Meeting – don’t miss out!

Find out what it’s all about.  Meet Cliff and be inspired by his vision, his commitment and his performance.

The group will be limited to 25 members, so book early

There is a meeting charge of $10 to cover expenses.

Download the TEEM Application Form, email it to me, David Nicholas, at davidnic@iinet.net.au and pay the $10 meeting charge by EFT to the Netmasters Bank Account.  (You can give me the $10 in cash if that is more convenient.)

For any queries or more information
David Nicholas DTM
Western Division Governor
WA New Clubs Coordinator

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Murdoch Open Day

February 12th, 2010 by David Nicholas | 2 Comments - click to view »

Toastmasters at Murdoch University Orientation Day

What a fantastic day we had at Murdoch University Orientation day today. This is part of Robyn Lloyds High Performance Leadership programme and wow what a hit it was.

As we were setting up we realised it was a good job we had several great props and I would urge anyone else setting up like this to pay attention.

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Ross Wilkinson’s Banner

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The Stall

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· The TM Banner. Bright and looks good BUT it blew over once too often and it kept swinging around.·

. Ross Wilkinson’s ‘pull up’ banner. At about 2 meteres this caught attention.   We would have looked dreadful without it because about half the other displays had them.  Every Division should have one to share.·

. Club Lights. This caught attention from heaps of people just out of curiosity.

· Promotional Video. We used the Cannington Communicators Promo Video on a laptop. This really made us stand out. Proably only 5 or 6 of the other 60/70 displays had these.

Robyn and I really worked the students. You don’t always get a response, but hey we were not shy in coming forward. We’ve both had experience in retail.

We ended up with 3 pages of an exercise book full of e-mail addresses full of leads. We PROMISED NO SPAM and will ensure we hit them once only unless they request a follow up. We actually signed up one person for Cannington Communicators and there are other options but that’s a tale for Robyn to tell!

We certainly exceeded expectations today.

Gerry Prewett
Gerry Prewett
W28 Area Governor

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Thanks to Gerry Prewett for the story and to Robyn Lloyd for the project.

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Sausage Sizzle Fundraising

January 12th, 2010 by David Nicholas | 8 Comments - click to view »

Canning Vale shows the way

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Canning Vale members at Bunnings

Canning Vale will be sending a major group of members to the District 73 Convention and Council in Creswick in May this year. The club wishes to support these members with some financial help – which is definitely within the Guidelines.

Below is John Palmer’s account of the great success they have had with a Sausage Sizzle at a Bunnings site. It could be a model for other clubs who wish to raise money – Victoria Quay have already booked two such events at Bunnings stores later in the year.

Canning Vale will be sending a major group of members to the District 73 Convention and Council in Creswick in May this year.
The club wishes to support these members with some financial help – which is definitely within the Guidelines.
Below is John Palmer’s account of the great success they have had with a Sausage Sizzle at a Bunnings site.

Two Birds With One Stone

A story about a successful membership drive/fundraising event and how you can replicate it.

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Do you want a sausage?

It’s amazing what you can do when you set your mind to it. An opportunity arose to run a sausage sizzle at Bunnings Cockburn on the weekend of 2nd and 3rd January 2010. We had four days notice! Fortunately Bunnings provided the BBQ, gas, gazebo and gave us a source of supply for the sausages, onions, sauces, rolls, drinks and serviettes.We thought it prudent to use these sources rather than try to find our own, only because we had such short notice.

Bunnings is located fairly close to the Successful Toastmasters Club so we decided to promote Successful rather than the Canning Vale Toastmasters Club, as it is more critical to build membership at Successful. However, the fundraising would go to Canning Vale as it supplied the labour force.

It is too early to speculate on the success of the membership drive, but as for fundraising, we made in excess of $1,500 profit on the weekend. It should be a win/win situation for both clubs.

Here is a step-by-step plan for running a successful membership drive and fundraising event through Bunnings. It may be possible to follow these same steps when dealing with other shopping complexes.

1. Apply to Bunnings in writing asking to put on a sausage sizzle. Make sure they realise Toastmasters is a non-profit organisation. Be prepared to wait six months or more before you are rostered on.

2. Review the material from Bunnings very carefully, noting exactly what you need to provide and what Bunnings will provide.

3. Download the Certificate of Currency for the liability insurance, and email it to Bunnings.

4. When dates of your sausage sizzle are known, let the club know and talk it up so everyone will get involved.

5. As Bunnings will supply the BBQ, gas and gazebo, you will need to provide everything else. This will include:

a. Sausages
b. Onions
c. Sauces
d. Drinks
e. Serviettes
f. Wipes
g. Rubber gloves
h. BBQ tools
i. Disinfectant spray
j. Signage, banners, flyers, magasines
k. Staff
l. Rubbish bags
m. Eskies
n. Cash box and float of $100
o. On-going supply of ice.

6. Determine sources of supply for all products. Bunnings may recommend Sycan Meats for sausages, onions, serviettes, sauces and drinks. We used them and were delighted with the quality of sausages, very low in fat. Everything was delivered at 7.30am cold. However, the drinks were expensive, 70cents each and we later topped up our supply at 50cents each. Sausages could be sourced cheaper as well but Sycan delivers and provides a complete service.

7. When you have the staff organised, they will need to be rostered into groups of 4 or 5 and for not more than 3 hours each group.

8. The first group, or perhaps two people, should arrive at 7.15 at the latest. Set up the BBQ, set up the gazebo with help from Bunnings, and get Bunnings to connect gas bottle. (We’re not allowed to.) Have about a dozen sausages ready by 8.00am. The balance of the first group should be in place by 8.00am.

9. Try to allocate the cooking of sausages and onions to an experienced and willing cook. Another worker should put sausages in bun, wrap bun in serviette, and deliver to customer. Another worker should take customer order, fetch drinks, and take money. Another worker should supply the cook with raw sausages and onions, and keep the eskies full of drinks. If you have a spare body, he/she can talk to customers about Toastmasters, hand out flyers, and relieve any of the other workers.

10. The second team of 4 or 5 people should be in place by 11.00am as this is the start of the busy period.

11. The final team should arrive by about 1.30pm and close up shop after 4.00pm. All product must be kept cold overnight in eskies with lots of ice. All rubbish must be removed from the site at the end of each day.

12. The teams should be in mobile phone communication so as to purchase more drinks or ice as needed before coming in.

13. If there are sausages, and drinks left over at the end of the second day, these can be either sold to participants at cost or distributed freely amongst helpers.

14. All money should be counted daily and turned over to the club’s treasurer.

When the club has completed its sausage sizzle make sure it books the next one as the lead time will likely be at least six months. Good luck and happy sizzling.

A note about fundraising for Toastmaster organisations

Toastmasters International permits, and in fact encourages, Clubs to raise money for educational purposes. There are strict rules – you can view the Guidelines here Fundraising TI SectionVID11

Thanks to John Palmer for the story

John Palmer
John Palmer

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Western Division Contest Results

November 8th, 2009 by David Nicholas | 2 Comments - click to view »

Victoria Quay took the honours

Victoria Quay from W21 took on the task of organising the Western Division first round of Contests.  The Club hosted the event at its regular venue at the Fremantle Bowling Club in Ellen Street.  It could have looked like an arranged result when the two winners came from the host club, but all the Judges were from outside the Division, including Chief Judge Martin Lindsay, P30 Area Governor, and member of Morning Star in Perth Division.

The Humorous Speech Contest

Neville Simmons
Neville Simmons
Humorous Contest Winner

Division Governor David Nicholas was the Contest Chairman. His photo is tucked away at the end of the story.

There were 4 contestants, one from each of our 4 Areas.

Peta Anderson, from Successful Club and W16 Area, spoke about “Little Demons”

Diana Veitch, from Fremantle Gourmet and W28 Area, spoke about “The Captain”

Robert Price, from Bunbury and W29 Area, spoke about “Noble Gesture”.

Neville Simmons, from Victoria Quay and W21 Area, spoke about “The Vindictive Cat”. Neville confessed that he is a salesman – but fortunately he is the trustworthy one. He took us with him on a mission to sell a bathroom renovation in a leafy seaside suburb. Trust is the key to a successful sale he told us.  He thought he had the sale in the bag after seeing a set of cat photos on the way into the house and then establishing a kind of bond with the cat in the bathroom. But the vindictive cat had other ideas.  Did Neville really tread on the cat’s tail?  The cat’s yowl killed the deal and as he left Neville realised that the cat had turned out to be much more resourceful and intelligent than he could ever be.

Robin Richards
Robyn Richards
Table Topics Contest Chair

The Table Topics Contest

W16 Area Governor Robin Richards was the Contest Chair. Her Table Topics subject was: With summer approaching, tell us what you look forward to most at this time of the year.

Again, there were 4 contestants, one from each of our 4 Areas.

Tania Park, from Jetty and W29 Area, doesn’t look forward to summer because of the heat. She will skip from tree to tree, hugging the shade, as she shops in Busselton.

Diana Veitch, from Canning Vale and W16 Area, looks forward to glorious beaches in Esperance, so far away via the 4 wheel drive, that she can revert to childhood experiences in Rhodesia and swim without any clothes.

Vicky Post, from Powertalk and W28 Area, looks forward to sunshine and heat as she remembers what it is like at this time of the year where she was born in Denmark.

Mark Hamilton
Mark Hamilton
Table Topics Contest Winner

Mark Hamilton, from Victoria Quay and W21 Area, invited us to join him in scuba diving this summer in a great spot off Rockingham. He took us through his mid-life crisis in Queensland in the army to a belated decision to have some fun and learn a new skill when he came to Perth. $4,500 later he was being instructed in underwater computing skills to record each dive so it could be uploaded onto the net when he came back! Really! There didn’t seem to be much time left over for the diving. He promised that if we joined him there would be no recordings.

In his brief acceptance speech, Mark said how much he enjoyed the opportunities he had enjoyed by joining Toastmasters, and particularly at his club, Victoria Quay. Now that the pressure of the Contest was over, he intended to encourage others to take part through his role as the Vice President Education.

The Judges

P30 Area Governor, Martin Lindsay, from Morning Star in Perth Division was Chief Judge.
He was supported by Gwen Gibbons from Sandgropers in Perth Division, by Bernice Takla from Durack in Innercity Division, Pat Wallace-Bell from Ngarlundhu Wankga in Perth Division, by June Lyndhurst in Sandgropers and by Peter McDonnell from Stirling in Perth Division.

Martin Lindsay
Martin Lindsay
Chief Judge

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Our Judges – Gwen, Bernice, Martin, Pat, June and Peter

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District Report

Mark Richards
Mark Richards
Lt Governor Marketing

Mark Richards, the Lt Governor Marketing, is the third ranking officer in District 73. Western Division is one of 10 Divisions in District 73 which currently covers clubs in WA, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.  Here is his report.

Membership in the District is moving along at great knots with 592 new members across the District already, over 100 in front of last year.  Innercity has 62, Perth 56 and Western 55 new members.  There were 12 clubs in the District achieving the Smedly Award this year with 3 of those clubs from Western, those being Canning Vale, Fremantle Gourmet and Mandjar.  2 new clubs have formed this year, both in Melbourne.  Many new clubs are forming in the West with demo meetings at CSBP (now chartering), Mundaring, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Rockingham, Highgate and Applecross.  There have been 160 education awards given so far, with 56 of them from Western Division, which is 36% of the total.  this includes 4 of the 9 DTMs so far this year.

Don’t forget the District Council meeting on the 21st, which includes 2 workshops with Cliff Boer.  Well done Western Division for holding such a wonderful contest.

We had two Toastmasters

Gerry Prewett
Gerry Prewett
W28 Area Governor

Mark Richards
Michael Foster
W29 Area Governor

Gerry Prewett, W28 Area Governor, was Toastmaster for the Humorous Contest.

Michael Foster, W29 Area Governor, was Toastmaster for the Table Topics Contest

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And there were many other important people who served us well

Peter Law
Peter Law
W21 Area Governor

Peter Law, the W21 Area Governor, had many roles. He was Sergeant at Arms, responsible for setting up the hall, and for supervising cleaning up afterwards. Here you see him retrieving part of a Contest Aid that didn’t want to leave at the end. As well he was the Usher for the Table Topics Contest.

Karen Patterson from Victoria Quay and John Palmer from Canning Vale were the Tally Counters.

Sandra Morton from Cannington Communicators and Phyll Lightbody from Canning Vale were the Timers.

They weren’t on the program but Gail Jenkins and Karen Patterson from Victoria Quay handled the Afternoon Tea, which was a great success.

Canning Vale Club conducted a raffle. It was a noisy, happy affair just before the end of the meeting. Everybody seemed to win a prize including the Division Governor who hadn’t had time to buy a ticket!

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Thanks to the audience who encouraged the contestants so energetically.

David Nicholas
David Nicholas DTM
Western Division Governor

It wouldn’t be much of a contest without an audience. It was a great audience and a great contest.

Neville and Mark will represent Western Division at Creswick in Victoria in May, 2010. After their wonderful performances in such strong fields we know they will do very well.

And there will be two more Western Division representatives over there after the Evaluation and International Contests in March next year.

See you at the District Convention.

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Cliff Boer Presents Again

November 1st, 2009 by David Nicholas | 2 Comments - click to view »

District 73 Council Workshops

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Cliff Boer

Cliff Boer is presenting two Workshops as part of the District 73 Council Meeting being held on Saturday, November 21st.

These are Highlights from his recent all day workshop held on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at the Hammersly Community Hall.  You can read a brief report on that day at Cliff Boer Workshop.

The District 73 Council Meeting

Toastmasters in WA belong to District 73, one of the 87 Districts around the world. Our District currently covers WA, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. However a process has started where from July 2111 we will form our own District – District WA. Each year there are two Council Meetings where District wide business is discussed. We are privileged to have it in Perth this month. It will be held at

the Bob Daniels Community Centre, 895 Beaufort St, Inglewood. from 12 midday to 4.30 pm.

A summary of the Agenda for the day

11:30 Registration (see below for full details)
12:00 Formal opening
12:15 Council Meeting
02:30 Afternoon Tea
03:00 Cliff Boer Workshops
04:30 End

Who can attend the Council Meeting

All Toastmasters can attend the meeting, but only Council members can discuss and vote on the business. These are the voting members

  • District Officers – like Area Governors
  • Club Presidents and Vice Presidents Education or their proxies

Who can attend the Workshops?

  • All Registered voting members of the Council (including proxies) can attend for no charge
  • Other Toastmaster members who Register can attend for a small charge of $5.

How do you Register?

Council Members have already received an email from the District Secretary, Hilary Jane inviting them to Register by replying to her. As well, she attached a Proxy Form for those Presidents or Vice Presidents Education who cannot attend but will be represented by a Club Member. If you have mislaid it, here is a link to Hilary’s email.

Other members can attend the Council, but not vote. To register for the Afternoon Tea and Cliff’s Workshops email Leonor Ragan. In your email make the subject line “Workshop Registration” and in the body of the message give Leonor your name and Club.

A very important meeting

This is a very important Council Meeting. We want to have as many voting delegates present at the Council. One important item of business is the WA bid for the District Council in May 2011 to be held in Perth. This will be the final District 73 meeting with WA members and we want it to be here in Perth.

Cliff’s Workshops will be brilliant. If you were lucky enough to be there on October 3, you will be want to be here again on November 21. If you missed the first one, here is your chance to experience the best that Toastmasters has to offer. Make certain you register.

You have a query?

Leave a comment or a question in the Leave a Reply box below this.

David Nicholas
David Nicholas DTM
Western Division Governor
District Council Coordinator
9457 6468

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Cliff Boer Workshop

October 22nd, 2009 by David Nicholas | 5 Comments - click to view »

Who is Cliff Boer?

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Cliff Boer

Cliff Boer is a professional speaker and a World Speech Contest finalist. He is an experienced Toastmaster, though currently he isn’t attached to any Club. He presented the first Toastmasters Advanced Speechmaking Workshop on Saturday, 3rd October.

Organised by Innercity Division Governor Gawain Simpson, over forty Toastmasters gathered at the Hamersley community Hall for 6 hours of engaging, entertaining and participatory activities designed to introduce both new and experienced Toastmasters to a range of skills not usually presented at club meetings. As well as offering a chance at networking and getting to know one another, the workshop was a secure place to try out some new skills under the direction of Cliff Boer’s tireless and energetic leadership.

There is a Gallery of pictures from the event below.

Keeping members engaged

“Toastmasters has always had the challenge of keeping toastmasters interested in staying with their clubs,” Cliff said. “There’s an influx of membership coming in.. .and a haemorrhage at the other end as members leave once they’ve accomplished their goals and there’s nowhere else to go. This is an endeavour to keep existing members interested by expanding their range of presentation techniques and encouraging them to push the envelope on their own performance.”

Skills development

The workshop was an exercise in developing skills that are used by presenters, actors and professional speakers to enhance their presentations. Because there are no formal constraints such as time keeping and formal evaluation which are necessary at club level, participants were able to spend more time exploring various approaches to speech presentation that are not generally available within the structure of the Toastmaster meetings.

One of the new skills involved making an image or mind map of your speech which eliminates the need to hold papers and palm cards.

We also learnt first-hand how the visual aspects and body language of the presenter have a profound effect on the way audiences receive a presentation.

Thanks to Cliff and Gawain

Between them both, Cliff Boer and Gawain Simpson put together a workshop that was dynamic, informative and fun-filled, and which left the participants eager not only to learn more, but to make sure these types of workshops become a regular feature of Toastmasters.

The next Workshop?

Volunteers are already getting together to organise the next workshop.

If you are interested in taking part in the next workshop or would like to be part of the organising group, please email Gawain at gawainjhs@hotmail.com.

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P10 Contests

October 20th, 2009 by David Nicholas | Click to leave a comment »

Big Attendance on October 19, 2009

39 Toastmasters attended the P10 Contests on October 19.

The P10 Clubs

  • Northern Lights
  • Sandgropers
  • Stirling
  • Talkabout

Sandgropers Club hosted the Contests at their regular venue at the North Beach Bowling Club.

  • Gwen Gibbons from Sandgropers organised the event.
  • Innercity Governor Gawain Simpson was Contest Chair.
  • Perth Division Governor Judith Allen was Chief Judge. The other Judges were Peter McDonnell, the P10 Area Governor, Louise Hancock from Northern Lights, and Glenis and David Nicholas from Victoria Quay.

The results

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Calvin Wang
& Judith Allen

Kevin Forward
Kevin Forward

The Humorous Contest

1st was Calvin Wang
2nd was Allan Murray

Table Topics

1st was Kevin Forward
2nd was Andrew Hadfield

The Division Final

Calvin and Kevin will represent P10 at the Division final being held on Saturday, November 14. Division Governor Judith Allen will be publicising details for the final in the near future.

David Nicholas
David Nicholas DTM
Webmaster
9457 6468

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Kwinana Demonstration Meeting

October 19th, 2009 by David Nicholas | Click to leave a comment »

We met at CSBP

CSBP is an industrial chemicals and fertilizer manufacturer, in Kwinana WA.  The meeting was held on 7 October, 2009, to see if there is sufficient interest in forming a new corporate club. And there definitely is.

We had help

Several experienced toastmasters were recruited to help with the meeting.  They included Lt Governor Marketing Mark Richards, Perth Division Governor Judith Allen, Area P50 Governor Pascale Amberville-Colby, Successful Club President Sarah Duxbury and Canning Vale VPM John Palmer.

Approximately thirty people crowded into the meeting room, and were taken through a tightly run one hour meeting.

The program

  • Mark Richards gave a presentation on “What is Toastmasters”.
  • John Palmer had some table topics questions that required respondents to take positive or negative views on views ranging from daylight saving to shopping hours.
  • Sarah Duxbury evaluated the Table topic speakers and ensured that relevant feedback, including useful recommendations were made.
  • We were treated to an ice breaker speech.
  • We had a Project 9 speech that was a humorous take on impulse shopping relating to propriety plastic food storage items, drawing many knowing laughs from the audience.
  • Pascale and Mark delivered high quality evaluations, explaining the format of the evaluation process and giving constructive recommendations.
  • Pascale recorded timing with military precision
  • Judith summed up the meeting with a 5 minute general evaluation
  • Then the floor was opened to questions.

The response

When asked who would be interested in joining, the response exceeded expectations. Membership application forms were produced, and 13 signed up on the spot, others took forms away, and indications are that those who were unable to make it to the meeting are still keen to participate. It was encouraging to see such a response and we are confident that word of mouth will spread and we will have a new club chartered very soon.

Thanks to the helpers

Thanks must go to those Toastmasters who helped out today, Mark , Judith, John, Sarah and Pascale. Your professionalism was commented on after the meeting by several people who attended. Other comments included

  • “It was different to how I thought it would be”
  • “it was fun”
  • “I like the way you mixed humour with the formal educational aspects”

Martin Lindsay
Martin Lindsay
P30 Area Governor

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Fremantle Gourmet tops the DCP

October 5th, 2009 by David Nicholas | 8 Comments - click to view »

9 Goals at Oct 2, 2009!

Yes, Fremantle Gourmet, Club 1068213, has already achieved 9 Goals – enough for President’s Distinguished in the Distinguished Club Program.  Congratulations Gourmet.  The tenth Goal is some time away yet – it will come when at least 4 Club Officers attend the second round of training in February.  You can view a DCP report on all WA Clubs.

But not President’s Distinguished yet

To be Distinguished at all, including President’s Distinguished, a club has to have 20 members at June 30 (or have increased low numbers by at least 5 members).  Those numbers will not be recognised until the March Renewals have been lodged.  By then Gourmet will have been joined at the PD level by quite a few other clubs – particularly from Western Division.  But Gourmet has the honour of first to reach 9 Goals.  Congratulations to all Gourmet members, and particularly to President Jackie Perriman and Vice President Education Ross Wilkinson.

Western Division is also tops in the DCP

Only five Clubs in District 73 have so far registered 5 or more Goals in the DCP.  This is the target for Distinguished.  They are all from Western Division!

9 Goals Fremantle Gourmet in W28
8 Goals Canning Vale in W16
5 Goals Fremantle Gateway in W21
5 Goals Victoria Quay in W21
5 Goals Jetty in W29

Yes, each Area has at least one of these clubs.  And the word is out that some more Western Division Clubs will get an extra goal by next weekend.  In particular Canning Vale are confident of 9 Goals.

Western Division is aiming for the top

I have set my goal for my year as Western Division Governor to be the top performing Division in District 73 by Toastmaster International’s guidelines.  We have started particularly well.  Here is a graph which shows progress for all 10 Divisions in District 73 up to Oct 2, 2009.

Di73- Division-Performance-Oct209

You can follow current performance for a very large range of District 73 Reports at this site. It includes Club progress as well as District, Division and Area figures. Go to District 73 Reports Analysis Can we stay here on top until June 30 next year? I am confident we will.

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David Nicholas
David Nicholas DTM
Western Division Governor
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