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Woden Lunchtime Toastmasters Club

There are over 230,000 Toastmasters around the world. Would you like to join the world's largest organisation devoted to communication excellence.  We would be glad to have you join us in the local Toastmasters club.

Our Toastmasters club offers you the opportunity to learn effective communication through practical experience in an atmosphere of fellowship and understanding.  By actively participating in the club, you'll build confidence in yourself and develop your ability to organize your thoughts and present them effectively.

Our club also offers you the opportunity to develop your leadership abilities.  Through service in various club offices you can learn and practice sound management techniques.

Our club also provides hours of enjoyment. You'll have fun as you learn new skills in a social atmosphere.  You'll meet new people and form friendships that will last a lifetime.

This Toastmasters membership kit will help you on your way to becoming a successful speaker and person.  Included in his kit is the first challenge from the Communication and Leadership Program manual - a workbook of ten speeches, which will help you develop your speaking skills.

As a member of our club you will receive the Competent Communication Manual and the Competent Leadership Manual together with the following manuals:-

Effective Speech Evaluation, which will help you provide feedback to others and help you make the most of their evaluations of your efforts.

Your Speaking Voice and Gestures:Your Body Speaks whichoffers tips in two areas critical to effective speaking.  Use all of these manuals and you'll quickly became an outstanding communicator.

This pamphlet introcuces information about educational opportunities available in Toastmasters.  We encourage you to take advantage of them by coming along to club meetings.

Our club meets from 12:30 - 1:30pm every Wednesday in the Balcony Room upstairs in the Woden Town Centre Library. Any information that you may require about our club may be obtained from Cheryl White on 6294 1837.   We hope that you will join our club and enjoy the challenges that it offers.

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The following is a brief guide to Toastmasters meeting assignments and terms that you will find in our club:

Toastmaster:	This person introduces all elements of the meeting.  As host, welcoming visitors, explaining what happens and why, and integrating all aspects of the meeting are the main tasks of the Toastmaster.

Table Tonic: This role provides an opportunity to set an uplifting note at the start of the meeting by reading or telling an uplifting story.

Table Topics Master: This role calls for the person doing the task to ask questions of members and visitors (if they are willing). Respondents reply with a short impromptu speech (often 60-90 seconds)

Table Topics Evaluator: It is not possible to fully evaluate each speech.  The evaluator focuses on one aspect of each speech or a general thematic approach with examples from each speech.  A point for improvement is important.

Speeches:These are exercises done from manual assignments.  The content is fully created by the person doing the exercise. The criteria for the exercise and the evaluation are given in the various Toastmasters manuals.

Speech Evaluations: The aim of evaluations is to give positive feedback to the speechmaker.  Criteria are given in the manuals and evaluators are encouraged to follow those criteria. A point for improvement is important

Timer:The responsibility of the timer to ensure that the meeting program runs to the timetable stated on the Agenda.  They report to the meeting on the timing of all assignments in the meeting.

Listening Critic: This person listens to the content of what is said at the meeting.  They rise near the end of the meeting and pose content questions to establish how well people had been listening.

Um Ah, Y'Know Counter: People use all sorts of filler words and sounds as they speak.  This role is for a person to listen, count and report on the type and number of these sounds are used as people speak.

Wordsmith: This person has the task of reporting back to the meeting on the word usage in the meeting.  Comment can be on aspects of our word usage from jargon through new words to the vividness of the words used.

Grammarian: This person reports to the meeting on all aspects of the grammar spoken in the meeting. It is not to be nit picking. The aim is to educate and encourage excellence in language use.

Chair: When the meeting moves into business mode a person is appointed to the chair and leads the meeting through the session.

Parliamentarian: When a business session is conducted a person experienced in meeting procedure assists the chair with difficulties and feeds back to the meeting.

General Evaluator: The focus of this role is to evaluate the whole meeting and especially any individuals who have not been evaluated by others.

There are other roles possible but these are the main ones used in the Woden Lunchtime Toastmasters Club meetings.  For further information about any of these tasks contact Cheryl White (02) 6294 1837