Toastmasters District 72, Division E Newsletter December 2010

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1 FROM E TO YOU Issue 6 Toastmasters District 72, Division E Newsletter December 2010 Compliments of the Season to you and your families. Have a very Merry Christmas and I wish you all the best for ********************************************************************************************************* As we get to the end of 2010 and almost halfway through the year as Division Governor, I look back on what the Division has achieved. The journey so far has been full on and great fun. I have enjoyed the time where I have been involved in contests, the conference, workshops and Club Leadership, and most of all having the opportunity to meet and talk with you. We have had many successes during the first six months. Sunday Afternoon Toastmasters chartered in November. Rob Julian and Wayne Buck represented Division E in the District 72 Table Topics and Humorous Speech Contest. Wellington Professionals was the first Club in District 72 to achieve all ten goals of the Distinguished Club Plan. Island Bay has achieved six goals, and Business Breakfast, Five Crowns and Turbine Talkers have achieved five goals each. Steve Preston, ACG,ALB and Sarah Bate, DTM achieved the Triple Peak Award. This award is made to any member in good standing who during the same Toastmasters year: Achieved one communications award (CC, ACB, ACS, ACG), and Achieved one leadership award (CL, ALB, or ALS only) and Personally sponsored at least three new members of Toastmasters (excludes dual and reinstated members). Diane Isherwood achieved the District 72 Toastmaster of the Year Award. It is time for our Clubs to review the Distinguished Club Program. Are your members on track to achieve their goals? Are your clubs on track to achieve their goals? What do you need to do? There are many clubs who have three, four or more goals. We need to ensure that our clubs meet our membership goals. How are we going to do this? Toastmaster s week - in the first two weeks of March is an opportunity for us to showcase our club, to showcase Toastmasters to our community and to organisations. What is your club going to do to promote Toastmasters? What is your Area going to do to promote Toastmasters? Do you have an idea or ideas? Contact your Club Officers or Area Governor and share your ideas. Club Leadership Training Mid-year training allows you to check in with others about all the duties involved in your position and to think about ways to handle them. We have already held two training sessions in December. We had two informative and interactive sessions covering topics including Critical Success factors, Re-alignment, Succession Planning and Quality Meetings. We enjoyed running the sessions and have had some positive comments: An excellent training session and easy to digest Really useful sessions I got a lot of new ideas and feel re-energised Very interactive and engaging evening Great training session much more interactive than previously best training I ve had in 2 years on a committee Interesting, interactive, professional, organised Come along to the 2 nd Round of Club Leadership Training in Jan/Feb 2011 Sunday 30 January at the Turkey Red in Wairarapa 10:00 am start Thursday 24 February at St John s in the City 5:45 pm start Saturday 26 February in Plimmerton time & location TBA 1

2 Our next Club Leadership Training is on Sunday 30 th January 2011 followed by a Judging Workshop. This is to be held at the Turkey Red in Greytown starting at 10am. Come along to the Wairarapa and make a day of it, or just join us for one or the other. We will be having lunch between sessions...see menu right -> We also will be having two more Club Leadership Training sessions on the 24 th and 26 th February Speech Contests remember the next round of speech contests will be starting in February. Maybe, holiday time is a good time to plan your speeches for the contest. Menu Fries small $4.50 large $6.50 Seasoned Potato Wedges with sour cream $ With cheese, bacon, & sour cream $12.00 Nachos Vegetarian or Meat Lovers $14.50 Fisherman s Platter $14.50 Chicken & Brie Open Sandwiches (with fries) $14.50 Big Beef, Bacon & Cheese Burger (with fries) $14.50 Antipasto Platter serves two $18.50 Pasta Fresh Fettuccine $19.00 Fish of the Day $19.00 Crispy Roast Pork $19.00 Scotch Fillet Steak $19.00 Wairarapa Whitebait $19.00 Take the time to relax and spend time with family and friends. Award Corner The Toastmasters educational program is the heart of every Toastmasters club. It provides members with a proven curriculum that develops communication and leadership skills one step at a time, with many opportunities for awards and recognition along the way. It is important that we recognise and acknowledge the achievements of our Club members when they receive an award. Congratulations!!! Congratulations to the members of the following clubs who have achieved awards in the past month... Congratulations to the members of Hutt City and Statistics Wellington who have achieved 2 goals, and the members of The Gourmet, Te Aro, Advanced Wellington, Harbourside, Business Breakfast, Hutt Valley, Petone, Wainuiomata, Sunday Afternoon, Ngaio, Porirua, Turbine Talkers, Wellington Professional, Terrace@12 and ANZ National who have all achieved one goal each. Spirit of Success... The Spirit of Success is an opportunity to recognise our club members for completing five speeches in the Competent Communicator manual or five speeches in one of the Advanced Manuals. Does your club present the Spirit of Success Certificate? Are your members being recognised for completing five speeches? Check out Spirit of Success on the homepage... DON T FORGET WE HAVE A PUBLICITY STAND (INCLUDING DISPLAY STANDS, TABLES AND BANNER) AVAILABLE FOR USE AT FAIRS AND/OR EVENTS IN YOUR LOCAL AREA IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT MORE PLEASE CALL DIANE OR STEVE

3 Spinnaker celebrates 20th anniversary on 7 December 2010 Spinnaker Toastmasters Club held its 20th Anniversary Celebration and Xmas Breakup meeting on Tuesday 7 December at the Bradey Room in Whitby. In attendance were the District Governor, Denis McCord DTM, Lt Governor Education and Training, Steve Bullock DTM, and Area Governor Kath Cherrie. Recent past members of Spinnaker, David and Velma Knight also attended, along with Sylvia Nicholson, Alan Martin and Jocelyn Syme from Kapi-Mana@Tawa Toastmasters, (Jocelyn also representing Porirua Central). The District Governor congratulated the club on its achievements, and outlined the history of Toastmasters in New Zealand. Lt Gov Education and Training also congratulated the club and talked about his linkages with the club and its members over the last 14 years, and how Toastmasters has helped him in his career. Finally David Knight, a charter member of the club explained how the club came to be formed, and its various achievements over the years. He also acknowledged Sylvia Nicholson's late husband George Nicholson, also a charter member of the club. Following supper, President Shona Smith presented club members with trophies and awards for the year, and the District Governor presented the President with the Toastmasters International 20th Anniversary Certificate. Kapi Mana@Tawa... Toastmaster of the Year Kapi Mana@Tawa... Facing up to the fear of public speaking and enjoying it There s nothing quite like the adrenaline rush of public speaking without notes. So says Jocelyn Syme, who was named Toastmaster of the Year for Kapi Tawa Toastmasters at the club s annual prize giving held in Porirua on 6 Dec Although this is her first full year of being a Toastmaster, Ms Syme is already serving as Vice President Education for the Tawa club and as President of Porirua Central Toastmasters. The Toastmaster of the Year award recognises the member who has done the most for the Club in the current year. Many people join Toastmasters because they re afraid of public speaking. That s an excellent move because at Toastmasters, we provide a friendly, non threatening environment in which you can practise and grow in confidence, Ms Syme says. Part of the meeting is devoted to evaluations of speeches, so speakers and others in the audience get plenty of tips on how to improve further. In her role as Vice President Education, she is kept busy organising the programme and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to meet their goals. That level of support and encouragement was partly why Ms Syme received the top award. I ve really benefitted from getting involved in Toastmasters. I used to write official speeches for Ministers of the Crown and the Governor General as part of my job many years ago, but it s quite different when you have to get up and deliver your own speech, Ms Syme says. She is now working as a teacher at St Mary s College. A highlight for her this year was representing Kapi Mana@ Tawa Toastmasters at the Area Impromptu Speech contest, in which she was Jocelyn Syme, Toastmaster of the Year for Kapi Mana@ Tawa Toastmasters. (Photograph by Chris Blackler). placed third. She also represented her other club, Porirua Central, in the Humorous Speech contest. That was surprisingly difficult, delivering a seven minute speech with no notes. That s when you have to conquer your fear of forgetting what you want to say and, instead, to make use of that adrenaline rush! And by doing it yourself, it means you can also help others become better speakers too. It s also a lot of fun writing these speeches and working out how to make people laugh or keep them listening, she says. 3

4 Kapi Continued Kapi Tawa Toastmasters special awards and cups were awarded to the following: George Nicholson Cup: Jill Sim. Most Improved Speaker: Betty Harris. Toastmaster of the Year: Jocelyn Syme. WELL DONE!!!! Upcoming Events Division E Club Leadership Training 2 nd Round The second round of Club Leadership Training is due to start in December Remember and Reflect Officer roles are multi-faceted. Many times, these positions involve behind-the-scenes work seldom realized or appreciated by members. Rarely do we do everything we re supposed to during our first six months in a role maybe not even in a whole year. Midyear training allows you to check in with others about all the duties involved in your position and to think about ways to handle them. Dates for Club Leadership Training Sunday 30 th January 2011, 9am Start Thursday 24 th February 2011, 5.30pm for 5.45pm Start Saturday 26 th February 2011, 9am Start 2011 Judging Workshops Following the excellent reception for the two judging workshops run recently (24 th and 28 th August 2010) we have decided that we will run similar workshops again prior to the next round of contests in early The dates and venues have been set as: Thursday 27 th January 2011 St Andrews on The Terrace, 5.30pm to 7.30pm Sunday 30 th January 2011 Wairarapa venue tba (following Club Leadership Training) Wairarapa venue TBA (followed by Judging Workshop) St Johns in the City Plimmerton / Porirua area venue TBA Word of Mouth Tune in to hear Toastmasters on Air... What is Toastmasters? What s in it for you? How do you join? Educational insights and interesting interviews... all on the airwaves around Wellington on a Saturday afternoon... Or feel free to listen to the last programme at your own convenience online at Alternatively, if you are keen to take up the opportunity to get involved then it would be great to hear from you. Enjoy the opportunity to learn about how radio works and what is done behind the scenes to provide people with information over the airwaves... Experiment with your creativity and put together interesting promos and segments of witty repartee... Deliver educational information with a strong focus on use of words and vocal variety... Be in on the ground floor and help develop a programme which gives people an opportunity to be on radio... Give Steve a call on or (04) , or us at info@toastmasterswellington.org.nz to find out more.

5 THE DIVISION TEAM CONTACT DETAILS: NOTE THIS IMPORTANT MATERIAL FOR YOU ALL A Discussion Paper with proposals for a realignment of some Divisions was available for review and feedback before Sunday 12th December This is of particular interest to Division E as all options involve a split of our division. Each year Districts are required to review and amend if necessary, the alignment of the clubs, areas, and divisions within their boundaries. The result is subject to the approval of the District Council at its annual business meeting in May. A number of factors are considered including the requirement that each area must have a minimum of four clubs and a maximum of six clubs. For the year District 72 Council approved a number of areas with three clubs recognising that each area had a club in formation or a club to be formed within one area, and one area with seven clubs, and an undertaking that a major review would be undertaken for the year. Past Distinguished District Governor Joy Ackrill is convenor of the District Alignment Committee. The committee has considered the problems and developed several options for realigning the divisions in the North Island. It does not believe any division changes are needed currently in the South Island. This newsletter is for all Division E Toastmasters. If you have anything to contribute for the next newsletter, please send it to me by NO LATER THAN 20 th January to: info@toastmasterswellington.org.nz Stephen Preston, Division E Public Relations Officer 5