The Aims
Of Glen Waverley
Toastmasters Club Inc
The aims of our Club are to help our members to:
- Improve their abilities to communicate effectively
- Listen and to read analytically
- Undergo leadership training
- Appear before audiences and to creditably express their thoughts
- Obtain fair and constructive evaluation of their efforts toward self-improvement
- Have access to educational materials and opportunities which will give them
skill and experience in the preparation and delivery of speeches
- Increase their knowledge of the rules of parliamentary procedure and their skills in conducting meetings, particularly in group discussions
You - The Member
Toastmasters International is dedicated to assisting individual
members in their personal development through the arts of listening,
thinking and speaking.
To
make the most of this opportunity, come to meetings and give apologies
when you cannot. Participate and offer your enthusiasm, other members
will be encouraged by your interest. Give the same support that
you would like to receive. Show appreciation and applaud when appropriate.
Toastmasters is a self-help program, where you learn by participation.
As the great Roman statesman Cicero said: “the skill to do
comes from doing.” Don’t wait for the VPE to schedule
you, volunteer for a role or to give a prepared speech. Other members
want you to succeed and will be supportive.
Public Speaking Melbourne
Service, Excellence,
Integrity and Respect
Location
While being located in Mount Waverley, in the City of Monash, Glen Waverley Toastmasters Club
attracts People and Guests from many of Melbourne's South Eastern Suburbs.
Our membership is not limited to the
Mount Waverley
and Glen Waverley areas,
so everyone is welcome!
A Typical Meeting
Our meetings open with a call to order by the Sergeant
at Arms. The Chairman
then opens the meeting, welcomes guests and with the help of the
Toastmaster,
makes any changes to the program for the night. The Chairman then
calls upon a member to inspire the meeting with a short Inspiration.
The Toastmaster
The Toastmaster
of the evening is introduced by the Chairman and acts as a genial
host and runs the program. The Toastmaster
commences his/her part of the program with a round robin, which
relates to the theme of the evening. Visitors are invited to participate
if they wish.
Table Topics
Table Topics
(or impromptu speaking) follows. The Toastmaster introduces the
Table Topics Master for the night. The Table Topics Master: prepares
a set of short questions designed to stimulate and develop impromptu
speaking skills. Usually the topic is announced first, in the form
of a question and then the respondent’s name is called where
he or she is asked to give a mini speech regarding the topic in
the form of an answer. These mini speeches range from 60 to 90 seconds
and are evaluated at the end of the Table Topics session.
Formal Part of the Evening
At Glen Waverley Toastmasters Club we start the prepared speeches
before the normal business session. After the first two speeches
have concluded, the Toastmaster hands back to the Chairman to run
the Business Session, after which we break for supper.
After Supper we continue with the prepared speeches. After all
prepared speeches have concluded, we move into the speech evaluations.
The final part of the evening is an overall evaluation of the program
by the General Evaluator and their helpers.
The evening concludes with the presentation of awards and announcements
by the Chairman.
