The Hills Toastmasters Club

Have you ever wanted to know what Toastmasters is all about. If you wish to:

- meet new people
- prepare for a presentation
- give a celebratory speech

The opportunity has arrived.

Come along for your complimentary visit tomorrow night. You will be warmly welcomed in a friendly environment.

Happy 12th birthday Hills Toastmasters. What an amazing meeting it was. We celebrated with cake, champagne and chocolate. Thank you President Lynette for supplying the cake.

We had a number of surprises - 4 guests and a visitor. Rick and Evan from Mornington, Kirsty from Croydon and surprise visit from Wayne A'Vard on zoomwho was a founding member and Susan in the USA, also joined via zoom. We had a first time visitor Edith.

Stephen, a founding member and 1st president of the club, gave us a wonderful tribute down memory lane about how the club came about and its growth, with contributions from Annie and Wayne, also foundng members. Lynette spoke on her vision for the future of the club which was inspiring.

It's great to see Leroy, a past President back from Parental leave. He's contributions are always insightful.

A great night was had by all.🎉🎉🎉🎂🎂🎂🥂🥂

Just a reminder to all Toastmasters, if you need to present some speeches to complete your Pathway, there's a spot waiting for you at the Hills.

Our next meeting is on Wednesday 18th April. We are a hybrid club so zoom is available. Drop in and see what we are all about.

DM for the details. Look forward to seeing you.

Onwards and upwards. 😁 Happy birthday Hills 🎂 🥳

DOUBLE CELEBRATIONS 🎂🥂🎉 at the Hills Toastmasters Club this coming Wednesday 1st April.

Firstly two of our superstar members, Donna and Nikki competed in the Ranges Division contest recently. It was a tough contest with many seasoned competitors. Donna competed in Table Topics and Nikki in Humorous. Both are winner's for reaching this point in particular as they have only been in Toastmasters less than 12 months. To get through club and area contest to get to Division is a major achievement - well done and congratulations to you both.

Secondly, we are celebrating our 12th birthday and looking forward to welcoming some visitors and potential new members.

We invite you to come along. You may even enjoy a piece of cake, and also learn the benefits of joining Toastmasters to gain more confidence, improve your communication and interpersonal skills in a warm, friendly environment. Each meeting is the cost of a cup of coffee, but the first few meetings are complimentary. Hope to see you Wednesday and help us celebrate! 🎉🎉🎉

We are located at the Emerald Hub, 400A Belgrave-Gembrook Rd Emerald. Time 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start.

Enquiries pls contact Annie 0418 950 621

Happy Monday...

One of our rising stars, Nikky is proud to be a Toastmaster. Nikky currently holds the added role of secretary on the Exec committe and attended the free training on Saturday in Warragul to enhance her leadership skills she already has. Nikky is holding the new timing lights that were timely needed. Thank you Kevin.

Just a reminder that the Hills Toatmasters are resuming this coming Wednesday at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. Please come along and see what Toastmasters is all about and how we can help you grow into a more confident person in a warm, welcoming environment.

Also if you are a current member at another club you are more than welcome to present a speech at the Hills to help complete you're Pathway. Just let us know the date you would like to attend.

Address: 400 Emerald Belgrave Rd Emerald.

Toastmasters where leaders are made. 🎤🎤

Happy New year from the members of the Hills. Hope you had a great Christmas break with your family and friends. A few of the members got together in the New Year for a catchup before we get stuck in to Toastmasters.

Did you make a New Year's resolution? Wanting to build confidence, improve your public speaking skills or communication and interpersonal skills in a warm, welcoming, diverse environment.

You can gain all these skills for less than the cost of your favourite latte per meeting.

Please come along on the 4th and Enjoy a couple of complimentary visits to see if it meets your requirements. We are at the Emerald Hub in Emerald or contact Annie on 0418 950 621 with any enquiries.

Our club has had many successes this year including a very successful contest season with some of our members moving onto Division. Our membership is also growing. We all look forward to a bigger and better year next year.

We will be having a break and resuming our club meetings on Wednesday, 4th February.

If anyone is nearing completion of their pathway more than welcome to present at the Hills. Is your new years resolution to overcome your fear of public speaking - there's no better place to start then at the Hills in a warm, welcoming environment - visitors most welcome.

We are located at the Emerald Hub, Emerald. Plesse contact Annie on 0418950621 with any enquiries.

From the executive and the members we wish you all a wonderful Christmas and a Happy, joyful and healthy new year.

Last night the Hills hosted the R36 Area contest for the first time. The contests held were the International and Evaluation contests. We heard some amazing inspirational speeches which were all of a high standard. Winners were:

International
1st - Linda Black
2nd -Malcom Brown
3rd - Quing Liang

Evaluation
1st - Hannah Bloomfield
2nd - Linda Black
3rd - Lynette de Valle

John from Rowville was the test speaker. He took us on a journey to Vietnam and Danced with the Dragon. Thank you John for presenting you're very entertaining speech.

Congratulations to all the. Contestants especially our Lynette. It was a very strong contest as was International.

Thank you also to chief judge Simon Lakey, all the judges, timers, counters, ushers and support people. It was good to see the ladies from Wandin, Nola Sharp , Marlene Sinclair and Ronece Dobrowolski.

And of course many thanks to Area Director Sam Sassin who was contest chair. She deserves great credit for encouraging the
Hills to compete initially at club level where we had great results in Area with Nikki and Donna going through Division. Thanks Sam.

Thank you also to the Hills members for providing a scrumptious supper. Everyone was having such a good time we went well overtime. We had a terrific turnout.

Our final normal meeting for the year will be on the 3rd December where we will finish off with a blast. All welcome. We will resume on 3rd February 2026.

We meet at the Emerald Hub in Emerald at 7.15pm for 7.30 start. If you're looking for a 2nd club please consider us or welcome to visit. Lots of opportunity to present a speech.

Recently 3 of our members attended and competed in the R36 Area Contest. Nikki competed in the Humourous Contest and Donna and Stephen in Table Topics.

I'm thrilled to announce that Nikki won Humourous with her amazing speech Calisthenics and Donna came second in Table Topics. Stephen did us proud as well. In fact I am so proud of all of our members. Nikki has only been in Toastmasters 4 months and Donna 12 months. We are a small club and to take out two of the honours is fantastic!!! Congratulations to you all. Fabulous effort!!

Come along and see what all the fun is about and also build confidence as well. We meet on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month at the Hills Hub in Emerald. Please call Annie on 0418 950 621 with any enquiries.

Our next meeting will be held on the 19th of November where we will be holding the Area 36 International and evaluation contest. Come along and hear some wonderful speeches. You will be warmly welcomed.

Recently we had our first contest covering humorous and table topics. Winners in humorous were:

1st. Nikki Thompson
2nd. Kirsten Leah

Table Topics

1st Stephen Leake
2nd Lynette de Valle
3rd Donna McDonald

Congratulations to you all. They now move on to the Area Contest in November. Many thanks to Area Director Samantha Sasin as contest chair and Division Director Simon Lakey as Chief Judge. Very privileged to have you both supporting us. Also thanks to Krista as timer, all our judges and counters. Congratulations to Kirsten for co-ordinating the contest. Well done. Special mention to Rowville Rafters for helping us get the contest off the ground. So very much appreciated. It was a very successful evening.

We meet every 1st and 3rd Wednesday at 7.30 at the Hills Hub in Emerald. Please come along and see how you can improve your confidence and leadership skills.

Meeting postponed! As an apology, please enjoy this meme with puppies 😆🥹
Due to a few factors, tonight’s meeting has been postponed to 5th February. Apologies for any inconvenience and we hope to see you there!

Members: be sure to RSVP on EasySpeak and assign yourself roles and speeches - the whole point is to get up and practice, right? 😜

Happy New Year! 🥳

Who’s excited for 2025? Who’s glad to see the back of 2024??

The Hills Toastmasters Club reconvenes for our first meeting this Wednesday 15 January, 7:30pm at The Hills Hub in Emerald. The meeting theme is New Year Bingo - perhaps a more achievable goal than a New Year’s resolution?

If improving your communication skills, building your business or connecting with the local community is on your bingo card for this year, come along and meet the fabulous people at The Hill’s Toastmasters Club!

See you there?