UNSW Advanced Communicators (Toastmasters International)

UNSW TOASTMASTERS IS CURRENTLY CLOSED.

Unfortunately we currently lack experience and manpower to rebuild the club, and have stopped activities to revise the club.
Reason because key members including myself made career progression, and time and location makes it extremely difficult to commit to this club.
This club has impacted many members including us, and for such a great club we feel powerless not being able to bring it up. We do hope that some day, when the time is right we can put resources together to make this club a reality again.
Until then, if you wish to be involved with Toastmasters, do check their website to find one of many clubs that is convenient for you.

What's happening with the UNSW Toastmasters crews now??
We are currently joining this nearby club:
-Skyline Speakers club-
Location: Randwick Labor Club, 4th Floor (135 Alison Road, Randwick)
Meeting Times: Fortnightly, 1st & 3rd Thursday 6:00 pm (starts sharp)
Come along, everyone is very friendly and keen on personal development! We've been going regularly since September.

What's happening with the club itself?
We are currently closed. We are doing admin stuff to get it back up.
Thank you for your patience, we may take some more time.

For enquiries or if you want to join Skyline Speakers with us, contact: George 0414 330 703

Hello everyone who was once engaged with UNSW Toastmasters!

As you may know Toastmasters UNSW once closed down and we currently have a group of people who are keen to build it back up again. What's new though will be that it won't be just for UNSW students, we aim to have diverse meetings with staff, alumni and anyone in the community.

We are planning to restart club meetings on Tuesday nights 6:30-7:30 (due to change in the future), and would like to gage interest.
If you think you would be interested in becoming a member again if we rebuild the club then please let us know. Also if you are keen to help out with the set-up of the club we would be happy to have your hand! (We currently need help with making venue bookings etc).

It doesn't matter if you're not a student anymore, because I myself am graduating yet still keen to once again be in that friendly Toastmasters environment. We hope to develop more talent around UNSW! And it all starts from your help :)

Hello everyone,

Unfortunately Toastmasters UNSW has been declared closed.
It is not any one incident but an incremental decline in membership and members who could commit to making the club sustainable. We are sad that we cannot continue to help students improve public speaking and leadership through our experiential platform.

If you would like to find another club you can look up your most convenient club here:
http://reports.toastmasters.org/findaclub/

We wish you all the best for your personal development and hope that this closure does not affect your willingness to learn these valuable skills.

Find a Club - Toastmasters International Use the Find a Club tool on the Toastmasters Web site to find club near you.

Hello everyone.

There has been some confusion about the starting date of the Toastmasters meetings. The meetings has not started yet due to the club currently restructuring with the Toastmasters guidelines to completely renew it's operating styles.
We cannot really promise you any date at the moment although the UNSW Toastmasters club is definitely going to be there for you to provide the opportunity to develop as leaders and advanced communicators.
We are sorry for any inconvenience it is causing, and hope that we will be able to restart as soon as possible so that you can enjoy your time with us!

To fellow Toastmasters,
UNSW Toastmasters is slowly acquiring energy after a long hibernation. It is about to burst with high zest and bring everyone the weekly meetings we had enjoyed.

We will be restarting mid-late March, until then there is another event that will entertain and inspire you to become good speakers. It takes getting in front of a good speaker yourself to truly be inspired to appreciate the effect of an excellent speaker.

The contest chair will be UNSW Toastmaster's member George Deak, come along and cheer for him and be entertained at the same time!!
There will be a $15 entry fee although dinner meal will be provided and you will be satisfied in many different ways!
You can contact [email protected] or George on 0414 330 703 for more information. Don't miss out!!

**** Toastmasters will go on a break ****
We had a very refreshing week 13 meeting as we enjoyed just one session containing a game and Table Topics with a twist. The game was dancing on the moves with our Bollywood dancer Agam!! Who would have known Toastmasters would turn into a Bollywood dancing session!!
In our impromptu table topics we got into teams and versed each other with strong restrictions: no ums/urs, cannot pause longer than 2 seconds, cannot go off topic and have to answer an impromptu question talking until the 1 minute count. What a tough game that was!!
As we finished we reflected on our progress and personal feelings towards Toastmasters and it got a little emotional. We're glad we are all here for the same reasons and all have incredible friendship and love!!
The gavel hit the close of the meeting and we close for Semester 2 2013.

What next?

__During the break:
We are planning of having a social event! Possibly Sometime in November. We are open to options so please let us know which interests you!
-paintball!!
-karaoke and dinner!!

__Next year:
We will restart most likely next year. It could be January or February depending on member's preference and manpower.

Thank you to our Area Governor Mathi for your club visit! We are glad to have you overseeing our meeting and help us thrive as a club!!

Hello hello!!
We just finished our week 12 meeting, it was a very relaxing one where we took turn in our warm up game and evaluating each other in the table topics speeches. Agam suggested dancing Bollywood style for our warm up game, John needed to prepare his speech and statement beforehand, Daniel congratulations for completing the Competent Communicator manuel!! Linda great suggestion for a Toastmasters social event (maybe paintball), and Brian nice anticlimax in your speech!

So we decided to have next week's meeting (week 13) to be a semester 2 closing ceremony type meeting as we temporarily have a break. We will be doing something different! It will be more casual with the purpose of relaxing and just having fun. Everyone needs a break from all the hard work, so come along and enjoy the atmosphere here!
Wednesday, 30th Oct, 6:30-8pm at quad1047

Hello Toastmasters!!

Meetings are there for people to go to, it is about people coming together with a common interest and achieving something. Week 12, we have a meeting. We will come together for a common interest of developing ourselves and will have that feeling of accomplishment as we put ourselves on the stage in front of the audience, and learn to public speak with confidence!

Wednesday 6:30-8:30pm at quad1047 is where we are meeting, and of course we will have our warm up game, small roles, speeches for members, evaluations and many other roles that adds crispiness to the meeting!

At the moment we have many roles still open, please reply to this facebook message or email to do a role on the day!!!

Hi Everyone,

Just another friendly reminder that there is no UNSW Toastmasters meeting this week.
Although do come along to the Area 1 Contest held in the Telstra building tonight!!!

John Phung our President of our club, is also the Area 1 Governor.
He is holding the Area 1 Contest where contestants who won their club contest are representing their club to compete at the next level, Area.

If you want to witness how the speakers perform with Table Topics Contest and Humorous contest, come along!! Flyers attached for details.

@@ 11 meeting postponed!!!@@@

We have decided to postpone the week 11 meeting due to most key organisers being unable to attend.
That means there is NO MEETING in week 11, please don't come because we won't be there!
We will come back for a meeting at week 12. Have a good rest, prepare your speeches and we shall see you then!!