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Hi! We meet every Tuesday between 1:00pm – 2:00pm via Zoom. Toastmasters began as a series of speaking clubs organized by Ralph C. Ralph C. Smedley died in 1965.

"Our members learn by doing with constructive feedback"

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LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/macquarie-park-toastmasters-club Smedley during his time working for the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. As director of education at the YMCA, Smedley saw a need for the men in the community to learn how to spea

k, conduct meetings, plan programs and work on committees, and he wanted to help them. Smedley decided to organize a club where they could learn these skills in a social environment, and the men responded well to the concept. He named the group the Toastmasters Club; "toastmaster" was a popular term that referred to a person who gave toasts at banquets and other occasions. The first unofficial Toastmasters meeting was held on March 24, 1905. Much like Toastmasters meetings today, the participants took turns leading and speaking at each meeting. Smedley and the older, more experienced men evaluated short speeches, while the younger men were invited to join in the evaluations. However, as Smedley was offered positions at other YMCAs in Illinois and later, in San Jose, California, the fledgling clubs lacked leadership and did not flourish. Smedley began working at the newly organized YMCA in Santa Ana, California, in 1922, and for the first two years, his time was spent building a home for the organization. However, his passion to help others learn to speak and lead remained. Once the new YMCA building was christened in April of 1924, he was able to introduce the idea of Toastmasters to his colleagues, and organize the Toastmasters club that eventually became Club No. 1 of Toastmasters International. The first meeting was held at the YMCA building on October 22, 1924. Word spread about Smedley's Toastmasters clubs and soon people in surrounding communities and other states were asking how they could start their own club. To save time replying to the many letters and inquiries he was receiving, Smedley wrote the "Manual of Instructions" and "Ten Lessons in Public Speaking," which he had printed and bound in paper covers. On October 25, 1928, he secured copyrights on the publications and trademarked the name "Toastmasters Club." By 1930, nearly 30 Toastmasters clubs had formed including a club in British Columbia, Canada. To reflect expansion outside of the United States, the newly formed association was re-named Toastmasters International. Two years later, in 1932, Toastmasters International was incorporated as a California non-profit organization and Smedley took on the positions of Secretary and Editor of the new association. He resigned as YMCA Secretary in 1941 to devote more time to Toastmasters. Through the war years, he operated the organization out of a small office. When the war ended, a new Secretary, Ted Blanding, replaced Smedley and remained active as Educational Director for the rest of his life, as well as a permanent member of the Board of Directors. A series of rented office spaces in Southern California served as Toastmasters International's headquarters until 1962, when the staff moved into the first World Headquarters building in Santa Ana, not far from the YMCA where the first Toastmasters club met. In 1970, Toastmasters International admitted its first female member, Helen Blanchard, under the name Homer Blanchard. In 1973, Toastmasters began officially admitting women, and in 1985, Helen became Toastmasters' first female international president. Terrence McCann, an Olympic wrestler, was chosen in 1975 to serve as the Executive Director of Toastmasters International, a position he held until 2001. He was replaced by Donna Groh (2001–2008) and then Daniel Rex (2008 to present).

03/10/2021

Have you got goals you want to achieve, but what's holding you back is your fear of starting because you think you need to be extraordinary people need to start. Well just to know, every champion had to start somewhere!

02/10/2021

Hello everyone! Our president Andrew Ko shared his speech announcing a mentorship program in toastmasters for those who are interested in improving their speaking skills. 🤗 🤗

12/08/2021

Hello fellow Toastmasters and guest!

Hello fellow Toastmasters and guests! Tomorrow at 12:30pm - 1:00pm, Mark Tannen the champion of Public Speaking Semi-Finalist 2020 will be presenting on "how to engage your audience" where he will give advice to viewers on to improve in your public speaking skills and to get your audience to be interested in what you are presenting! 😃

Please feel free to join us on zoom we would love to see you there!! 🙏

Link: http://fdnet.work/d70-punchwhileumunch

03/12/2020

Mark Tannen recently presented a 20 minute keynote at a Rotary Club as part of the Rotary and Toastmaster Alliance .

To know more about the alliance and how it can help you, see the links below

https://lnkd.in/ezW6sQx
https://lnkd.in/gVP_4Xk

Tonight 's guest speaker will be Mark Tannen. Mark is a real estate auctioneer and has been a member of Toastmasters since 2011. Mark is on a mission to help anxious people speak with confidence in public and to share real life messages that can help impact the world for the better. Join us Rydges Parramatta 6 for 6.30pm start.

23/09/2020

What an amazing meet- 22nd Sept 2020

Jawad Shinwari with doing a stellar job chairing the meeting in his first time itself and ensuring great coordination during the meet.

Andrew Ko with providing us book review and some astonishing facts .All the more reason for us to pick that book an read

Sai Krishna with engaging and fun table topics .Great energy everyone for the impromtu talk

Nitya Kanjarla with suberb speech on importance of having mentors in life. What an amazing delivery, presentation and eye-contact. Great work!

Peter Koorey with great speech content and ex*****on as always. The speech kept audience engaged throughout .

Janet and Jiapeng Zhu with really good evaluation and providing recommendations to the speakers on how to further improve the speech delivery .

Terry Carter with engaging and humorous pop-quiz to find out how attentive participants were to the speakers ,which would ensure the skill of active listening is fortified.

Looking forward to next week Speech Marathon!!

15/09/2020

Great meet everyone -15th Sept 2020

Peter Koorey with amazing table topics with Harry Potter theme for us to think on our feet and speak in relation to the impromptu questions ,which required us to imagine we were part of the world of wizardry!!

Andrew Ko with great speech on our communication style and how best to speak to others understanding their own style of communication

Jawad Shinwari with very inspiring speech on importance of dreams and what it takes to achieve them through his personal account. Great job Jawad.

June Chan and Peter Koorey with really good evaluations and providing feedback to the speakers for further improvement in their subsequent speeches.

Malika Krishnadasan with ensuring everyone is actively listening through fun pop-quiz!!

Looking forward to the next meet!!

28/08/2020

Great feedback from Arthur, who is a veteran at Toastmasters and a great public-speaker(below is his linkedin profile for those of you who want to know more)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-ware-2b688028/

Thanks Arthur for sharing your opinion.
Yes,Mark's speech was outstanding.

We look forward to many more speeches from Mark and will support him throughout his Toastmasters journey.

26/08/2020

Speech Marathon!
What an exciting session today !

Jawad Shinwari ,Mark Tannen,Abigail S. Urmeneta, CFA ,Sai Krishna with great speeches.

Peter Koorey with chairing the session superbly

Neil McMULLEN who was the Toastmasters for today ensuring smooth transition between the speeches

Andrew Ko, Makafui Cudjoe,Dilan and Jiapeng Zhu with really good evaluations on the speeches and provide feedback

Terry Carter with very well laid out general evealuation so everyone can benefit from that.

Overall superb session today. Great job everyone!!

Photos from Macquarie Park Toastmasters's post

20/08/2020

Join us for an unprecedented virtual learning opportunity!!

https://lnkd.in/euAqEBD

13/08/2020

Hi All,

Mark Tannen ,President of Macquarie park Toastmasters club , would be competing in the semi-finals of the the 2020 'World Championship of Public Speaking'

Support your semifinalist!!!

Experience the online excitement as the semifinalists compete against contestants from around the world for the chance to win the 2020 World Championship of Public Speaking®.

All the best Mark Tannen!! :)

Registration link to watch the event is below

Toastmasters International -2020 Convention Semifinals Toastmasters International holds an annual convention

11/08/2020

What a great meeting today! 11-Aug-2020.

Jiapeng Zhu (Jim) with Chairing today's meet fabulously.

Peter Koorey with his amazing read/ recite that had humour.

Charan Giriyapura Ravi with well prepared table topics questions .Superbly executed for the 1st time!

Andrew Ko with really good evaluations on table topics we can learn from and apply.

Abigail S. Urmeneta, CFA and Malika Krishnadasan with 2 amazing and confident speeches!!
From the speech preparedness to content to presentation, you guys had it all!

Great feedback to the speakers on points of improvement from Neil and Janet.

Congratulations everyone.

Thanks Jawad and Olga(her 2nd meet) for their great valuable feedback.

We look forward to seeing you next week

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