Geelong Toastmasters Club

04/06/2026

Has anyone else felt the need to sneakily google a word or two during a speech 😅

When you realize a little backup might be a good idea. 👀

31/05/2026

Last Thursday we explored one of the most thought-provoking themes in personal development, confidence vs competence, with our word of the day: aptitude.

We were treated to two fantastic prepared speeches:
🎬 David took us on a journey with Ryan Gosling, Walter Mitty, and the leap of faith
💫 Toni asked the big question: what do we do to feel alive?

Awards of the night:
🏆 Best Speaker: Toni
🏆 Best Evaluator: Anya (in her first time as evaluator!)
🏆 Best Table Topics: Helen (a visitor tonight!)

We also held our committee elections for the coming year. We're thrilled to announce our new committee, formally taking over in July:

🔹 President: Elton
🔹 VP Education: Simone
🔹 VP Membership: Sue
🔹 VP Public Relations: Nina
🔹 Treasurer: Mansi
🔹 Secretary: Toni
🔹 Meeting Manager Coordinator: Winnie
🔹 Sergeant at Arms: Hao

There are some continuing from last year, some familiar faces in new roles, and some exciting new additions. 2026-27 is looking bright🌟

Our next meeting is in two weeks time, Thursday 11 June, 6:15pm for a 6:30pm start at the South Barwon Community Centre, 33 Mount Pleasant Rd, Belmont.

Hope to see you there! Members, please RSVP via Easyspeak- this will be open soon. If you'd like to attend as a guest, you're very welcome- please send us a DM or comment on this post to let us know you'll be coming.

25/05/2026

A reminder our next meeting is this week, Thursday 28th May, 6:15pm for a 6:30pm start at the South Barwon Community Centre, 33 Mount Pleasant Rd, Belmont.

Al welcome! Members please let us know you're coming and sign up for roles on Easyspeak- open now. Guests, also welcome- please send us a DM to let us know you'll be along.

17/05/2026

A huge shoutout to our very own Sue for representing our club in the Evaluation Competition at the District 73 annual conference in Melbourne today! 🎉

Competition was tough and just getting to that level takes incredible skill. Congratulations Sue and everyone else who competed this weekend! 👏

17/05/2026

We rolled out the red carpet last Thursday night at Toastmasters with our “Lights, Camera, Action!” theme, inspired by the recent Cannes Film Festival. Plenty of movie magic, great speeches, and award-worthy moments throughout the evening.

A warm welcome to Clint, who was inducted as a new member tonight. He jumped straight into the action as a Timer and we’re looking forward to hearing more from him in future meetings.

Our Toastmaster, Cyril, for the evening kept things moving smoothly between speakers with plenty of energy to keep the audience engaged.

We also welcomed several guests tonight, both new and returning. Thanks for joining us and we hope you enjoyed the meeting. If you scanned the QR code while you were there, we’ll be in touch with more information about membership. If not, send us a DM and we’ll happily point you in the right direction.

Big congratulations to our award winners for the evening:🏆 Best Speaker: David🏆 Best Evaluator: Sue🏆 Best Table Topics: Pam (guest)

Special mention to Pam for taking out Best Table Topics as a guest. Not a bad debut performance at all. Hollywood would probably already be discussing sequel rights.

Our next meeting is in two weeks’ time, Thursday 28 May, 6:15pm for a 6:30pm start at the South Barwon Community Centre, 33 Mount Pleasant Rd, Belmont. All welcome!

11/05/2026

Just a reminder our next meeting is this Thursday 14 May, 6:15pm for a 6:30pm start, at the South Barwon Community Centre, 33 Mount Pleasant Rd, Belmont.

Reminder to all members to RSVP via Easyspeak and sign up for roles if you haven't yet done so.

Guests are also welcome to attend. Please send us a DM or comment below to let us know to expect you.

Hope to see you then!

07/05/2026

Can anyone else relate? 🤣

02/05/2026

Just a reminder that the District 73 conference is coming up from 15-17 May in Glen Waverley. Sue from Geelong Toastmasters will be competing in the Evaluation competition at 9:30 Sunday morning the 17th.

Several people from our club are planning on attending. If you'd also like to come and support her, the link is below:

https://www.d73annualconference.org.au/

Drop us a DM or leave a comment if you're planning to attend as well. Be quick though! Ticket sales close on the 7th.

30/04/2026

We hit the high notes tonight (the theme was jazz....see what I did there)

Tonight at Toastmasters we welcomed Antonio as a new member. He got straight into it too, doing the Timer role for us tonight. Welcome Tony and we look forward to hearing more from you soon!

Christina did an entertaining job as Toastmaster tonight, keeping the audience entertained with various jazz-related facts between speakers.

Big congrats on Winnie for completing Level 1 of Pathways tonight too. For those unfamiliar with this, this comprises 5 speeches plus an evaluated evaluation speech (that last one takes a little bit to get your head around). It usually takes most people at least a year to work their way through this but is well worth it in terms of building your ability to confidently present in public.

We had five guests tonight, both new and returning. Welcome and we hope you enjoyed the meeting. If you scanned the QR code while you were here, we'll be in touch with more info on membership- if you didn't, send us a DM and we'll get that through to you.

Best speaker was Simone, best evaluator a tie between Nina/ Elton and best Table Topics Carlos, who was a guest tonight. Carlos had to go early and we didn't get to present his certificate to him, but in case he reads this, we'd love him to visit again, pick up his cert and treat us to another great Table Topics speech!

Next meeting is in two weeks time, Thursday 14 May, 6:15pm for a 6:30 start at the South Barwon Community Centre, 33 Mount Pleasant Rd, Belmont. All welcome!

27/04/2026

Just a reminder our next meeting is this week, Thursday April 30, 6:15pm for a 6:30pm start, at South Barwon Community Centre, 33 Mount Pleasant Rd, Belmont.

Guests welcome- please send us a DM or leave a comment so we know to expect you.

Hope to see you there!