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24/06/2025

After taking the King's Birthday off, Toorak Toastmasters came back for Monday 23 June! We had a brilliant line-up of speakers. Patrick told us how to manage stress. Our president Heather Yu told us about the troubles one faces working in early childhood care. And Natali made a big speech today to finish her whole Pathways course!

If you're interested in improving your public speaking, Toorak Toastmasters meets on the second and fourth Monday of every month at the Grattan Gardens Community Centre. For more information see: https://tooraktoastmasters.toastmastersclubs.org/

18/04/2025

We had another bumper meeting this Monday. Our club president Heather Yu gave a last minute speech on how to keep young children engaged. Petra showed us how a picture very rarely contains 1000 words. And has begun a new Pathways course, and presented her ice-breaker speech on picking your ambitions.

If you want to become more confident and capable at public speaking, planning, and leadership, come join us at Toorak Toastmasters. Our next meeting is April 28 7pm at the Grattan Gardens Community Centre.

For more information, visit our website: https://tooraktoastmasters.toastmastersclubs.org/

27/03/2025

We had Labor Day off, but Toorak Toastmasters came roaring back this Monday. We were packed with guests — including a visit from our Area Director Laura Martin!

We got three great speeches from our guests. Our president Heather Yu gave a speech on making your voice heard. Sina Zhang continued her motivational strategies speech pathway. And Michael Taylor gave two speeches off the top of his head.

If you want to get more confident speaking, feel free to walk into Toorak Toastmasters at the Grattan Gardens Community Centre!

Our next meeting is next Monday, the 31st of March.

For more information, see: https://tooraktoastmasters.toastmastersclubs.org/

05/03/2025

Another great meeting at the Grattan Gardens Community Centre. We had moving personal stories from two of our regulars, Delphine and the president of our club Heather.

Just a reminder, there will be NO meeting on 10 March, the Labour Day public holiday.

Our next meeting will be on Monday 24 March, and then we’ll have a meeting the very next week on the 31 March. Feel free to walk on into the Grattan Gardens Community Centre at 7pm!

For more information, see our website: https://tooraktoastmasters.toastmastersclubs.org/

18/02/2025

New Year, new venue, but Toorak Toastmasters is in its same old tip form.

Our new venue in the the Grattan Gardens Community Centre was full to bursting with guests and regulars, all eager to hone their public speaking in 2025.

We had an inspiring speech from our long-time regular Matthew Morrison, an incisive evaluation from our very own Mike Knowles.

If want to improve your public speaking, leadership, or planning skills, come to our next meeting on Monday 24 January 7pm to 9pm at the Grattan Gardens Community Centre.

No need to contact ahead of time. Just walk right in.

For more information go to: https://tooraktoastmasters.toastmastersclubs.org/

23/12/2024

Dear All,

We are excited to announce that after receiving the go-ahead from members and the committee, it has been decided that from 2025, our new venue will be the Grattan Gardens Community Centre (GGCC) in Prahran. It is located at 40 Grattan St, Prahran VIC 3181, near the corner of Commercial Road and Grattan Street, not far from Greville Street.

Our last meeting at the Australian Nurses Memorial Centre (ANMC) was this past Monday 9 December for our Christmas celebration. It was lovely to see many of you there.

This decision has been made to address rising costs at the ANMC and presents an opportunity to make a new space of our own in Prahran. The venue has the capacity for our meetings throughout the 2025 calendar year, as well as the ability to utilise larger spaces for special functions. Our sister club, South Yarra Toastmasters, will also be joining us at GGCC on their scheduled day.

It is important to note we are retaining meetings on the 2nd and 4th Mondays in the month. Our first meeting for 2025 will be on Monday 10 February 2025 at the new venue GGCC.

The committee is looking forward to this next phase in Toorak and South Yarra’s journey and we can’t wait to continue to flourish in Prahran.

We wish you all a happy and safe festive period and can't wait to welcome you to our new venue.

Kind regards,

Toorak Toastmasters Committee

Getting there

Venue: Grattan Gardens Community Centre - 40 Grattan St, Prahran VIC 3181. Google Maps can be accessed here.

Parking: While car parking is limited, if members arrive at 6:30 pm, the clearway on Commercial Road finishes and there will be plenty of spots. Also, we will have a couple of passes to use the parking at Grattan Gardens Community Centre (They will issue passes that we can display). There is also available street parking in the surrounding area, and members will need to be mindful of parking restrictions set by the Stonnington Council.

Trains: Prahran Station on the Sandringham Line is a 5-minute walk away.

Trams: Commercial Road (Route 72) and Chapel St (Route 78) trams are nearby.

Buses: The 604 along Commercial Road and the 246 along Punt Road are also an option.

29/11/2024

Toorak Toastmasters is celebrating the holiday season with our Christmas Party! Join us on 9 December 7pm for a night of table topics, free pizza, and socialising.

BYO (non-alcoholic) drinks and snacks, and feel free to bring a friend!

The venue is the Australian Nurses Memorial, 11/431 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004.

Hope to see you there!

13/11/2024

A packed meeting this Monday, on the theme of well-being! Thanks to our Toastmaster for the night Apurv for sprinkling in little nuggets of science about well-being.

As usual, the first half of our meeting is impromptu speaking. Even our guests felt confident enough to get up and say a few words off the top of their heads.

We had a full slate of prepared speeches by members. Natali practised her project management, getting us all hyped for a Guisness World Record. Michael Taylor gave a snippet of his podcast. And Matthew showed us how to apply change management to life’s big changes.

If you’re interested in gaining confidence in public speaking, feel free to walk on in to our next meeting. Details can be found on our website: https://tooraktoastmasters.toastmastersclubs.org/

29/10/2024

Another packed meeting for Toorak Toastmasters!

We even had our Toastmasters Area Director Laura, and our District Director David!

Members practiced speeches for all occasions. Stephanie practised a toast for her two favourite people, Rick gave us a history-spanning overview of what makes good PR, and Rich taught us the value of keeping a level head in high-pressure situations.

Do you want to be more comfortable when speaking. Toorak Toastmasters can give you a safe and positive environment to practise for a wide variety of speaking occasions.

If you’re interested, just visit our website: https://tooraktoastmasters.toastmastersclubs.org/

20/10/2024

After two months of contests, we’re back to regular meetings. In our first meeting in October, we had three high quality speeches from long-time members, Stephanie Hume, Matthew Morrison and Michael Taylor.

Our next meeting will be on October 28th 7pm at the Australian Nurses Memorial. Feel free to walk on in! Australian Nurses Memorial Centre, Fawkner Towers, 11/431 St. Kilda Rd

Our website: https://tooraktoastmasters.toastmastersclubs.org/

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11/431 St Kilda Road
Melbourne, VIC
3004

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http://tooraktoastmasters.toastmastersclubs.org/

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