Compass Toastmasters Club, Toowoomba

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Compass Toastmasters Club, Toowoomba

Like to improve your public speaking and leadership skills? We're here to help! We meet at 7pm on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month at Twba Library

13/04/2026

Happy Birthday Gary.

Facebook didn't tell me how old Gary is, but we all wish you a very happy birthday Gary, whatever chronological milestone you are achieving.

Panjang umurnya.

24/12/2025

Merry Christmas from everyone at Compass Toastmasters 🎄
We had a great night earlier this month enjoying a Christmas dinner, playing games, and spending time together. Thank you to all our members who make this club so special. Congratulations to everyone who has been working towards and reaching their goals this year. Looking forward to 2026!

25/11/2025

A competition to label the photo.

22/11/2025

Hello everyone, a lot has happened since our last post. Some significant points to recognise are:

Oct 25 Ken Saloman completed Leadership Development Level 3.
Sep 25 Dammika DeSilva completed Level 1 in Innovative planning pathway.
Jul 25 Adam Stewart completed Level 4 projects-Innovating Planning.
Club level international and table topics contest held on 28 Aug 25: International Speech - 1st place Karen Wright-Kay; 2nd place Gary Palmer placed.
Table topics competition - 1st place Karen Wright-Kay; 2nd place Gary Palmer; 3rd place Ken Saloman.

Club level evaluation and humorous contest held on 11 Sep 25:
Evaluation - 1st place - Russell Green, 2nd place - Karen Wright-Kay, 3rd place Ken Soloman.
Humorous contest 1st place - Martin Mulder, Second place - Patrick Murphy.

Area 12 conference held in the Toowoomba Library in Nov and was represented by Compass toastmasters.
Humorous contest - 1st place John Bushell and 3rd place Martin Mulder.
Evaluation contest - Russell Green was awarded 3rd place.

Congratulations to all contestants, that is a significant achievement.

24/05/2025

Apologies for not posting since March but I have been away travelling around our great country for a while! Since March, apart from our regular fortnightly meetings on the second and fourth Thursday of the month 23 students from Centenary Heights High School graduated from the Youth Leadership course we ran at the school. The graduation was a great success and it was wonderful to see the students graduate watched on by their family and friends. Thank you to Ken and all the other club members that made this event happen.

An upcoming event for our club is to host the Michael Mellick Contest on 31 May 25. We have three members competing, and our President has accepted the role of master of ceremonies! This will be a great contest, and it would be great if you were able to come along and support your club members participating in the contest.

On the 26 Jun 25 we will be having our annual Changeover Dinner at Urban Grounds Café, 210 Herries Street Toowoomba commencing 6:30PM. RSVP’s are requested by 5 Jun 25. As usual, this is expected to be an enjoyable evening, thank you to the organisers for this event.

Membership this year has been very strong. We conduct club meetings at 7pm every second and fourth Thursday of the month at the Toowoomba City Library. If your interest in Toastmasters is a recently new interest or if it is just something you have always wondered about, please reach out and we would be glad to explain a little about it. If you would like to come and visit one of our club meetings you would be most welcome.

12/03/2025

12 Mar 25

February was another good month for Compass Toastmasters. We commenced facilitating a Youth Leadership course at one of Toowoomba’s high schools. This course has been well attended by the students, and they have proven themselves to be capable and confident speakers. The 23 students will graduate from this course next week 18 Mar 25.

Compass Toastmasters organised and hosted the 2025 Western Division Conference at the Toowoomba City Library. The conference was well attended, and an enjoyable time was had by all.

We have had a number of new people enquire about the club and this has resulted in four new memberships. Welcome to those new members.

An upcoming event will be the Michael Mellick contest where contestants compete against other Toastmasters.

We conduct club meetings at 7pm every second and fourth Thursday of the month at the Toowoomba City Library. If your interest in Toastmasters is a recently new interest or if it is just something you have always wondered about, please reach out and we would be glad to explain a little about it, and if you would like to come and visit one of our club meetings you would be most welcome.

02/02/2025

02 Feb 25

Well, it has been a terrific start to 2025 after a nice break over the Christmas and New Year period. We have had our first club and business meeting for the year, and it looks to be a great year. Apart from the regular club meetings, upcoming events are club officer training in early February followed by the commencement of a Youth Leadership course for students at one of Toowoomba’s high schools.

Compass Toastmasters will also be hosting the Western Division Conference for 2025, and arrangements are underway for this.
We have a few new people showing interest in joining the club this year and they came to the club meeting in January. It was a good night which we all enjoyed.

If your interest in Toastmasters is a recently new interest or if it is just something you have always wondered about, please reach out and we would be glad to explain a little about it, and if you like to come and visit one of our club meetings you would be most welcome.

14/12/2024

15 Dec 24
This marks the end of another busy year for Compass Toastmasters. Summarising some of the major events that have occurred since June:

• We held the annual change over dinner in July marking the change over to the new committee.
• One of our long-term members, Barb, was presented with a Life Membership to Compass Toastmasters.
• The Toastmaster of the Year Award and the Nial Duncan Award were presented to members Adam and Martin respectively.
• Members continued progressing through Pathways and a number of Certificate of Completion were presented.
• We have had five new members join Compass Toastmasters since June. Welcome again Liam, Russell, Karen, Dammika and Paul.
• We hosted a number of visitors from other clubs at our club meetings.
• We had a number of members compete in the International Table Topics, Evaluation and Humorous Speech Contests.
• We conducted two Youth Leadership course in Toowoomba.
• We achieved a number of Distinguished Club Program goals.

It has been a great year and to mark the end of 2025, we held a club dinner at the Irish Club Toowoomba on 12 Dec 24. This was a well-attended social event and a good time was had by all!
In 2025, the Compass Toastmasters Club looks forward to hosting the Western Division Conference and our first club meeting for 2025 will be on 23 Jan 25.

If your interest in Toastmasters is a recently new interest or if it is just something you have always wondered about, please reach out and we would be glad to explain a little about it, and if you like to come and visit one of our club meetings you would be most welcome.

15/11/2024

15 Nov 24
September and October were another couple of busy months at Compass Toastmasters. Since our last post we have run six week Youth Leadership courses for students in two Toowoomba schools. These courses provide students with the opportunity to develop their leadership and public speaking skills.

Our club has achieved a number of Distinguished Club Program goals and expect to achieve more by the end of the period. We also continued organising to host the Western Division Conference in early 2025.

Additionally, we held club contests for evaluation, humorous and table topics. Maddi and Ellika and Maddi were successful in winning those contests and will go on to compete in the Area 12 Contest this weekend. Good luck Ellika and Maddi.

If you have any interest in developing your public speaking skills or if you are just interested in finding out what Toastmasters is about, please do not hesitate to reach out and make contact.

30/08/2024

August 24
Well, August has been another busy month at Compass Toastmasters. This month we welcomed two new members, Dammika and Paul.

During the month we hosted visitors from the Highfields Toastmaster Club to our club meetings, it was great to meet other members from other clubs.

Earlier in the month Maddi received a certificate for completing the Level 3 Presentation Mastery, Ellika received a certificate for completing Level 1 Presentation Mastery, and Daniel received a certificate for completing Level 3 Presentation Mastery. Ken was recognised for completing 15 years in Toastmasters, and Paul was recognised for completing 5 years in Toastmasters. All are significant milestones, well done everyone.

Later in the month members competed in the International Speech and Table Topics Speech Contest, with the winners going on to compete in the Area 12 contest on 16 Nov 24. Well done, Patrick, Martin, and Maddi.

Next month we have meetings on Thursday 12 Sep and the 26 Sep 24, 7pm to 9pm, with the meeting on the 26 Sep being a club contest for members to compete in the Evaluation and Humorous Contest. The winners of those contests will also go on to compete in the Area 12 contest on 16 Sep 24.

If your interest in Toastmasters is a recently new interest or if it is just something you have always wondered about, please reach out and we would be glad to explain a little about it, and if you like you could come and visit one of our club meetings you would be most welcome.

Address

Toowoomba, QLD
4350

Opening Hours

6:45pm - 9pm

Website

https://compass.toastmastersclubs.org/

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