The Making of an Advance Club

By Rod Neucom DTM   I have no doubt that there are lots of Toastmasters in lots of places who have pondered whether to start or join what is euphemistically called … an Advance Club… Well the first thing you have to ask yourself is … why? Or perhaps if you suffer...

Succession Planning

Organisations know that losing effective leaders or managers with their experience, product knowledge and contacts can have a big impact on the company’s performance. They also know that, for various reasons such as career advancement, health, retirement, people will...

Succession Planning

Organisations know that losing effective leaders or managers with their experience, product knowledge and contacts can have a big impact on the company’s performance. They also know that, for various reasons such as career advancement, health, retirement, people will...

Letter to the Editor

Here is Chris Parminter’s letter to the editor which appeared in this month’s Toastmaster Magazine. Dear Sir Would you consider publishing this letter in a future edition of “The Toastmaster” magazine please? Worth its weight in Gold I joined Toastmasters...

Special Award

A special entry to our District’s Hall of Fame. This was presented to Aro Kia in PNG for the year 2013-14 a special District Governor’s Award for Excellence for her work in expanding the number of clubs in PNG. Aro’s tremendous energy and effort together...

Eastern Division

EASTERN DIVISION, DISTRICT 69, BRISBANE The Eastern Division of District 69, is diverse and quite spread out (within a city) covering a large area from Bulimba in the north to Beaudesert in the South, Wynnum in the east to Kenmore in the west. The Division has 6 Areas...

Toastmasters Core Values

In case you were wondering, like me (ed), here are the TI core values.  Check out the TI website. Mission, Values and Envisioned Future The mission statements, the value statement and envisioned future succinctly express the function of each organizational...