U-CAN-SPEAK @ Avonhead has been chartered!

World Headquarters have just confirmed that U-CAN-SPEAK @ Avonhead is now an official Toastmasters club! The new club is registered with Toastmasters International effective from the 21. June 2015 and with club number 3234456.

U-CAN-SPEAK @ Avonhead is a joint venture of the U-CAN-SPEAK Club and Avonhead Toastmasters. The club meets weekly on Tuesdays starting at 6pm and will soon move to Dovedale Village at the College of Education. Additionally, our existing Thursday meetings in Kirkwood Village are also run under the roof of U-CAN-SPEAK @ Avonhead.

The mind boggles

Three awards earned during one meeting! This is how it works: Ross gave his 10th speech, achieving his well-deserved Competent Communicator award! Joanna, whose CC certificate finally arrived in the mail, already gave her first advanced speech, the speech to inform!

U-CAN-SPEAK at the Toastmasters New Zealand Convention

Te Ara Whakamua – The Path Forward

This was the theme of the Toastmasters New Zealand Spring Convention this weekend. Ingenious speakers, high quality educationals and 300 Toastmasters from all of New Zealand – this is what makes district conventions always an invaluable experience.

Our delegate Timm

A Sensational Educational & Awards, Awards, Awards

Why evaluate? Who benefits? How to evaluate? And when? These are the core questions our absolutely awesome Assistant Division Governors Rob and Mark raised and which members of the U-CAN-SPEAK Club along with four enthusiastic guests found compelling answers to.

Assistant Division Governor Mark delivered an outstanding educational on effective evaluation techniques.

Assistant Division Governor Rob delivered an outstanding educational on effective evaluation techniques.

Dwayne, Club President Jess, Timm and Steph, the U-CAN-SPEAK Toastmasters of the Year.

Jono presents Dwayne’s CL certificate.

U-CAN-SPEAK: A Unique Success Story

The U-CAN-SPEAK Club is looking back to an extremely successful year:

Akshay, VP Public Relations, highlighted the very successful promotion of the club on campus during clubs’ days and open nights. As Dwayne detailed in his membership report, with gaining 22 new members in the current year, U-CAN-SPEAK is the third most attractive Toastmasters club to new members in all of New Zealand! The club also succeeded with increasing the student proportion among its members significantly. VP Education Timm shared the great news that of all 300 Toastmasters clubs in the country, the U-CAN-SPEAK Club belongs to the top 10 best performing Toastmasters clubs, having earned the highest possible recognition President’s Distinguished Club after only 10 months!