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Monday, February 5, 2018
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Club
Meeting Number 1: 10 January 2017
Club
Members and visitors were rolling in euphoria
at our first meeting for 2017. Thank you to Nicholas Mitchell who was Toastmaster of the day, he kept us all excited
and interested during the course of the evening. Well done and thank you Angela Rogers, Marianah Lourens and Glenis Whitehead the speakers who made the
evening beautiful and meaningful through their speeches. Not forgetting all the
role players for the evening Plaxcedes
Ndhlovu, Emmy Nxayeka, Natalie Van Aardt and Zanele Hartmann.
“My,
oh my!” we had our share of listening to beautiful language usage. Let me share some with you :-)
Congratulations
to our visitor Thando Koyana who won
Best Table Topics and Glenis Whitehead
who won Top Toastie.
Thank
you to everyone for the special evening. Best wishes for 2017. Be kind to one
another. Till next time.
Be
Blessed
Zanele
Hartmann
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Happy
2017 Everyone.
In
our final meeting last year Ricky Woods did
the Toast and she talked about Hope.
The
definition of Hope is: "The feeling that what is wanted can be had or that
events will turn out for the best".
We
hope that the Algoa Toastmasters Club will continue to grow from strength to
strength in this New Year and that we will continue to learn by doing in
moments of enjoyment.
I
am sure everyone is looking forward to our first meeting to be held on the 10th
January 2017.
Be
Blessed
Zanele
Hartmann
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Algoa Toastmasters Members looking bright, beautiful and sustainable |
Meeting: 13
December 2016
Jingle
bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way, Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one
horse open sleigh.
Hey,
jingle…
Toastmaster of the Day: Marianah Lourens did a sterling job as Toastmaster of the Day she
ensured that we were all in for a festive time.
Table Topics: Primrose Nyiki
conducted great table topics celebrating Christmas
Prepared Speeches
1.
CC1 The Icebreaker: Congratulations
and well done Emmy Nxayeka for
delivering your Ice Breaker speech titled “Emmy
the Musical” Not only was your speech excellent last night, the Voice! Idols,
here comes Emmy! Speech Evaluated by
Warren Tagg
2.
ACB3 Presenting An Award: Well
done Zanele Hartmann, speech titled
“Gothenburg Award For Sustainable
Development”. Mr Vice President (Warren
Tagg) definitely has swag. Speech was evaluated by Igor Lesko
3.
ACS10 Entertaining Manual: Firstly,
congratulations on your ACS10, well done. Mimi
Makupula with your speech titled “Prepared
Speech” I am certain you still on a high, “Inflated like a Jumping Castle”.
Speech evaluated by Tom Horne
4.
CC5 Your Body Speaks: Well done Marlene Vosloo, Thank you for your heartfelt speech titled “One More for The Road”. We all definitely learnt and took something from it. Speech evaluated by Reinhardt Botha
As
Tom Horne mentioned this evening “at Toastmasters we learn through moments of
enjoyment and tonight was no different. The following Toastmasters contributed
to the learning:
Ricky Woods (taught us about Hope,Toast) Angie Kivido (taught us about time), Melissa Awu (taught us about verbal crutches), Nicholas Mitchell (taught us
about grammatical errors) and Angela
Rogers (taught us the meeting as a
whole, as General Evaluator).
Best Table Topics: Sue
Top Toastie: Emmy Nxayeka
The
Word of the Day was Celebration
As
we continue with the holiday and Christmas celebrations, Marlene Vosloo left us all with food for thought, self-evaluation
and responsibility: “Say No to One More for the Road” It
could save your Life!
·
Do not Drink and Drive.
·
Do not let Your Loved Ones Drink and Drive
Merry Christmas. Happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Photo credits: Emmy
Nxayeka
Be
Blessed
Zanele
Hartmann
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Ladies
and Gentlemen, on the cover page of the Algoa Toastmasters programme it reads
the following: “Make Tonight Matter”
These
are words that our President Reinhardt Botha always reminds us of, and this is
what the club offers at every meeting.
Toastmaster of the Day: Zikhona Mfingwana did a sterling job as Toastmaster of the Day and
shared rights of people with disabilities through the meeting.
Table Topics: Emmy Nxayeka
conducted great table topics.
Prepared Speeches
1.
CC1 The Icebreaker: Congratulations
and well done Primrose Nyiki for
delivering your Ice Breaker speech titled “Primrose
Thee Speaker” Your goal has always been to become a better version of
yourself and tonight you did exactly that. Speech was Evaluated by Zanele Hartmann
2.
CC2 Organise Your Speech: Well done Malibongwe Nombande the man with the commanding voice with your
speech titled “’How Much Is Enough”. Speech
was evaluated by Mimi Makupula
3.
CC3 Get To The Point: Firstly,
welcome back and congratulations Natalie
van Aardt with your speech titled “Beer
Appreciation” well done on the catchy title and interesting presentation.
Speech evaluated by Marianah Lourens
4.
CC5 Your Body Speaks: Well done Angela Rogers, perfect Duracell Bunny
for always motivating us, we enjoyed your speech titled “Surviving Teenagers”. Speech evaluated by Marlene Vosloo
As
Tom Horne mentioned this evening “at Toastmasters we learn through moments of
enjoyment and tonight was no different. The following Toastmasters contributed
to the learning:
Reinhardt Botha (taught us about service appreciation, Toast) Angie Kivido (taught us about time, Tiimer), Waven Korkie (taught us about verbal crutches, Um Ah Counter), Tom Horne (taught us about grammatical errors, Grammarian) and Belita von Steiger (taught us the meeting as a whole, as General
Evaluator).
Best Table Topics: Marlene Vosloo
Top Toastie: Natalie van Aardt
The
Word of the Day was Inimitable,
meaning: so good or unusual as to be impossible to copy.
In
the words of fellow Toastmaster Belita
von Steiger “Each speaker is inimitable and each person becomes a better
version of themselves”
Be
Blessed
Zanele
Hartmann
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Algoa Toastmasters Club Meeting
Algoa Club Members L-R (Igor, Zanele, Malibongwe, Belita, Marlene and Roger) |
Here are
highlights of our meeting held on 11 October 2016.
Toastmaster:
Belita von Steiger
General evaluator: Denise Pudney
Table Topics Sessions: Malibongwe Nombande
Toast: Marlene Vosloo
Toastmaster for day: Belita von Steiger (Standing) |
Prepared
Speeches
Melissa
Awu (CC1) evaluated by Colleen Love
Angela
Rogers (CC4) evaluated Zanele Hartmann
Igor
Leskor (ACB1) evaluated by Glenis Whitehead
Mimi
Makupula (ACS9) evaluated by Ricky Wood
L-R (Igor, Angela, Melissa and Mimi) |
Table Topics Session: Sitting far left Malibongwe (Table Topics Master) |
Visitors L-R ( Liset, Roeli, Emmy, Janny, Candice, Gail, Lucretea) |
Winners
Best Table Topics: Our visitor Emmy
Top
Toastie: Mellisa Awu and Angela Rogers
L-R (Emmy, Angela and Melissa) |
Congratulations to Marlene Vosloo she won the Impromptu and Humorous speeches at the Division contest in East London.Marlene is going to the District 74 Contest this Saturday. Well done Marlene.
Please
visit the Algoa Toastmasters Facebook and Twitter Pages at: https://www.facebook.com/algoatm/ and @Algoatoasties
I leave you with the words used by Igor Lesko when he was handing out membership pins last night.
"You are not only members of Algoa Toastmasters, you are part of a worldwide organisation which has thousands of people all over the world sharing the common goal of improving their communication and leadership skills"
Be Blessed
Zanele Hartmann
Photo credits: Igor Lesko
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Algoa Toastmasters Club Meeting: 27 September 2016
Algoa
Toastmasters Club Meeting: 27 September 2016
Blessed
Club
The Algoa
Toastmasters held another meeting on 27 September 2016 and we had an impressive
number of visitors, ten (10) visitors in total. Thank you all
for visiting Algoa Toastmasters.
Toastmaster
Zanele
Hartmann conducted
the meeting efficiently and in a friendly manner, she ensured that the meeting
ran smoothly.
Table
Topics Sessions:
Melissa
Awu, our newest member conducted
the Table Topics session; the theme was “Going Back to School”. Very interesting stories came up. Well done
Melissa.
Prepared
Speeches
Deborah
Stephenson (ACB7) on “Joe” Deborah was praising Joseph Pilates the founder of
the physical fitness system Pilates. Toastmasters and guests even got to
participate in a breathing exercise. Deborah’s speech was evaluated by Glenis
Whitehead
Mimi
Makupula (ACS8) humorous speech titled “Think on your feet” Mimi must
please not fall. Roll up your window next time please. Mimi’s speech was
evaluated by Christopher Callaghan
Christopher
Callaghan (A visiting Toastmaster from the Pretoria East Toastmasters club)
delivered a humorous speech that he did in a competition with the title “The
Life of a Granddad” Christopher’s speech kept us entertained two words; ganja and mama. The speech was not evaluated.
The role
players for the meeting included:
Time
Keeper: Natalie van Aardt
Um and
Ah Counter: Angela Rogers
Grammarian: Belita von Steiger
General
Evaluator: Marianah Lourens
Toast: Malibongwe Nombande delivered a fitting
Toast for the evening. Well done and thank you Malibongwe
Winners
Best
Table Topics: Our visitor Emmi
Top
Toastie: Mimi Makuphula
After
such a fun filled, humorous meeting I leave you with the 5B’s; big, bold, and
beautiful and…. (boobs and bums) J, thanks Mimi.
We are
indeed a Blessed Club.
Be
Blessed
Zanele
Hartmann
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