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Members of the South Burnett Toastmasters Club gather for a group photo at their special Toastmasters centenary celebration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 8, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Club members and invited guests gathered in Kingaroy on Thursday night to celebrate a watershed* moment for Toastmasters International … 100 years since the start of the movement.<\/p>\n

The special dinner meeting was held in the Anzac Room at the Kingaroy RSL Club, and was designed to give guests a taste of what a\u00a0 regular Toastmasters meeting is like.<\/p>\n

President Arlene Byrne welcomed the guests, saying a night of fun, laughter and learning was ahead.<\/p>\n

Public speaking isn’t usually considered “fun” but Toastmasters work hard to dispel that thought, working within tried-and-tested rules to keep the evening flowing smoothly.<\/p>\n

There were impromptu three-minute speeches – and yes, the guests were not spared – as well as impromptu speeches on a topic (thankfully, only club members were called on for this).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toastmasters International traces its history to Santa Ana in California in 1924 when Ralph C. Smedley started the first club.<\/p>\n

Smedley, who worked for the YMCA, decided the young men in his charge needed guidance in public-speaking skills to get ahead in life.<\/p>\n

In 1973, women were officially admitted as members.<\/p>\n

These days, Toastmasters is the major public-speaking organisation in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It aims to provide a warm, non-judgmental environment for speakers of all standards to develop their skills – and possibly become the leaders of tomorrow.<\/p>\n

There are now more than 270,000 members in 148 countries; and more than 140 active clubs in Queensland.<\/p>\n

A number of Queensland organisations have in-house Toastmasters clubs, including Brisbane City Council, Energy Queensland, Powerlink, RACQ\u00a0 and the University of the Sunshine Coast, which they use as a staff development tool.<\/p>\n

South Burnett Toastmasters isn’t quite 100 years old, but still has a proud local history to celebrate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The local club held its first meeting 34 years ago at the Club Hotel in Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

These days they meet on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Thursday of every month from 7:00pm at the Kingaroy RSL Club.<\/p>\n

* “Watershed” was the “word of the night” at the meeting which was supposed to be worked into every talk from the podium. As we said, Toastmasters like to have fun …\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Toastmasters like to have fun at their meetings … club member Judith Rowarth made the most of the birthday cake-cutting ceremony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Distinguished Toastmaster Marietta Wetzig shared information about the history of Toastmasters and picked the victims (oops, speakers) for the Table Topics\u00a0 section<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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South Burnett Toastmasters president Arlene Byrne welcomed members and guests to the 100th birthday celebration<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Rod Morgan was Toastmaster for the evening<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Area 28 Director Cassie McMullen was a special guest<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Cr Deb Dennien was one of the guests called on for an impromptu three-minute speech<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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Club member Anitta Stallwood was picked to do an impromptu “Table Topics” talk<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Guests and club members filled the Kingaroy RSL Club’s Anzac Room for the 100th birthday meeting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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