Grand Expectations: Hitting High Standards At Your Toastmasters Club

Grand Expectations: Hitting High Standards At Your Toastmasters Club

By Shaheen Mufti When you first came to Toastmasters, you had a set of expectations. That time when you visited your first Toastmasters club, you would have probably thought, “This is where I am going to improve my public speaking” or “This is the place where I am...
WORDS FROM THE PREZ: Why We Make Them … And Why We Break Them

WORDS FROM THE PREZ: Why We Make Them … And Why We Break Them

By Niels Footman “The road to hell,” Stephen King once said, “is paved with adverbs.” If anyone should know what makes up the approach to eternal damnation, the most successful horror writer of all time is probably your guy. But this quote...
Soapbox: You’ve Tried Everything And You’re All Out of Ideas

Soapbox: You’ve Tried Everything And You’re All Out of Ideas

By Luke Pearce I’ve never considered myself to be much of a creative person. In school, my dreary art teacher wrote off my early drawing attempts as no more than “acceptable”; meanwhile I could never hope to improvise as well as that dope-infused...
Cliche Corner: The Dead End of Journeys

Cliche Corner: The Dead End of Journeys

Earlier this year, on British TV sensation and cultural totem Love Island, Dr Alex reclined on a sunbed next to his on-again, off-again spoon-buddy Alexandra, and burbled: “I definitely have feelings for you but I want us to keep our options open. After all,...

Early Bird Speakers History – Appendices

By Neil ColemanAppendices YEAR 2007-2008Leadership TeamPresident – Hilary BriggsVice President Education – Shaun CurryTreasurer – Mark FritzSergeant at Arms – (Rotating) Charter MembersMark FritzMichael ArnoldLiam WallHilary Briggs   Francesco Dalessandro   Wayde...