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Meet Our Members
Bill Milburn
- What prompted you to join?
- I decided to join as I had had a public speaking malfunction at a
work function.
- What’s your favourite part of a St Georges Toastmasters
meeting?
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- Icebreaker speeches
- A vibrant tabletopics.
- A speech about a topic I hadn’t previously given much thought to
- What’s been your biggest speaking challenge/ success?
- Representing the District twice.
I think I have had speeches good
enough to go further a few more times but haven’t been able to convince
the judges.
- Is there anything else you think potential members should know
about St Georges or Toastmasters?
- Toastmasters builds confidence both socially and in many aspects
professionally.
Lynette Delane
- What prompted you to join?
- I gave an emotional speech at my Mum's 70th and cried most of the
way through it. Made half the audience cry, but they couldn't understand
what I was saying.
- What’s your favourite part of a St Georges Toastmasters
meeting?
- Ditto for Bills faves.
- What’s been your biggest speaking challenge/ success?
- Giving another emotional speech about my Dad passing away. Still had
a tear or two (from me and the audience), but I was clearly understood.
- Is there anything else you think potential members should know
about St Georges or Toastmasters?
- My confidence has grown considerably from all aspects of
Toastmasters, not just the prepared speeches. Table Topics is now one of
my favourite parts of the meeting and soemthing I relish taking part in.
Maree Pickens
- What prompted you to join?
- Love to talk but wanted to be talk about more interesting topics
than movies, weather and work!
- What’s your favourite part of a St Georges Toastmasters
meeting?
- Evaluations of both my speeches and others - its where I learn so
much about how to improve my skills.
- What’s been your biggest speaking challenge/ success?
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- Challenge: I need to work on cutting down my speech content and
practicing more to beat the clock - damn that red light!!
- Best success: Completing my Competent Communicator award after
having a baby - it was a long time coming but worth the early
starts
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