Meetings

How our meeting works

Each meeting is organised and run by the Toastmaster of the evening. He or she will have prepared a schedule of speakers and activities which will include some of the following:

Prepared speeches - generally around seven minutes long although sometimes longer.
Table topics - members make two minute impromptu speeches.
Evaluations - everyone who speaks at a Toastmasters meeting receives a constructive and positive evaluation of their speech with commendations and recommendations.
Activities - a very wide range of possibilities.
Educational - short training sessions on skills and the Toastmasters organisation.
Prepared readings - of the speaker's choosing.
Grammarian - reports to the meeting on the use of language and of "filler words" like um and ah.
Timer - reports to the meeting on the time taken by each speaker.

When and where

We meet every Thursday evening from 7:30 pm to 9:15 pm at Bowls Papanui at 181 Condell Avenue next to Edgar MacIntosh Park. We meet upstairs while the bridge club meets downstairs so don't be surprised if there are a lot of people around.

Click on this link for a map.

Our meetings start on the fourth Thursday in January and end on the second Thursday in December. Note that we do not meet when the next day is a public holiday (like Easter and Show Week).

Bishopdale Toastmasters Club 8657,
Division G, Area 3, Christchurch, New Zealand

Links

Toastmasters New Zealand

Toastmasters International