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International Speech Competition
Ask the Expert How Do I Win The International Speech Competition? Contrary to popular opinion, the International Speech Competition is a...
Chris
Aug 28, 20192 min read


Humorous Contest
Humorous Speech Contest Next Week Here are a few clues that may help toward your success. Find Humor in Everyday Life Think about your...
Chris
Aug 26, 20192 min read


Not your Usual Toastmasters Meeting
He seemed like a regular sort of guy at the door, greeting me with a smile and handshake, I gave him my name Gavin Shunter, then he sort...
Chris
Aug 16, 20193 min read


35 years of Sunrise
Sunrise Toastmasters began 35 years ago and one foundation member remains. Chris McCabe today spoke of the founding when members of a...
Chris
Aug 15, 20192 min read


1500 Times
Ringmaster Jesse put us through our hoops at today’s meeting, the 1500th, setting a fun-tone which continued in high spirits for the...
Chris
Jul 18, 20191 min read


The Toastmasters Journey
Much comings and goings over the last month, as Europe, the US and Invercargill beckon. Tom said his goodbyes today before heading off to...
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May 17, 20192 min read


Coming This Thursday - 18 April
'The Experiment' will be but one of Sunrise Toastmasters many Enlightening Experiences this coming Thursday. Extract yourself from your...
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Apr 13, 20191 min read


Into The Matrix
TWO pathways diverged in Bailey Wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I...
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Apr 5, 20192 min read


A Black & White World
The Knox Centre, Thursday morning. We’ve been there before. Old faces, young gestures, new ideas, ancient rituals, the whole bamboozle....
Chris
Mar 16, 20192 min read


Ice Breaker & Lie Down.
What a week! Too short, too much, too tangled to get a grip, but the light’s at the end of the tunnel. Rats, it’s the approaching...
Chris
Feb 20, 20192 min read


Hot Times In The City
Summer-warmed red bricks greeted our return to Toastmasters. Through half closed venetian slits, highlight and shadow shafted...
Chris
Jan 26, 20191 min read


Sunrise Summer
The end of year ripped through our lives like a Nor’ wester whipping parched Waimak willow banks. Flailing and grasping hopelessly toward...
Chris
Dec 30, 20182 min read


Winners
A full audience was treated to 4 engaging speeches at Christchurch Sunrise Toastmasters this morning. With “You Can Save A Life’ Amanda...
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Nov 21, 20181 min read


You Talkin' To Me?
Let me start with a scene from The Simpsons: MARGE: (sings) ‘How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?’ HOMER:...
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Nov 14, 20182 min read


Strange Times @ Sunrise.
Unheeding the warning, Sunrise members were happily shepherded to their places during a spectacular sunrise over the Knox Centre this...
Chris
Nov 7, 20181 min read


Casablanca
Casablanca came to Sunrise this morning with Toastmaster, Jill’s ‘Play It Again’ theme, where each speaker was evaluated immediately...
Chris
Oct 31, 20181 min read


Stick moustaches and googly eyes on inanimate objects
“Stick moustaches and googly eyes on inanimate objects,” said Jesse, our third speaker at this morning's toastmasters meeting, before...
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Oct 3, 20182 min read


Fast Breakers
Some Sunrise Toastmasters have been known to race down the road to Vics Cafe after the morning meeting to be first in line for breakfast....
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Sep 26, 20181 min read


Suffering Succotash it's Suffrage
. Kate Sheppard joined Sunrise Toastmasters in spirit on Thursday morning. Toastmaster Chris McCabe set the theme which was embraced by...
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Sep 20, 20181 min read


Chris
Jul 11, 20180 min read
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