Three Kings CLub

Something exciting is happening!

Did you know the District 112 Conference will be held ONLINE, FREE from 6-8 MAY 2022. That’s less than a month away!

Over this weekend, there will be:
– Contests – the best from around the district competing in the Evaluation, Humorous, Table Topics and International – Speech Contests.
– Keynote speakers – we have the inspirational Korrin Barrett and Toastmasters International President Margaret Page DTM
– Workshops – You have five amazing workshops to choose from
– Networking opportunities
– Candidates Showcase
– District Council Meeting – Have a say in the future of Toastmasters

Registrations are now open! Registration is FREE and gets you access to all 3 days of the conference.

The district conference is an exciting educational and networking event for our district’s members and guests. We don’t want you to miss out, so register online today.

For more information, including the agenda, keynote speaker bio’s, workshop details and more, check out the .

See you online in May!

Meeting Report 5 May 2022

Yesterday’s meeting had the theme of “Theft” and Richard our Chairman entertained us with a creative and dramatic beginning to the meeting. We had several visitors attend the meeting including our Area Director and it was wonderful to see many of the guests take up roles in the meeting. Yesterday was also our AGM and we voted for our new committee.

Kevin was Toastmaster and introduced our prepared speeches which included Anand presenting about “Our Limitless Brain”, Joseph with an action-packed speech called “Not in my Lifetime”, and Sarah telling her story with a speech called “Never Give Up. Never Give In”. Lakshman gave a very informative speech about learning styles. Jie also made us laugh with a smile story about her daughter as a young child.

There was a wonderful buffet served half way through the evening with a number of guests commenting on how good it was! In the second half of the evening Daisy presented some thought-provoking questions as our Table Topics Master and we heard some excellent evaluations from Graham, Jacquie, Les, Yetzabel, and Jie. We completed the evening hearing a thorough general evaluation of the evening from Steve.

I always come away from the Toastmasters meetings with a smile on my face and yesterday was no exception. What a fun way to spend a Thursday evening!

Posted by Sarah W

Meeting Report 21 April 2022

Last night’s Toastmasters meeting proved a great night. It had the theme of Anzac Day and Chairman Jacquie did a wonderful job of explaining the significance of this day and keeping the meeting running to schedule. Jacquie was also the Table Topics Master and had some thought-provoking questions to keep us challenged! Prenha and Leticia provided an excellent example of how to be a Table Topics evaluator! Ted was Grammarian and Ah Counter and chose our word of the evening which was relinquish. No one relinquished their opportunity to speak last night!

There were three well-prepared speeches from Joseph, Daisy, and Saane. Joseph spoke about the benefits of exercising to keep a disciplined life with SMART goals and the benefits exercising has on our mental health. Saane entertained us with a speech about the pride of Tonga winning in rugby league against Australia and Daisy kept us laughing with a speech about closet syndrome and buying too many clothes. Les, Sarah, and Yetzabel evaluated the prepared speeches. Liz also made us laugh with a dramatically told smile story about someone who had been speeding in their vehicle.

In recognition of the death of David Nottage, there was the opportunity to see a video of his 1996 World Champion speech “Get Up” and hear from Kevin about what made it award winning. Following the speeches we shared a complimentary food buffet and some good conversation. To complete the evening, we also learnt from Steve‘s tips as General Evaluator.

Looking forward to our next meeting!

Posted by Sarah W

Meeting Report 24 March 2022

What a fantastic Toastmasters meeting last night! The meeting theme was “Men’s Night” which led to some hilarious Table Topic speeches and discussions. The meeting was full of laughter with some valuable learning as well. It is appreciated that so many people took on multiple roles with a number of people away. What an amazing group of people we have in our club! The word of the night was ‘tenacity’ which must have been used a record-breaking amount of times!

Shanthi was last night’s chairman and she did an amazing job of introducing people and keeping the meeting on track, while injecting some humour into the meeting. Richard was Toastmaster and also provided an impactful prepared speech on war. Les and Joseph also gave prepared speeches. Les inspired us about how success and failure are our choice and Joseph gave an excellent icebreaker speech.

Aline made us all laugh with a hilarious smile story. I left the meeting with a smile on my face and I am sure everyone else would have too! I can’t wait till the next meeting!

Posted by Sarah W

Year of the Tiger

Club meetings on a fortnight at Three Kings is always a hoot, and last night was no exception.

Although we missed a few of our members who sent their apologies there was still a great turn out, with 4 guests who had attended meetings last year, joining us again.

It was another well organised meeting from beginning to the end, chaired by our beautiful Sarah Wilson who was “brave” enough to step up to the challenge when the opportunity was offered by Kevin Prohl. Our Sargent at Arms, Les never missed a beat when starting the club meeting on time.

Kevin Prohl our Vice President Membership worked tirelessly behind scenes, organising set up and food and the welcoming guests.

Liz Day started the laughter with her “four-legged chicken” laughter lab story and the fun continued throughout the rest of the night.

In her natural and non-assuming way, Lilla introduced each of the five speakers.

The theme was the Chinese year of the Tiger – and the word of the night was introduced by Yetzabel, who observed how it was used and pointed out great phrases used by some of the speakers. Ums and Ahs were noted down by Les and gave a thorough report at the end.

We had the privilege of listening to four inspiring, entertaining and well presented speeches. Kevin Prohl started with his usual finesse of speech delivery and, Daisy, Leticia and Anand gave their first ice breakers which allowed us the audience a view to their different perspectives and personalities.

Each of the speech evaluators gave positive feedbacks in their own unique styles, added with a sprinkle of humour that made my face sore from giggling too much.

Our Table topics section was mastered by one of our newest members, Aline and the questions were easy and allowed the guests to easily use a whole minute and some with their responses.

Our timer gave an entertaining report and went over time himself when giving advice to another member for going over time, which again left us in fits of laughter.

Overall it was an enjoyable night and look forward to hearing the line up of contestants in our upcoming International and Evaluations club contests, on Thursday, 24 February 2022.

Three Kings club is popular for the family culture it embraces which draws its members together. I hope that this continues as we look forward to more meetings like last night.

Reported by Ilaisaane

Posted by Saane T

Meeting Report 27 January

The word of the evening yesterday was “euphoria” which described the evening well. There was much happiness and excitement. It was wonderful experiencing an evening of Latin culture which chairman Daniel themed the meeting. We even had a Piniata! Steve made the evening fun with his smile story and as Toastmaster he was creative in the way he introduced speakers with the meanings of their names.

We inducted the new members Aline and Daisy to the club who both gave excellent icebreaker speeches. Other speeches included Yetzabel with a speech about mentoring, Kevin W informing us about parking while making it a fun game for the audience, Prenha with a speech about how journaling can be a tool to give us clarity in our life’s situations, and Ivo spoke about volunteering for St John. Kevin W also introduced the Table Topic speeches for the evening with the theme of summer which meant we heard about some favourite holiday experiences of members and guests.

It was wonderful being able to share such a fun evening with so many guests. Can’t wait for the next meeting!

Meeting Report 18 November 2021

Thursday proved to be another fun and informative evening! The Toastmasters meeting had the theme of ‘nurturing’ with the word of the evening being ‘exultant’ meaning joyous, delighted, elated, jubilant, or overjoyed. It was certainty a good word to describe the evening!

Liz was the chairman for the evening and also gave an excellent speech about the importance of a having a Toastmasters mentor as our “experienced and trusted advisor”. She mentioned a mentor helps us in not “what” to do but “how” to write an effective speech. Kevin also gave us some excellent tips on preparing effective speeches. Kevin gave us two useful marketing acronyms to remember to apply to our speeches with AIDA (Attention, Interest, Desire, and Action) and WIIFM (What’s in it for me?).

Other prepared speeches were presented by Les about franchises and Lisa about different leadership styles (Transformation, Democratic, Laissez-faire, Autocratic) and the different situations these are best applied. Les mentioned that although a franchise model can mean you are paying fees to the franchisor, the effective systems (such as pricing) you can implement in your business can ensure your business remains profitable.

A highlight of the evening for me was the smile story. I am still smiling now when I think of Ade’s smile story! She gave a hilarious speech about a family member being shut out of his hotel room in his underwear! We also heard many interesting travel stories in the Table Topics speeches lead by Yetzabel.

I can’t wait to our next meeting on 2nd December!

Posted by Sarah W