Zahndri (left) comes 1st in the Division H International Speaking Contest and third in the Division H Impromptu Speaking Contest. She faired well at the District 74 International Speaking Contest and we applaud her achievement.Our upcoming meeting
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- Published on Saturday, 24 July 2021
- Written by John-Peter
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It's a new year and a new club committee
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- Published on Wednesday, 21 July 2021
- Written by John-Peter
Toastmasters has been successful for almost 100 years (founded in 1024) because it is a learning organisation. This means that the people managing the clubs are also learning. On 30 June each year the entire management - of every club, area, division, district and region - is relieved of their responsibilities and a newly elected management team takes over on 1 July. The members elect their management team.
Here is the management team that will guide Transformers Toastmasters until 30 June 2022.
Transformers Survivor 2020
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- Published on Saturday, 21 November 2020
- Written by John-Peter
What is Survivor Transformers Toastmasters style?
Survivor is a competition in three rounds with four tribes and one winner. The competition revolves around impromptu storytelling – the kind of stories you would expect to hear at a fireside.
Round 1 pits 16 speakers, 4 from each tribe, randomly against each other to see who can tell the best story when presented with a number of images (projected on screen, with a prompt monitor for the speaker) so that the images blend into the narrative of the story.
Round 2 sees 6 surviving speakers and an immunity winner develop stories using real objects.
Round 3 has only 2 survivors and an immunity winner build their final stories of intrigue with a map, a city and a clue.
Tribes consist of 8 tribe members each, 4 speakers and each speaker brings a sponsor. The Tribes will be randomly selected from the registration forms. Once the Tribes have been announced the members of each Tribe may whatever they choose to create a tribal identity. The tribe will vote out their own speaker members in Tribal Council. When a speaker member is voted out, he/she will return to the audience and form part of the non-tribal voting quorum.
Before I continue; everyone is welcome to attend. We ask all Toastmasters clubs to enter. Enter by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Scan the QR-code in the image to make payment to join us.
Voting for round 1:
The entire audience, tribal members and non-tribal members will vote for the best speaker. This speaker gets immunity into round 2.
Each tribe then goes to Tribal Council (Break-away Room). At Tribal Council the sponsors may discuss the strategy for the secret vote (speakers must sit and listen). The secret vote is to vote out 2 speaker members (and their sponsors).
The 8 remaining speakers – 2 from each tribe – will be compared to the vote by the entire audience and the 2 lowest scoring speakers (and their sponsors) will be sent out.
This is how the 6 speakers and 1 immunity recipient will be selected for round 2.
Voting for round 2:
The tribes will (only the remaining speaker members and their sponsors) will each participate in a quiz in full view of the audience.
The tribe winning the quiz will select 1 speaker member to receive immunity into round 3. The tribe winning the quiz will choose which of the other 3 tribes they want to merge with. The other 2 tribes will merge by default.
The 2 merged tribes will go into their new Tribal Councils. The sponsors will again discuss the strategy for the secret vote. This time the secret vote is to vote for 1 speaker member to go to round 3.
This is how the 2 speakers and 1 immunity recipient will be selected for round 3.
Voting for round 3:
The original 8 members of each tribe will return to their original Tribal Councils and will vote for an ultimate survivor from the 3 round 3 speakers. The non-tribal audience will also vote for an ultimate survivor. The final vote will be read out and the ultimate survivor will be announced.
Model Agenda:
17h30 Registration
18h00 Opening of Survivor 2020 by the Transformers Club President
18h05 Hand over to the Survivor Host for Round 1
Explanation of the competition, announcement of the Tribes and draw for speaking order
18h15 Round 1
19h05 Voting for Round 1 for immunity to Round 2
19h10 Recess
19h20 Tribal Council to vote out 2 speaker members per tribe
19h30 Announcing the speakers for Round 2
Round 2
20h00 Immunity Quiz
20h15 Tribal Council to vote for Round 3 speakers in merged tribes
20h25 Announcing the speakers for Round 3
Round 3
20h45 Tribal Council and audience voting
20h50 Recess
21h00 Reading of the votes and awarding the ultimate survivor and audience lucky draw.
21h15 Vote of thanks
21h20 On a Point by the Transformers Toastmasters President.
21h25 Close
