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Chris
Apr 10, 20221 min read
What! Online Meetings can be fun???
Sunrise Toastmasters are beginning to indulge themselves in technology. Getting away from talking heads in boxes. Experimenting with...
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Chris
Mar 7, 20222 min read
2 Bad Boys @ Back of Room, Not.
Not two bad boys at the back of the room - This weeks Timekeeper and Evaluator. One of the more valuable experiences of Toastmasters is...
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Chris
Feb 28, 20222 min read
A Perfect Balance.
Aaron is a sledge man. His daily transport to work at an uptown accountancy practice is upon a skateboard powered by Tesla’s technology....
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Chris
Feb 21, 20223 min read
Masking Methodology
Currently, all at Sunrise wear masks during a meeting, taking them off to speak and during the tea break. The styles and methods of...
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Chris
Dec 16, 20211 min read
Pineapples & Butt Plugs
Surprises at Sunrise Toastmasters Christmas Meeting come from Secret Santa, delivered delightfully by Elf, ‘Christmas Carol.’ Dressed to...
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Chris
Dec 13, 20211 min read
You don't have to be weird or crazy to join our club, but if you are, that’s OK.
A fine turnout on Thursday with excellent speakers. With natural enthusiasm, Jessica held our attention while delivering her Icebreaker...
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Chris
Nov 21, 20211 min read
Shimmering Sequins and Scarlet Sash
Next year, in mid August, a few selected members of the 364,000 will leave their perhaps obscure corners of the world, and along with...
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Chris
Nov 12, 20212 min read
Criminal Confessions
The criminality confessed at this week's Outlaws Meeting was, to this innocent member, mind boggling. Christchurch’s criminal justice...
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Chris
Oct 29, 20211 min read
Evaluating the Evaluators
Toastmasters enhance their own speaking abilities by listening to the presentations of others and then evaluating what they have...
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Chris
Oct 13, 20211 min read
Free Range & Fortune Cookies
When 3 guys shared a flat a few years ago, one of the group bought only Free Range Eggs, while the others always bought the alternatives....
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Chris
Oct 6, 20211 min read
Sunrise Laugh-In
So, it’s around 3am when you find yourself on your 12th whisky of the night in an airport bar. What do you do when you discover your...
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Chris
Oct 1, 20212 min read
Zero Zooming to Bodily Buzz
With Zooming down to Zero, Toastmasters are again personally connecting. Sunrise is back in the twenties this Thursday morning....
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Chris
Sep 24, 20211 min read
A Bunch of Live & 1 Virtual.
With the Spring Solstice upon us we slipped into our standard meeting format at this, our first regular meeting since lockdown. The...
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Chris
Sep 20, 20211 min read
If you were to give your 10 year old self advice, what would that advice be?
So not a great turnout for our first meeting post Lockdown. Mask wearing is so wearying, huh. But so much better than Zooming. This was a...
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Chris
Jun 27, 20202 min read
AGM can simply mean A Good Meeting
Typically, the President wasn’t wearing a mask as she lined up her executive at the Sunrise Annual General Meeting and Trumplike...
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Chris
Apr 25, 20201 min read
Virus Zoom Meeting
Organised by President Carol Coleman, our first Zoom Toastmasters meeting was attended by sixteen members at 7.30 Thursday morning....
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Chris
Mar 18, 20204 min read
Spacing for Safety
With seats ominously well spaced, the virus was in our minds if not our lungs at Sunrise today - however two Icebreakers kicked any...
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Chris
Dec 11, 20191 min read
Break-up mesh-up
Sunrise Toastmasters said Sayōnara to 2019 at Meshino this week. Speakers Sean, Jacquie and John built their presentations around the...
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Chris
Sep 19, 20191 min read
Out One Door & In The Other
Today we said goodbye to a Toastmaster of out and long standing service to Sunrise. Then we welcomed him right back into the fold. Since...
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Chris
Aug 28, 20192 min read
International Speech Competition
Ask the Expert How Do I Win The International Speech Competition? Contrary to popular opinion, the International Speech Competition is a...
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