Resources for Northrise Members

On the pages linked below you will find various items that are specifically written for Northrise members or have content not always designed for a wider readership.

Some files are in Adobe PDF format which can be viewed in your browser or downloaded for offline use/printing.


Membership Directory (Password Protected)

Now that you have joined - what you can expect.
Toastmasters' Education Program
50 Ideas for Table Topics
Guide to Impromptu Debating
Thoughts on Impromptu Speaking
Notes on Fun Impromptu Debating
Notes on Mentoring (see below)
Notes from Workshop on Evaluation 1 (PDF Format)
Notes from Workshop on Evaluation 2 (PDF Format)
Notes from Workshop on Table Topics (PDF Format)

Contest Winners

  2003 2004 2005
Table Topics Rowena Foster Graeme Hogan Graeme Hogan
Evaluation Jeremy Burfoot David Pooch * Michael Bridger
Humorous Jeremy Burfoot Jeremy Burfoot Paul Dixon *
International   Rowena Foster *  

  2006 2007 2008
Table Topics John O'Ferrall John O'Ferrall  
Evaluation Felicity Hopkins Felicity Hopkins David Pooch
Humorous Nick Colebatch * Graeme Hogan *  
* subsequently won Area F5 contest

Videos

Northrise has a resource that not many (any?) other NZ clubs have - each manual speech and contest entry is videotaped. As a matter of course members receive a DVD of a meeting in which they delivered a speech so that they can see their own performance just as the audience viewed it.

An archive of DVDs is available going back some years to the point at which the club switched from using analog VCR tapes to digital media. Any member of the club may request a copy of a DVD but speakers will receive one at the next meeting after the disks are burnt off.

DVDs are presently assembled every two meetings (or so), depending on the number and length of speeches presented.

Downloads

Join Northrise Download Joining Form F400 in Acrobat PDF format (372kb)
Agenda Template Download MSWord version 4 Speech Meeting

NOTE Agenda times will need to be checked and altered where required to suit each individual meeting's requirements. Allow 12 minutes for each seven minute speech and evaluation. The light times for the Timekeeper should correspond with the times on the left. Allow a minute for each presenter to be announced, walk to the lectern and return to their seat.

Advanced
Manuals Summary
Manuals Summarised
(Courtesy of Founder's District Toastmasters, Southern California)
Communications & Leadership (C&L) Manual Objectives 1999 Version (PDF format 53kb)
2003 Version (PDF format 28kb)
(Courtesy of La Jolla Toastmasters)
The Route Beyond CTM


To 30 June 2006

New Leadership Manuals & Awards (1 July 2006)
The development route beyond the CC/CL has two parallel paths leading ultimately to Toastmasters' highest award the DTM, the Distinguished Toastmaster.

Old Communication Track and Leadership Track (PDF format 322kb)

New Manuals & Awards & transition (PDF format 276kb)
From CC to DTM

Overview / Notes on the Toastmaster Educational Program (by George F. Conover ATM-G, District 11) (PDF)

WHQ Description of Communication and Leadership Award Track & Requirements

Competent Leadership Award Notes and overview
CL Award Project Matrix Matrix showing the requirements for each of the 10 projects in the Competent Leader Award (See also Page 76 of the CL manual) (PDF format)
Mentoring A PDF copy of the page on this site for reading offline or printing.
Impromptu Fun Debating A PDF copy of the page on this site for reading offline or printing.
Promotional Visitor Pack Pages and Promotional Material