Agile Toastmasters
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About
The Agile Toastmasters club is a Toastmasters Club in Wellington, New Zealand with an interest in “Agile Practices”. The club is formed with the aim of enhancing Agile skills in conjunction with the proven leadership and public speaking education of Toastmasters programme. The club invites you to join hands to form a strong club that help members meet Toastmasters objectives while becoming Agile leaders.
Toastmasters
Toastmasters is a worldwide programme where you can improve your leadership and communication skills. This happens in a safe, supportive club environment. Toastmasters is not a formal course in public speaking. There are no instructors or classrooms. Your speeches are not graded, and there are no tests. At Toastmasters, you learn by studying the resources in the manuals provided, practising giving speeches on a variety of topics, and helping one another with constructive feedback. You learn by doing, and by watching your fellow club members. Each speech project is designed to develop your speaking skills, one step at a time.
Why Agile?
Agile practices are widely known to deliver outcomes faster and of higher quality than in strictly regimented practices. Many organisations around us these days pour significant investment into developing Agile skills. Toastmasters provides environment to practice leadership and speaking skills. To become skilled in Aglie practices, it is important to have good leadership and communication skills. "Agile Toastmasters" is a an effective approach to developing Agile capabilities.
Opportunity to Learn Agile
Networking
Most members have some experience or interest in Agile. Sharing knowledge among members is a great way to learn.
Listening
Often members will select Agile topics for speeches, this is a great way to listen and learn Agile.
Presenting
As a member you may present on Agile related topics - Teaching helps learning than listening to others.
Practising
Toastmasters leadership training requires organising projects. A great opportunity to put Agile in to practice.
"Just do it!"
Have you been postponing walking in to a Toastmasters Club, if you are, you are not alone. Most do so.
But many who break through the barrier, uncover a hidden talent enabling significant career opportunities, so we say,
Just do it!
Just do it!
the rest will follow.
You could make it start here simply by a transfer of $135 for six months
to
"Agile Toastmasters", account number 03-0539-0019928-000.
More info: info@AgileToastmasters.nz
Meetings
We meet on the 1st and the 3rd Monday of every month, excluding the 3rd Monday in December and the 1st Monday
in January. The meeting location is the Pavilion of Wellington Girls College; tidy, relaxing value, ideal for a Monday evening gatherings
for learning and socialising. There is ample parking, when you enter from the Murphy Street, through the driveway adjoining "The Chippery".
The venue can accommodate approximately 30 people and has excellent kitchen and washroom facilities.
Address No. 19, Hobson Crescent, Thorndon.
See directions below.
Sign up
1. Administration System
All visitors and prospective members can sign up to meetings using our meeting administration system Easy-Speak.org.
If you are already an Easy-Speak user, please Click Here and then click on the thumbs up icon. 
If you are not an Easy-Speak user, please Click Here to register (please note the three tabs),
then Click Here and click on the thumbs up icon. For support info@AgileToastmasters.nz.
Please don't hestiate to contact us if you have any issues.
2. Signature and Form
New members will complete and sign a copy of Toastmasters International registration form on the first visit to the club.
Fees
There will be no fee if you are visiting the club meeting.
Six monthly club fee is $105 paid for the following periods, before:
1 Apr for the period Apr to Sep and
1 Oct for the period Oct to Mar
New members will pay $30 new member fee. If joining mid way of the six month periods the fee is calculated propotionately (see PayPal menu for exact amount).
All payments must be made to the account below with your name as the reference.
Account Name: Agile Toastmasters Account Number: 03-0539-0019928-000
Fee Basis
| Fee | Amount | Unit | Per Member |
|---|---|---|---|
| Six month Toastmasters International membership fee calculated @ US$ = 1.39 - paid to Toastmasters International. | $62.24 | ||
| Six month estimated meeting costs including hall, AV & admin costs (Twelve meetings at approx. $100 per meeting - distributed among 20 members). | $1200 | 1/20 | $60 |
| Six month Toastmasters approximate total membership fee. | $122.24 | Total cost per member per fortnight (based on approximately 6 fortnights per 6 months) |
$10 |
Education
Toastmasters is based on a proven hands on educational programme which gives opportunity to practice leadership and public speaking. Toastmasters starts the programme with simple activities such as taking up roles at club meetings and work their way towards completing challenging tasks such as forming new clubs or facilitating workshops.
Pathways Chart
Pathways
Leadership
Friendly talented leadership team of the club.
Mercy Brown
VP Education
Hendrik Kuiper
Treasurer