Saturday, 2 March 2013

Celebrating 40 years


Today in Taupo approximately 40 people celebrated the 40th anniversary of POWERtalk Taupo.   I was honoured to be among the 40 and it feels like a double honour as in October I joined 50 people in Auckland to celebrate 40 years of POWERtalk Waitakere.
Formerly known as International Toastmistress Clubs the new branding as POWERtalk International is in celebration mode this year as we are 75 years young internationally.   The organisation was started to encourage women to have a voice; to increase their confidence and enhance their leadership abilities. 
Forty years of providing leadership and presentation skills training to men and women in New Zealand is an outstanding contribution.  Clubs set up in 27 countries throughout the world and the training programme translated into languages such as Icelandic and Japanese, means we are definitely part of a successful International organisation.
Hearing the many reasons people joined clubs was stimulating and exciting,    Hearing the successes; the stories of support and encouragement and fabulous fellowship was heart-warming and  uplifting.    We all did something good for ourselves when we joined a POWERtalk International Club. 
Congratulations Taupo Club.  19 members attending meetings; a Past International President and an International Speech Contest finalist.  A strong club getting stronger daily.
If you want to do something good for yourself visit our New Zealand website:  www.nzregion.powertalk.me

1 comment:

  1. I agree, it was a fabulous lunch with inspirational, successful women.

    Here's to another 40 Taupo!

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