Amity Toastmasters
Albany WA 6330
We all know the adage “Life begins at Forty”,
I would like to change this to 60, the time when
I discovered there is so much to learn in life
and so much that we can give in return.
My life experiences have seen me:
- Managing an accounts department for a local
retail departmental store
- Assistant Accountant and Credit Manager for
a local Car dealership
- Living in France and setting up a B &
B in a small medieval village
- Managing property for overseas owners in France
- Liaising with businessmen from France &
West Africa
- Being a “new mum” at 41years of
age.
- Returning to Australia and learning new skills
to be competitive in the computerised world
of today.
- Commencing online University Courses in:
1. Constructing a Conceptual Framework for Social
Action
2. Sustainable Development and the Prosperity
of Humankind
- Volunteer Radio Announcer at our Local Community
Radio
- Joining Toastmasters in January 2006. Attaining
the CTM and CL in the first 12 months and being
Amity Toastmasters “Toastmaster of the
Year for 2006”
Toastmasters gave me the confidence to consider
looking for work at the age of 63. I had been
out of the workforce for almost 10 years although
I had been active in volunteer work over this
period. In January of this year I began a permanent
part time job bookkeeping for a small business
in Albany.
It is a wonderful experience to have this new
opportunity, enabling me to utilise, my vast experience
in accounts and marketing as well as newly acquired
skills of graphic design and advertising. I am
also writing reviews for books and assisting with
the planning of promotional events.
My wish is to motivate others, to be an example
of what can be achieved, that age is no barrier,
and that all things are possible. I want to promote
positive living for all generations, the joy of
setting goals and reaching for the stars.
Speaking Experience Resume
2006 -2007 Amity Toastmasters
- In 18month I have achieved ATM-B and will
complete ATM-S within the next 6 months
- Keynote Speaker at Amity Toastmasters Charter
Dinner
- Contestant in the Division Humorous and International
Speech Competition
- Amity Toastmasters “Toastmaster of
the Year 2006”
2004-2006
- Master of Ceremonies of a monthly Devotional
and Meditation evening
- Master of Ceremonies of a quarterly fund
raising dinner for the establishment of a Peace
Pole in Albany
- Great Southern TAFE assisted in presenting
classes on Public Speaking for adult students
2002-2005
- Radio Announcer with the Albany Community
Radio. Prepared and presented a weekly 3 hour
show which included music, reading commercials,
jingles, community announcements, interviews
and a ½ hour segment relating anecdotes
of my life in a French village.
2001-2202
- Albany Community Radio – Talking Newspapers.
This involved reading articles from newspapers
which was recorded and sent to visually impaired
persons throughout the district.
2001-2004
- Member of Penguins Public Speaking Club
- Represented Club in annual interclub competition
with Rostrum
- Keynote Speaker at the State Spring Festival
- Speaker at the Albany Probus Club and University
of the 3rd Age.
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