By Jed Lanyon
Wandin resident Nola Sharp has been named the Outstanding Toastmaster of the Year for her district.
Ms Sharp, who is no stranger to Toastmaster awards, took out the award for District 73 which is represented by Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.
“It’s the most amazing award I have ever received and probably will receive in my lifetime,” she told Star Mail. “I’m absolutely thrilled, it’s the greatest honour I’ve ever had.”
“I’m very proud and I’m very humbled. They could have given it to one of thousands and they gave it to me.”
Ms Sharp shared that she only recently had another award presented to her from last year’s awards, which were postponed due to Covid-19. There she won ‘Outstanding Area Director of the Year’.
Ms Sharp is a keen toastmaster, who belongs to three different clubs in the region assuming a variety of roles.
“It’s the most wonderful organisation. Their motto is ‘where leaders are made’ and I’ve seen so many times, people have gone from being terrified of public speaking to being confident and empathetic leaders and I hope that’s what people think I am.”
Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organisation that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs.
The organisation has more than 350,000 memberships spread over 16,000 clubs in 141 countries.
