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About Rostrum - the organisation
About Rostrum... We are a not-for-profit public speaking training organisation that was established in Australia in 1930.
Rostrum was founded in Manchester, England on 21st July, 1923 by Sidney Wicks.
The first members were from the YMCA Businessmen's Speaking Class.
Rostrum was founded in Australia on 21st July, 1930 by Alan Crook
Rostrum was founded in WA on 21st May, 1948 by Arthur Garvey
Speaking Clubs
Rostrum runs speaking clubs that are dedicated to helping people from all walks of life improve their speaking, presentation and communication skills. Members develop these skills in a safe, supportive and friendly environment, progressing at their own pace. A great structured program or course is available for those that want it. They begin with simple introductory exercises in the Personal Development Program and then progress through other programs.
Foothills Speaking Club - Perth
§ This Club started in 1961 as Armadale Club 11. It became Foothills Club 11 in 1977.
§ Freeman David Price was Dais President for a record five years.
§ The Club has six Critics and seven Freemen amongst its current members. Freeman is a title given to those Rostrum members who have excelled in their services to the Rostrum organisation and to the promotion of public speaking in the community. Despite its spelling it is a gender neutral title.
§ The unofficial mascot of this Club is ‘Roger Head’. Roger is an old Boans store manequin and he has been to more Autumn Conventions than any other Club member. Roger has his own web site - just Google Roger Head.
§ Club 11 initiated the “Dunny Seat” perpetual trophy for the best skit at the Autumn Convention’s Foothills Follies in 1982. The Club last won the trophy in 1988. The Follies was removed from AC program in 2004.
§ The Club has won the R Alan Crook Award six times, and the Don Watson Decathlon Trophy (Autumn Convention) five times – they were both last won in 2003.
§ Arthur Garvey, the founder of Rostrum, WA, donated the original Club 11 Speaker of the Year perpetual shield to the Club. It was made by Mazzuchellis of Perth who were managed at the time by former Dais President, John Perry.
§ The first person to be awarded the Intermediate Development Program certificate in WA was Club 11 member Steve Harwood.
§ The first Rostrum members in WA to be awarded the Advanced Development Program certificate were Bill, Mavis, Osmund and Rick of Club 11, together with Susan of Club 50 - in November 2007. Graham joined this elite group in November 2008.
§ The first winner of the South of the River Inter Club Speaking Competition (held in 2011) was Joanna of the Foothills Club.
§ The Club won the ANZAC Day debate in 2012.
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