Club News

Congratulations to longtime George Sutton Toastmasters member Steve Worthman who placed first in the 2023 District 26 Toastmasters International Speech Contest, Area U3.

Steve Worthman receiving award at Area Toastmasters International Speech Contest, Aurora, Colorado, 2023

Steve’s speech, “I Love Spam Calls,” was a humorous 5 to 7 minute speech that described his novel method for dealing with those irritating sales phone calls that we all receive.

Steve Worthman delivering international speech contest speech 2023

After winning at the club level this spring, Steve went on to the area competition where he placed first.

William StrunkOn Friday, November 3, 2017, we, along with his family, celebrated the life of our club founder, and recently departed, William Strunk. There were two afternoon memorial services. The first was full military honors performed by the U.S. Air Force where his ashes were burried in Ft. Logan Cemetery. The second was a Celebration of Life service at the Smoky Hill United Methodist Church in Aurora.

More than 100 were in attendance, including William’s wife Peg, son, daughter, and many relatives and friends.

Our former members Jennifer and Tim Bailey were the celebrants and led us through a partial Toastmasters… Read Full Post »

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Last night, Wednesday, November 9, 2016, we were honored to be invited to present at the Colorado Technical University Aurora Campus at their career fair.

We met students from a variety of nationalities and age groups as we talked about the importance of learning how to give good presentations and practice public speaking and presentation skills on a weekly basis…in a supportive environment.

My story was always the same when students asked me about Toastmasters, where I would say, “If I was in a Toastmasters club when I was in college, I would have gotten A’s in all of my… Read Full Post »