Aurora Colorado George Sutton Toastmasters Club
Improve Your Speaking, Communicating, and Leadership Skills and Have Fun Too!
More than 350,000 current members today once walked through the door for the first time to at least one of 16,000 Toastmasters clubs around the world and made the life changing decision to join. The process of joining a Toastmasters club is made simple when following these steps.
- Commit yourself to one full year of active membership to a Toastmasters club. Planning to only being part of Toastmasters for a month or two, or until you begin to feel more comfortable presenting, will shortchange your experience. It would be like deciding to learn how to ride a bike, but only… Read Full Post »
On 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 »
I joined Toastmasters because I was faced with presenting at a conference on compassion fatigue and depression in veterinary medicine. I was asked to tell my own story, and I feared that I would not be able to do so without excessive, distracting emotional outbursts.
Toastmasters gave me the courage to stand up and speak my own truth, to celebrate my individuality in a public forum, and to own emotion as a way to connect with my audience. I learned that audiences want to see the emotion and understand what I’ve been through. Hiding that wasn’t necessary.
This practice in… Read Full Post »
Why should you practice your public speaking and presentation skills at least once per week?
The short answer to this question is because speaking and presentation skills are developed over time. You can’t just read a book or take a 3-session speech class and expect much of your skills to improve or last. Speaking skills must be practiced ongoing or your skills will start to fade.
For ongoing speaking practice and improvement in a supportive environment, Toastmasters clubs are still one of the only options. Many people have thought about visiting a Toastmasters club but just haven’t taken that next… Read Full Post »
The winners of our club Table Topics (Teresa Seggerman) and International Speech Contest (Ryan Dunn) competed last night at the Area contest. Great job to both representing our club!
Teresa inspired the audience why having a love for yourself is such an important part of our lives. It was the best rendition of that speech yet and took 2nd place in a tough competition!
The table topic question for the contestants was, “Describe what pet (past, present or future) has aided you in public speaking.” Ryan gave a hilarious response of his next door neighbor’s puppy serving as a “babe… Read Full Post »