You are invited to the Open House meeting of Soapbox Heroes Toastmasters Club on Wednesday, January 15th at 7:00 pm. Soapbox Heroes is a small group reviving a former corporate club as an evening community club in the southwest Arlington/Mansfield/Kennedale area, where we are just beginning to make ourselves known.This will be our first open...
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Better Listener
Karen Hagar, DTM Fighter Enterprise Fort Worth, Texas I purposefully put myself in situations where conversations are taking place where I am not the person sharing the information. Better Communicator: Being a good listener is a key component for being a better communicator. You have the opportunity to persuade members to pursue leadership for themselves...
Training
Sara Boepple, DTM Speakers Exchange Fort Worth, Texas Because of the training I’ve received in Toastmasters, I offered to assist with marketing and website updates for a local writers group. Training really is the key. Toastmasters gives us excellent training for leadership in outside community organizations. “Toastmasters really is ‘Where leaders are made.’ ”
YOUR Speech Contest Advantage
Learn More About International Speech Contests Presented by Jim Key Before you know it, the International Speech contest season will be here. Competitors across the district will be preparing to bring their best speech possible to the contests. Do you know where to begin and how to achieve contest success? Wouldn’t it be great if...
January Anniversaries
Happy Anniversary to these clubs: Division Area JANUARY Club # Charter Date A 14 Weatherford Club 4963 1/1/1987 A 14 Northwest Tarrant Toastmasters 1440249 1/29/2010 B 24 Microsoft LC Toastmasters 2278 1/1/1995 B 25 Grace Club 1912 1/1/1996 C 34 Speakers Exchange 633836 1/23/2004 D 44 First Command Club 8474 1/1/2000 E 53 Roanoke Texas...
Now we have TLI Plus!
My how time flies when you are stuck inside! I can’t wait to get outside and soak up some of the sunshine that has finally found us! Coming up in January, we have full TLIs (Toastmasters Leadership Institute), TLI Lites and now TLI Plus! TLI Plus will have refreshments (pizza, for inquiring minds) and will...
The 12 Gifts of Toastmasters
“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?”— Bob Hope Indeed. Loving others is what Christmas is all about — at least when we get it right. The same applies to Toastmasters, where we...
Be a Better Speaker
Do you want to be a better speaker? Have you wondered how our contest winners are selected? Do you think, I already give and get evaluations in my club, why do I need to learn to judge? We all want to be better speakers. We all want to give and get better evaluations to help...
Our Talented Member
Last night I attended the musical Scrooge, starring one of our club’s most talented members, Gary Samuelson. Gary did an outstanding performance as the lead character, Scrooge, and he had several wonderful solos. This presentation was a little different from the prior year’s presentations I had seen; and Gary was great. [“Gary played the...
Escape the Holiday “Hustle and Bustle”!
Escape the holiday “hustle and bustle” by attending a TLI this December! You can get trained before you take office on January 1….or before you begin the second half of your term. The first full TLI is December 14 at Texas Wesleyan University. Also available at your “holiday escape” is judges training and various other...