Plus Two Toastmasters club would like to extend a warm invitation to all fellow Toastmasters for the celebration of the club’s 70th birthday. Everyone is welcome to celebrate and share this moment with us. Monday, February 8 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM La Madeleine French Country Cafe 6140 Camp Bowie Boulevard Fort Worth, TX...
Category: <span>Club Events</span>
Drawing in the Crowds
A struggle for many corporate clubs is the advantage/disadvantage that comes with a set pool of potential members to draw from. Security concerns and geographic locations hold equal barriers to a small club with an employee base of 40 to draw from and larger corporate-sponsored clubs that could have as many as 300 employees to...
BNSF Family Day
On September 25, BNSF Toastmasters and BNSF Expressed Toastmasters partnered together to staff our very own Toastmasters’ booth at the 2015 BNSF Family Day. We were able to meet BNSF employees and their families to spread the word about Toastmasters, handing out literature, toys, and novelties. The booth also held an Impromptu Speaking contest, in...
Bridging Cultures: Toastmasters at the Eggroll Festival in Arlington
With growing U.S. diversity, one in five U.S. residents or 61.8 million people now speaks a foreign language at home (data from the 2013 American Community Survey (ACS)). Many face challenges in adjusting to unfamiliar cultural norms and communication barriers. I proudly admit, I was one of them. As a person who speaks English as...
Effective Evaluation Tools Showcased
The Speech Evaluation Workshop on August 29 drew over 50 Toastmasters from both District 25 and 50. Sponsored by The Evaluators Advanced Club and Grace Toastmasters. Both clubs meet at the First United Methodist Church in Carrollton. This three hour workshop showcased a very experienced group of award winning faculty. Debra Sanford, DTM, reviewed a...
Power Communicators Open House July 13
Power Communicators hosted an open house on Monday, July 13 on their new meeting date of Mondays and at new meeting location at Grand Prairie Family YMCA; 4556 S Carrier Pkwy; Grand Prairie, TX 75052. The Open House was organized by Joe King, the club’s VP Education and Past President. The meeting was a typical...
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
All six Toastmasters Clubs at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics held an Open House on July 20 with the theme, “Toastmasters International 90th Anniversary.” Special guests at the meeting were Immediate past District 25 Governor Marylee Mims, District 25 International Speech Contestant Ed Archangel, and Ken Ross, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Sponsor. The Open House exemplified the District...
Good Times, Good Food
USB Texas Toast held the new officer installation at the Fish City Grill in Irving Texas on June 30, 2015. Left to Right in the picture are the new officers Felicia Christian (President), Nicole Love (VP of Education), Stacy Workman (VP Membership/Past President), Michael Tatum (VP Public Relations), Kelli Leyba (Secretary), Bebby Herndon (Treasurer), Michael Stuart (Sergeant-At-Arms), and Paul Barry (Area...
“Story Power” Workshop
You Are Invited to Attend Bethesda Toastmasters will host a special guest speaker, Frank Ball on Sunday, July 26 at 5:00 pm for a workshop called “Story Power.” Frank Ball is a Christian author, mentor, and founder of North Texas Christian Writers. His talk will explain how to tell your story in written media. Bethesda...
All the Tools You Need for Improved Speech Evaluations – Special Workshop Aug 29
Question: What’s the most valuable thing that occurs in a Toastmasters club meeting? Answer: The speech evaluation(s). Speech evaluations provide a critical part of every club meeting. When delivered properly, an evaluation gives the speaker encouragement and suggestions for improvement, thereby fulfilling a key promise of the Toastmasters program. Evaluations give the audience insights, and...