Good afternoon! Here is your weekly dose of District 13 Toastmasters News and Notes.
It’s the last time I’ll say this. Pay your dues. Renew your membership and reinvest in your growth by writing a check for your Toastmasters dues. Help your club remain healthy the next six months. Today is the big day.
It’s the other public service announcement that keeps on giving. Save the date! The District 13 Fall Symposium (held virtually) will be on October 16 from 9:30am to 3pm. Registration will be coming soon. Details will hopefully be coming soon too so I can share them on a future blog post.
Saturday’s Earlybirds Toastmasters meeting saw Walter J Smith and guest Jyoti Khare from Cranberry High Noon complete their level 3s in the Pathways educational program. Walter’s speech was about his “big move” to NH and Jyoti led us in Table Topics today.
Congrats to Walter J and his wife! They will be missed at the meeting but thank you for Zoom and the virtual platform so we can keep in touch with them
It was awesome meeting. If you were a guest, you were treated to three great speeches. The club inducted Levi as their second new member this year. Congrats and welcome Levi!
In addition to Walter J’s speech on his big move to New Hampshire, October and Donni gave great speeches today as well. Donni showed off her craft talents in her speech. Well done Donni!
Also completing her level 3 was Woman 2 Woman member Leora Flax.
Just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month, Leora Flax completed her Level 3 with a presentation about Juana Ines de la Cruz, a 17th-century writer, philosopher and composer who was condemned for her criticism of misogyny.
Leora gives some great informal speeches about less well-known women trailblazers who made a world of difference. Here’s to more exceptional speeches such as these in Level 4! Congratulations Leora on leveling up in your path.
Who doesn’t love a speech about cats?
At W2W, Linghan Zheng have a Researching and Presenting Project titled “Let’s talk about Cats.”
Linghan got the attention of her fellow Woman 2 Woman members while delightfully delivering a charming speech. How sweet was that speech? I know many of my coworkers have cats and my “family” loves their pets, The Mighty Thor and Harley. Here’s The Mighty Thor in his happy place.
Way to go, Linghan, on your speech.
I’m really hoping that I can attend this event on November 9. This red carpet event is not to be missed. RSVP early, because space is limited. I’ve been really wanting to attend a club meeting but it’s been hard to with my work schedule. Regardless of whether or not make this event, I plan to attend a regular meeting on November 23. I might want to get on it so if I go I can do my red carpet strut. Here’s today’s Toastmasters throwback.
The return of our soldiers, sailors, and airmen really aided in the growth of post-War Toastmasters clubs. Toastmasters Magazine during this time became a monthly publication and remains that way to this day.
Speech contests continued to go strong in post-WWII America, as evidenced by the Washington Toastmasters sponsoring a high school level contest. How motivated are you to win that speech contest and earn a full scholarship to the college of your choice?
In 1946, membership included brothers, and even fathers and sons. Seems like a rarity back then but with the way Toastmasters has evolved, anything is possible now. Maybe we’ll be able to bring our pets soon.
Stylish 🍒 