Don’t Fear the Pause
One thing that frightens most beginner speakers is the idea of a pause. Notice how smooth speakers typically will pause and enable that minute of silence in a discussion to simply hang there.
March 19 Meeting Online
With the most recent guidelines from the United States Center for Disease Control and the ongoing guidance from Toastmasters International, the March 19th meeting of Big “D” Toastmasters will be held online. Club Members This meeting will be held via Zoom video conferencing. If you are going to be at your computer or laptop, please…
Weekly Update – 02/17/2020
Contest Contest on March 05. As of right now there are TWO people signed up. 1 speaker and 1 helper. Should we even have a contest? If no one else signs up by Thursday, I’m tempted to bring a motion to promote the only entry as the winner, and send them on to the area…
Weekly Update – 02/09/2020
This is the full version of the weekly update. Awards Congratulations to the following Joyce Kelly – For completing Level 1 in her Pathways Catherine Welpton – For completing Level 2 in her Pathways David Alpuche – For completing Level 3 in his Pathways The benefit of these awards are twofold. First, it serves to…
Weekly Update 02/01/2020
This is simply a longer version of the email that went out. Those who want this information will find it. Those who don’t, won’t have to read it. Awards Congrats to Steven Malecek who finished the Advanced Communicator Silver track. For newer members, this is part of the old education series. [There are two other…
Officer Election Results – December 2019
Congratulations to our new club officers! They were elected during the December 12, 2019 meeting and will take their positions on January1st.
Christmas 2019
The Big “D” Christmas party was held at a club members house. As far as we know, a good time was had by all.
2019 Fall Contest
The Toastmasters Fall 2019 contest season is quickly approaching. Find out more about this Toastmasters tradition.
Toastmasters Meeting Summary 05/02/2019
Another week and another Toastmasters meeting. This week our Toastmaster was a first time Toastmasters, Bach. He did a great job of putting the evening together, even as two speakers had to find emergency replacements due to weather. (It was stormy this past week in Dallas!) The theme this week was the Big “D” 70th Anniversary.
Toastmasters Meeting Summary 04/25/2019
Another week and another Toastmasters meeting. This week our Toastmaster is a returning member, Yolanda, who entertained us with the theme of “Smile.” We learned many facts about smiling throughout the evening. One of them being that waiters who smile tend to earn higher tips.