Christmas 2019

This week’s theme was “Air.” Now, you might be wondering if this had anything to with “Love” in the Air. The answer to that question, is No.

It’s contest time again! Speech contests are a Toastmasters custom. Each year, countless Toastmasters compete in the Humorous, Evaluation, Tall Tales, Table Topics and International speech contests.

Another week in the books! Here is your Big “D” Toastmasters meeting summary for January 17, 2019. This weeks theme was “Random Facts.”

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The fear of public speaking is as common to man as the sun is as common during the day and do not fear, almost everyone goes through the same process everyday, but just to be sure, here are some ten essential steps to conquer the fear of public speaking.

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.

A huge congratulations to our first time Toastmaster, John, who ran an excellent meeting with the theme about Cars.