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.
The Big “D” Christmas party was held at a club members house. As far as we know, a good time was had by all.





















The 2019 Toastmasters Contest season has begun. Big “D” Toastmasters is pleased to announce the Spring Contest winners for our club.
A huge congratulations to our first time Toastmaster, Janice, who ran an excellent meeting with the theme about Money.
As a Public Speaker, I’ve dealt with my share of hecklers and other public speaking nightmares. In my early career, I would be devastated by them. It happened in front of 5, 20, even 600 people where the audience had interrupted, pushed back, belittled, or just plain roasted me. Back then, I handled hecklers poorly…
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.
One of the main reasons people get into this business is because they wish to earn some significant money. After doing some research they find that most of their starting events will be free speaking functions. What?
This week the Toastmaster was Elizabeth, who covered the role for another member. She decided that the theme this week was going to be Ireland, in celebration of the recently passed St. Patrick’s Day.