by John Becker/Bald Head Gem City Forum Toastmasters had a real treat Tuesday evening 6-7-11 when Judy Stepp gave her #5 speech from the Competent Communicators manual. Her speech was titled, "Clouds"... Judy is a tremendous speaker with a positive message. Animated, fun, and witty, I think you'll enjoy her presentation of "CLOUDS"... see the video!...

Toastmasters Clubs are organized to conduct meetings as a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a friendly atmosphere. As a meeting Toastmaster, part of your duty is to contact the other participants with your Theme and obtain their introduction and material/equipment needs prior to...

This past Saturday April 23rd, Area Governors for District 37, Div A, Areas 11, 12, 13 held a joint Tri-Fecta Speech Competition in Asheville, NC. This was the second time that a combined competition was held successfully. With competitors in both Table Topics and International Speech Competitions competing for each area, contestants not only get the...

Gem City Forum continues to amaze and entertain every week! We are happy to see that guests continue to drop in and then decide to stay for a while and become new members. The continuity of any club is in it's ability to attract and keep new members. With Toastmasters it seems like an easy thing to...

Those of us who attended last weeks’ meeting had a great time, as usual. The meeting opened with some 'Haiku' written by Mike Kesselring about “Spring”. That was followed by some antics from John Becker and his three “selected wives” regarding his choices for landscaping which caused some issues as the Table Topics Theme. The speeches...