by Jodi Michael Horner VP of Public Relations A “Lady in Red” was our Toastmaster for the evening. Ashley Jones, donning a belted red sweater dress, took a turn in the lead role of the evening for our club and as Evaluator Marcy Brack noted, she did so with innate grace and poise. She also […]
The Article was published by our Bill Morgan in the Toastmasters Magazine. It is published here.
By Eric Dunham, President What a great evening at Parker Toastmasters. One of our newer members, Tina Sorenson took the reins and was our Toastmaster for the evening. She was awesome. The meeting was very well organized and ran very smoothly. Her organization and forethought shined. Sundeep Gopagoni is our newest member. He joined the […]
Bill Morgan is proud to announce that his article “The Gracious Guest” will be appearing in the October 2012 edition of Toastmasters Magazine. Bill wrote the article after visiting several Irish Toastmasters clubs while on an extended work assignment in Dublin last fall. The following slideshow features original pictures Bill took all round Ireland. [slickr-flickr […]
Parker Toastmasters is pleased to announce the launch of the Parker Toastmasters Speakers Bureau on September 1, 2012. This has been a project in play for around six months, arising out of then VP of Education Eric Dunham’s vision for the club. Now Eric is President of the club. On September 19 co-chairs Eric and […]
by Jodi Michael Horner Public Relations Officer Short and Sweet One club speaker and one guest speaker made for a short and sweet meeting. Eric Dunham inspired us with his Specialty Speech #2. He implored us to strengthen our country. See his speech here. Our Guest Speaker, Alan Swartz, had won the Area […]
By Jodi Michael Horner Public Relations Officer A terrific meeting all told… …but it certainly presented some challenges! Everyone had done their work in advance with preparing their speeches and roles, and everyone (including yours truly!) was on time. However when the room that the club usually uses is locked one must exercise rapid resourcefulness. […]
by Jodi Michael Horner Public Relations Officer *for videos of each speech please click on the links embedded in the speakers’ paragraph. Our weekly meetings have yielded abundant results in numbers. First, our attendance has increased. Last Thursday’s meeting sported 16 in attendance, including one new guest (and now member) Shari Beaudette. Secondly–speaking of new members–the additional […]
The first meeting of the new club year was a huge success and highlighted by our guest speaker. There were 19 members and guests in attendance. What a show of Parker Power. Our President, Eric Dunham called the meeting order and acted as the Toastmaster for the evening. The agenda was packed which is becoming the […]
by Jodi Michael Horner I don’t know about the rest of y’all but I’m still getting used to our new one-hour weekly format! That isn’t to say I don’t love it–I absolutely do. I guess it sort of feels like a TIVO version of our previous bi-weekly meetings that were an hour-and-a-half in length. With […]
