Parker Toastmasters would like to extend it’s heartfelt gratitude to Rich Hopkins for giving a great speech to help him prepare for the International Speech competition in Las Vegas in two weeks. Rich taught us a great and humbling lesson. Rich is at the top of his game as a speaker. He just delivered for […]
The last meeting of July 2011 provided opportunity to meet several new people–we welcomed Debbie Hall’s nephew Tyler, Darin (who spent 10 years in Minnesota, so Jodi had instant respect for him since she is a MN native!), Joanna’s friend Steve, and Krupa (who goes by John.) We also got to hear some very engaging speeches. […]
How is it possible that the meetings keep getting better and better each time? What do we do to bring so much energy and keep momentum going? The enthusiasm of the Club members is beyond words. Eric Dunham was our Toastmaster and provided with a handful of interesting quotes about public speaking. Here is one […]
Besides the awards, and the new officer elections, we had a very busy meeting on Thursday June 23. We had three guests, Bob and Adele Lalich, and Sam Jarris. Thank you for attending! We hope you make another meeting, and consider joining our club. Members attending were Eric Dunham, Joanna Knott, Kaitlyn Wolf, Bruce Ekins, […]
I couldn’t have imagined a better outcome to my year serving Parker Toastmasters as its President. At tonight’s meeting I was proud to speak about how far the club has come along in the last three years. This year we had unprecedented participation and enthusiasm by our officers and members. Our club had speech contests […]
Our club is on the verge of achieving a lofty goal – President’s Distinguished Club Status. This is the pinnacle of club achievement for Toastmasters’ International, and it is due to the great efforts of each and every one of you that we are close to this goal. DCP as a benchmark is not perfect […]
Parker’s other Toastmasters club is sponsoring a very good seminar Monday night that you should attend. Part 1: Characteristics of Effective Leadership FREE Monday, June 20 · 7:00pm – 8:30pm Location: Parker Library 10851 S. Crossroads Drive Parker, Colorado It’s objective: Define the qualities that determine effective leaders, identify your own leadership style, and learn […]
Oprah does an annual show about her favorite (material) things. She rhapsodizes and then furnishes each of her audience members (e.g. diamond earrings, iPods, books, etc.) with her new “favorite things.” In a way I’ve been feeling a bit like Oprah lately since I have a new “favorite thing”: the Parker Toastmasters! If I could I […]
What an excellent meeting tonight, with excellent turnout! Bruce Ekins, Nina Minary, Paul Johnson, Jodi Horner, Samantha Tino, Michele O’Brien-Rose, Kaitlyn Wolf, Kellen Stephens, Michelle DeVore, Eric Dunham, Joanna Knott, Debbie Hall and Bill Morgan participated in tonight’s meeting. Let’s all welcome new members Debbie Hall, Bruce Ekins, Samantha Tino, Kaitlyn Wolf and Kellen Stephens! […]
When this website went through reconceptualization and redesign, there were many unknowns and uncertainties. Thankfully, the worst unknowns were about abandoning a familiar website and taking a leap of faith into the foggy void of installing and using WordPress. Now that we’re up and running for nearly three months now, we’re losing our training wheels […]
