Virtual Meeting: Toastmasters 90210 + Marpole Toastmasters Vancouver
We co-hosted a fabulous virtual meeting with Marpole Toastmasters Vancouver to explore the commonalities between us, despite the geographical and cultural divides.
Attend the 2020 Toastmasters International Convention
A speech is more than just the words that you utter. It is also about the spaces and pauses between those words. It is a chance for your audience to react, ponder and laugh.
Bring People Together In A Pandemic With Storytelling
Storytelling, narrative and laughter are some of the best ways for people to come together. In challenging times such as the present, these tools have never been more crucial.
Alexander Denk Receives Roy D. Graham Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations to our new club President, Alexander Denk, DTM, on recently receiving the 2020 Roy D. Graham Lifetime Achievement Award. This is a huge achievement!
Dari Mackenzie Achieves DTM
Kudos to Club VP of Education and immediate Past President Dari Mackenzie for achieving her DTM in June 2020. What an achievement!
Being Prepared In A Virtual Zoom Environment
It is important to observe etiquette in a virtual environment. In this video, Toastmasters 90210 Sergeant-at-Arms Yazmin Lope delivers some tips on elevating your virtual presence and making yourself unforgettable during these challenging times.
Open House With Guest Speaker Sasha Strauss
Special guest and brand strategy expert Sasha Strauss spoke on personal branding in the Zoom age with “Personal Identity When Things Last Forever.”
Silence Is Not A Void
A speech is more than just the words that you utter. It is also about the spaces and pauses between those words. Silence is not a void.
Proudly Wear Toastmasters 90210 Wherever You Go
Our club is selling beautiful T-shirts for $20 each. To obtain one, please speak to our President and Mentor Director, Alexander Denk.
Speechwriting: Get To The Point
If brevity is the soul of wit, then certainly the Gettysburg Address is the most memorable of all speeches. When writing your next speech, be bold, be direct and get to the point.
Toastmasters 90210 Holiday Party
The Public Speaking Connection to Veteran’s Day
World War I ended 101 years ago today. This war featured a very powerful public speaking element in the United States, in the form of the “Four Minute Men”. Here’s a brief history.
Toastmasters 90210 Wins Best Online Presence for District One
The Toastmasters 90210 website has won the award for Best Online Presence! We were chosen out of 178 clubs in District One.
Open House Featuring John Kerwin
John Kerwin delivers a speech overflowing with humor, funny anecdotes, vocal variety and hand movements , while delving into techniques he has developed while interviewing celebrities.
Things We Said Today
Toastmasters in our club are infatuated with the word “thing”. In one recent meeting alone, we counted 48 uses of the word “thing”. How do we fix this inveterate use of that tired word?