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Join energetic clubs all over Founder’s District in participating in the upcoming membership building contest. During the months of February and March, add 5 or more members to your club to win the Toastmasters “Talk Up Toastmasters” award. You’ll receive a cool ribbon for your banner and an invitation to the Great Founder’s District Pizza…

Dr. Ralph Smedley, the founder of our organization, sponsored the first permanent Toastmasters club in Santa Ana during the fall of 1924. About a year later, in the fall of 1925, a guest from the nearby town of Anaheim attended the Santa Ana club. This visit signaled a new direction for Smedley’s Toastmasters idea. The…

Maximize Your Toastmasters Journey – Practice Transferable Skills What are transferable skills? Why do they matter? Last month, Danny Ly, current club president of Table Talkers, was giving a speech about four core values of Toastmasters International: Integrity, Respect, Service, and Excellence. Danny is a successful young entrepreneur who owns two 7-11 stores. In his…

  In 1988, Mackay wrote his first book, Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and was on the New York Times bestsellers list for 54 weeks and has sold over 5 million copies. Mackay began his public speaking career following the release of Swim with the Sharks. Mackay’s second book, Beware the Naked…