Innovative Speakers Toastmasters Club

Welcome to Innovative Speakers!
Club #8489, Area 25*, District 5, Region II

Learn Effective Presentation & Speaking Skills Through Our Training

Announcements

1 new member is joining our club!

Welcome Alka,Neel to Innovative speakers.

Check out the schedule for the next few weeks.Click here

Congratulations to the incoming officers for the Jan - June 2010 term:

Jeff Keup
- President
Bill Gillespie
- VP-Education
(Immediate Past President)
Chuck Blaisdell
- VP-Membership
Vikram Phatak
- VP-PR
Becky Gleason
- Secretary
Alan Lutze
- Treasurer
Homer Bravo
- Sgt. @ Arms

2009/2010 Officer Training Dates: Click here.

Congratulations to Innovative Speakers for achieving 5 DCP goals!

2010 Contests Dates:
April 24, 2010
Last Day for Area Contests

May 8, 2010
Last Day for Division Contests

May 22, 2010
District Spring Conference & International Speech Contest

Click here to visit the District 5 Calendar

Day: Every Thursday
Time: 5:15 p.m - 6:15pm
(please arrive 5 minutes early to sign in and gather meeting material)

Scripps Clinic Rancho Bernardo
(Room: Conference room on basement floor)
15004 Innovation Drive
San Diego, CA 92128
Phone: 858-487-1800 (for direction inquiries only)

Please arrive a few minutes early to give yourself enough time to sign in and find your way to our meeting room. We have over 18 active members with 12-15 in attendance at meetings.

Please e-mail
if you have any further questions.

Thanks for your interest and we look forward to seeing you!

*as of July 1, 2009, we are now part of Area 25

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How Toastmasters Works

Members learn by speaking in their clubs and working together in a mutually supportive, safe, and friendly environment. Innovative Speakers meets weekly to allow each person the abilty to speak and practice:

Conducting meetings. Meetings usually begin with a short business session which helps members learn basic meeting procedures.

Giving impromptu speeches. Members present one-to two-minute impromptu speeches on assigned topics.

Presenting prepared speeches.Two or three members present speeches based on projects from the Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership Program manuals. Projects cover such topics as speech organization, voice, language, gestures, and persuasion.

Offering constructive evaluation.Every prepared speaker is assigned an evaluator who points out speech strengths and offers suggestions for improvement. This is what really sets Toastmasters apart and is how members can improve quickly. The feedback and tips each member receives when they speak, helps them with their next speech project to emphasize their strengths and improve their overall presentation skills.

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