Category: News
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Learning to Love the “Rule of Three” from the 2025 World Champion of Public Speaking
I have the World Champion of Public Speaking Sabyasachi Sengupta to thank for helping me appreciate the “Rule of Three,” a basic principle of public speaking I had heard of but misunderstood until now. I was fortunate to experience the World Championship live this year from the Toastmasters International World Convention in Philadelphia, and I…
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Explore our website — as its editor!
One of the ways Club Awesome has marketed itself over the years is by having a better website than most other Toastmasters clubs. Our David F. Carr, DTM, a Past President and current Vice President of Education, strongly recommends using WordPress as a more professional platform for web publishing and marketing. Although there are many…
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Build Your Personal Brand, Online and Off – Workshop Replay
Madalina Iordache came to Club Awesome in 2018 to learn public speaking skills, and went on to serve as VP of PR. She returned in June 2025 to share what she has learned from speaking professionally as a business owner — and the techniques you can use to stand out from the crowd, like her…
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Replay: Gail Nichols, Christine Campbell, from Friday Mar 7, 2025
Friday March 7, 2025 Gail Nichols: The Trojan Horse Preventing Your Healthy Longevity Christine Campbell: Positive Attitude is the Root of All Success – How Will You Lead Your Millions?, Project: Connect with Storytelling This is a test A directory of these videos by member name is available in this members-only archive. Video policy: speech…
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Featured Speech: The “Frisella” from Salento, delicious bread and water
If you weren’t at Club Awesome on Friday, August 1, here’s something special that you missed seeing live — but fortunately, we do have a replay for you. Our member Paolo Barone visits us in person when he is in town on business, but this time he joined us live from Italy for a cooking…
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Workshop: Better Hybrid Meetings for Work and Play
Club Awesome’s David F. Carr, DTM, led this workshop on improving the experience for everyone when a meeting or event includes both online and in-room participants. Additional Resources
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May 31 Breakfast Workshop on YouTube: How to Create and Grow Your Channel
Join us online or in person (with breakfast in person) for a special workshop on how to become YouTube famous (or more famous). Doing business as the Geeks on Tour, Jim and Chris Guld teach technology for travelers, both on YouTube and at RV meetups and computer enthusiast events. Their YouTube channel has over 12.5K…
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Preview: Aug. 25 Workshop with the Geeks on Tour
Jim and Chris Guld built their business, Geeks on Tour, from their ability to clearly explain digital photography, photo and video editing, smartphone apps, and other technologies of interest to travelers in the context of their own travels around the country and the world. They will be the featured speakers at our next workshop, which…
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Hybrid meeting lessons from Club Awesome Toastmasters, a workshop replay
Club Awesome’s David F. Carr, DTM, explained the advantages and tradeoffs of hybrid meetings — and how to make yours more successful — in this district training on July 29, 2023. Holding Toastmasters meetings in a hybrid in-person online format has many advantages, but doing it right is not necessarily easy. Remote members may feel…
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The Essential Professional Value of Public Speaking with Marilyn Brown
As an executive coach and business team building consultant, Marilyn Brown often prescribes a strong dose of Toastmasters to leaders who want to make a bigger impact and boost their own careers. “The only way you can influence people is through communication and speaking to people. So these are those critical competencies. If you cannot…