Joined: June 24, 2018
Toastmasters Description: "Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs." - Toastmasters' Website
My Home Club: Once Upon a Time, Club #8168 (An Advanced Club)
Current Toastmasters Educational Pathway- Motivational Strategies:
The Motivational Strategies path is designed to help you build your skills as a powerful and effective communicator. The projects on this path focus on learning strategies for building connections with the people around you, understanding motivation, and successfully leading small groups to accomplish tasks. This path culminates in a comprehensive team-building project that brings all of your skills together— including public speaking.
COMPLETED PATHWAYS
Dynamic Leadership:
"The Dynamic Leadership path is designed to help you build your skills as a strategic leader. The projects on this path focus on understanding leadership and communication styles, the effect of conflict on a group, and the skills needed to defuse and direct conflict. These projects also emphasize the development of strategies to facilitate change in an organization or group, interpersonal communication, and public speaking. This path culminates in a project focused on applying your leadership skills."
ELECTED POSITIONS
See my Work Experience page for my history of elected position(s)
AWARDS
2024
Toastmasters Description: "Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs." - Toastmasters' Website
My Home Club: Once Upon a Time, Club #8168 (An Advanced Club)
Current Toastmasters Educational Pathway- Motivational Strategies:
The Motivational Strategies path is designed to help you build your skills as a powerful and effective communicator. The projects on this path focus on learning strategies for building connections with the people around you, understanding motivation, and successfully leading small groups to accomplish tasks. This path culminates in a comprehensive team-building project that brings all of your skills together— including public speaking.
- Current Level: MS2
COMPLETED PATHWAYS
Dynamic Leadership:
"The Dynamic Leadership path is designed to help you build your skills as a strategic leader. The projects on this path focus on understanding leadership and communication styles, the effect of conflict on a group, and the skills needed to defuse and direct conflict. These projects also emphasize the development of strategies to facilitate change in an organization or group, interpersonal communication, and public speaking. This path culminates in a project focused on applying your leadership skills."
ELECTED POSITIONS
See my Work Experience page for my history of elected position(s)
AWARDS
2024
- First Place in the Toastmasters District 2 International Speech Contest
- Date: May 2024
- View the speech here
- First Place in the Toastmasters Division D International Speech Contest
- Date: April 2024
- View the speech here
- First Place in the Toastmasters Area 43 International Speech Contest
- Date: March 2024
- First Place in the Toastmasters Area 44 International Speech Contest
- Date: March 2023
- Third Place in the Toastmasters Division D International Speech Contest
- Date: April 2022
- View the speech here
- First Place in the Toastmasters Area 44 International Speech Contest
- Date: March 2022
- Second Place in the Toastmasters Area 44 International Speech Contest
- Date: March 2020
- View the speech here
- First Place in the Once Upon a Time International Club-Level Speech Contest
- Date: February 2020
- Second Place in the Toastmasters Area 45 International Speech and Evaluation Contest
- Date: March 2019