SOAR Toastmasters

We need your help with this month's meetings. Our club is scheduled to meet on Friday 1/22 and 1/29. Please consider signing up for a speech or hat role on our club's website. https://soar.toastmastersclubs.org/

Our next meeting is this Friday, November 20. Roles and speech slots are available. We hope to see you at the meeting.

Elections are fast approaching and we need candidates for each position. Please contact Tom Casasanta or one of the offices if you are interested in being a candidate. Elections will be held in our Wednesday Zoom meeting.

Club Officer Elections are fast approaching. Being an officer is a great way to develop and demonstrate your leadership skills. There are many different positions available in Toastmasters and you can reach out to current officers for information including Joseph Ferrone , Tom Casasanta and Bri Pergram .

* President - sets the tone for the club, you are expected to provide helpful, supportive leadership for all of the club’s activities

Vice President Education - schedule members’ speeches and projects and serve as a resource for questions about education awards, speech contests, and the mentor program

Vice President Membership - promote the club and manage the process of bringing in guests and transforming them into members

Vice President Public Relations - promote the club, update web content, and safeguard the Toastmasters brand identity

Secretary - maintain all club records, manage club files, handle club correspondence, and take the minutes at each club and executive committee meeting

Treasurer - manage the club’s bank account, writing checks as approved by the executive committee and depositing dues and other club revenues

Sergeant at Arms - keep track of the club’s physical property, such as the banner, lectern, timing device, and other meeting materials

SOAR Toastmasters will host our first virtual meeting on April 22nd. Members can sign-up for roles on our website. We have two speech slots open, along with most other roles. Please let us know if you can fill one of the roles. CC sent information to members on downloading Zoom software. https://soar.toastmastersclubs.org/

SOAR Toastmasters Club

Hello fellow SOAR Toastmasters and guests. I hope everyone is doing well in this trying time. I'm looking forward to the time when we can get back to in-person meetings. For the time being we are discussing the idea of virtual meetings. Please let Tom Casasanta or one of the other officers know if you are interested in participating in a virtual meeting.

- Joseph Ferrone -

Congratulations Julie on your new job. You will be missed at SOAR Toastmasters. Julie's speech from today's meeting was uploaded to our YouTube channel. She delievered an insightful speech on the challenges one might face in running a Toastmasters speech contest.

Julie Parkey / Pathways - Leadership and Development - How to not run a speech contest Julie delivered this speech at the SOAR Toastmasters meeting on Wednesday, February 26.

Thank you everyone who attended yesterday's meeting. If you missed the meeting or arrived late, you can watch Allison's speech on the SOAR Toastmasters YouTube channel.

Allison Shamell / Pathways - Motivational Strategy / Quantum Shift Happens Allison's speech from the 2020-02-12 SOAR Toastmasters meeting

Congrats to Twyla Woodruff (1st place) and Tom Casasanta (2nd) representing SOAR, and Martha Espinosa (1st) representing TEAM, and for the participation in today’s International Speech Contest!

Twyla and Martha will represent their clubs at the Area Contest February 22. 🗣🎤🏆

Tomorrow, SOAR and TEAM Toastmasters club members will compete in the International Speech Contest at Noon in the Easton Room. 🏆

Yesterday's meeting featured two insightful speeches and a table topics session. Tom and Ziporah's prepared speeches are now posted to the group's YouTube channel.

SOAR Toastmasters Toastmasters club located in Columbus, OH