IRRI Toastmasters Club

07/10/2026

Ready to find your drive and finish your goals strong? Come grow your communication and leadership skills with IRRI Toastmasters Club this Thursday, October 8, 2026! 🚀

📅 When: Thursday, October 8, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM – 6:45 PM
📍 Where: Security Building, IRRI HQ (or join virtually!)
🌐 Virtual Access: tinyurl.com/IRRITMCMeeting

Guests are always welcome to sit-in stress-free. Drop us a message to save a seat! 👋

05/10/2026

05/10/2026

Less than 90 days left in 2026! ⏳

IRRI Toastmasters Club is kicking off the 2nd quarter of our 2026–2027 term with a new theme: “Shift Into High Gear”! Join us as President Rica Aicel Mariano (IP4) will lead our first meeting of the quarter with the theme, "Becoming Better!"

Ready to find your drive and finish your goals strong? Come grow your communication and leadership skills with us this Thursday, October 8, 2026! 🚀

📅 When: Thursday, October 8, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM – 6:45 PM
📍 Where: Security Building, IRRI HQ (or join virtually!)
🌐 Virtual Access: tinyurl.com/IRRITMCMeeting

Guests are always welcome to sit-in stress-free. Drop us a message to save a seat! 👋

02/10/2026

New faces, new stories, and new milestones ahead! 🎉🎤

A huge, warm welcome to Fauzia Nayeb and JP Dumaraos as they officially join the IRRI Toastmasters Club!
Taking that step to hone your voice and lead with confidence is a huge win, and we’re honored to be part of your growth journey. Let’s achieve great things together! 💪🌟

30/09/2026

What's in a Word of the Day?
In a IRRI Toastmasters Club meeting, it is how we introduce a new word to add to our vocabulary. We challenge ourselves to use the word throughout the meeting. The Grammarian - the one to introduce the WotD - also keeps track of vocab usage, grammar, and highlights throughout the meeting!

Come join our meeting to experience this first hand!
📅 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month
⏰ 5:30 - 6:45 PM
📍 Security Building, IRRI HQ | HYBRID
🌐 tinyurl.com/IRRITMCMeeting

30/09/2026

What's in a Word of the Day?
In an IRRI Toastmasters Club meeting, it is how we introduce a new word to add to our vocabulary. We challenge ourselves to use the word throughout the meeting. The Grammarian - the one to introduce the WotD - also keeps track of vocab usage, grammar, and highlights throughout the meeting!

Come join us in our meeting to experience this first hand!
📅 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month
⏰ 5:30 - 6:45 PM
📍 Security Building, IRRI HQ | HYBRID
🌐 tinyurl.com/IRRITMCMeeting

28/09/2026

Welcome to the family, Jeffrey & Cloue! 🥳✨
IRRI Toastmasters Club proudly welcomes Jeffrey Yu and Cloue Ramos to our community! We are so excited to walk alongside you as you grow, build confidence, and embark on your journey toward becoming exceptional communicators, public speakers, and leaders.

28/09/2026

Borrow Brilliance: inspired by others, improved by us 💡✨
Innovation, growth, and progress rarely come out of nowhere. We observe, live, feel, and learn from others, our environment, and our circumstances. Our curiosity helps us process information so we can adapt, improve, and provide solutions to the challenges we encounter along the way.

Key takeaways from our meeting:
🔷 Innovation comes from synthesizing ideas - True progress comes from gathering, fusing together, and building upon existing ideas.
🔷 Look beyond "what is" to "what is possible" - See beyond current boundaries to adapt and make ideas our own.
🔷 Speech structure creates impact - Clear storylines and dynamic delivery (peaks, falls, and climaxes) directly shape how effectively we communicate.

🙌 A huge thank you to our visiting Toastmasters & Guests:
- TM Franco Miguel Andrade of Los Baños Toastmasters Club for taking on the role of Ah Counter!
- DTM Marilyn Meriales (Los Baños Toastmasters Club , ADPhils Toastmasters Club, Empowering Servant-Leadership Toastmasters Club, Destiny Trailblazers Toastmasters Club) for serving as our General Evaluator and delivering a thorough evaluation of our meeting!
- Our amazing guests - JM Mendoza, Fauzia Ruma, and Herbert - for joining us and bringing fantastic energy to our meeting! 🙌

🥳 Celebrating new milestones:
A warm welcome to our newest club members, Jeffrey Yu and Cloue Ramos! We look forward to walking alongside you on your Toastmasters journey with IRRI Toastmasters Club! 🎉

💬 What about you? What is an idea or practice you recently "borrowed" from someone else and adapted to make your own? Drop your thoughts below! 👇

23/09/2026

Word of the Day: fuse

As we borrow ideas and fuse together diverse forms of thought, belief, and input from others, let us improve upon our outcomes and spark our next moment of brilliance!

Join IRRI Toastmasters Club, a member of the Division S - District 75 Toastmasters International, this Thursday, September 24, 2026, as we brainstorm and grow our communication and leadership skills together!
📅 When: Thursday, September 24, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM – 6:45 PM
📍 Where: Security Building, IRRI HQ (or join virtually!)
🌐 Virtual Access: tinyurl.com/IRRITMCMeeting

21/09/2026

“Ideas don’t come out fully formed” is a familiar phrase.

Innovation rarely happens in a single "eureka!" moment. It comes from a continuous process of curiosity, collaboration, and learning from those around us. 🧠✨

Ready to spark your next moment of brilliance? Join IRRI Toastmasters Club this Thursday, September 24, 2026, as we brainstorm and grow our communication and leadership skills together!

📅 When: Thursday, September 24, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM – 6:45 PM
📍 Where: Security Building, IRRI HQ (or join virtually!)
🌐 Virtual Access: tinyurl.com/IRRITMCMeeting

Sitting in as a guest is completely free and stress-free! Drop us a message to reserve a seat. See you there! 👋