Bakersfield Downtown Soul Speakers Toastmasters

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Hello,You are invited to the division H speech contests. Here is a flyer for more information.
03/10/2025

Hello,

You are invited to the division H speech contests. Here is a flyer for more information.

Hello,You are invited to the area speech contests. Here is a flyer for more information.
01/15/2025

Hello,

You are invited to the area speech contests. Here is a flyer for more information.

01/10/2025

"While most of us may have entered Toastmasters to learn to make speeches, that benefit is but the beginning of the good which may come to use and good which we may do for mankind."

-- Ralph Smedley

What's a great nugget of wisdom you heard in a presentation that stuck with you recently?

When it comes to the ability to command a room with voice and eye contact alone, in Toastmasters, few compare to Don Ens...
12/10/2024

When it comes to the ability to command a room with voice and eye contact alone, in Toastmasters, few compare to Don Ensch. Don was a longtime citrus grower, and distinguished member of Toastmasters International for over 60 years. Serving as an International Director, he became known as "The Voice of Toastmasters". He, along with with Herb Nowlin, co-founded the Sandpiper Toastmasters club in 1976.

I remember first meeting Don at Sandpiper Toastmasters, around 2010. Some of his advice and sayings would stick with you years after meeting. One favorite saying of his was, "A man in a suit, can walk through any door."

Now, granted, some of this advice, looking back on it from the rearview mirror that is 2024, may seem dated. Women wear suits and walk through whichever door they choose, and have twice been just shy of becoming President.

But there was one saying of his, that always rang true. Every few weeks, he would tell the story of the first Toastmaster he met who showed him the ropes, and how meetings worked. He remembers the gentleman told him, "Young man, stick with it, never quit. Quitting is worse than failing."

And, today as we start to look back on the past 100 years of Toastmasters, in a way, we can find those threads that reach back through the years. The gentleman Don first heard that advice from was a director of education for a local YMCA, a gentleman creating a program to help people learn to speak more confidently on their feet . . . Ralph Smedley himself.

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701 Truxtun Avenue, CA 93301
Bakersfield, CA
93304

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+18055359983

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