Capitol Club Toastmasters - Boise, ID

09/23/2026

Walking and enjoyed a sighting of fellow Capital Club member, Jim Rudolph, a self professed humorist and former archeologist married to an archeologist.

Jim can dig up great stories to present at our meetings, much like the digs and research during his career!

08/24/2026

Come see us this Wednesday!

Last week’s meeting of the Capital Club showcased a speech that was really compelling and great info. The speech evaluator came up with just a couple of suggestions for improvement— which says a lot!

The member discussed her experience in disclosing a serious health issue—she covered the parts of our lives impacted including social, professional and personal. She left us with ideas of how to respond with appropriate and helpful language. Kudos Patty Johnson!

Our word of the day was gnomic, an adjective meaning cryptic or short on words. Almost all members used the word of the day and thought of the cute, droll or scary yard art! 🍄🐲

Our Toastmaster Bill spoke of his favorite tri-trip sandwich while traveling through California ‘San Maria’ tri-tip barbeque. We were all experiencing cravings after the meeting! Thanks Bill!

If it is Wednesday, it is Toastmasters! Check us out noon at Smoky Mountain Pizza on Park Center.

08/16/2026

Last week’s meeting of the Capital Club showcased a speech that was really compelling and great info. The speech evaluator came up with just a couple of suggestions for improvement— which says a lot!

The member discussed her experience in disclosing a serious health issue—she covered the parts of our lives impacted including social, professional and personal. She left us with ideas of how to respond with appropriate and helpful language. Kudos Patty Johnson!

Our word of the day was gnomic, an adjective meaning cryptic or short on words. Almost all members used the word of the day and thought of the cute, droll or scary yard art! 🍄🐲

Our Toastmaster Bill spoke of his favorite tri-trip sandwich while traveling through California ‘San Maria’ tri-tip barbeque. We were all experiencing cravings after the meeting! Thanks Bill!

If it is Wednesday, it is Toastmasters! Check us out noon at Smoky Mountain Pizza on Park Center.

06/30/2026

Consider joining our pre-4th of July meeting at Park Center Smoky Mountain Pizza on Wednesday at noon! Take action!

05/26/2026

Check out our Wednesday meeting this week at Smoky Moubtain Pizza. See you at noon!

03/18/2026

Our members are the BEST!

Allow me to introduce Todd Fischer, a Capital Club member who incorporates humor into each of his speeches and his life.

Todd is an engineer by trade and education, a promotor of the polio vaccine, a global traveller, an international businessman and an active Rotarian.

We are fortunate to count Todd as a Capital Club member and a friend!

03/07/2026

Capital Club held its annual speech contest last week. The winners of the humorous contest were…drumroll….

Jim Rudolph - 1st Place
Ginger Floerchinger-Franks, PhD - 2nd Place

Jim spoke of his affection for maps, in juxtaposition with society’s disinterest. Most use digital GPS methods of finding places….or not.

Ginger spoke of her eye-catching red boots and her social experiment wearing them for five consecutive days. ‘Those boots were made for wearin’🎼🎶’

Both speeches were of great entertainment value, well-organized and applied Toastmaster presentation techniques. Jim will move on to the area competition slated for:

March 21st, Saturday, noon to 4 pm

At the Center for Spiritual Living
10464 W Garverdale Drive
Boise, ID 83704

Please join us to support Jim!! 🎉🧭

01/08/2026

Is boosting your self-confidence in front of a large audience on your New Year Resolution wishlist? Brilliant!

Join Capitol Club Toastmasters to turbocharge your public speaking skills through some seriously fun practice sessions.

We're a friendly Boise crew that gathers every Wednesday noon-ish at Smoky Mountain Pizza on Parkcenter - see you in 2026!

12/17/2025

The Capitol Club Toastmasters closed out its last meeting in 2025. Members posed for a pic after sharing their unique excitement for 2026 and how Toastmasters has been and continues to be a source of personal development, comraderie, weekly giggles and learning! Today, I learned one of the best kept secrets of Pacific islands is Palau! 🤿

Happy holidays and join us at Smoky Mtn. Parkcenter on Wednesdays at noon. See ya next year!!

12/10/2025

Thanks go out to Carol Crosswhite and her hubby Chris Blanchard, for once again hosting our Christmas party! It was fun—while all about warmth and holiday cheer!

The central location is convenient sure but the well-thought-out design and decor drew us all in, and back each year!

Some outstanding contributions this year were Sean and Heather’s beautiful cheese plate, Emily’s loaf of homemade bread—a crowd pleaser, Ginger’s mushroom and wild rice soup, Rick’s vegan chili, roasted veggies from Chris and Carol’s garden (well, maybe some came from the garden), and drum roll…the Cranberry Curd pie decorated with winter sprigs crystallized by sugar was stunning!

There was more but just love the comraderie, conversation and laughter throughout the evening!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Capitol Club Toastmasters!! The best club!