Downtown Houston Toastmasters

12/20/2023

🥂 Wishing our Downtown Houston Toastmasters family a joyous holiday season filled with warmth, laughter, and the company of loved ones. May the coming year bring you success, growth, and countless opportunities to shine and JOLLIFY in both speech and spirit.

On behalf of your 2023/2024 club officers, HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Here's to another year of eloquent expressions and shared camaraderie! 🥂

📢MEETINGS RESUME 1/9/2024

09/11/2023

📢 An updated invite for the ONLINE ONLY meetings for Downtown Houston Toastmasters has been sent!

For official Toastmasters and our frequent guests, please check your Junk folder if you do not see the invite in your Inbox.

We look forward to seeing you online next week! CAMERAS ON for this meeting please. The attached infographic has some excellent tips for online meetings!

For more information send an email to:
[email protected]

08/28/2023

THE MORE YOU LEARN, THE MORE PLACES YOU'LL GO! ~Dr. Seuss

Tomorrow! Tuesday, August 29th 11:30 am (CT), 1 hour!
Downtown Houston Toastmasters Meeting theme: Dr. Seuss!

Join us to share your stories, listen, provide feedback, and learn more about Toastmasters!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sept 5th - No meeting.
Sept 12th - ONLINE ONLY meetings begin.

[email protected] for an invite.

08/21/2023

MEETING REMINDER AND IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS!!

1. TOMORROW, Tuesday 8/22 is our next meeting. Our meeting theme is ASTROLOGY. Please sign up for a role at https://2972.toastmastersclubs.org/agenda.html
o Scripts and meeting tools can be found at https://2972.toastmastersclubs.org/member_downloads.html
o Non-Chevron attendees please respond if you want to attend in person. PREREGISTRATION is required with Chevron security.

2. NO meeting September 5th due to the Labor Day holiday.

3. NEXT WEEK, August 29th will be our LAST hybrid meeting. We will continue to host meetings ONLINE ONLY, indefinitely. A new meeting invite will be sent to members.
o Going forward, we will occasionally offer a hybrid meeting for in-person attendees. We will send plenty of notice and details so that you can plan accordingly and hopefully join us in person.

4. There are 2 more upcoming Club Officer Training (COT) opportunities. ALL Members and Prospects are welcome to attend, and I encourage you to do so if your schedule permits. Registration is required. The dates for the online training are August 26th and August 29th. The calendar and registration link https://toastmastershouston.com/calendar/

05/18/2022

A small but impactful meeting yesterday‼️

️⬛️ THEME: Think Before You Speak - Before saying anything, pause and ask yourself these simple questions:
▪️ Does this need to be said? - Practice taking a deep breath and not reacting to every impulsive feeling. You’ll get better at learning to manage your emotions.
▪️ Does this need to be said now? - Learn to empathize with the emotions, needs, and concerns of other people. Developing good listening skills and being fully present in conversations will help you learn to read other people’s verbal and physical cues.
▪️ Is it kind? - Emotionally intelligent people are aware when they’re feeling frustrated, sad, or angry, and why they’re feeling that way. This makes them better able to manage their emotions without lashing out, and helps them communicate without judgement or defensiveness.
️⬛️ MEETING ROLES FILLED:
▪️ Toastmaster - Hope
▪️ General Evaluator and Ah-Counter/Grammarian – Kevin
▪️ Timer – Ernesto
▪️ Table Topics Master and Vote Counter – JOE
️⬛️ OTHER ATTENDEES:
▪️ Dan
▪️ Julia - First-time attendee and TABLE TOPICS WINNER‼️
️⬛️ WORD OF THE DAY: Iteration
️⬛️ TABLE TOPICS:
▪️ haircut
▪️ car color
▪️ gas price monitoring

05/04/2022

- Do you want to become a confident public speaker, better communicator, and successful leader? All it takes is practice AND effective feedback that helps you improve.
Houston Toastmasters provides a supportive and positive learning experience in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth. Guests are always welcome to attend online!
At meetings members:
• practice newly learned speaking skills
• practice newly learned leadership skills
• participate in learning impromptu speaking skills
• provide written and verbal feedback to improve their listening/leadership skills
or simply attend and observe what others are doing.
Our club meets every Tuesday at 11:30 am Central via Zoom. Comment for the meeting link/invite or more information.

11/23/2021

Downtown Houston Toastmasters meetings resume next week!

11/15/2021

Join us tomorrow! Cameras on. First-timers - it is OK to audit our meeting without participation (y) No pressure to speak!

11/08/2021

Join us on our next Zoom meeting! DM or scan the QR code for more information.

10/07/2020

Use your words to inspire and communicate authority

"Leaders can cement their authority when they speak in ways that promote honesty and inspire others to pursue possibilities..."

"Consciously aiming your language toward greater and greater levels of integrity is a powerful strategy for changing your work world..."

How you say things signals whether you are in authority; command of language is an authoritative skill so basic it is easily overlooked.

09/28/2020

📣📣 Downtown Houston Toastmasters - Still going strong with our virtual meetings so DON'T BE A STRANGER‼️
Our next meeting is tomorrow at 11:30 am Central. Send an email to [email protected] if you would like to join!