Waco Early Birds Toastmasters

10/15/2025

Join us Wednesday mornings at 7 AM for stimulating speeches and thought-provoking Table Topics. We welcome in-person visitors and also invite virtual participants via Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/97045019162?pwd=SjUwMWJsdUE2MEtRQTg3ZnE4SEloZz09

11/29/2023

Have you ever been put on the spot in public? Did you freeze up and feel like you didn’t know what to say? Public speaking is like a muscle, you have to work it out to see improvements. Come join us at Early Birds Toastmasters every Wednesday from 7am-8am. It’s a friendly environment to encourage one another to improve in public speaking. Join us via zoom or in person.

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Meeting ID 970 4501 9162 passcode 551581

10/25/2023

This morning in Toastmasters our theme was “The Early Bird Gets the Worm”. We had 2 great speeches, one speech in person and one via zoom. Our hybrid meetings give you no excuses to come visit Early Bird Toastmasters and improve on public speaking. We would love to see you and tell you more about our club. You can email me personally at [email protected]

06/30/2023

Our last meeting of the Toastmasters year was led by Chris Pryor, our Toastmaster. His theme was "Relax and Embrace."

After opening with an invocation and leading us through the pledge of allegiance, Chris called on Tony Stewart to tell us why he is enthusiastic and lead the cry of the early bird.

Chris then introduced the General Evaluator (Rosemary Horton), Ah Counter and Grammarian (Tony Stewart), Timer and Ballot Counter (Steve Martin), and Zoommaster (Randy Hickerson).

The prepared speech portion of the meeting began with Miles Phillips telling us about people who were influential in his life during his speech, "Becoming Me - Reflecting on the Influencers of my Life." The speech was insightful and helped us learn more about Miles. The second speech, "3rd Term," was delivered by Landon Lewis. It was a reflection on his past year as President and served as a thank you to all of the people who helped him and the club throughout the year.

Gary Lee Webb, our Table Topics Master, led the impromptu portion of the meeting (Table Topics). He asked interesting, theme-related questions to Jenny Riddle, Brandon Savell, and Randy Hickerson and received enthusiastic and thoughtful responses.

The evaluation portion of the meeting was led by Rosemary Horton. She began by calling on Brandon Savell and Celeste Castro to provide feedback on Miles' and Landon's speeches, respectively. Each evaluator used a different approach but both provided specific and useful feedback to the speakers. Tony Stewart provided a short and sweet Grammarian report and a detailed Ah Counter report then Rosemary closed this portion of the meeting with a sweeping analysis of the entire meeting.

The meeting ended with Steve Martin announcing the best speaker (Landon Lewis), best Table Topics Speaker (Jenny Riddle), and best evaluator (Brandon Savell) and Chris asking for feedback from our guests.

06/27/2023

Join us tomorrow in person or via Zoom from 7am - 7:50am for another morning of public speaking and leadership development. Tomorrow's theme is, "Relax and Embrace" and the word of the day is, "Enthusiastic."

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06/24/2023

Last week concluded my coverage of each officer that makes up a Toastmasters club’s executive committee. The content used for each post can be found using the links below:

President - https://www.toastmasters.org/resources/president-overview

Vice President Education - https://www.toastmasters.org/resources/vice-president-education-overview

Vice President Membership - https://www.toastmasters.org/resources/vice-president-membership-overview

Vice President Public Relations - https://www.toastmasters.org/resources/vice-president-public-relations-overview

Secretary - https://www.toastmasters.org/resources/secretary-overview

Treasurer - https://www.toastmasters.org/resources/treasurer-overview

Sergeant-at-Arms - https://www.toastmasters.org/resources/sergeant-at-arms-overview

Immediate Past President - https://www.toastmasters.org/resources/immediate-past-president-role-overview

Thank you for reading over the last several weeks. I hope this information helps your club’s newly elected officers throughout their journey over the next Toastmasters year.

If you would like more information on club offices or any other Toastmasters related topic, please go to www.toastmasters.org.

06/23/2023

Yesterday's meeting was led by Gary Lee Webb who served as our Toastmaster. His theme was "Sharing the Prize."

After opening with an invocation and leading us through the pledge of allegiance, Gary Lee called on Brandon Savell to tell us why he is enthusiastic and lead the cry of the early bird.

After providing a little humor with his joke of the day, Gary Lee introduced the General Evaluator (Brandon Savell), Ah Counter and Grammarian (Steve Martin), Timer and Ballot Counter (Rosemary Horton), and Zoommaster (Chase Robinson).

During the prepared speech portion of the meeting, Tony Stewart provided us with a “Freestyle Swimming Tutorial.” It was an informative speech filled with instruction, demonstrations, and a short video.

Landon Lewis, our Table Topics Master, led the impromptu portion of the meeting. He asked Chris Pryor what sharing the prize means to him, Celeste Castro for tips and advice on sharing the prize, and Brandon Savell to tell us a story about how he has shared the prize.

The evaluation portion of the meeting began with the General Evaluator, Brandon Savell, calling on Randy Hickerson to provide feedback on Tony's speech. This was done in a thorough manner and left Tony with things he did well and places to improve. Steve Martin’s detailed Ah Counter and short and sweet Grammarian reports followed. Brandon Savell closed this portion of the meeting with feedback on different parts of the meeting.

Rosemary announced the best speaker (Tony Stewart), best Table Topics Speaker (Brandon Savell), and best evaluator (Randy Hickerson) then Gary Lee Webb closed by asking for feedback from our guest (Celeste Castro).

06/21/2023

Join us tomorrow in person or via Zoom from 7am - 7:50am for another morning of public speaking and leadership development. Tomorrow's theme is, "Sharing the Prize" and the word of the day is, "Collaboration."

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Meeting ID: 970 4501 9162
Passcode: 551581

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, confer...