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TODAY! Thanks to our President Cole Garcia’s poor zoom performances, he has found us a new place to conduct meetings with the Butte County offices closed to the public. Lets see how this goes! We will meet at the Monday … Continue reading →

James Souci, probably at first look would not be thought of as valedictorian of the senior citizens scrabble club…but first let me tell you, in scrabble you really needed to place limits on Chinese utterances…cheater. Recently I think of him … Continue reading →

Hello all; We are now in the world of ZOOM…anyway that is how we conduct our meetings these days…there are whispers of meeting in the park with distancing practices in place…but really that is all about we miss our Toastmaster … Continue reading →

NOTICE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, OROVILLE TOASTMASTERS, “BEST BY A DAM SITE” HAS CANCELLED ALL MEETINGS DUE TO THE IMPACT OF THE CORONAVIRUS. PLEASE MONITOR THIS SITE FOR ANY UPDATES. GENERALLY WE WILL FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF THE FEDERAL ,STATE, AND … Continue reading →

Growing up, Poetry and the threat, the challenge or the even the suggestion to read, evaluate, contemplate was always a form of cerebral challenge, apparent unearned punishment and/or personal affront….Somehow the transition from a dictated structure poem to free-flow rhetorical … Continue reading →

In the spirit of transparency please review the below. This is an attempt to recap what really happens at one of our meetings. We do not yet have a secret hand shake or prescribe to ritualistic oddities in some basement…but … Continue reading →

https://hbr.org/2019/09/to-overcome-your-fear-of-public-speaking-stop-thinking-about-yourself?utm_source=pocket-newtab

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/307sgk7f8ooe9co/AABYRY0dC2sny4Lr94rZsLIDa?dl=0

AN URGE? Do you have an urge to speak in a convincing way? Do you like to share ideas as you think each day? We can help you master this every Wednesday from noon to one. We practice speaking to … Continue reading →

Now I would say that because I was a speaker.  We had a low attendance meeting but as is out creed, we were driven and able to occupy all positions….even though Cole did double duty and did two evaluations in … Continue reading →