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EloQuents Toastmasters EloQuents Toastmasters Meets Thursday evenings 6:30-7:45pm at Okemos Presbyterian church 2258 Bennett Rd, Lansing, Michigan

EloQuents Toastmasters of Okemos is a public speaking club helping people become more competent and comfortable in front of an audience. We offer a proven and enjoyable way to practice and hone communication and leadership skills.

๐ŸŽคโœจ ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต.๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ. ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. โœจAt Toastmasters, prepared sp...
10/13/2026

๐ŸŽคโœจ ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต.

๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ. ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. โœจ

At Toastmasters, prepared speeches give you the chance to turn your experiences, ideas, and lessons into stories people actually want to hear.

You practise how to:

๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด
๐Ÿงฉ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ
๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ
โค๏ธ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป
๐ŸŽค ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ

These skills matter far beyond the club.

They help in ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€, leadership conversations, networking, wedding toasts โ€” and anytime you want an idea to truly land.

You do not need an extraordinary life to tell a great story.

You just need to learn how to tell an ordinary one well.

๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

Come practise with us this Thursday.

๐Ÿ“… ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†
๐Ÿ•ก ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— โ€“๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฃ๐— 
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐˜†๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿด ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฑ, ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐— ๐—œ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฐ

๐Ÿ™Œ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ โ€” ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

๐ŸŽคโœจ ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต.Ever thought of the perfect answerโ€ฆ **10 minutes too late?** ๐Ÿ˜…That ...
10/06/2026

๐ŸŽคโœจ ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต.

Ever thought of the perfect answerโ€ฆ **10 minutes too late?** ๐Ÿ˜…

That is exactly why we practise ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€.

You get a question, a few seconds to think, and then you speak. No slides. No script. No over-preparing.

It is a simple exercise, but it helps build skills you can use everywhere:

โšก ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜
๐Ÿง  ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€
๐ŸŽค ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜

And that matters far beyond Toastmasters.

Think ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€, workplace meetings, networking events, presentations, Q&A sessions โ€” or simply those moments when someone asks, โ€œSo, what do you think?โ€

The goal is not to have the perfect answer.

It is to become more comfortable ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜.

Come try it with us this Thursday.

๐Ÿ“… ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†
๐Ÿ•ก ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— โ€“๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฃ๐— 
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐˜†๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿด ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฑ, ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐— ๐—œ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฐ

๐Ÿ™Œ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ โ€” ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

๐ŸŽคโœจ ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต.What can actually happen in 75 minutes at an ๐—˜๐—น๐—ผ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€...
09/29/2026

๐ŸŽคโœจ ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต.

What can actually happen in 75 minutes at an ๐—˜๐—น๐—ผ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ meeting?

Quite a lot.

๐ŸŽค Hear ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ and see how stories, structure, humor, and delivery come together.

โšก Try ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ and practise thinking on your feet when you do not have time to prepare.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Learn through ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ โ€” one of the most valuable ways speakers and leaders improve.

โฑ๏ธ Notice the little things: timing, filler words, pauses, body language, and the way your voice can change how a message lands.

๐Ÿค And somewhere in between, you meet people who are also there to ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป, ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„, and ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„.

Over the next few weeks, weโ€™ll be unpacking exactly what those 75 minutes can help you practise โ€” from ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ to storytelling, feedback, leadership, and more.

You do not need to arrive as a confident speaker.

You just need to arrive.

๐Ÿ‘€ ๐—š๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† โ€” and see what happens.

๐Ÿ“… ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†
๐Ÿ•ก ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— โ€“๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฃ๐— 
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐˜†๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿด ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฑ, ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐— ๐—œ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฐ

๐Ÿ™Œ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ โ€” ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

๐ŸŽคโœจ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด?We had an evening packed with ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, and ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€.๐Ÿ’ƒ Sh...
09/22/2026

๐ŸŽคโœจ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด?

We had an evening packed with ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, and ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€.

๐Ÿ’ƒ Shawn gave us an informative and engaging lesson on ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐˜‡, sharing practical tips that could help you impress your next dance partner at a party or wedding.

๐ŸŽ† Aaron took us on a memorable ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฎ. Through storytellingโ€”and even a songโ€”he shared his recollections of the fireworks, the cityโ€™s history, and an unexpected encounter with ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต!

We walked away with ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ, ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€, and perhaps a little more confidence for the dance floor.

โšก Lisa kept everyone thinking with a lively round of ๐—ช๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ? ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€.

๐ŸŽค Diane was a shining example of a smooth and confident ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, guiding us through the night with ease.

๐Ÿ“ Olia delivered the ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, while Mike helped keep the meeting running on time.

And our ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†?

๐Ÿ“š ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ โ€” to speak at length in a pompous or overly elaborate way.

Curious to see what happens at an ๐—˜๐—น๐—ผ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ meeting?

๐Ÿ‘€ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด!

๐Ÿ“… ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†
๐Ÿ•ก ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— โ€“๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฃ๐— 
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐˜†๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿด ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฑ, ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐— ๐—œ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฐ

๐Ÿ™Œ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒโ€”๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!

๐ŸŽคโœจ ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜†โ€”๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜?It was an evening filled with ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต,...
09/15/2026

๐ŸŽคโœจ ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜†โ€”๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜?

It was an evening filled with ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต, and plenty of memorable stories.

๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ Olia entertained us with her thoughts on ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€, exploring them through a modern lens and sharing her personal connection with the Slavic folklore character ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ.

๐ŸŒฑ Fred shared why he joined EloQuents, what he hopes to learn, and the ways he would like to grow throughout his Toastmasters journey. We loved hearing more about his goals and look forward to supporting him along the way.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Mike offered his advice on navigating ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, delivered with the unique blend of humor and storytelling he brings to every speech.

๐ŸŽค Lisa guided us smoothly through the evening as our ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, while Diane provided thoughtful and constructive feedback as our ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ.

โฑ๏ธ Aaron and Fred helped keep us on time and mindful of those sneaky โ€œumsโ€ and โ€œuhs.โ€

โšก Walter delivered the standout Table Topics response of the night, sharing the most ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ he had ever received.

And our ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†?

๐Ÿ“š ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† โ€” meaning very hot and humid, or describing someone or something with a passionate, attractive quality.

Curious to experience an EloQuents meeting for yourself?

๐Ÿ‘€ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†!

๐Ÿ“… ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†
๐Ÿ•ก ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— โ€“๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฃ๐— 
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐˜†๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿด ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฑ, ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐— ๐—œ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฐ

๐Ÿ™Œ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒโ€”๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!

๐Ÿ‘€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ?โœจ ๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ง ๐—œ๐—ฆ. โœจCome meet friendly people, hear ...
09/08/2026

๐Ÿ‘€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ?

โœจ ๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ง ๐—œ๐—ฆ. โœจ

Come meet friendly people, hear great stories, practise speaking, and discover just how supportive and fun Toastmasters can be. You do not need to prepare a speech, be naturally confident, or know anyone before you arrive.

You can simply come along, take a seat, and ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐ŸŽค

๐Ÿ“… ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†
๐Ÿ•ก ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— โ€“๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฃ๐— 
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐˜†๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿด ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฑ, ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐— ๐—œ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฐ

๐Ÿ™Œ ๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ.

โœจ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ - Small moments. Big growth.Your hand goes up before your brain has time to talk you out of it. ๐Ÿ˜… T...
09/07/2026

โœจ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ - Small moments. Big growth.

Your hand goes up before your brain has time to talk you out of it. ๐Ÿ˜… That is the courage of ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€.

- You get a question.
- You get a few seconds to think.
- Then you stand up and give it a go.

No script.
No slides.
No perfect answer required.

What are you really practising?
โšก ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜
๐Ÿง  ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜†
๐ŸŽค ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
๐ŸŒฑ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ

And yes, sometimes the answer is brilliant.

Sometimes it is funny. Sometimes you finish and think, โ€œI have absolutely no idea what I just said.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜‚

But you stood up,You tried.
And next time, raising your hand feels just a little easier.

๐Ÿ™‹ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ.

Come try Table Topics with us this Thursday.

๐Ÿ“… ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†
๐Ÿ•ก ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— โ€“๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฃ๐— 
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐˜†๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿด ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฑ, ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐— ๐—œ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฐ

๐Ÿ™Œ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ โ€” ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜. ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ.

โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ” ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ โ€” ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ!A couple of weeks ago, EloQuents gathered for a special ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ...
08/24/2026

โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ” ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ โ€” ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ!

A couple of weeks ago, EloQuents gathered for a special ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด filled with sunshine, good food, great stories, and even better company.

๐Ÿ” The club served burgers, while members brought ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ to share.

๐Ÿพ We even had a few ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ-๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ join the fun!

๐Ÿ† One of the highlights of the evening was our ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜†, where we celebrated membersโ€™ educational achievements in ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ and recognized our club for achieving ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ status during the last Toastmasters year.

๐ŸŒ Our prepared speeches took us on adventures near and far, with stories focused on ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น, ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, and the journeys that shape us.

โšก Table Topics kept the energy going with fun conversations about ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, unexpected turns, and memorable moments along the way.

We loved seeing everyone come together to ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜, and ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„.

๐Ÿ‘€ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜!

๐Ÿ“… ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†
๐Ÿ•ก ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— โ€“๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฃ๐— 
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐˜†๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿด ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฑ, ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐— ๐—œ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฐ

๐Ÿ™Œ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ โ€” ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!

๐ŸŽคโœจ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ!Weโ€™re delighted to celebrate one of our newest members, ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, on...
08/18/2026

๐ŸŽคโœจ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ!

Weโ€™re delighted to celebrate one of our newest members, ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, on delivering his first Toastmasters speech. ๐ŸŒŸ

The ๐—œ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ is a memberโ€™s opportunity to introduce themselves, share part of their story, and take that important first step toward building confidence as a speaker.

Fred reflected on his ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, and ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€, giving us a meaningful glimpse into the experiences that shaped his life. We loved getting to know him better and hearing the stories behind the person.

๐Ÿ‘ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, on a wonderful first speech!

We look forward to hearing many more stories from your ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น, and fascinating life as your Toastmasters journey continues.

๐Ÿ“– Want to learn more about the ๐—œ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ at Toastmasters? Explore the project here:

๐Ÿ‘‰https://content.toastmasters.org/image/upload/8101-ice-breaker-ff.pdf

Ready to try delivering one yourself?

๐Ÿ‘€ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด and discover how a supportive community can help you find the confidence to share your story.

๐Ÿ“… ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†
๐Ÿ•ก ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— โ€“๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฃ๐— 
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐˜†๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿด ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฑ, ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐— ๐—œ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฐ

๐Ÿ™Œ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒโ€”๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐—” ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€! ๐ŸŽคWeโ€™re excited to begin a new year of ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, and ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต at ...
08/11/2026

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐—” ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€! ๐ŸŽค

Weโ€™re excited to begin a new year of ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, and ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต at EloQuents Toastmasters!

Meet the Executive Team helping guide our club through the year ahead:

๐ŸŒŸ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: Shawn
๐Ÿ“š ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Aaron
๐Ÿค ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ: Lisa
๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: Olia
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†: Yudi
๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: Diane

Our Executive Team met last week to start shaping the year aheadโ€”and there is plenty to look forward to!

๐Ÿš€ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ?

โ€ข More presentations and educational opportunities to encourage member participation
โ€ข Support for new members as they begin their Toastmasters journey
โ€ข Upcoming officer training to strengthen our leadership team
โ€ข Continued focus on welcoming guests and growing our community
โ€ข Development of our ๐—–๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฏ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป and goals for the year
โ€ข Exciting events designed to help members connect, practise and grow

We are proud to begin the year with ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ and look forward to welcoming even more people into our supportive community.

๐Ÿ‘ Please join us in thanking our incoming officers for stepping forward to serve. We canโ€™t wait to see where their energy, ideas and leadership take EloQuents this year!

Curious about Toastmasters or ready to begin your own growth journey? ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜!

๐Ÿ“… ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†
๐Ÿ•ก ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— โ€“๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฃ๐— 
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐˜†๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿด ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฑ, ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐— ๐—œ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฐ

๐Ÿ™Œ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒโ€”๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!

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