TaleWeavers Toastmaster Club

06/12/2026

Wow! Grammarians everywhere need to see this!

You are mid-sentence, explaining something you know well, and then it happens: “I was going to, um…” A tiny stall. Most people treat these moments as verbal hiccups, signs of nervousness or a word stuck on the tip of the tongue. But a convergence of neuroscience research now points to a differ...

11/07/2025

Wonderful presentation on storytelling from Darren LaCroix, 2001 World Champion of Public Speaking tonight.

10/28/2025

The fear of public speaking and the power of silence:

Onstage in front of 800 people, Anne-Laure Le Cunff realized her worst public-speaking fear. But she rose to the occasion, and taught a major lesson in the process.

10/11/2025

"To reach the heart, you can usually do it with a story."
-Jane Goodall

07/03/2025

Installation of new officers for the 2025-2026 Toastmasters year.

11/18/2024

Meeting tomorrow at Southdale library, 6:00 PM Ethel Berry room.

02/17/2024

Tale Weavers' next meeting will be Tuesday, February 20 - ONLINE via Zoom, starting at 6:00 PM CST

02/06/2024

We are j inn person at the Augsburg Park Public Library this evening
Start at 6:00 pm
Join us if you can

11/27/2022

This is great storytelling.
Caution: some NSFW language

A man navigates the medical system with humor.Andy Borowitz is a comedian and writer whose work appears in The New Yorker and at his satirical website, Borow...