Toastmasters at UCSB

11/09/2021

A tip on using the timer on Zoom. I didn’t know…

Here is a tip for making sure all speakers will be able to see the Timer in a meeting or contest conducted on Zoom. This is an action that must be taken by the meeting Host (not a Co-host) that benefits all participants. In Zoom Toastmasters meetings, the person playing the role of Timer typically ....

06/17/2021

The Toastmaster year is almost over. July 1st we begin again, set new goals, and meet new friends.

02/22/2021

Happy 143rd Birthday to Toastmasters International Founder Dr. Ralph Smedley, born on February 22, 1878, in rural Illinois. Given his role in establishing Toastmasters, it seems fitting that Smedley shares a birthday with George Washington, first President of the United States.
A few years before he died in 1965, Smedley concluded his memoirs, “The Story of Toastmasters,” with this advice to future generations of Toastmasters leadership:
“My often stated hope is that our organization may be kept on a personal basis, and that it may never become an institution forbidding and impersonal. … Let us never permit the machinery to become massive and complicated. Let us continue to be a ‘movement’ rather than an ‘organization’ or an ‘institution.’ … Our business is not to build up a great organization, but to serve our members in the best and most efficient ways.”
In the late 1950s, the city of Santa Ana, California, established the Dr. Ralph C. Smedley Junior High School in his honor.

11/03/2020

Toastmasters is a great way to practice using Zoom in a safe environment. We continue to meet the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. Visit our webpage for contact information.

07/03/2020

We are continuing to meet via Zoom. Check out our website for instructions on how to join us. Toastmastersucsb.com

03/11/2020

Namaste sounds like a great idea to use at our meetings.

Toastmasters International President Deepak Menon offers advice for club meetings during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.

01/05/2020

Start the New Year improving your communication skills. Join Toastmasters@UCSB. We meet the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month at 12:05pm. Come visit this week! Room 1126 in Phelps Hall. Guests are always welcome.

10/25/2019

Our Area Director, Tracy, presents the TT ribbon to guest, Ryan. Thank you Tracy for being our Table Topics Master.

09/20/2019

Special meeting on September 26! Come watch World Champion of Public Speaking contest on video while enjoying pizza. Meeting will be in Student Affairs Conference Room- SAASB 2201A at 11:45am.

09/02/2019

Next meeting is September 12th. Guests are always welcome. Weinsoff wins Best Table Topics ribbon. He is also recognized for his completion of the 10 speeches in the Competent Communicator basic manual which is part of Toastmasters International heritage educational program. Congratulations Mark! 👍🏽