Impact Toastmasters Club #9124

On June 3, we celebrated Repeat Day, where Practice makes Progress. You build your public speaking skills by practicing over and over, just as you need many reps to build muscle. We had two great speeches by Katie and Zhi. This was also Brj's first time to do Table Topics and practice his impromptu speaking. He did a great job sharing the day of his life he would relive (repeat) if given the chance!

Katie's speech, "A Toast to Mary and Dan," was a great celebration of her friend who will be getting married soon. Toastmasters was a great way to practice the speech she will give on their wedding day! Zhi's speech, "Finding New Members for Our Club" was amazing and supportive of our club's future success!

Congratulations to our winners:
Zhi - Best Speech (Katie was a close second!)
Joe - Best Evaluator
Brj - Best Table Topics

On May 27, we enjoyed a fun and informative meeting, where Jason described the club officer roles, and Joe challenged Table Topics speakers to speak about officer role experience.

We also welcomed guests Brij, Shayla, and Chase. Our club officer elections will be on June 10.

Congratulations to our Toastmaster pencil award winners:
Jason - Best Speech
Zhi - Best Evaluator
Kate - Best Table Topic

There was a Toastmasters contest as part of this weekend's conference! Contests help to accelerate our members' growth!

Impact Toastmasters members were participants and winners in the District 10, Area 22 contest on March 19.
Katie, Alex and Amy all participated in that contest!

Congratulations to:
Katie, who won second place in the Area 22 Speech Contest
Amy, won first place in the Area 22 Table Topics Contest.

This weekend was the Power of 10, Legacy in Motion Toastmasters conference! Toastmasters districts are changing soon, so this was the Final District 10 Conference.

Congratulations to Tricia, who was honored as a past Toastmasters District Director. Joe was there to celebrate with her!

Celebration time! We are celebrating our 24th anniversary this Wednesday! Join us in-person or online!

Join us March 18 at 11:45am Eastern for a fun Open House party! In person and Zoom. Contact us for the Zoom link and to RSVP.

On February 4, 2026 we had a special theme to celebrate the Winter Olympics opening week: Faster, Higher, Stronger - Together!

Alex is making great strides in his Toastmasters progress! He won both Best Speech and tied for the win of Best Table Topics (a rare occurrence to win both in one meeting) and received Toastmasters pencils as his prizes! He completed his third speech in his mouth-watering apple pie-making trilogy. Alex's progress is very noticeable since joining last year.

You, too, can grow by leaps and bounds if you jump in and let Toastmasters' tools help you! Direct message us if you would like more information about joining our club!

Congratulations to:
Best Speech: Alex
Best Table Topics: Alex and Amy
Best Evaluator: Mike

On January 28, we had our Impact Toastmasters Club Annual Speech Contest! Our Contest Master, Zhi, did a great job to lead the meeting and Jason was our Chief Judge.

We had two fabulous International Speech Contestants, and two terrific Table Topics contestants!

We are able to send two contestants from each contest to the next Area level contest. Congratulations to the first and second place winners!

International Speech Contest:
1. Katie Burke
2. Mike Pechalk

Table Topics:
1. Amy Vogt
2. Alex Fan

Contests are something that accelerate your growth, so a huge congratulations to all of our contestants for stepping outside of their comfort zone to grow exponentially!! Please help cheer on our members at the in-person Area Contest on March 19: https://district10.org/event/area-22-speech-contests/

On January 21, Jason shared details to prepare for our club's competition on January 28 and some amazing quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King for the Thought of the Day.
Alex presented part 2 of his series on making apple pies, and Jason challenged speakers with “either/or” Table Topics!
Congratulations to our winners:
-Best Speech: Alex
-Best Evaluation: Mike
-Best Table Topics: Joe and Zhi

On January 14, we had a fun meeting, where Zhi showed us how to set goals with 3 simple rules in Part 1 of her "Atomic Habits" speech. Katie challenged our Table Topics speakers to share their vision and aspirations.
Congratulations to our winners:
-Best Speech: Zhi
-Best Evaluator: Joe
-Best Table Topic: Mike

On January 7, we had a great meeting today to kick off our new year! Our theme was New Year, New You, and we got to reflect on last year and think about our growth this upcoming year.

We heard two excellent speeches:
-Alex shared his insights about making the perfect apple pie crust in the first part 1 of his 2-part speech.
-Amy showed us what she learned about managing life changes from her hibiscus plants: Saying Goodbye to the Old and Starting New Beginnings.

Tricia challenged Table Topics participants to think about what they want to accomplish in the upcoming year (and reflect on last year).

Congratulations to our winners today:
Best Speaker: Amy
Best Table Topic: Joe
Best Evaluator: Z