Thanks for visiting our website. Below you'll find some information about who we are and what we do. We'd love to have you visit - if you need directions, there's a link on the left.
-Mainstreamer Toastmasters of Utah County
In October 1924, a group of men assembled by Dr. Ralph C. Smedley met in the basement of the YMCA in Santa Ana, California, U.S.A., forming a club to afford practice and training in the art of public speaking and in presiding over meetings, and to promote sociability and good fellowship among its members. The group took the name Toastmasters. We are a local chapter of Toastmasters International.
Today, Toastmasters International is a non-profit organization which gives its members the opportunity to develop and improve their public speaking abilities through local club meetings, training seminars and speech contests. Toastmasters International includes more than 199,000 men and women in more than 9,300 clubs in more than 70 countries.
Experienced professionals and beginning speakers alike can benefit from our practical, face-to-face learning program. Whether you're speaking to the board of directors, your customers, your co-workers or your kids, Toastmasters can help you do it better. You'll learn and practice in a friendly, comfortable environment with people who are there for the same reason you areto become better communicators.
At Toastmasters, members learn by speaking to groups and working with others in a supportive environment. Our club is small enough to allow each member plenty of speaking opportunities, but large enough to offer diverse and energetic meetings. Each meeting gives everyone an opportunity to practice conducting meetings, giving impromptu speeches, presenting prepared speeches, and offering constructive evaluation.
Baptist Church*
1120 West Columbia Lane
Provo, UT 84604
(Click the link on the left sidebar for directions)
*Toastmasters International and the Mainstreamer Toastmasters are not affiliated with any religious group or sect. However, we are sincerely grateful to those providing a location for our meetings.
Every Tuesday
6:30pm-7:30pm
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Announcements:
-Thanks to everyone who participated in our speech contest on September 31st. Each speech was very entertaining and well-executed.
-Special congratulations to those who won in each contest:
Humorous Speaking: 1st Place, Merrill Andrus on "Procrastinate Growing Old".
Extemporaneous Speaking: 1st Place, Marcia Ambler on "My Greatest Achievement".
-Congratulations to Katherine Hindmarsh, who has finished her Competent Communicator award.
