Last Saturday, I had the pleasure of being able to attend Toastmasters International District 7 Spring Convention Communication ‘10
Toastmasters International is a organization composed of clubs all over the world where people can practice and improve their speaking and leadership skills.
http://www.toastmasters.org/
District 7 covers all of Oregon plus part of Northern California and Southwestern Washington. People from all over came to this all day affair held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.
I had a great time and would like to share it with you.
The pomp and circumstance
There was a parade of banners in which I marched, hold the banner for Columbia Center Toastmasters http://columbiacenter.freetoasthost.us There were also bagpipes at the opening ceremony and at the start of the Speech Contest.
The keynote speeches
The first speech or "opening session" was delivered by Ruth Robinson an 80+ year old teacher who has been a member of Toastmasters for only 4-1/2 years. The title was "Toastmasters: Its Promise, Its Risks, Its Legacy. She ended with a beautiful poem, The Dash” by Linda Evans.
The keynote speech after lunch was delivered by Lou Radja, an international speaker and humanitarian. His title was "Moving Beyond Communicating to Connecting."
Tomorrow, I will talk about the workshops!
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