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​Thursday 7-9pm, Denny's 1313 Willow Pass Road, Concord, CA

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A word or two about our club, Diablo 598 . . .

We are a charter club since 1948! Our members are our strength! We are a diverse group, ranging in all ages, backgrounds and careers. This is a high-energy group that has much combined experience with the Toastmaster program so come and benefit from that experience! We want to help you grow!


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Executive Committee
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Tyler Vivian,
​President

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Irving Joe,
Vice President -
Education

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Rose Falgout
Vice President -
Public Relations

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Leticia Lara,
Vice President -
​Membership

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Will Manduriao,
Treasurer

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TBD,
Secretary

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Don Niemeyer
Sergeant-at-Arms


What Happens at Our Meetings?

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Each week, we meet to improve our communication skills. There are three main aspects to our meetings:
  1. Table Topics – This exercise allows you to develop your extemporaneous speaking skills.
  2. Prepared Speeches – Following any one of the many speech projects, members present a speech to the club.
  3. Evaluations – Each prepared speech receives an evaluation, which provides immediate feedback.
 As a new member, you'll be given an opportunity to participate right away by filling some of the roles available!
  • Ah – Counter: Records crutch words such as ‘Ah’, ‘Um’, ‘Ya’ know’, ‘And’, ‘Like.’
  • Assistant Toastmaster: Presents ‘Thought of the Day”, leads the Pledge of Allegiance.
  • Evaluator: Provides an evaluation of a prepared speaker’s speech and specific methods for improvement.
  • General Evaluator: Leads the Evaluation portion, provides an evaluation of the meeting.
  • Grammarian: Presents a “Word of the Day” , notes proper and improper uses of the English language.

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  • Sparkler / Faux-Pas Presenter: One that provides a ‘Sparkling’ moment and another that is ‘not quite up to snuff'’.
  • Table Topics Master: Asks questions so the members can practice extemporaneous speaking.
  • Timer: Tracks speaker’s times for Table Topics, prepared speeches and evaluations.
  • Toastmaster: Prepares a meeting theme and conducts the educational portion of the meeting.

At the end of each meeting we conduct an award presentation for the best:
  • Table Topic presenter
  • Speaker
  • Evaluator
  • Also… Sparkler/Faux Pas Award

Most Toastmaster clubs have a special something that happens at each meeting. For Diablo 598, it's the Sparkler/Faux Pas Award!

And the best part is . . . we have fun while doing all of this in just two hours!

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In Addition...
Beyond Speaking


Toastmasters isn’t just about developing your own skills; there are many opportunities to help others.

Mentoring -
  • When a new member joins, they are able to select a mentor to assist them with any of their roles or speech projects.
  • In addition to being a mentor to a member, the more experienced members may offer to mentor another Toastmaster club. This ensures that all clubs are providing the same well-proven training formats that our founder, Dr. Ralph Smedley developed.

The Youth Leadership Program (YLP) - Works with children through an eight week course to begin developing their communication and leadership skills.

Location

 


Visit Us! Thursdays, 7-9pm

Denny's
1313 Willow Pass Road
Concord, CA 94520

VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME

Feel free to bring your colleagues and friends


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