Meeting Details
Time: Thursdays, 6:00 PM. We have a new venue! Our club offers dinner (optional) and meets each week, from September through June. We welcome guests. Please join us 15 minutes early as we begin promptly at 6:00.
New Venue: Quality Inn University (in "Motel Village")
2359 Banff Trail NW
Calgary, Alberta
www.qualityinnuofc.com
Dress: Business
casual
Documents for Visitors
Please feel free to download our
Welcome
Brochure,
Membership Form,
List of Calgary Clubs or
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us an E-Mail
Documents of Interest to Members
Mar 10 Schedule (PDF)
Feb 10 Schedule (PDF)
Role Contact Guidelines
Description of Roles
Greeter Form
Chairman Form
Timer Info
Tabletopics Master Form
TTopics Evalutor Form
Toastmaster Form
General Evaluator Form
Meeting Times
Foothills Toastmasters is one of Calgary's longest serving and largest clubs (in existence for over 49 years). We strive to create a welcoming, fun environment that is extremely supportive to new members with little or no experience. Toastmasters International is a non-profit organization dedicated to making its members more effective public speakers.
How Toastmasters Works
At Toastmasters, members learn by speaking to groups and working with others
in a very supportive environment. If you're interested in building self-esteem and confidence in front of people, or simply want to polish your presentation skills, this is the place to be!
Our meetings typically have 20 to 30 people who meet for about two hours on a Thursday evening. This is a dinner club, although having a meal is not mandatory. Members have specific roles assigned. Each meeting gives everyone an opportunity to practice:
- Conducting meetings. Meetings usually begin with a short business session which helps members learn basic parliamentary meeting procedures.
- Giving impromptu speeches. Members present one-to two-minute impromptu speeches on assigned topics.
- Presenting prepared speeches. Three or more members present speeches based on projects from the Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership Program manuals. Projects cover such topics as speech organization, voice, language, gestures, and persuasion.
- Offering constructive evaluation. Every prepared speaker is assigned an evaluator who points out speech strengths and offers suggestions for improvement.
The Tools We Use
New members receive a variety of
manuals and resources
on speaking. Members also have access to other books as well as audio and
video cassettes on speaking and leading. They also receive the award-winning
"Toastmaster," a monthly magazine that offers the latest insights
on speaking and leadership techniques.
Interested in Joining?
Feel free to join us as our guest any Thursday night from September through June. Be sure to come a bit early (about 5:45 or so) as the meeting begins at 6PM sharp. The meeting itself is free for guests (with coffee) and if you'd like a meal, there is a $22.00 charge for the meal.
Current
location of Foothills Toastmasters Meetings:
Quality Inn University (in "Motel Village").
2359 Banff Trail NW
Toastmasters International • Mar Sched PDF • Feb Sched PDF • Contact Guidlines PDF
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