{"id":61,"date":"2010-10-29T21:11:29","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T04:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foothillstoastmasters.com\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T02:48:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T02:48:21","slug":"profile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.foothillstoastmasters.com\/toastie\/profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Club Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2299\" data-end=\"2513\">We&#8217;re one of Calgary&#8217;s longest serving and largest clubs (in existence for 72 years as of 2022). We strive to create a <strong>welcoming, fun environment <\/strong>that is extremely\u00a0<strong>supportive <\/strong>to everyone from experienced speakers to new members with little or no experience.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2515\" data-end=\"2561\">Over the decades, our members have gone on to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"2564\" data-end=\"2612\">Win national and international speech contests<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2615\" data-end=\"2687\">Serve as community leaders, business executives, and elected officials<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2690\" data-end=\"2734\">Build lifelong confidence in communication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2736\" data-end=\"2878\">We believe in <strong data-start=\"2750\" data-end=\"2771\">learning by doing<\/strong> \u2014 every member participates, every voice is heard, and every role is supported with constructive feedback.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"2880\" data-end=\"3101\">\n<p data-start=\"2882\" data-end=\"3101\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThe secret of Toastmasters\u2019 success is that it is many things to many people&#8230; you will not only achieve your goals but also learn a few new and unexpected things along the way.\u201d<\/span><br data-start=\"3062\" data-end=\"3065\" \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u2014 <em data-start=\"3069\" data-end=\"3101\">R. Anderson, member since 2011<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr data-start=\"3103\" data-end=\"3106\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"3108\" data-end=\"3127\">Member Snapshot<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"3130\" data-end=\"3171\">20% have been members for over 20 years<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3174\" data-end=\"3204\">50% work in downtown Calgary<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3207\" data-end=\"3283\">Members come from all quadrants of the city \u2014 from Springbank to Shawnessy<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3286\" data-end=\"3388\">Professional backgrounds include business, healthcare, engineering, IT, sales, real estate, and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-start=\"3390\" data-end=\"3393\" \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"3395\" data-end=\"3411\">Club Culture<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3412\" data-end=\"3612\">Our meetings are energetic, encouraging, and focused on growth.<br data-start=\"3475\" data-end=\"3478\" \/>Each meeting offers structured speaking roles, personal evaluations, and opportunities to improve in a friendly, professional setting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re one of Calgary&#8217;s longest serving and largest clubs (in existence for 72 years as of 2022). We strive to create a welcoming, fun environment that is extremely\u00a0supportive to everyone from experienced speakers to new members with little or no experience. Over the decades, our members have gone on to: Win national and international speech [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foothillstoastmasters.com\/toastie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foothillstoastmasters.com\/toastie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foothillstoastmasters.com\/toastie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foothillstoastmasters.com\/toastie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foothillstoastmasters.com\/toastie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.foothillstoastmasters.com\/toastie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1244,"href":"https:\/\/www.foothillstoastmasters.com\/toastie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/1244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foothillstoastmasters.com\/toastie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}