Toastmasters To Offer Workshops

Brooks Sackett, dressed in a coat and tie, greeted every person by name at the Spokane Uptowners Toastmasters Club on a recent Tuesday. As the official greeter, he helped people relax. The more relaxed, the better the speech. But Toastmasters isn’t just about speechmaking. To understand the organization’s wider scope, Toastmasters is doing a blitz of free Inland Northwest workshops starting Monday. Toastmasters International, founded in 1924, boasts more than 270,000 members in 13,000 clubs in 116 countries. There are about two dozen clubs in Eastern Washington and North Idaho/ Rebecca Nappi , SR. More here. (Colin Mulvany SR photo: Korey Johnson of the Spokane Uptowners Toastmasters Club gives his first “icebreaker” talk)

Question: When did you last give a public speech? And/or: Does public speaking make you nervous?