Lessons Learned

During my (now) 10 years in Toastmasters, I actually never competed in any of my club’s International Speech Contest.  Actually I was only eligible to compete in 5 of them as I did not reach the minimum six speeches until after the 2000 contests, plus I was a District 30 officer for 3 additional years.
What [...]

Chicago has been hit with really bad weather this winter, with this past week having some snow and really freezing temperatures, going down to -10 Farenheit later that week.  For the Arlington Heights club meeting that Wednesday evening, there was a discussion among the officers about whether to go forth with the meeting or cancel [...]