From Nervous Newbie to Distinguished Toastmaster My Toastmasters Journey When I walked into my first meeting at ATB in April 2017, I wasn’t nervous about speaking in public. That was the easy part. It was the intimidation of meeting new people. Making friends at 54 is hard work! The Beginning: I had recently been laid off by my previous employer, having to look for a new job after almost 40 years of work. With blessings, I started with ATB Financial …