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A Toastmasters promotional graphic featuring an older man in a suit and tie smiling, with text reading “Why a 90-Year-Old Joined Toastmasters—Again. Tom Shindruk, Heritage Go-Getters Toastmasters Club

What prompted Tom Shindruk to join Toastmasters for the third time? Let’s go back 68 years. At age 22, Tom secured a position with Sunkist Growers Inc., a citrus farmers’ co-op in California. Living in Winnipeg, his sales territory stretched across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Western Ontario to Thunder Bay, North Dakota, and Northern Minnesota. This meant extensive travel and frequent presentations. But Tom was terrified of public speaking. Determined to improve, he found a retired school teacher in Elmwood (a Winnipeg …

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New Member Boot Camp

Alisen Dopf experienced information overload when she joined Toastmasters. As a new member she relied on in-person meetings to learn about Toastmasters. However, when the pandemic hit, it became a challenge to transition from in-person to online meetings. Alisen realized her situation was not unique. As a result she decided to create the New Member Boot Camp. When new members don’t know how to access information they get frustrated. They don’t understand the roles during a club meeting. They don’t …

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Superhero Tech Team

By Irma Goosen | VP Membership, Fluor Communicators D23 The magnitude of COVID-19 shocked the world early in March 2020. Day-to-day routines changed. Following an announcement from Toastmasters International cancelling in-person club meetings, solutions were needed. “How would we connect with our Toastmaster peeps?” “Will the contests go ahead?” “What about my Pathways, my DTM, my CC?” Determined to optimize this new opportunity to learn, grow and expand, leaders and members alike stepped forward. As a result, the idea for …

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