West Seattle Earlybirds Toastmasters Club pictured last year at ArtsWest where they continue to meet every Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. Right is Teresa Jordan. They seek new members. Come as a guest and check it out.
The theme of the upcoming Friday morning Earlybird Toastmasters Club is "Good Girls Go to Heaven. Bad Girls go to Toastmasters." There will be three main speakers, and members and guests can read one-minute speeches. The public is welcome.
Upbeat evaluators who are seasoned Tostmasters members offer gentle corrections to speakers to boost their confidence and communication skills. Issues that seem to vex include nervous pacing, erroneous hand gestures, lack of eye contact, and those pesky um's. In addition to the evaluator, all members scrutinize each others' speeches with evaluation forms.
"Toastmasters is the best hidden secret in West Seattle," said Alki resident Judy Townsend, a member. "You feel so good about yourself when you do it."
Why the provocative title?
"We're trying to spice things up a bit, and attract more members," she said.
They meet every Friday morning, 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at ArtsWest, 4711 California Ave. SW. Use back door entrance off alley. They meet on stage and in the audience.
Check out our story about them last year here.
