by shaun | May 1, 2021 | ----#StriveForProgress, Achieving Excellence - 1 May 2021 edition, Achieving Excellence Posts, New Member Moments
I am Fortune Pingurai, a member of Bacon & Egg Toastmasters Club in Gauteng, South Africa. As a poet and writer, I joined Toastmasters to improve my vocabulary, hone my public speaking skills, overcome the fear of presenting my poetry in front of audiences and dig...
by excellence | May 1, 2021 | ----#StriveForProgress, Achieving Excellence - 1 May 2021 edition, Achieving Excellence Posts, New Member Moments
Some people jump with joy when they accomplish their goals. Others watch and applaud those achieving or doing well around them. And then there are those that are entirely oblivious to their surroundings. I have this euphoric sense of elation that refuses mediocrity,...
by excellence | May 1, 2021 | ----#StriveForProgress, Achieving Excellence - 1 May 2021 edition, Achieving Excellence Posts, Emissaries
I am DTM Jeeana Appadoo, hailing from ACE Speakers Toastmasters Club in Mauritius. My Toastmasters’ journey started in June 2013 in Dubai, District 105. I am really looking forward to Mauritius joining the District 74 family soon! I enjoyed watching the 2021...
by excellence | May 1, 2021 | ----#StriveForProgress, Achieving Excellence - 1 May 2021 edition, Achieving Excellence Posts, Emissaries
Early Sunday morning, an eagerly awaited message from Toastmaster Galvin, from a club in Indonesia, popped up on my screen. Without hesitation and with excitement, I forwarded the invitation from Senayan Central Business District (SCBD) Toastmasters meeting to my...
by excellence | May 1, 2021 | ----#StriveForProgress, Achieving Excellence - 1 May 2021 edition, Achieving Excellence Posts, Emissaries
An invitation to the Golden Gavel Club, South Africa, reached me here in Mauritius, with the cherry on the cake being the Golden Lady, Immediate Past President of Toastmasters International, DTM Lark Doley, being an opportunity too exciting to miss! The session...
by excellence | May 1, 2021 | ----#StriveForProgress, Achieving Excellence - 1 May 2021 edition, Achieving Excellence Posts, Social Events
It was in October 2020 when Central Centurion Toastmasters and Entrepreneurs Toastmasters from Johannesburg, South Africa, joined forces in a bid to host the Toastmasters International President when he visited South Africa. The joint effort proved successful as these...
