AbOUT

Who We Are
Snoqualmie Toastmasters started in 2020 by Charles Walker, Irfan Haider, Irfan Farooq, Kioni Johnson, and Sohail Babar. 

What is Toastmasters?
Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs. Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, the organization's membership exceeds 364,000 in more than 16,200 clubs in 145 countries. Since 1924, Toastmasters International has helped people from diverse backgrounds become more confident speakers, communicators, and leaders.

Mission Statement
To empower individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders. This provides a supportive and positive learning experience in which members are empowered to develop their communication and leadership skills resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth.

HOW MEETINGS RUN

During a meeting, we aim to maximize the number of speaking opportunities for all who attend. We rotate the positions each meeting, so if you join, you’ll have an opportunity to play the different roles.

Toastmaster: This is the person who runs the meeting. He/She sets the agenda and meeting theme

Timer: The timer times the speeches in the meeting

Grammarian: This role is responsible for noting positive uses of grammar, and providing a word of the day

Ah Counter: This role counts filler words (ums and ahs, etc)

General Evaluator: This person leads the evaluation portion of the meeting, offering feedback on the meeting overall

Evaluators: These roles evaluate the main speeches of the meeting

Table Topic Master: This person hosts the table topics (impromptu speaking) portion of the meeting

Speakers: At Toastmasters, we have different assignments from various manuals. These speakers have prepared a speech on a given topic based on the instructions from their manual