{"id":12447,"date":"2019-10-01T09:44:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T09:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/?p=12447"},"modified":"2019-10-17T19:20:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T19:20:30","slug":"2019-10-06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2019-10-06\/","title":{"rendered":"Develop Your Speaking Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Dennis Dawson &amp; Brendan Murphy<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>11 a.m., October 6, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toastmasters International is an organization that provides a supportive and positive learning experience in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth. There are 16,800 Toastmasters clubs serving 357,000 members in 143 countries around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis Dawson is a Distinguished Toastmaster, Past District Governor, and Brand Ambassador for Toastmasters. He will present an overview of the Toastmasters educational program, demonstrate some of the activities typical of a Toastmasters meeting, and answer any questions afterward. He will be joined by Brendan Murphy, DTM, a member of Toastmasters for over two decades who is a prize-winning speaker, trainer, and mentor within and beyond Toastmasters.<\/p>\n<p>After the Forum, please join us for a lunch at 12:30pm. The lunch is complimentary for first-time visitors and students.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/367063907\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/367063907\">Develop Your Speaking Skills &#8211; Dennis Dawson &amp; Brendan Murphy<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/hcsv\">Humanist Community-SiliconValley<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nRSVP on Meetup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/humanistcommunity\/events\/265308729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/humanistcommsv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HumanistCommSV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nSee videos of our past Forums <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user2798508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To help our Forum series continue, please consider making a donation or becoming a member (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/membership\/<\/a>) of the Humanist Community.<\/p>\n<p>Do your online shopping at <a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/ch\/94-6173979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/ch\/94-6173979<\/a>, and Amazon donates to the Humanist Community every time you do.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> If you would like to speak at a Forum, or know of someone who you think might be willing to speak at a Forum, please send an email about your idea to the <a href=\"mailto:hc-program@googlegroups.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">HCSV Program Committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Dawson &amp; Brendan Murphy 11 a.m., October 6, 2019 Toastmasters International is an organization that provides a supportive and positive learning experience in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth. There are 16,800 Toastmasters clubs serving 357,000 members in 143 countries around the world. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2019-10-06\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Develop Your Speaking Skills&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[243,82],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12447"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12467,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12447\/revisions\/12467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}