Core Values
Integrity | Respect | Service | Excellence
How Toastmasters Began
Toastmasters began when Ralph C. Smedley saw a need in the early 1900’s for men in the community to learn how to speak, conduct meetings, plan programs and work on committees. Smedley introduced the idea of Toastmasters to colleagues at the newly organized YMCA in Santa Ana, CA, where they organized the first Toastmasters club and held their first meeting on October 22, 1924.
About Toastmasters
WHERE LEADERS ARE MADE
All Treats and No Tricks at the District 101 Fall Fusion – How I Learned to Scale Myself
(by Lynn Stuart)
On a sunny October morning, Toastmasters gathered at Synopsys in Mountain View for District 101’s first Fall Fusion event. Greeting us at the registration table was Spider-Man (apparently, the secret identity of… Read more…