Lubbock Pro Club Hosts Area 61/62 Contests

The Lubbock Professional Toastmasters club will be hosting the Spring 2015 contests for Area 61 and 62 on March 7, 2015, at 8:00 am. The briefings will begin at 8 and the contests will begin at 8:30am.

The Lubbock Professional Club meets in the University Room at Green Lawn Church of Christ. See the maps below for details on how to get there.

Immediately after the Area 61 & 62 Contests on March 7th, stick around for the Lubbock Professional Toastmasters Club meeting and learn ...

How to Get Paid to Give a Speech

Having spoken extensively inside and outside of Toastmasters, Jef Conn will give you the nuts and bolts of how to expand your speaking horizons while getting paid in the process. 

How to Excel in Toastmasters Contests

A panel of Toastmasters who have advanced all the way to District-level contests and beyond will be on hand to give insights for doing better in contests as well as answering your questions about contests.

Along with extensive speech evaluations, these are just a few of the things you can expert to learn and be inspired by at every meeting of the Lubbock Pro Club. Join us after the Area 61 & 62 Contests for a taste of what the Lubbock Pro Club can do for you.

Getting to Green Lawn:


Getting to the University Center once you're at Green Lawn. (PDF)

Viva Elvis!

Elvis is in the building

Toasters Toastmasters club in Lubbock, Texas, celebrated Elvis' 80th birthday today with the meeting theme "Viva Las Vegas!"

Tracy Thomason, the Toastmaster for the meeting, dressed up as as Elvis from his Aloha From Hawaii concert.

Both Tracy and the Table Topics Master, Kim Davis, played Elvis songs from their phones to spice up the meeting.

Happy birthday, Elvis! We're all shook up from celebrating!

Breakin' The Ice In One of Three Languages

Ruth receives her membership pin from
Gary after she delivered her Ice Breaker.

Toasters Toastmasters' newest member, Ruth Kimani, broke the ice today by delivering her first speech during a club meeting. A nurse from Africa who now lives in Lubbock, Ruth understands the importance of communication and is working to further improve her skills by attending club meetings in Lubbock, Texas.

After her speech, President and Toastmaster of the Day, Gary Johnson presented Ruth with her membership pin.

Pins and Badges and Ramps, Oh My

Lubbock Toasters had a big meeting today with an Ice Breaker speech, a practice speech that will be delivered to a government agency, a Competent Communication badge awarded, and a full house including two visitors.

Dustin & Gary
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Dustin McEwen, one of our newest members, kicked off the morning by delivering his Ice Breaker presentation, "Establishing Roots," where he discussed his early life that included a lot of moving. After the speech, Dustin's Toastmaster mentor and our club president, Gary Johnson, gave Dustin his membership pin.

Gary then rehearsed a speech that he will be delivering to a local government agency on behalf of his volunteer work through TexasRamps.org and AMBUCS.

Lisa & Cindy
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At the end of the meeting, Lisa Thomason was awarded her Competent Communication badge by her Toastmaster mentor, Cindy Ford. Lisa completed her 10th speech in the Competent Communication and the club purchased her first name badge for her.

Welcome to the club, Dustin!

Congratulations, Lisa!

Petroleum Engineer Gets Pinned

Christian Perner receives his membership
pin from club president Gary Johnson.

Texas Tech Petroleum Engineering student Christian Perner joined the Lubbock Toasters Toastmasters club and delivered his Ice Breaker speech today by telling us about his passions, studies, and plans to travel the world with his career.

As is our tradition, Christian received his Toastmasters membership pin after delivering his Ice Breaker.

Welcome to the club, Christian!

Jiyoon An Travels the World

Jiyoon (right) receives her
club membership pin from
Jan d'Orsay.

Toasters Toastmasters club's newest member, Jiyoon An, delivered her Ice Breaker today. Starting in her home country of Korea, Jiyoon traveled the world and has lived in France and two cities in the United States - Philadelphia and Lubbock.

Welcome to Texas, Jiyoon, and welcome to Toasters!

Toasters Is Distinguished

Club President Gary Johnson shows
off Toasters Club's new
Distinguished Club ribbon.

Toasters Club received the Distinguished Club Award from Toastmasters International for the 2013-2014 year. Club President Gary Johnson presented the award to the club for the previous years' accomplishment.

One of only three Toastmasters clubs here in Lubbock, Texas, to receive Distinguished recognition, Toasters has been Distinguished or better for three years in a row.