Georgetown Toastmasters Club welcomes new executive

Release. The Georgetown Toastmasters Club, emerging from the largest public speaking body in the world Toastmasters International has installed their new executive for the year 2023-2024.

Serving on the Executive will be, the President Dulce Thomas, Vice President Education Tamica Noel, Vice President Membership Kerisha Beete, Vice President Public Relations Milton Grannum, Secretary Erika Farley, Treasurer Juel Isaacs and Sergeant at Arms Daniel Collymore.

The toastmasters’ organization blossomed from a single club founded by Mr. Ralph C. Smedley on October 22, 1924, at the YMCA in Santa Ana, California, United States. This initiative originated with actualisation of a set of classes aimed at improving the communication skills of the young men under his charge. Since then, the organization has expanded exponentially with the inclusion of women serving in the organization.

The Georgetown Toastmasters Club being the mother club of all other toastmasters clubs in Guyana was founded by Mr. Derek Adamson. The first official meeting was held on the 18th day of March, 1959 at Woodbine Hotel, Georgetown and on the 26^th day of June, 1959, the club received its charter from Toastmasters International.

The club has a mandate to help members work on self-development, leadership capacity, and developing better thinking, listening, and speaking skills.

Members benefit from the Pathways program which serves as a theoretical guide while being supported by a mentor who is assigned to every toastmaster to help garner the skills he or she is seeking to develop or unveil.

The opportunity to practice comes during every meeting either by prepared speeches or impromptu speaking.

Meetings are held every Monday with the exception of holidays at the red cross building from 6PM to 8PM.