June 5, 2026 Club Meeting | St. Louis Toastmasters in Midtown Clayton

ATTENDING MEMBERS: HK, Amy, Dora, Andrea, JaJa, Jinal,

Jordan, Mike, Philip, Rosemary

GUEST: Jamie

TOASTMASTER & TABLE TOPIC MASTER: Rosemary

WORD OF THE DAY: Generous: willing to give share and be helpful

SPEECHES:

Amy: Pathway Presentation Mastery, Level 2 Speech #1

“Shut Up Amy”

She is getting ready to onboard a new boss and finds this assignment most timely.

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Dora: Pathway Presentation Mastery, Speech #5

“Take Care of Your Nervous System—Your Body Depends on It”

She help us understand how stress, adversity, and trauma activate

the nervous system and how we can reset it before we become emotionally depleted.

This is part of the presentation she will make at NEA convention next week.

EVALUATORS: JaJa for Amy and HK for Dora

TABLE TOPICS:

>The high price of the World Cup Tickets—why is this good or bad?

>Scary movies—Frankenstein vs current life setting with scary scenario—which is preferable?

>Ocean cruising or road trip by automobile—which do you prefer and why?

>Uber with or without a human driver—which do you prefer and why?

>Starbucks cup of coffee or other coffee store’s brand for a cup of coffee—which one and why?

>Shopping malls or Amazon online shopping—which do you prefer and why?

BLUE RIBBON for Best Table Topics: Tie for Andrea and Jamie!!

TIMER: Jordan

BALLOT COUNTER: Amy

AH: COUNTER: Andrea

GRAMMARIAN: Philip

INTRODUCTIONS: Everyone shared their current career title and Toastmaster goal

THANK YOU: HK thanked both the retiring and incoming club officers for their

contribution to the success of Midtown Clayton Toastmasters Club. New officers’ terms

begin July 1.

NEXT CLUB MEETING: In-Person Friday, July 17 7:15-8:30 am Center of Clayton

Website to sign up for a meeting role: https://midtownclayton.toastmastersclubs.org/

Club Success Stories

I’ve gained a lot of confidence in my speech. I still drop in a few ums and that. I’m getting better at organizing my thoughts and in my preparation. I’m spending more time in my preparation.

John

Well, most definitely, it has lifted a weight in terms of the fear of public speaking and getting up in front of a group of people.

Regina

Toastmasters has given me the opportunity to develop, not just as a speaker, but as a person. It’s helped me to get closer and another step on the journey to being the best version of myself. There are leadership opportunities. There’s character development. There’s the ability to meet new people, build new friendships, forge new interests, and to realize just how much beauty, how much greatness there is in one little club, in one little community, is a reflection of our world.

Kiren

Faye sharing her public speaking testimonial through the St. Louis Toastmasters club in Midtown Clayton

Toastmasters has helped me a lot. I used to be really afraid of speaking in public and I still kind of am, but it’s helping me along the way, so I’m not as shaky when I’m talking in public and I begin to get a hold of myself more quickly when I’m in Toastmasters. And this club has definitely helped me do that and helped me grow.

Foye

Toastmasters has made me more comfortable speaking in front of a group, and Toastmasters has and will continue to be a very positive, motivating and self-improving experience for me.

Jerry

The benefit of the club for me was that I grew professionally. I became more confident. Now, I lead a lot of team meetings at work weekly, some of them monthly, quarterly for small or large groups of people and I feel more confident.

Aida

Joining Toastmasters put me outside of my comfort zone and it helped me understand that showing up is 90% of the journey. Just showing up, walking in the door. And so, I take that with me and I show up in more places than I ever did before.

Catherine

I’ve gained a lot of confidence in my speech. I still drop in a few ums and that. I’m getting better at organizing my thoughts and in my preparation. I’m spending more time in my preparation.

Dennis

The ability to communicate is of utmost, number one. Number two, a better listener. As you’re an evaluator and you listen to people, you really have to listen for the key points. And I think the other part is a mentor and that to see new people come into the club and as they progress from their first speech to their other speeches, and everybody gets something different out of it. The stories that you hear about where people came from and what their life experiences are.

Mark

I can definitely see a difference since I joined Toastmasters in being comfortable in uncomfortable situations. So, it’s not necessarily eliminating the jitters, but being able to succeed despite them.