Durant Launches New Toastmasters Club

DURANT, Okla. - May 4, 2023 - PRLog -- The new Durant Toastmasters club is a great opportunity for local community members and business owners to improve their own leadership and communication skills, but also offers an opportunity to empower employees by encouraging personal and career development.

Members of the community are invited to the "Taste of Toastmasters" kick-off event hosted by Durant Young Professionals. First Texoma National Bank is the club's Founding Sponsor, and this kick-off celebration will showcase what Toastmasters is all. Enjoy pizza, desserts, waters, and soda while Oklahoma Toastmasters presents a program full of Toastmaster speakers and a glimpse at what a Toastmasters' meeting looks like. The featured speaker is 1991 World Championship Speaker, Dave Ross.

"Taste of Toastmasters"
Date: Thursday, May 18, 2023
Location: Donald W. Reynolds Library, Theater Room
1515 W Main St, Durant, OK, 74701
Time: 6:00PM to 7:30PM

"Toastmasters provides a supportive and positive environment with a structured curriculum where members work at their own pace," says Mike Delloro, of First Texoma National Bank and president of both the new Durant Toastmasters and Durant's Young Professionals. "It really compliments the efforts of Durant's Young Professionals and other community leadership efforts here in Durant."

About Toastmasters International
Toastmasters International is a worldwide nonprofit educational organization that empowers individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders. Headquartered in Englewood, Colo., the organization's membership exceeds 280,000 in more than 14,700 clubs in 144 countries. Since 1924, Toastmasters International has helped people from diverse backgrounds become more confident speakers, communicators, and leaders. For information about Toastmasters, please visit https://www.toastmasters.org/ .

Club Meetings
Toastmasters is a great personal development value with a membership at only $55.00 every six months and $20.00 per Pathways educational tract. Most companies do pay the cost of this development for their employees.

Meetings, in conjunction with the Pathways curriculum, Toastmasters online education program, offers 11 specialized learning paths to choose from, with up to 300 unique competencies, giving club members real-world and transferable skills that will further professional development. Employers can opt-in to receive employee's progress reports from the club if they wish. Please visit our Facebook Group at www.facebook.com/groups/duranttoastmasters/.

Durant Toastmasters
Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday of the Month
Noon to 1:00PM
The Durant Chamber of Commerce
215 N 4^th Ave., Durant, OK 74701
Guests are Welcomed.

"This is a perfect addition to the growing city of Durant" adds Larry Deavenport, Club Mentor for the new Durant Toastmasters. "I am so impressed with how the current community leaders are focused and dedicated to growing and mentoring their professionals into great leaders through various programs and organizations."

Media Contact:
Mike Delloro
580-380-7664
mdelloro@ftnb.net