Rio Copa Toastmasters meet each Wednesday from 11:30am - 12:30pm
2411 W. 14th St Tempe Az 85281
(adjacent to Rio Salado College). Click here for directions.
Follow the signs to find our room.
If you don't see a sign at the MCCD District Office
look for our sign just east at Rio Salado College.
See our club calendar
A self-described “geek” and introvert, JD Austin also considers himself a poster child for Toastmasters.
“I’m a different person than I was six years ago,” says Austin. “When I first joined Toastmasters in 2004, it was because of a disastrous client meeting for my new company. That meeting was a train wreck, but it was the catalyst I needed to start building my communication skills. I saw Toastmasters as the solution to my problems–and it was!”
Now, just six years later, Austin has earned his second Distinguished Toastmasters award, the highest award bestowed by Toastmasters International. The DTM award recognizes both communication and leadership skills and requires dozens of speeches and many hours of service in club and district leadership positions, among other achievements.
It has been estimated that fewer than 12,000 of the 4 million past and present Toastmasters have achieved the elite DTM status. Now, Austin has done it twice! Along the way, he picked up numerous other awards, including Accomplished Area Governor, Accomplished Division Governor and Outstanding Area R4 Toastmaster.
It is not
yet 'Official' but we've just renewed with 21 members so it's official
enough..
We're President's
Distinguished for the 6th year in a row!
Currently we have 9 of the 10 Distinguished club points but will surely
have two more people achieve their Competent Communicator awards by June
30th.
Clubs with at least
20 members OR with net growth of
at least five new members at June 30
which also do the following are
eligible for TI recognition at year end.
GOAL
RECOGNITION
Achieve any five of 10 goals
Achieve any seven of 10 goals
Achieve any nine of 10 goals
Distinguished Club
Select Distinguished Club
President's Distinguished Club
Members of Rio Copa Toastmasters with the assistance from other Toastmasters in District 3 have just completed our Success Leadership High Performance Leadership Project!
In this project we planned, promoted, and hosted four seperate events to present the four Success Leadership Modules from Toastmasters International:
02/19/10:
Leadership, Part I: Characteristics of Effective Leaders:
In this presentation we talked about the various leadership styles and how the leader can and must adapt their leadship style to meet the needs of their team. Participants first graphed their leaderhsip style and then the needs of their team to determing their leadership match and leaderhip gaps.
The coordinators where Sally Goodwin, JD Austin, and Michael Mur.
02/26/10:
Leadership, Part II: Developing Your Leadership Skills:
This presentation covered skills and techniques needed to be an
effective leader, such as contracting for excellence, team-building,
motivation and coaching. The coordinators were Patrick Fitzgerald and Yolanda Stokes.
03/12/10:
Leadership, Part III: Working in the Team Environment:
In this presentation participants discovered the qualities of effective teams and how to build a team.
Topics covered include developing team relations, encouraging
commitment, fostering collaboration, building trust and resolving
conflict. The coordinators were Evelyn Adams, Susan Damron, and Michael Trier.
The ability to understand and apply
parliamentary skills is a much sought-after quality among managers and
leaders. This presentation covered how to effectively lead and
participate in parliamentary-style discussions. The coordinators were Janet Nash, Steven Martindale, and Dave Endres.
Special thanks go people that participated in more than their own event: Mike Trier, Susan Damron, Mike Mur and especially Patrick Fitzgerald that participated in all of the events as did the project leader JD Austin.
JD Austin's Team of Advisors were Steve Broe (Thank you Steve for attending practice runs and providing valuable feedback!), Emi Bauer, and Patrick Fitzgerald.
Patrick Fitsgerald attended all of the practice runs and other meetings except for one, all of the events, and all of the advisor meetingsTHANK YOU PATRICK!
Thank you Rio Salado College for providing a room to hold the events and not bumping us once we'd began promoting the events.
This project helped coordinators and planners achieve Toastmasters educational goals:
A big part of Rio Copa Toastmasters is celebrating the achievements of our members! One of our newest members has become somewhat of a local celebrity! Cate Munroe is a local Nutritionist and recently appeared on several local television stations including ABC15 News and Sonoran Living. The story and video clip can be seen on ABC15's website. She also has some of her photoshoot that was done posted on YouTube.
Jason Hibbard takes 2nd at R4 Area Contest!
Written by JD Austin
Jason Hibbard took 2nd place at the Area R4 International Speech Contest that was held on March 18, 2010 in Tempe AZ! Shown right Jason is receiving his "Ice Breaker" gum after his first speech in our club. Jason aspires someday to be a professional speaker. Surely competing in this contest has helped him to learn and grow towards that goal!
Club Contest Winners!
Written by JD Austin
Rio Copa held our club International and Table Topics contests on March 3, 2010 and March 10, 2010.
Rio Copa Table Topics Contest Winners
1st Place in the Rio Table Topics Contest went
to Mike Meyer. Mike recently broke his neck while riding
his bicycle but that didn't stop him from competing! Dave Endres
presented him with his 1st place certificate.
2nd Place went to Debi Kovach. Debi is a
writer by trade and did a find job in her first Table Topics contest!
Janet Price took 3rd place. It was also her first time competing and she did
well!
Rio Copa Toastmasters International Speech Contest Winners
Jason Hibbard took 1st place! Jason aspires to someday be a professional speaker.
Susan Damron took 2nd place. Prior to joining our club she gave seminar style presentations as part of her job to Doctors and Dentists.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 24 March 2010 )
Rio Copa to host Toastmasters Success Leadership modules
Written by JD Austin
Here
are the dates we'll be doing the
Leadership Excellence modules! Each event will start at 6pm in the Rio
Salado Conference Center and end at 8pm. There will be a nominal fee
to attend to cover the cost of food and printing materials. The cost
will be $6 per event for each participant with a discount for people
that attend all events to cover the cost of food and print materials.
02/19/10:
Leadership, Part I: Characteristics of Effective Leaders (Item 255)
Managers analyze information, make inferences and make decisions daily.
Leaders, on the other hand, influence and inspire group members and
motivate followers to achieve a mission or goal. They have power. This
presentation defines the qualities that determine effective leaders.
02/26/10:
Leadership, Part II: Developing Your Leadership Skills (Item 256)
To be an effective leader, you must have the ability to accept and
overcome challenges. By being a positive influence, a leader will help
team members to function productively and deliver quality performance.
This presentation teaches the skills and techniques needed to be an
effective leader, such as contracting for excellence, team-building,
motivation and coaching.
03/12/10:
Leadership, Part III: Working in the Team Environment (Item 258)
Today, in businesses and other organizations around the world, people
are talking about teams. They use such words as “teamwork,” “project
teams,” “work teams” and “team leaders.” In this presentation you will
discover the qualities of effective teams and how to build a team.
Topics covered include developing team relations, encouraging
commitment, fostering collaboration, building trust and resolving
conflict.
03/26/10:
Parliamentary Procedure in Action (Item 237)
Appropriate rules of order are a must in most corporations,
associations and organizations. The ability to understand and apply
parliamentary skills is a much sought-after quality among managers and
leaders. This presentation teaches how to effectively lead and
participate in parliamentary-style discussions
All events will be held at 2323 W. 14th St. Tempe, Az 85281 from 6pm-8pm.
It is not
yet 'Official' but we've just renewed with 21 members so it's official
enough..
Members of Rio Copa Toastmasters with the assistance from other Toastmasters in District 3 have just completed our Success Leadership High Performance Leadership Project!
