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
Last month we were visited by Maricopa College's Kim Goetz from Maricopa Now which airs on MCTV on Cox cable channel 115. If the player doesn't work below click here. Our story is the first one!
Mike Trier wins at R4 Area Speech Contest!
Mike Trier competed in the R4 Area Speech Contest on 9/11/2010 with his speech titled "Crap I Say To My Kids" and took 1st place! Mike will represent the R4 Area at the Rio Division Speech Contest on 10/23/2010.
Mike Trier shown center between Andrea Castenada (R4 Area Governor) and Rick Wattier (Rio Division Governor)
Great Job Mike!
Humorous Contest Results!
Humorous Contest on 9/13/10:
9/13/10 Rio Copa's Humorous Contest
9/13/10
Humorous Contest
1st Place went to Mike Trier with his speech titled
"Crap I Say To My Kids".
The picture shown right is from the R4 Area Contest where Mike took 1st place with this speech.
Mike was the founding President of Rio Copa Toastmasters in 2003.
2nd Place went to JD Austin with his speech titled "Despicable"
The picture shown right is from 2007 when JD received his first Distinguished Toastmaster Award at the District 3 Conference; he was Rio Division Governor at the time.
Evaluation Contest Results
Evaluation Contest 8/25/2010
1st Place went to JD Austin (shown right) and presented by Patrick Fitzgerald (shown left).
2nd Place went to Tim Farley
3rd Place went to Mike Meyer
Jason Hibbard was our model speaker for the contest. Jason is shown far right next to our club current club President Patrick Fitzgerald when Jason won our club International Contest last year.
Second DTM award puts JD Austin in elite group
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.
