Speak and Market Like A Pro

11/22/2025

11/08/2025

VIDEO POSTED!
The Program hosted by District 51, with Authors Stephanie Angelo, Mohamed Shukri and Sheryl Roush is now posted!
Gain insights, information and inspiration!
Are YOU go enough to be Pro?

Are you good enough to be Pro?Are you already paid to present? Do you speak outside of Toastmasters?You may be eligible to apply for the Accredited Speaker P...

10/28/2025

10/28/2025

A lifetime award in Mel Brooks’s hands becomes stand-up with history folded inside. He treats the statuette like a prop and the evening like one more chance to prove that comedy is a public service delivered with impeccable timing. The joke lands first, the gratitude lands second, and the respect has been landing for sixty years.

From The Producers to Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles, he used parody to defend joy and puncture pomposity, wrapping precision jokes around cultural nerves and somehow making the shock medicinal. The music of his work is confidence meeting silliness at exactly the right tempo. You can trace modern sketch shows and meta comedies back to that rhythm.

Age has not sanded the edges. If anything, it sharpens the point. Audiences do not merely applaud a résumé; they recognize a philosophy that insists laughter is serious business because it restores perspective. Brooks accepts honors the way he directs scenes, by finding the human beat under the spectacle and letting it ring.

The image of him collecting a lifetime prize so late in the run feels like an encore that refuses to end. It gives younger comics permission to chase longevity with integrity and older audiences permission to keep expecting new mischief from old masters. The legacy is a long corridor of doors opened for others, each one creaking on the hinges of timing, courage, and the audacity to be ridiculous on purpose.

10/26/2025

Wonder if your speech unintentionally crosses an ethical line?

This is a key topic whether you are speaking in public — professionally or as speaking as part of your job/role — or speaking in your company or organization.

The workshop is delivered by Bob Hooey, DTM, Past District Governor (PDG), Past Region Advisor (PRA), (AS) who will discuss ethics and how to stay credible, respectful, and impactful.

Canadian Hooey is a long-time successful international speaker and multi-published author. He will share specific information and questions that the listener can apply, often right away.

Free session!
Monday night, October 27, 2025
5:30pm MT / 6:30pm MT / 7:30pm CT / 8:30pm ET

Join Zoom Meeting
https://tinyurl.com/ASWeSpeakMtg

Zoom ID 827-1674-9519
Passcode 343743

10/21/2025

Are you Serious about getting PAID to Speak?

Attend this special session!!!

Save time, energy and effort with
GET PAID TO SPEAK: The 6 Essentials

Presented by
Darren LaCroix, WCPS, AS, CSP, CVP

*Get the essentials!
Just one of them could be a game-changer to more bookings. They create a critical foundation.
*A Clearly Defined Message, Matters.
*The 3 magic marketing questions that will build your business.

Wednesday, October 22
5:00-6:30 pm (PDT, US)
8:00-9:30 pm (EDT, US)
[UTC -07.00]

Learn from
Toastmasters 2001 World Champion of Public Speaking (WCPS),
(AS)…
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Certified Virtual Presenter (CVP) …
co-host of the Unforgettable Presentations podcast …
co-author of two books, Laugh & Get Rich and the Speaker’s Edge …
and the founder of StageTimeUniversity.com

Hosted by District 101’s Professional Speakers Club!

Free to attend!
Guests Register here:
https://tinyurl.com/Professional-Speakers-Reg

Register Early!
Registration closes at 10/22, at 4:30pm (PDT)