A new Mancos Toastmasters group, invites prospective members to its first meetings at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, and at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Mancos Public Library.
Toastmasters provides a supportive and positive environment where members have the opportunity to develop their communication and leadership skills.
Club sponsor, Darrel Ellis, received the forms to start a chapter of Toastmasters International here in Mancos. The library will pay the startup fee. Ellis was in Toastmasters for two years in Albuquerque. Ellis said Toastmasters was "educational and very helpful" in his work as an Air Force officer.
Anyone interested in participating in the new chapter is highly encouraged to attend one or both of the first two informational meetings. If you have any questions please contact Darrel Ellis at (970) 533-7372 or Shaine Gans at the Mancos Public Library at 533-7600 or sgans@mancoslibrary.org.
Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of meeting locations. Headquartered in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., the organization's membership exceeds 292,000 in more than 14,350 clubs in 122 countries.
Since 1924, Toastmasters International has helped people of all backgrounds become more confident in front of an audience. For information about local Toastmasters clubs, please visit www.toastmasters.org. Follow @Toastmasters on Twitter.