Georgetown Toastmasters’ Club welcomes new executives

The Georgetown Toastmasters Club – emerging from the largest public speaking body in the world, Toastmasters International – has installed their new executive for the 2023-2024 term.
Serving on this executive team will be President Dulce Thomas, Vice President Education Tamica Noel, Vice President Membership Kerisha Beete, Vice President Public Relations Milton Grannum, Secretary Erika Farley, Treasurer Juel Isaacs, and Sergeant-at-Arms Daniel Collymore.
Toastmasters International dates back to 1924 when it was created by Ralph C Smedley, Education Director of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Santa Ana, California, United States (US), to give young men a chance to become more confident speakers, communicators and leaders.
Since its inception, it has grown to over 280,000 members within over 14,000 clubs from 144 countries across the world, further advancing with the inclusion of women serving in the organisation.

The Georgetown Toastmasters Club, claimed to be the mother club of all other toastmasters’ clubs in Guyana, was founded by Derek Adamson, who had been a member of a toastmasters’ club in Quebec during his five-year sojourn in Canada.
The first official meeting was held on March 18, 1959 at Woodbine Hotel, Georgetown, and on June 26, 1959, the club received its charter from Toastmasters International.
The club has the mandate to help members work on self-development, leadership capacity, and developing better thinking, listening, and speaking skills.
Members benefit from the Pathways programme, an interactive and flexible education programme which serves as a theoretical guide in strengthening their communication and leadership skills.
They are further supported by a mentor who is assigned to every toastmaster to help garner the skills they are seeking to develop or unveil. The opportunity to practice comes during every meeting either by prepared speeches or impromptu speaking.