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Category: News or Life Humorous and Table Topics Arrive WSU Vancouver hosts a Toastmasters competition On Oct.ober 24th, Washington State University Vancouver hosted a district-wide Ttoastmasters competition. A wide variety of people attended the event, ranging from actual members, to the general public, and even to several governors from different districts. There was a reception beforehand, where everyone was able to help themselves to several refreshments before the event took place. The two competitions that took place during the event were the humorous and tabletopic speeches. A humorous speech is where the contestants utilize their public speaking skills in order to portray a comedic story to the audience, on which eight people participated in that competition. The seven contestants for the table-topic speeches were given their topics on the spot, and speak about their assigned topic for approximately two minutes.The table-topic speeches, however, were extemporaneous, meaning contestants were given their topic on the spot. From there, the contestants had to speak for about two minutes, on which there were seven participants. After both competitions came to a close, the winner for both competitions was insert winner X. What exactly is a toastmasters club? The Toastmasters are a club about “Improving communication skills and leader ship skills for everyone that joins,”, said Megan Slaker, pPresident of Salmon Speakers, WSU Vancouver’s official toastmaster club. According to President Slaker, Dr. Allison Coffin, who wanted a toastmasters club for the a younger audience, originally thought up “Salmon Speakers.”. From there, 20 charter members were then sought after for the club, since these are the base requirements in order to be considered an official club by Toastmasters International. President Slaker went on to establish the importance of the club, saying that. She states that “whatever you do, you’re going to talk to people,”, emphasizing that no matter what occupation you chose to pursue, it helps to know how to communicate with other people. President Slaker also mentioned that being an official member of Toastmasters looks very good on a resume. Salmon Speakers meets every Monday around 7pm at the salmon creek Burgerville. There is a seven -dollar monthly membership, six dollars to be an actual member of toastmasters international, and one dollar for Salmon Creek so they can purchase things such as badges, pens, and other things to help keep the club going. However, Salmon Speakers pays in six-month increments, meaning that members would pay 42 dollars every six months rather than pay from month-to-month. President Slaker is very prideful of the club,.” “We are always having fun during our meetings, always laughing.” . Commented [HAC1]: Headlines need to be complete sentences, and only the first word in them is capitalized. Commented [HAC2]: With AP formatting, we abbreviate the month name, and don’t put “th” after the number. Commented [HAC3]: Always spell it completely out the first time you say it in your article Commented [HAC4]: Have you gotten the info on who the winners were? Commented [HAC5]: Please stop putting your commas and periods outside of the quotation marks. Commented [HAC6]: Remember, when the title is given after the name it’s lower case. Only capitalize it if you use it before the person’s name. Commented [HAC7]: She’s not an MD, so we don’t refer to her as “Dr.” Commented [HAC8]: Your- the determiner. You’re- you are.