The 86th Annual International Toastmasters Convention was August 22-26, 2017. I have been looking forward to attending for years.
Why? I have attended District conferences in spring and fall and they are fun. This is a much bigger event, more people, more speakers, toastmasters attend not only from this district but from all over the world.
5000 attendees from Jordan, Singapore, United States, China, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Australia and on and on.
I am fortunate my very good friend D’arcy joins me from Seattle and shares the experiences with me at Toastmaster conference/conventions.
Why do I go? What would you experience if you had been there with us?
Everyone at these events have paid to be there and they are happy to have the opportunity to meet you and find out about your Toastmasters experiences, and your club. The speakers I heard were all excellent speakers, and they all had nuggets of wisdom to share to inspire, entertain and benefit all of us. The atmosphere is friendly and relaxing. While standing in line for the final speaking contest I struck up conversations with people from Taiwan and it was great. When I found a seat I had a little talk with a husband and wife sitting beside me who were from Sri Lanka and they shared their contact card. After the event I had a nice visit with a man from Kuwait. This happened all three days, friendly people who all had Toastmasters in common with me.
It was three days I had anticipated for two years and I’m glad I said “yes” to the experience.
That is my thought for today, please don’t leave yourself out of your bucket list. Say YES to yourself. Take care of yourself in big and small ways, in health especially – body and mind. A funny truth of life is that one of the best ways to take care of your loved ones, is to take care of yourself, first.
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