{"id":37672,"date":"2013-07-29T08:20:53","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T12:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=37672"},"modified":"2013-07-29T08:20:53","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T12:20:53","slug":"toastmasters-to-give-youth-a-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/07\/toastmasters-to-give-youth-a-voice","title":{"rendered":"Toastmasters To Give Youth A Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/07\/toastmasters-to-give-youth-a-voice-37672.html\/toast\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37673\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37673\" title=\"toast\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/toast.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/toast.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/toast-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/toast-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>A proven programme which helps it members speak with confidence and clarity will team up with two youth groups this year to help teens &#8220;find their voice,&#8221; announced Franklyn Winder, incoming president of Toastmasters, Club 1600.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Winder and his new six-man executive team were officially installed in office when the 2013\/2014 club year commenced this month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last year we successfully completed a rewarding Youth Leadership programme with the Elizabeth Estates Children&#8217;s Home.\u00a0 This was successful by all accounts as the young men testified that their communication skills were significantly enhanced through this eight weeks programme,&#8221; said Mr. Winder.<\/p>\n<p>This year the group will deliver a minimum of two Youth Leadership Programmes: one for the Tara Xavier Hepburn Foundation and the other for the Centerville Youth Association.<\/p>\n<p>Toastmasters Youth Leadership programme empowers young people to become effective communicators and leaders through a workshop-style programme.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, youths will hone their public speaking skills in a supportive club atmosphere. Specifically, the teens will learn how to participate in and lead group discussions\/meetings, organize and present their ideas logically and convincingly, and overcome the nervousness everyone feels when asked to speak before an audience.<\/p>\n<p>As the first branch of Toastmaster to be established in The Bahamas, Club 1600 will not only deliver on its mandate to fill a need in the community, but also within the organization itself, said Mr Winder.<\/p>\n<p>Through a National Leadership Tour, the 44-year-old club will work with toastmasters in the Family Islands to conduct advance speech programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Club 1600 will also identify smaller, struggling Toastmaster clubs and offer support and mentoring geared towards coaching ailing clubs back to healthier membership levels.<\/p>\n<p>In keeping with the theme for this year, &#8220;Leading in the Digital World,&#8221; the club is placing an emphasis on the application of technology in ensuring that members&#8217; communication and leadership skills remain first-rate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A Toastmaster unfamiliar with digital tools will find it harder to lead and communicate in this digital age,&#8221; said Winder.<\/p>\n<p>Club 1600 meets every Thursday at 8pm at Superclubs Breezes.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">By Precision Media<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Club 1600 outlines their agenda for a new club year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1907,1906],"class_list":["post-37672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-club-1600","tag-toastmasters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}