The two webinars from Andy Williams are basic to become fully knowledgeable in WordPress. Trying to get a little something from all other webinars. Most local WordPress designers aren’t in Gutenberg and FSE . I am now more familiar with the local ecosystem. Not much new features expected in succeeding releases.Let it all out in these blogs.
Wild Courage

Shatter conventional wisdom about achieving your goals. Provide permission to ditch your fear and chase after what you want, unapologetically. Smash your fear of discomfort, failure, and the judgement of others, to embrace your boldest self in pursuit of what you want.
Join us this Wednesday, April 2,7:30pm via Zoom–https://zoom.us/j/5467232757 or Zoom ID 5467232757. See you!
Call meeting to order–7:30PM | ||
Introduction of Toastmaster of the Evening | ||
Question of the Day | what was wildest display of courage so far? | |
Table Topics | ||
Purpose | Win the World Championship | |
Time | 5-7 minutes | |
Title | Play to Your …. | |
Evaluator | Sally Sharpe | |
Speaker | Kyle Murtagh | |
II. | ||
Purpose | Deliver a Speech with a Purpose | |
Time | 5-7 minutes | |
Title | Flying Cupcake Puppies | |
Evaluator | Panel | |
Speaker | Sofia Reign Masirag | |
E V A L U A T I O N S | ||
introduction of General Evaluator | Cookoo Rivera | |
Evaluation of Speaker I | Sally Sharpe | |
Evaluation of Speaker II | Panel Evaluation | |
Grammarian/Language Evaluator | Zaldy Co | |
Ah Counter | ||
Timer | Zaldy Co | |
General Rvaluator’s Remarks | Cookoo Rivara | |
Back to Toastmaster | ||
Back to O-I-C | ||
Guest Remarks | ||
End of Meeting–9:30PM | ||
Inspired–Understanding Creativity

How does creativity work? Where does inspiration come from? What are the secrets of our most revered creators? How can we maximize our creative potential?
Come to our next Toastmasters session on February 5, 2025, 7:30PM via Zoom–httos://zoom.us/j/5467232757 or Zoom ID 5467232757. See you!
Call meeting to order | ||
Introduction of Toastmaster of the Evening | ||
Question of the Day | Describe Your Journey of Creativty | |
Table Topics | ||
I. | Ice Breaker | |
Purpose | The purpose of this project is to introduce yourself to the club and learn the basic structure of a public speech | |
Time | 5 – 7 minutes | |
Title | “Do It Scared but Never Unprepared” | |
Evaluator | Dave Ross | |
Speaker | Elisse Dizon | |
II, | World Championshio Speech | |
Purpose | To win the world Championhio of Public Speaking | |
Time | 5 – 7 minutes | |
Title | “Play to Your ….” | |
Evaluator | Panel | |
Speaker | Kyle Murtagh | |
E V A L U A T I O N S | ||
Introduction of General Evaluator | Dave Ross | |
Evaluation of Speaker 1 | Dave Ross | |
Evaluation of Speaker 2 | Panel Evaluation | |
Grammarian/Lang, Evaluator | Zaldy Co | |
Ah Counter | ||
Timer | Ivonne Song | |
General Evaluator’s Remarks | ||
Back to Toastmaster | ||
Back to OIC | ||
Guest Remarks | ||
End of Meeting | ||
Creativity, Inc.

Toastmasters is a platform for creativity. Not just in speeches but also in administering a club, Our sister club has been hybrid (in-person and online) the last 17 months, we employed content marketing to still be able to recruit new members in an oversaturated market and who knows what’s next.
Come to our next Toastmasters session on January 8,2025, 7:30PM (1130 UTC) via Zoom–https://zoom.us/j/5467232757 or Zoom ID 5467232757. With a special guest to speak on improv and another from Taiwan. With evaluators 1991 World Champ Dave Ross and District 84 runner-up Sally Sharpe, and many expected guests.
Call Meeting to Order–7:30 | ||
Introduction of Toastmaster of the Day | ||
Question of the Day | What’s the most creative thing you did in your life? | |
Table Topics | Zaldy Co | |
I. | TEDX Speech Rehearsal | |
Purpose | To Deliver a TEDX Speech | |
Time | 8 – 10 minutes | |
Title | Moving From Battleground to Common Ground with Applied Improvisation | |
Evaluator | Dave Ross | |
Speaker | Sonja Stetzler | |
II. | Ice Breaker | |
Purpose | The purpose of this project is to introduce yourself to the club and learn the basic structure of a public speech | |
Time | 5 – 7 minutes | |
Title | “5 Minutes to Better Health? | |
Evaluator | Sally Sharpe | |
Speaker | Ivonne Song | |
E V A L U A T I O N S | ||
Introduction of General Evaluator | Angelo Reotutar | |
Evaluation of Speaker 1 | Dave Ross | |
Evaluation of Speaker 2 | Sally Sharpe | |
Gramarian/Language Evaluator | Zaldy Co | |
Ah Counter | ||
Timer | Zaldy Co | |
General Evaluator’s Remarks | Angelo Reotutar | |
Back to Toastmaster | ||
Back to OIC | Sally Sharpe | |
Guest Remarks | ||
End of Meeting–9:00PM | ||
Innovations
We have had a history of innovations, We started as a Saturday morning club back in 2007 when it was still kinda taboo to have a weekend club back then, And we remain a Saturday morning club after 17 years when traffic has grown and made it difficult to hold weekday meetings. We had erstwhile or earlier speakers evaluate subsequent speakers due to lack of evaluators. This was to address the lack or scarcity of evaluators. After doing a speech and with speech out of the way, doing an evaluation is a fresh start. Technically, you could have X – 1 evaluators for X number of speakers. Speakers develop faster taking on a prepared speech and an extemporaneous speech (evaluation) in a single meeting. This allowed us to have as many as 8 speakers for consecutive weeks back then and not having to add a day for meetings.
In 2009, we had the first Facebook page in the district. We also had our Facebook Group but only got it useful in 2018 when we decided that it house our speech videos for privacy. We also had our website with the domain name “toastmasters.ph” and very own host. Back then we got members through SEO or search engine optimization. This was to learn another form of communication and to learn the innards of setting up a website.
Then came the pandemic in 2020. We were among the first clubs to go online in the world, not just the district, as we had participated in the official Toastmaster study group for online clubs back in 2014. And post-pandemic we remain the only consistent and properly-equipped hybrid club in the district. The hybrid setup allowed us to have provincial and foreign members. With the oversaturation of social media, we were still able to get members in numbers through content marketing or through relentless Facebook posts everyday. So let us not neglect guests in our meetings. Don’t consider them walk-ins as they are a result of a comprehensive marketing effort.
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Art Inc.

Approach Toastmasters as an art and not a series of speech assignments tasked to be completed. We will have WCPS semifinalist and Youtube artist Kyle Murtagh as guest.
Come to Camanava Online Toastmasters Club on December 4, Wednesday, 7:30PM (1130 UTC) via Zoom==https//zoom.us/j/5467232757 or Zoom ID 5467232757. Get industry advice on how to leverage Youtube or other video platforms.ab
Call Meeting to Order–7:30PM | ||
Introduction of Toastmaster of the Evening | ||
Question of the Day | What do you use Youtube primarily for? | |
Table Topics | ||
P R E P A R E D S P E E C H E S | ||
i. | ||
PURPOSE | ||
TIME | 5 -7 minutes | |
TITLE | PLAY TO YOUR | |
EVALUATOR | DAVE ROSS | |
SPEAKER | KYLE MURTAGH | |
ii. | ICE BREAKER | |
PURPOSE | ||
TIME | 5 -7 Mmutes | |
TITLE | THAT CALMING MUSIC | |
EVALUATOR | SALLY SHARPE | |
SPEAKER | IVONNE SONG | |
G E N E R A L E V A L U A T I O N | ||
Introduction of General Evaluator | PHEBE PENDON | |
Table Topics Evaluation | ZALDY CO | |
Evaluation of Speaker 1 | DAVE ROSS | |
Evaluation of Speaker 2 | SALLY SHARPE | |
Language Evaluator | ZALDY CO | |
Ah Counter | ||
Timer | ||
General Evaluator’s Comment | PHEBE PENDON | |
Back to Toastmaster | ||
Guest Comments | ||
End of Meeting–9:30PM | ||
Truth at Work
The truth matters! The greatest workplaces have one thing in common; they speak the truth! And they do it without causing anger, resentment, or defensiveness.
Unfortunately, a whopping 80 to 90 percent of employees and managers are reluctant, or struggle, to speak the truth. This includes members of this organization. We can’t forever hide behind this euphemism.
Come to the Toastmasters session of Camanava Online Toastmasters FKA as Emperor Mandarin Toastmasters Club on November 6, Wednesday, 7:30PM via Zoom–https/zoom.us/j/5467232757 or Zoom ID 5467232757. Magic need not happen.
Call Meeting to Order — 7:30PM | ||
Introduction of Toastmaster of the Evening | ||
Question of the Day | Have you ever told some truth that was hardly believed? | |
Table Topics | ||
P R E P A R E D S P E E C H E S | ||
i. | ||
Purpose | ||
Time | ||
Title | ||
Evaluator | Sally Sharpe | |
Speaker | Sofia Reign Masirag | |
II. | ||
Purpose | ||
Time | ||
Title | ||
Evaluator | ||
Speaker | ||
G E N E R A L E V A L U A T I O N | ||
Introduction of General Evaluator | ||
Evaluation of Speaker #1 | ||
Evaluation of Speaker #2 | ||
Language Evaluator | ||
Ah Counter | ||
Timer | ||
General Evaluator’s Comments | ||
Back to Toastmaster of the Evening | ||
Guest Comments | ||
End of Meeting–9:30PM | ||
State of the Club
With the year already a third done, we are filled with wonder with what we have done. Going mainstream we already have achieved 8 DCP or Distinguished Club Program goals with still nearly eight months to go but 2 more goals to go. We have remained a hybrid club the last 15 months with nobody following suit. (We know why but that’s a subject for another day). We are regularly getting new members in an oversaturated market, thanks to the proper implementation of content marketing. It takes two years of intensive work to get content marketing going. In addition, we have a very active Facebook page and a not-so-active website with its own host and domain name. It is up to the rest of the clubs to follow suit, we can only lead and show the way. We have refused to pad membership and achievements and are reaping the rewards. Rewards spurred by patience and creativity. Creativity that comes out if one abhors padding membership and achievements. Cheating simply won’t bring out your creativity.
The problem with Toastmasters
The problem with Toastmasters is that when the pandemic started, everybody went online. Now with COVID-19 under relative control, most everybody remain online because of traffic issues preventing clubs from going back to in-person meetings. And with most clubs remain online, the market has reached an oversaturation point. Clubs need to step up their marketing–try everything in their arsenal including content marketing.