Route 66 Toastmasters of Williams changes meeting times and location.

WILLIAMS—The Route 66 Toastmasters of Williams has changed the times and location of their meetings. The Toastmaster organization gives people the opportunity to hone their public speaking skills.

The group now meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month from 5:30 to 6:30 pm except holidays. The new location for the meetings is the Williams Justice Court at 700 W. Railroad Avenue in Williams.

The local group is still a prospective Chapter of Toastmasters International. Toastmasters is a group that has been teaching public speaking and leadership skills since 1924. The skills are useful in a variety of environments.

Toastmaster nears 20 member goal

WILLIAMS—The Route 66 Toastmasters of Williams held its meeting last night announcing it is nearing the twenty-member requirement to be official. Though the group did receive a preliminary number, they have to reach the twenty-member requirement.

The group meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 5 pm to 7:30 at the Grand Canyon Coffee and Cafe restaurant at 125 W. Route 66 in Williams. The meeting held last night was a business meeting, but at the next meeting the group starts speeches. The next meeting is September 19th.

Toastmaster is a group that gets together to help people improve on their public speaking ability. A member of the group gives a speech and the others focus on evaluating grammar and various distracting qualities of the speech and suggests methods to correct those qualities. The speeches have various time limits depending on subject with the maximum around 7 minutes.

The group is open to anyone eighteen years and above.

You can call 928-244-2977 for more details.