Town North Trendsetters officially became a chartered club of Toastmasters International early in the decade of the 80s, on May 8, 1981, boasting twenty-two members. The group had been meeting in the community surrounding Addison prior to that. During April 1981, they decided to move the fledgling club into the Town of Addison offering the opportunity of Toastmasters to the employees. An exciting demonstration meeting was held in the Council  [ Read More ]

Beginning July 1, 2011, this new slate of officers will represent TNT through December 31, 2011. President – Bruce Arfsten, CC, CL Imm. Past President – Kasey Smith, CC, CL VP of Education – Norma Pace, CC, CL VP of Membership - Winn Fuqua, CC VP of Public Relations – Eve Pearson, CC Secretary – Lori McCaghren, ACB, ALB Treasurer – Kelly Page, DTM Sergeant-at-Arms - Astrid Harris, TM  

Eve Pearson interviewed Kelly Page for the following: When Kelly joined TNT, skill building was her focus, with DTM not being a huge concern. In fact, Kelly was so scared to get called on for Table Topics (TT), she attended seven meetings before joining! Sure enough when she joined she was called for TT. She stood up, talked for less than one minute and didn’t say the word of the  [ Read More ]

    TOWN NORTH TRENDSETTERS TOASTMASTERS (TNT) CELEBRATE 30 YEARS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING AND LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE IN MAY!

In the world of sales, when a prospect says “no” or “not interested”, what it really means, most of the time, is that the prospect needs more information. It is estimated that more than 50% of the time we say no, we are doing so out of reflex or habit. At the same time, many people are pressured into saying yes when they really mean no mostly out of fear  [ Read More ]