March Brown Bag:
Enhancing Your Speaking Presence
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
$20/Member & $30/Non Member
(Includes Lunch)
MedPark and Powerhouse Toastmasters Clubs Present:
Enhancing Your Speaking Presence
Are you nervous when presenting?
With over twenty years of combined Toastmasters speaking experience, your presenters will provide a wide array of tips and discussion topics to improve your presence as you encounter public speaking.
Key Highlights:
This workshop will focus on providing ways to improve your public speaking skills. Whether you frequently speak in public or make a rare acceptance speech, this seminar will provide...
Advice for improving your presence in interviews or performance reviews.
Suggestions for how to quell fear and how to calm nerves.
Tips on how to structure your speech.
Review how to prepare your presentation.
Recommendations for presenting a more professional image of yourself while speaking.
Join us as we help you improve your public speaking poise and bearing.
Featured speakers:
Kaylee Cusack, Meredith Quinn, Carol Weshenfelder
Kaylee Cusack
Kaylee Cusack is a senior communications specialist for Minnkota Power Cooperative. She’s been an active member of Powerhouse Toastmasters since 2019 and has served in the roles of President and Vice President of Public Relations.
Meredith Quinn
Meredith Quinn is an environmental engineer for Jacobs. She's been an active member of MedPark Toastmasters for over a decade and uses the skills of her membership in speaking at conferences, in large client meetings, and in moderating or facilitating strategic workgroups.
Carol Weshenfelder
Carol Weshenfelder is a musical soloist and informative speaker. She has been associated with MedPark Toastmasters for five years and presenting for a decade. Her passion is encouraging others to believe in themselves and in their natural gifts. Carol is a North Dakota resident of twenty-nine years. She has been married to her husband for fifty-five years and has three children.
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Business Check-in ASK ME ANYTHING
Drop by for our weekly "Business Check-in" every Friday from 1-2 pm (Central Time) with the Center for Innovation team. This is your time to check in, bring up ideas, and get fresh insights to support your business’s growth. Whether you're exploring new solutions, navigating a challenge, or just want to bounce an idea off someone who gets it, we’re here to help you make your innovative ideas take flight!
What’s on Offer?
- Ask Us Anything – Our team is ready to talk through any questions you have about your business goals, brainstorming ideas, or resources that could support your next steps. You’ll leave with practical, grounded tips you can apply right away.
- Win a Free Brainstorming Session! Got a question? Submit it here before stopping by, and you might win a free Solution Sprint with our Innovation Training Specialist, Tamara Bertram, to dig deeper into your ideas!
Can’t Make It In-Person? We’ve got you covered with virtual office hours on demand! Just schedule a time that works for you here: Schedule with Tamara
No need to come with all the answers – just an open mind and your next big idea. We look forward to seeing you!
Presented by: Lee Schwartz, MN SBDC Consultant
Described by the International Trumpet Guild as "an ensemble full of variety, panache and virtuosity," Stellar Brass is an original and innovative brass quintet performing a broad range of eclectic, musical styles. They are dedicated to providing unwavering support for the training of the Air Force Academy Cadets, and to the unique telling of the Air Force story nationwide. Stellar Brass has represented the United States Air Force as musical ambassadors through internationally distributed audio and video recordings and broadcasts, and are nationally recognized and respected as clinicians, presenting university, college, and high school master classes. They have provided musical support at numerous civic and military ceremonies, and have spotlighted the Air Force at prestigious symposia such as the International Trumpet Guild Convention, the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, the Colorado Music Educators Association Clinic and Conference and at highly-coveted public performances at major concert halls throughout America.
This event is free and open to the public.
Date: 3/22/2025
Time: 9AM - 3PM
Location: Grand Cities Mall