District 4 Annual Conference

Welcome to the District 4 Annual Conference! Join us on Sat, May 04, 2024 at Gilead Science or online for a day filled with insightful sessions, networking opportunities, and fun activities. Get ready to connect with fellow Toastmasters and expand your skill set.

Glean humor strategies from our keynote presenter, Don Colliver, a professional clown and comedian. You’ll hear entertaining anecdotes and gain practical tips for developing comedic presence, engaging your audience, and connecting through laughter.

Come support the contestants in our District Speech Contests. See the winners of the division contests compete in the Evaluation and International Speech Contests.

Don't miss out on this chance to learn, grow, and have a great time with us!

This year's conference will be hybrid providing members the option to attend in person or online.

It’s harder than ever to connect with your audience! Today, you need to engage like a professional and this workshop will show you how. Packed with real-world anecdotes from under the spotlight, this crash course in the Secrets of Clown will give you actionable tips to supercharge your audience connection to help you reach for the stars in your presentations! No nose required! Takeaways include:

• 4 surefire techniques for audience engagement to wake ‘em up and keep ‘em focused on your message
• 3 methods to add humor to your presentation so your audience can’t wait to hear what you have to say next (even if you’re not “funny!”)
• 1 essential exercise to build audience awareness, warmth, and charisma to get your audience leaning forward in their seats

Inspiring teams to authentically influence the world

Don Colliver is a teacher, speaker, author, and comedian. He leads corporate public speaking classes at the largest companies in Silicon Valley and speaks at industry conferences for companies including Adobe, Cisco, and Medtronic. Don toured internationally as a theatrical Clown and performed with the Blue Man Group. He recently released a #1 bestselling book entitled and delivered a 45-minute learning session on engagement at the 2023 Toastmasters Annual Convention. Connect with Don at .

Want to hear more from Don Colliver on the topic of engagement and humor? Listen to his Toastmasters Podcast episode and read his articles in Toastmaster magazine:

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