Abstract
Society reflects the organizations that it has. Hence for a community to improve, one must examine the organizations, people, and activities that envelop it. To compile diverse strate-gies showcased in a Toastmasters Club’s speeches during face-to-face and online platforms meetings and to share the learning therein with the community, the paper documents speech themes during the organization’s meetings. These themes such as the quest for structure, dealing with one’s stage fright, a positivist technique, the sandwich approach, and taking charge as a Table Topics master permeated the delivered speeches. Some of the strategies utilized during face-to-face or via online delivery by speakers were powerful storytelling, thinking beyond self to fight off stage fright, taking note that assessment speeches are still performances, keeping the respect for the craft of public speaking, and the knowledge that the element of surprise or twist seldom fails one as a speaker. They were discussed, interpreted, and analyzed in the qualitative paper through an immersive and critical thematic inquiry that utilized primary data strategies while seeking communication insights from purposively chosen informants. The presented thematic impressions, nuances, and observations may impact on and contribute to societal improvement thus this wholistic documentation, compilation-writing process forwarding the whole set of strategies for public learning. Deeper research on calibrating persuasion in public speaking and on the implicatures of surfaced strategies to social relationships may be further ventured out based on the insights and learning. Further studies on repositioning pedagogy on communication may also be explored using the pointers presented.