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RDU Toastmasters member, Maryanne, shares her experiences presenting at a NCCwPS event. The NCCWPS is the first non-partisan, statewide organization to address the need for women-specific recruitment, training, and mentoring. The mission is to increase the number of women in appointed and elected office in North Carolina.
Giving motivational and inspirational speeches to young audiences is a challenge to even veteran toastmasters. A great way to succeed is to practice your speaking portion with your toastmasters club which is exactly what Maryanne did.
“I want to thank everyone in Toastmasters for their feedback on the presentation I gave to the Women in Leadership Development, sponsored by NC State and held at Duke University on November 1. Toastmasters helped me refine my presentation and alleviate the nerves that plague me. I want to report that all went well. I was hardly nervous (a shocker for me) with no shaky voice. I really enjoyed presenting and the students were amazing. Thank you again for your feedback and help.”
Here are some select statistics that were shared to engage the audience.
• Number of women in the US Senate/Congress, State Senate, State Congress etc.
Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland), 1987-
Jocelyn Burdick (D-North Dakota), 1992
Dianne Feinstein (D-California), 1992-
Barbara Boxer (D-California), 1993-
Carol Moseley Braun (D-Illinois), 1993-1999
Patty Murray (D-Washington), 1993-
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), 1993-
Olympia Jean Snowe (R-Maine), 1995-
Sheila Frahm (R-Kansas), 1996
Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana), 1997-
Susan Collins (R-Maine), 1997-
Blanche Lincoln (D-Arkansas), 1999-
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York), 2001-
Deborah Stabenow (D-Michigan), 2001-
Maria E. Cantwell (D-Washington), 2001-
Jean Carnahan (D-Missouri), 2001- 2002
Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), 2002-
Elizabeth Dole (R-North Carolina), 2003-
Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri), 2007-
Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), 2007-
• Where does NC ranks among other states for appointed positions? 37th, with 29% of appointed positions being held by women in a state in which women make up 51% of the population.
• Between 1997 and 2007, in North Carolina, women lost over half of the number of leadership posts they held in 1997.
• In NC, what % of office-holders are African-American women? 3% Hispanic & Native American women? .25
• In 2004 over 1/3 of NC counties had no women in taxing and spending authority in county government?
