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LEANNA LISTENS

Daniel Flood, DTM
Helping Others Grow

Leanna Lindquist, DTM

I have known Daniel Flood many years through
Toastmasters. We have collaborated on marketing
Toastmasters in the Southern Division. Daniel belongs to
Jefferson State, University, and VA SORCC Toastmasters

Clubs.

Tell us about Daniel What brought you to Toastmasters?

I’m probably one of the few people on My Toastmasters journey had a rocky start.
the planet who can say they owe their life to My first foray was back in 1983 in Alaska. I

Toastmasters. I didn’t understand this growing leveraged my contacts in Toastmasters to get a
up, but became aware of it later in life. You see, better job . . . so I thought. It turned out to be one
my father needed Toastmaster skills in order of the worst career moves ever! When the job
to attain the career appointment he wanted. ended, so did the Toastmasters club. Then, in the

Toastmasters helped him do that. After he early 2000s, I visited many other clubs in the Bay
attained the position, the family was financially Area, not finding any that had a good fit. Finally,
secure enough to expand and I was conceived. in 2010, I found University Toastmasters in
Had it not been for Toastmasters training, fate Ashland and everything clicked. I wanted to get

certainly would not have smiled on me. into stand-up comedy. Everything I tried was for

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