Energy Valley Toastmasters Club Award

Dr. Dong Xu was awarded the "Best Speaker of the Year" award by the Energy Valley Toastmasters Club #3753 at the June 2001 meeting. Dr. Xu is a staff member in the Computational Biology Section of the Life Sciences Division.

Energy Valley Toastmasters Club #3753 is comprised of UT- Battelle, BWXT Y-12 , and Bechtel Jacobs employees who meet on Tuesday afternoons from 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. at 1060 Commerce Park. (Information about the Club can be found at http://www.ornl.gov/toast/toastmasters.html)

Toastmasters International provides the tools that enable people to develop their ability to speak and effectively communicate. In Toastmasters, you learn by doing; by actually speaking to groups.

The Toastmasters program has proven itself around the world. Globally, nearly three million people of all ages and occupations have participated in the program. On average, the gross membership of Toastmasters International increases at a rate of approximately 250 people per day, for a total of more than 170,000 members in more than 8,000 Clubs in more than 50 countries."