ima Strengthens Communication Skills with Toastmasters

Remaining committed to Client service and high communication, ima continues to develop personal speaking skills by founding an in-office chapter of Toastmasters International. Each member of ima staff is currently participating in the Toastmasters program consisting of ten different presentations, beginning with an ice breaker speech and gradually building up to the delivery of a speech intended to inspire. In presenting a wide array of speech topics and delivery styles, ima’s staff is honing their presentation and speaking skills as well as growing as leaders. Leadership growth is a predominate emphasis of the Toastmasters program, providing opportunities for each member to take on different roles throughout the course, helping to develop a different communication and leadership quality.

Angela Woodward is the ima Toastmasters Chapter President and the driving force behind initiating Toastmasters as a training tool at ima. Woodward states, “The Toastmasters program develops and hones our presentation skills giving us feedback and confidence to speak in public. It has something for both emerging and seasoned professionals, plus we always have a good time while we are learning and growing. Toastmasters also provides a venue to hear about the knowledge and diverse range of ima staff interests. We are impressed by the visible growth and improvement of ima’s staff.”
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ima creates exceptional spaces that give form and character to the landscape, providing distinctive artistry and economic value for our clients with Master Planning, Development Services and Landscape Architecture. We consult, collaborate, imagine and define a project’s scope and character – from retail and mixed-use destination to office developments and large scale master planning – to create exciting people-oriented environments. We have built our business on pushing the boundaries to create the right solution. We thrive in collaboration and believe that the right design is a balance between vision and reality. We strive to find this balance in a design that can transcend the value for our client to enrich the community experience.

To learn more, please visit the ima’s website at http://www.imadesign.com or contact Jason Gladding, Marketing Manager at jgladding@imadesign.com.

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At ima, we are artists and business people.

We have a gift of imagining beauty and crafting opportunities. We approach each assignment with a contagious enthusiasm. We bring depth of experience, from large-scale master planning and engineering, to product selection and site placement.

Landscape architecture is a professional discipline that combines the beauty of the natural environment with an ability to improve the communities and places where people congregate, interact and live. Our work amazes and entertains thousands of people a day.

We thrive in collaboration and are energized by new ideas. Our designs feature a strong concept, a good idea and a little soul. That’s why they endure and improve over time. And, that’s why our prestigious clients keep coming back.

We don’t believe in form without substance. Our work addresses not only site function, but also a greater, more spiritual element. We believe that landscape architecture enriches the human experience by making people feel good about their surroundings and in turn, about themselves. Imagine, if everyone felt better about themselves, how much more receptive and open they would be to explore and participate in a community experience whether in a shopping mall, a downtown streetscape or a tropical resort. And we believe if everyday our plazas, gardens and streetscapes move just a few people toward goodness, then we have truly succeeded.

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