@questionmarks... Lol...
These are amazing suggestions. Really, truly amazing. Thanks you so much for taking the time to write them out.
I've decided to look into toastmasters in my city. I don't know of any of you guys know, but my online personality transfers over to offline as well

lol!
Besides, I'm stealthy afraid of public speaking like some 90% of the world, so all the more reason to get my blood pumping with getting up in front of large groups of people and doing a speech about cheese

ha! I'll keep you posted. Wednesday will be my first guest appearance at the meeting.
Network, network and network! One step at a time!