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Welcome to the National Capital District 36 Toastmasters

Our non-profit organization offers a proven and enjoyable way to practice communication and leadership skills. Here's how it works:

Man shaking handsA Toastmasters meeting is a learn-by-doing session! Participants practice their speaking and leadership skills in a friendly supportive atmosphere. Typically, a club has 20 members who meet weekly or biweekly to practice public speaking techniques.

A series of 10 self-paced speaking assignments help members learn communication skills. These assignments are designed to instill a basic foundation in public speaking including the use of humor, gestures, eye contact, speech organization and overall delivery. Woman smiling

We give our members responsibilities and ask them to lead - no lectures here! By taking on various meeting roles and serving as officers at the club and district levels members learn important and transferable leadership skills.

There is no instructor in a Toastmasters meeting. Instead, members evaluate one another’s presentations. This feedback process is a key part of the program’s success. Meeting participants also give impromptu talks, conduct meetings, and learn rules related to timing, grammar and parliamentary procedure.

Many local corporations sponsor in-house Toastmasters clubs. Toastmasters groups also can be found in governmental agencies, as well as in a variety of community organizations, universities, hospitals, military bases, prisons, and churches. Toastmasters is an effective, cost-efficient means of meeting their communication training needs. Interested? Visit a group near you! 

Career Building Skills Series

You are cordially invited to a six part career building series sponsored by the Effective Communicators Toastmasters Club. The meetings are held from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM at Council Office Building, 100 Maryland Avenue, 1st floor, Auditorium, Rockville, MD 20850
http://effectivecommunicators.freetoasthost.com

  • Tips to Bulletproof Your Resume - May 13
  • Networking Your Way to a New Job - May 27
  • Job Interview Wear and Career Fashion - June 10
  • Personal Trainer for a Job Interview - June 24
  • Resume Building: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for a Federal Job - July 8
  • Job Interview Do’s and Don’ts July 22

Full Series Cost: $27.00—scholarships are available.

More information is available in this PDF flyer.

CHALLENGE YOUR IMAGINATION is the District's theme for the 2008-2009 Toastmasters year. Imagination is creativity at its best. It's the use of our talents and skills to bring things from the abstract into reality. Remember that the next time you look at a light bulb or use a cellular telephone. Imagination turned into reality. I challenge you to challenge yours. Use your creativity to make your meetings exciting and your evaluations valuable! Challenge Your Imagination! You'll never know what's in you until you try.

Sandra Coles-Bell, DTM
District 36 Governor, 2008-2009

This page updated 08-May-2009 07:08 PM

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