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Advanced and Specialty Clubs
Advanced Clubs

Advance & Conquer (Division B, Area 26)
Location Red Cross Building, 2025 E Street, Washington, DC
Time Second and fourth Wednesday of every month from noon to 1:00PM
Contact Jim Dooley, 202-303-7579
Email dooleyj@usa.redcross.org
Website http://advanceandconquer.toastmastersclubs.org
Membership Requirements Earned a CTM or CC
Description Advance & Conquer provides a fun, supportive atmosphere for members to work on advanced manual projects, as well as for those who would like the opportunity to work with and obtain evaluations from experienced Toastmasters.  Our meetings allow for the longer projects and may be themed to support members working from the same manuals.  Members include current and past district leaders and contest winners.  Visitors are always welcome.  Come and visit us soon.


Chat & Chew (Division F, Area 66)
Location Various restaurants around District 36
Time First Saturday of every month from 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Contact Karin Francis
Email
Website http://1425395.toastmastersclubs.org/
Membership Requirements Must be a member of another Toastmasters Club
Description The meeting is conducted during the dinner.  We have the distinction of having members who have competed in all four of the Toastmasters International speech contests at the District level, and include current and past high ranking Toastmasters officers at both the District and the International level.  The food is good and the speeches are great, so come join us at our next meeting.

DC Advanced Speakers (Division B, Area 21)

Location Vicino's Ristorante Italiano, 959 Sligo Ave, Silver Spring, MD
Time Last Tuesday of every month from 6:45 to 8:30 PM
Contact Alice Sasscer, 703-433-9832
Email aksasscer@aol.com
Website http://5377.toastmastersclubs.org
Membership Requirements None
Description DC Advanced Speakers is an Advanced club, specializing in evaluations.  The club has knowledgeable evaluators with many years of experience to suggest improvements.  Our meetings are structured so as to allow time for the longer Advanced Manual speeches.  Visitors are welcome to give speeches if they need to meet a goal.  Come and visit DC Advanced Speakers Club.

Great Seneca Power Talkers (Division E, Area 53)

Location Mykonos Grill Restaurant, 121 Congressional Lane, Rockville, MD
Time Last Thursday of every month from 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Contact Bonnie Maidak
Email maidak@mail.msu.edu
Website http://gspt.toastmastersclubs.org/
Membership Requirements Earned a CTM or CC or won an Area contest
Description
Are you ready to meet the challenge of speaking with the distractions of a restaurant? Ready for evaluations that reflect your experience as a  speaker? Unsure of how to use the advanced manuals to your best advantage? Stymied by the HPL requirement for your DTM? Then Great Seneca Power Talkers is for you.  We feature round-robin evaluations for every speaker in addition to regular speech evaluations.  Our members are committed to helping each other achieve their goals. Fun, food, and friends while perfecting our skills--what a great way to spend 2 hours a month

Maryland Advanced (Division C, Area 35)
Location GEICO, 4608 Willard Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD
Time First Tuesday of every month from 7:15 to 9:15 PM
Contact Arthur Sydney or Jay Moore
Email contact-4036@toastmastersclubs.org 
Website http://mdadvanced.toastmastersclubs.org/
Membership Requirements Earned a CTM or CC or won an Area contest
Description Do you want to take your speaking skills to the next level? Are you looking for a new challenge?  We specialize in evaluations and round robin evaluations for every speaker. We take pride in the quality of our evaluations and the number of Division and District contest winners who are members.  We are not for everybody, but we are the club for those who want to “step it up”. If you want to have fun while improving your speaking skill, give us a try.
NTL (Never Too Late) Advanced (Division D, Area 44)
Location Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 6905 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD
Time Second Wednesday of every month from 7:00 to 8:30 PM
Contact David Alexander
Email alexa038@yahoo.com  
Website http://ntladvanced.toastmastersclubs.org/
Membership Requirements Earned a CTM or CC or won an Area contest
Description This advanced club specializes in providing evaluations that lead to measurable growth in your speaking and leadership skills. Our members include many current and previous district leaders. Besides the usual speeches, each meeting includes a discussion of general Toastmaster topics to share ideas and to suggest new ways to improve club meetings or other Toastmaster activities. In the past year, we have expanded publicity through the 2009-2010 Monthly Tour T-shirts and other outreach activities. If you want to learn how to be a better Toastmaster, it's Never Too Late to Take Flight to our club meeting. 


Voices of Distinction (Division B, Area 25)
Location FDIC Building, 550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
Time First and third Monday of every month from noon to 1:00 PM
Contact Susan Randall, 202-898-6928
Email  
Website
Membership Requirements Earned a CTM or CC
Description We are an advanced club consisting of diverse members with DTM designations as well as just earned CCs.  We emphasize a warm, friendly, and supportive environment for continuing our Toastmasters education which also includes service to the District.
Specialty Clubs
 
Do Tell (Division F, Area 62)
Location Marvin Memorial Church, 33 University Blvd East, Silver Spring, MD
Time Third Tuesday at 7:30 PM
Contact Mike Rilee 
Email Mike@rilee.net  
Website http://1613.toastmastersclubs.org/  
Membership Requirements Specialty club open to current Toastmaster members.
Description Our club specializes in storytelling and speeches that include stories through world-class meetings, regular education & training, and first-rate evaluations.
DTM Leaders (Division D, Area 44) 
Location NASA FCU, 10208 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD
Time Last Saturday of every month from 10:00 AM to noon
Contact Jill Lambe
Email jill.lambe@gmail.com
Website
Membership Requirements Earned a DTM
Description Our club focuses on service to the Districts such as participation as trainers for all our officers' training programs. Our Members are encouraged to present manual and advanced manual speeches for evaluation and credit. Each meeting has refreshments to encourage social time, as well as to help the club have "fun" yet educational meetings.
 
Giddeeup Governors (Division C, Area 35)
Location Various locations within District 36
Time Third Saturday of each at 2pm; check website or send an email for details
Contact Barry Piatt
Email Giddeeup2599@yahoo.com
Website www.giddeeup.org
Membership Requirements Current and former Area and Division Governors and Club Presidents and Vice Presidents of Education (any District)
Description Giddeeup Governors provides a forum for current and past district leaders, particularly current and former Area and Division Governors and Club Presidents and Vice Presidents of Education, to share their ideas and experience to solve problems and develop new approaches to helping members, clubs and the District succeed. The club focuses on building and enhancing the leadership skills of its members. Through their speeches, members develop presentations and ideas district leaders can use to help clubs, areas and divisions meet their goals.
 
Humorously Speaking (Division C, Area 33)
Location GEICO, 4608 Willard Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD (Tuesdays)
Tikvat Israel Synagogue, 2200 Baltimore Road, Rockville, MD (Sundays)
Time Last Tuesday of every month from 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Contact Sau Yang or Jay Moore
Email
Website http://humorously.toastmastersclubs.org/
Membership Requirements None
Description This club specializes in humorous speeches and helping members learn to be funny. The meetings include humor tips with discussions, and evaluations include critiques of the humor in the speech as well as suggestions on how to make the items funnier. If you want to enhance your speeches with humor and add humor to your life, check us out. 
 
Jim Whitney (Division D, Area 45)

Location

St Phillip's Episcopal Church, 522 Main Street, Laurel, MD. The club uses Wyatt Hall. The entrance is up the stairs, directly across from the PNC Bank parking lot. Notify the club if accessible entrance directions are needed.

Time

Second Monday of every month from 7:00 to 9:00 PM

Contact

Bonnie L. Maidak, DTM: 301-528-8250

Email

contact-1063187@toastmastersclubs.org

Website

http://toastmasterjim.toastmastersclubs.org/

Membership Requirements

None

Description

Anyone who knew Jim Whitney knows he was all about the members. It didn’t matter if you were a potential member, a new member or a seasoned member, he was ready to help you in any way he could. This club was chartered as a tribute to him and includes members who are dedicated to his memory, knowledgeable about membership recruitment and retention, and the Toastmasters program. Come and join us for continued service, support and developing your success as a better communicator and leader.

 
Oradores en Espanol (Division E, Area 55)
Location Conference Room, National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd, Ste 105 Bethesda, MD
Time Second and fourth Tuesday of every month from 6:05 to 7:05 PM
Contact Mary Ann Guerra
Email mguerra@geico.com
Website http://1174392.toastmastersclubs.org
Membership Requirements Must speak some of both Spanish and English
Description
Although we don't teach either language, we can help you improve your speaking skills in both. We are the only bi-lingual club in District 36 where you can hone your Spanish speaking skills.

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