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>Hello.  I'd like to try ToastMasters.  I'm not only interested in
>learning to speak publicly, both also in some related matters as
well.
>So maybe someone can help me out with suggestions:


To locate a club in your area, visit the Toastmasters International
web page at:

     http://www.toastmasters.org

On the web site, you can find details on all Toastmasters clubs in the
world, organized by country.  Each club listing includes information
on when and where the club meets, and most clubs have a contact
number.

I recommend calling the club contact because meeting times and places
can, and do, change without notice, and the lists on the Toastmasters
web site can be several months behind.  Also, the contact will be able
to tell you if the club has any special membership requirements; for
example, an advanced club will require you to obtain a Toastmasters
designation at another club before you can join and clubs sponsored by
a company or other organization may limit membership to employees and
members of the sponsoring organization.

If possible, visit several clubs in your area before deciding which
one to join.  Different clubs have different personalities and
visiting several will help you find the club that is right for you.

--

John Fleming, ATM-B, CL
VP E, CTM Plus Toastmasters
VP E, Rooster Rousers Toastmasters
Mentor, Chamber Toastmasters
Edmonton, Alberta


email:     johnfgh@nce.ab.ca
           (nce should be ecn)
web pages: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/6070
           http://www.ecn.ab.ca/~johnf

- Only if you have been in the deepest valley can you
  ever know how  magnificent it is to be on the highest
  mountain.

                                   R.M.Nixon  1913-1994

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world@writemaster.com.xxx wrote:
> 
> Hello.  I'd like to try ToastMasters.  I'm not only interested in
> learning to speak publicly, both also in some related matters as well.
> So maybe someone can help me out with suggestions:
> 
> 1.  Seeking a meeting in suburban MD (Rockville, Bethesda, Kensington,
> Potomac, Gaithersburg, Silver Spring).  Of course I can travel
> somewhat beyond that range (including VA and DC), but those are the
> best locations for me.
> 
> 2.  I am single and in my late thirties.  If there were actually some
> ToastMasters groups for singles, that would be great.  Otherwise, a
> group with a mixture of singles and couples would be fine.  I'm
> looking for an age range of late-twenties to late-thirties.  (It's
> fine if there are plenty of older people in the group, as long as
> there is a healthy concentration of men and woman in that range.)
> 
> 3.  Naturally, I'd like to find a group where I am likely to fit in
> well.  I missed my calling as an academic, but I am now returning to
> part-time graduate school.  I am interested in both the sciences (all
> of them) and the humanities.  I work as a technical writer, but I also
> write movie scripts (no sales -- yet...).  I am not a workaholic, not
> a jock, and not really a businessman.  I'm an artist in spirit.  I am
> Politically Libertarian, but open to other non-dogmatic people with
> different views.
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
> 
> Steve O.
> writer@writemaster.com
I suggest use of the http://trfn.clpgh.org/speak/ page and its links.
Also, don't forget the club list on http://www.toastmasters.org/.
BTW, check out all the web pages and links listed as well at the end.

Richard M. Hays, Jr.
hays@city-net.com
http://trfn.clpgh.org/speak/
http://www.toastmasters.org/
http://www.ironsoft.com/lp/
http://www.warroom.com/
http://www.pittsburgh-region.org/

try the NIH toastmasters meeting?



world@writemaster.com.xxx wrote:

> Hello.  I'd like to try ToastMasters.  I'm not only interested in
> learning to speak publicly, both also in some related matters as well.
> So maybe someone can help me out with suggestions:
>
> 1.  Seeking a meeting in suburban MD (Rockville, Bethesda, Kensington,
> Potomac, Gaithersburg, Silver Spring).  Of course I can travel
> somewhat beyond that range (including VA and DC), but those are the
> best locations for me.
>
> 2.  I am single and in my late thirties.  If there were actually some
> ToastMasters groups for singles, that would be great.  Otherwise, a
> group with a mixture of singles and couples would be fine.  I'm
> looking for an age range of late-twenties to late-thirties.  (It's
> fine if there are plenty of older people in the group, as long as
> there is a healthy concentration of men and woman in that range.)
>
> 3.  Naturally, I'd like to find a group where I am likely to fit in
> well.  I missed my calling as an academic, but I am now returning to
> part-time graduate school.  I am interested in both the sciences (all
> of them) and the humanities.  I work as a technical writer, but I also
> write movie scripts (no sales -- yet...).  I am not a workaholic, not
> a jock, and not really a businessman.  I'm an artist in spirit.  I am
> Politically Libertarian, but open to other non-dogmatic people with
> different views.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
>
> Steve O.
> writer@writemaster.com

 There is a Toastmasters group at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center 
in Greenbelt that meets twice monthly (2nd and 4th Wednesdays from 
11:30am - 1:00 pm).  I just joined in January; it's a good group.

In article <7e985q$neu@chronicle.concentric.net>,
 <world@writemaster.com.xxx> wrote:
>Hello.  I'd like to try ToastMasters.  I'm not only interested in
>learning to speak publicly, both also in some related matters as well.
>So maybe someone can help me out with suggestions:
>
>1.  Seeking a meeting in suburban MD (Rockville, Bethesda, Kensington,
>Potomac, Gaithersburg, Silver Spring).  Of course I can travel
>somewhat beyond that range (including VA and DC), but those are the
>best locations for me.
>
>2.  I am single and in my late thirties.  If there were actually some
>ToastMasters groups for singles, that would be great.  Otherwise, a
>group with a mixture of singles and couples would be fine.  I'm
>looking for an age range of late-twenties to late-thirties.  (It's
>fine if there are plenty of older people in the group, as long as
>there is a healthy concentration of men and woman in that range.)
>
>3.  Naturally, I'd like to find a group where I am likely to fit in
>well.  I missed my calling as an academic, but I am now returning to
>part-time graduate school.  I am interested in both the sciences (all
>of them) and the humanities.  I work as a technical writer, but I also
>write movie scripts (no sales -- yet...).  I am not a workaholic, not
>a jock, and not really a businessman.  I'm an artist in spirit.  I am
>Politically Libertarian, but open to other non-dogmatic people with
>different views.
>
>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
>
>Steve O.
>writer@writemaster.com
>
>