Welcome to Harbor City Toastmasters!
Are you nervous about giving a presentation to your colleagues? Are you going for an interview and worrying about answering off-the wall questions? Do you have to speak at your best friend's wedding and don't know how to put your speech together?
Harbor City Toastmasters can help!
Harbor City Toastmasters is a diverse group (occupations, ages, ethnic backgrounds, speaking ability) who come together to help each other advance in the areas of public speaking and leadership.
We accomplish this at our meetings by delivering speeches and partaking in various meeting roles. Most importantly, we do it by having fun!
Please come join us at our next meeting at the West Melbourne Library located at 2755 Wingate Blvd, West Melbourne, FL, 32904. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month from 10:00 am through 12 pm. Please come early so that we can meet you before the meeting begins!
RECENT NEWS
June 26, 2010
New Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) Vera da Silva
“Distinguished Toastmaster”, the highest honor any Toastmaster can achieve, requires extraordinary commitment. Not only does an individual experience tremendous growth in public speaking by completing more than 40 speeches, but among the many other requirements, they must serve their District as a District Officer and either Sponsor, Mentor or Coach a Toastmasters Club.
Congratulations to Vera da Silva for becoming Harbor City's newest Distinguished Toastmaster!
March 20, 2010
International Speech Content (Area)
One of our members, Fonnie Boyce, won the Area 23 International Speech contest on Saturday, March 20, 2010. She was the Area 23 representative in the Division B International Speech Contest in which she placed 2nd. She also placed 3rd in the Division B Table Topics Contest.
From left to right - Dee Melvin (Division B Governor), Fonnie Boyce (Winner of 2010 Area 23 International Speech Contest) and Norm Facey (Area 23 Governor)
More information and registration can be found on the following site - http://toastmastersd84.org/conference.html
February 28, 2010
CONGRATULATIONS HARBOR CITY TOASTMASTERS CLUB!!!
We had a very successful contest meeting yesterday.
5 contestants competed in the Table Topic Contest and 3 contestants competed in the International Speech Contest.
FONNIE BOYCE was the winner in both contests and she will be our representative at the Area 23 contests on March 20 at Picadilly Restaurant, in the Melbourne Square Mall, from 2-5 pm. Come to Area 23 Contests to support our representative.
We want to thank all the functionaries, guests and members that helped in the success of our meeting.
Our special thanks to DeRhone Sutton-Lambert, the Contest Chairperson that organized and prepared the meeting in order to guarantee a great contest.
Vera da Silva
Secretary
Contestants (from left to right)
Darlene Williams (second place - Table Topics and International Speech Contest)
Fonnie Boyce (first place - Table Topics and International Speech Contest)
Neil Peterson (third place - Table Topics and International Speech Contest)
Rebecca Weber (contestant in Table Topics Contest)
Marino Fernandez (contestant in Table Topics Contest)
Timers (from left to right)
Kevin Smith and Vera DaSilva
Ballot Counters (from left to right)
Kortisha Holmes and Anitha Lakshmanan
Chief Judge - Jack Jamba and Contest Master - DeRhone Sutton-Lambert
In October 1924, a group of men assembled by Dr. Ralph C. Smedley met in the basement of the YMCA in Santa Ana, California, U.S.A., forming a club “to afford practice and training in the art of public speaking and in presiding over meetings, and to promote sociability and good fellowship among its members.” The group took the name “Toastmasters.” We are a local chapter of Toastmasters International . Anyone is welcome to visit our club.
Today, Toastmasters International is a non-profit organization which gives its members the opportunity to develop and improve their public speaking abilities through local club meetings, training seminars and speech contests. Toastmasters International includes more than 199,000 men and women in more than 9,300 clubs in more than 70 countries.
Experienced professionals and beginning speakers alike can benefit from our practical, face-to-face learning program. Whether you're speaking to the board of directors, your customers, your co-workers or your kids, Toastmasters can help you do it better. You'll learn and practice in a friendly, comfortable environment with people who are there for the same reason you are—to become better communicators.
At Toastmasters, members learn by speaking to groups and working with others in a supportive environment. A typical Toastmasters club is made up of 20 to 30 people who meet once a week for about an hour. Each meeting gives everyone an opportunity to practice conducting meetings, giving impromptu speeches, presenting prepared speeches, and offering constructive evaluation.
Harbor City Toastmasters meets at the West Melbourne Library located at 2755 Wingate Blvd, West Melbourne, FL, 32904. See the Directions link on the left.
We meet on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month from 10:00 am through 12 pm. Please come early so that we can meet you before the meeting begins!
