New and Improved Five-Star Toastmasters Club Website !!!
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WELCOME to Five-Star Toastmasters !
We are part of Toastmasters International, which has helped millions of men and women become more confident in front of an audience as speakers and become outstanding leaders.
(Above: Photo of
Dr. Tim Keck, DTM and Past President of Toastmasters International [1999- 2000] with Five-Star Toastmasters on Tuesday, 24 May 2011. For more information on Dr. Tim Keck's presentation, click here .)
We meet every Tuesday after work in the Pentagon Conference Center building at 5:30 PM for 60 to 75 minutes. All are welcome!
To View the Five-Star Toastmasters Guestbook, click here.
To Sign the Five-Star Toastmasters Guestbook, click here.
President’s Distinguished Club – Third Year in Row !! –
Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI) - July & August 2011
Club Contest on Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Area 11 Contest on Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Five-Star Toastmasters (Club #9623) is a President’s Distinguished Club for a third year in a row, with 10 out of 10 Distinguished Club Program (DCP) goals achieved.
On Friday, 8 July 2011, at the District 27 Hail and Farewell, Five-Star Toastmasters received a recognition trophy for its accomplishments during the 2010 – 2011 Toastmasters Year as a President’s Distinguished Club with 10 out of 10 DCP goals achieved. For more information and photos, click here.
During June, July, and August 2011, all of the Five-Star Toastmasters Club Officers attended Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI) sessions around the Beltway.
For more information and photos on Five-Star Toastmasters Club Officers attendance at Summer 2011 TLI sessions, click here.
Congratulations to our Dual Winner - Charlie DeWitt, CC, ALB for winning both the Humorous Speaking and Table Topics Contests on Tuesday, 13 September 2011, at 5-Star Toastamsters !! For more information, click
here.
He competed on Wednesday, 21 September 2011, at the Area 11 of Division A, District 27, Fall Humorous Speaking and Table Topics contests. Click
here for the story. Click
here for photos.
Toastmasters will give you the skills and confidence you need to effectively express yourself in any situation and to become a better leader. Whether you are a professional, student, stay-at-home parent or retiree, Toastmasters is the most efficient, enjoyable and affordable way of gaining great communication and leadership skills. By learning to effectively formulate and express your ideas, you open an entirely new world of possibilities. You’ll be more persuasive and confident when giving presentations, and you’ll improve your one-on-one dealings and group activities with others.
Don’t worry! Everyone in a Toastmasters club was once at the level you are now. The environment is friendly and supportive, and the self-paced program allows you to build confidence with each speaking and leadership assignment. And you’ll love the applause! Constructive evaluation is the heart of the Toastmasters program. Each time you give a prepared speech, an evaluator will point out strengths and suggest improvements. At first you’ll be applauded for your effort; later you’ll be applauded for your communications and leadership skills.
You won’t regret it. Toastmasters currently has more than 260,000 members (of which 156,000 are in the U.S.A) in more 116 countries. Our club is just one of the more than 13,000 clubs located around the world.
Toastmasters International and its clubs are " Where Leaders are Made" and people become outstanding Communicators !!
For more information, please contact:
5-Star Toastmasters Club President , Mr. Charlie DeWitt at telephone of 202-997-5087 or e-mail of , or Club Vice-President Membership, Ms. Katharine Gagn é at telephone of 202-521-2307 or e-mail of .
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