Thursday, July 29th, 2010

I recently heard a speech by a 15-year-old young lady named Hannah.  The point to Hannah’s 5-7 minute speech was two-fold: 1) to challenge her peers to embrace responsibility and, 2) to persuade adults to help teens develop by trusting them with increasing responsibility.  If you had been in the audience that evening you would [...]

Click here to download the flyer
You are invited to join TASC Toastmasters on 2 June 2010 as we host our next Open House.  The event will be held 11:30AM - 12:30PM at the club’s regular meeting location in the Independence Center building (Rm W1213), 15036 Conference Center Drive, Chantilly, Virginia, 20151. 
The agenda includes the presentation and evaluation [...]

from Frank DiBartolomeo, TASC TM President:
Due to Spring Break weeks and other scheduling conflicts, The TASC Exec Comm meeting is postponed from Mon, 5 Apr 10 to Mon, 19 Apr 10. Please review the minutes and action items from the last meeting in Mar 10 and have agenda item inputs proviced to Frank DiBartolomeo [...]

From Wendy Daunheimer, VP-Education:
Thanks to all who attended this week’s 2010 International Speech and Speech Evaluation club contests! We appreciate your support and participation. An announcement of the first place winners:
International Speech Contest 1st Place: Tanya Masiello
Speech Evaluation Contest 1st Place: Frank DiBartolomeo
Congratulations, Tanya and Frank! You can view these results and [...]

For TASC Toastmasters that haven’t yet made a decision, please consider competing in the TASC Toastmasters 2010 Spring International Speech & Evaluation Contest scheduled for Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 1130-1300.
International Speech contestants need to have completed six projects from the basic manual (you have this week and next, and you can reuse a previous speech [...]

Fellow Toastmasters,
It seems that there is some early St. Patrick’s Irish magic afoot: our March 17 Open House has been mysteriously turned into a club speech and evaluation contest!
While we investigate this trickery, we are left with no choice but to announce that TASC Toastmasters will host the 2010 Spring International Speech & Evaluation Contest [...]

Area I3 Governor, Ms. Kristi Robinson (Intersections Toastmasters), and TASC Toastmasters VP-Education, Ms. Wendy Daunheimer, have teamed up to coordinate our first Area I3 Open House. 
The event will start at 5:00pm on 22 October 2009 and will be held at 4801 Stonecroft Blvd, Chantilly, Virginia in the Northrop Grumman/TASC Westfields Cafeteria.  Attendees are asked to use [...]

TASC Toastmasters Executive Committee (ExComm) will meet on Monday, 5 October 2009, 11:30 – 12:30, Independence Center, Room W1211.
All members are welcome to attend!
Agenda will include current club activities, Distinguished Club Program/Club Success Plan, status of dues, reports from ExComm officers, and other club business.
(Officers, please confirm attendance with Frank prior to the meeting (leave [...]

Your Toastmasters International (TI) club’s Vice President (VP) of Membership just said something that you hadn’t realized when you first joined: YOU play a critical role in finding new members for your Toastmasters club.
You knew that the Toastmasters program worked for you, and you have casually mentioned something about Toastmasters to a few folks you [...]

Are you planning any trips this summer? Are you escaping the area for a vacation at the beach, to the woods, to see friends and family or to see new sights? If so, will you be utilizing any free online resources?
This message is in support of a speech project that I am presenting at our [...]