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About Toastmasters
Toastmasters International was founded in 1924 by Dr. Ralph Smedley "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."
Toastmasters now has over 300,000 members world wide and has clubs in 80 countries.
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Our Club - 55 years strong!
Silver Spring Toastmasters Club 1314 celebrated the 50th Anniversary of its charter in September of 2003 with a
rousing banquet in a downtown SS hotel and wonderful speakers. It has the distinction of being one of the oldest
clubs in Toastmasters' District 36.
Its membership includes current and past District 36 officers, District 36 contest winners but mainly, a group of
really nice people who are working on building their skills.
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Our Club Program
Our meetings are designed to get everyone involved. Our meetings start with a short business session to provide
vision for the club about where the club is going and updates on what's been accomplished. Then, we move into our
program for the evening, led by one of the members. Other members who are not doing assigned speaking projects are called
on to give impromptu speeches. This is followed by a break in order for the members to mingle and eat the snacks
provided. After the break, the main part of the meeting begins with the speaking projects based on projects from the
Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership Program manuals. These projects cover such topics as speech
organization, voice, language and gestures. Each project is given a constructive evaluation. Every prepared speaker
is assigned an evaluator who points out speech strengths and offers suggestions for improvement.
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