Valley Shore Toastmasters Club 3940

09/22/2016

You’re Invited to Open House at Valley Shore Toastmasters with Rob Ferrucci, Presenting “Death by PowerPoint” Monday, October 17th at 7pm
Learn how to take your Power-Point presentation to the next level, by learning Rob’s secret of creating power-point slides that actually make your presentation persuasive, powerful, and interesting! Rob Ferrucci is an award winning public speaker and presentation coach who has built a career delivering countless sales and business presentations.

Join us at Valley Shore Toastmasters in the Madison Senior Center (cafe’), 29 Bradley Rd., Madison, CT for this free presentation.
Visit our website: http://3940toastmastersclubs.org or email us at: [email protected]

03/09/2016

Please join us for an Open House on Monday March 21, 2016 at 7 p.m., when Lara Morton presents an interactive workshop on how to take the fear out of public speaking. Lara is a Theater Artist with an impressive background in Dramatic Arts, as well as an amazing presenter and a gifted teacher!

Lara Morton, Theatre Artist and nearly life-long resident of the CT Shoreline, has been working professionally in Applied Theatre (Drama in Educational, Community and Social Contexts) for over twenty years, teaching and directing theatre to students of all ages and levels of ability, interest, comfort levels and experience. Passionate about the power of theatre to transform lives, she has a keen ability to identify and enhance students’ natural gifts while also strengthening their self-image, problem-solving skills and relationship to the world around them. Ms. Morton has previously served as Artistic Director/Playwright-in-Residence for the Yale-based Open End Theatre, Program Director for Young Audiences of CT (Arts for Learning), and Assistant Director of the Mental Health Association Players (Binghamton, NY). As a playwright, she has been honored with several professional staged readings in Manhattan (Epic Theatre Ensemble, 2011) and New Jersey (Speranza Theatre, 2013), and her one-woman touring educational piece about CT State Heroine Prudence Crandall has been gracing Connecticut stages during Black History Month for the past 17 years. She currently serves as Drama Instructor to over 150 elementary and middle school students at Davis Street Arts Magnet School in New Haven, and is familiar to local audiences for her multiple turns in plays, musicals and opera events with Madison Lyric Stage (madisonlyricstage.org), as well as performances through her musical cabaret group 'Starving Artists Tackle Broadway (SATB)'.

11/10/2015

Join Valley Shore Toastmasters For An Open House With Jennifer Munro, Award Winning Storyteller, on Monday, December 7th at 7:00 pm.

Listen to an amazing storyteller spin her tale, hear what inspires her and get some insight into the art of storytelling.
Jennifer was born in a small English village, and learned at a young age the important arts of listening and watching. Jennifer notes her “keen observations of life have translated into a repertoire of personal stories that resonate with the frailty and resilience of the human experience.” Hear how memorable characters spring to life into carefully crafted tales, written and told by Jennifer.

Jennifer has performed at festivals across the nation, most notably as a New Voice at the National Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee, at the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in Utah, at the University of San Diego Adult Storytelling Concert series, at the Connecticut Storytelling Festival, and at the Cape Girardeau Storytelling Festival in Missouri. She has produced two award winning CDs. The story “Aunty Lily” from Relatives and their Body Parts was a winner in the category of Stories for Adult Listeners. Her CD Beginnings, a collection of stories about giving birth, was also a winner in the same category.

09/07/2015

Join us on September 14th for an Open House & IMPROV with Melanie Szlucha! Learn how Improv can improve your work life and job search -- 7 p.m., Madison Senior Center (cafe'), 29 Bradley Rd., Madison, CT.
Melanie Szlucha has always heard “hey, you’re pretty funny,” but it wasn’t until she became a founding member of the Stamford, CT-based improvisational comedy group World Class Indifference that she had the chance to put that to the test.
Now 9 years later, and owner of her own business coaching job seekers, she integrates the communication, listening and mental flexibility aspects of improv into presentations to help professionals become better at listening and networking. Improvisational comedy is about far more than just being funny, it’s about being in the moment and present, in order to react appropriately to what you’re hearing going on around you.
She has taught improv skills at Duke University and to hundreds of executives throughout the New York City area.
Melanie is always developing her improv abilities through classes at the University of Massachusetts (including a class with the lead actors in the Sonic fast food commercials), and with CT Improv in Hartford, CT. She has an MBA from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY. Her company is Redinc, LLC.

09/07/2015

11/27/2014

Join us for an Open House at Valley Shore Toastmasters. Meet guest speaker Jeff Davis present " Managing Time at The Mountaintop " at our December 1st meeting 7 p.m., Madison Senior Center (cafe'), 29 Bradley Rd., Madison, CT. Jeff has been a member of Toastmasters International for two and a half years and has spoken internationally. To learn more about some of Jeff's initiatives outside of Toastmasters, please visit his website at jeffdspeaks.com.
To learn more about Toastmasters, visit our website:
http://3940.toastmastersclubs.org

The official web site of Toastmasters club # 3940, Toastmasters Club.

08/04/2014

Meet guest speaker and fellow toastmaster Jeff Davis at our August 4th meeting at 7 pm at the Madison Senior Center (cafe'). Jeff will practice the speech he will be presenting when he competes in the 2014 Toastmasters International Convention later this month (August 20 - 23 to be exact) at Kuala Lumpur Convention Center in Malaysia.

Jeff is from Newtown, CT and has been a member of Toastmasters for two and a half years. He has spoken internationally and has been to many countries around the world. He recently published his first book, Traveling Triumphs: The Improbable in Budapest and Beyond, about his epic and unexpected adventures overseas.

10/04/2013

Special Guest Speaker/Author Samuel Diaz will present at Valley Shore Toastmasters at 7 p.m. Monday October 7th.

Samuel Diaz has witnessed the most profound and shocking incidents of clients with substance abuse and mental health problems. From countless one-on-one sessions and group facilitating with individuals battling drug addiction, domestic violence, and mental health challenges, Sam has gained good knowledge relating to the topic of substance abuse and its spiritual/social roots, through many years working in the social service field. Sam will examine the social forces that influence the use of drugs, the medical consequences, and recovery from a spiritual position

He has written a book entitled:

God, Drugs & Society: It is Not Genetic but an Inherent View

10/04/2013

Join Valley Shore Toastmasters & Special Guest Speaker/Author Samuel Diaz

01/31/2013

Please join Valley Shore Toastmasters for an Open House, Monday February 4th featuring author and lecturer Donna Palomba.

After a brutal home invasion and sexual assault in 1993, Donna transformed her life, moving from victim to warrior to survivor, changing police policy and Connecticut state law along the way.

In 2007 Donna founded Jane Doe No More, Inc,. a national non-profit dedicated to improving the way society responds to victims of sexual assault through education, awareness, advocacy, and support. Her story is one of "hope and perseverance, and bears witness to the fact that good will ultimately triumph over evil".

Donna believes that we learn most from our greatest challenges, and will share the lessons she learned from during our February 4th event. Doors open at 7 p.m. for refreshments.

Valley Shore Toastmasters meets every 1st and 3rd Monday from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. in the Madison Senior Center (Cafe), 29 Bradley Rd., Madison, CT.

To contact us, our email address: email: [email protected] and website: http://valleyshore.toastmastersclubs.org.

To learn more about Jane Doe No More, visit www.janedoenomore.org

10/13/2012

Join us on Monday, October 15th at our Open House to hear how artist Brendan Loughlin (considered by some as a modern day Van Gogh') transformed his life through art, and how he inspired local author Jo Montgomery to write his very moving biography.

"It will change the way you look at art … and how you look at life"

7:30 – 9:00 pm
Madison Senior Center (cafe')

Doors open at 7:00 for light refreshments!

07/04/2012

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!! CONGRATULATIONS VALLEY SHORE TOASTMASTERS ON ACHIEVING PRESIDENT'S DISTINGUISHED CLUB!!!

Join us on the 16th in the Cafe for our next meeting!