Bronx Toastmasters Club of Riverdale

05/12/2026

Our meetings now run from 7:15 till 8:45 pm. Our next meeting is Wednesday, May 13 online. Then on May 20, we'll be having a special meeting at the Riverdale Neighborhood House, 5521 Mosholu Avenue. This will include elections for our officers for the next Toastmasters’ year which starts in July.
Email us at [email protected].
We’ll have speeches at both meetings on the 13th and the 20th of May. Everyone attending will have the opportunity to speak.
At our last meeting, Anne Leighton and Jovana Olaizola shared insight on how communications impact their jobs. Anne works as a music publicist, and Jovana handles fundraising outreach in the health industry.

We're in contest season and our President Daniel D'Amico won first place in the Division competition.

03/11/2026

We are meeting online on March 11 at 7:15 pm. On March 25, we'll be meeting in person at the Riverdale Neighborhood House, in the Bronx.
Email us at [email protected] for more information.

02/22/2026

We're meeting in person this Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 7:15 at the Riverdale Neighborhood House, 5521 Mosholu Ave., in Riverdale.

02/22/2026

Nice News says there's a more persuasive outcoms when people use their bodies--especially their hands when they speak.

New research suggests that when people talk with their hands, listeners see them as more clear, competent, and persuasive.

01/28/2026

We'll be meeting online Wednesday, January 28, at 7:15 pm. Email [email protected] for more information.

11/19/2025

Our next meeting will be at the Riverdale Neighborhood House on Nov. 19.

We will be meeting in-person and online on the second Wednesday of each month from now on. The location of the second Wednesday meeting is D'Amico Real Estate on 1235 Second Ave., in Yonkers. This first meeting is scheduled for Dec. 10 at 7:15 till 8:45 PM, and will be hybrid for those attending online.

*For more information, please email [email protected] to RSVP or to get the Zoom link for our online meetings.

09/27/2025

Toastmasters International Magazine has a great article with tips on meditation, which is one way to stay calm before your speech.

Harness the mental tools that boost your public speaking.

09/22/2025

Our next meeting is September 24 at the Riverdale Neighborhood House, 5521 Mosholu Avenue, in the Riverdale Section of the Bronx. We'll be meeting online on October 8. Email us at [email protected].

Speakers at our in-person meeting on September 24 will be Daniel D'Amico, Esteban Angeles, and Anne Leighton whose speech, “Single Tasking-My Musts” is based on a Table Topics speech about multi-tasking that Mr. D’Amico suggested to her! Who will speak at our Table Topics at this meeting? Those that come will find out!

That's a photo of Nadia Murphy, our VP of Membership. Last meeting, Nadia presented a speech she gave social workers at a convention.

08/25/2025

Looking forward to seeing you at our next in-person meeting this week, August 27, at 7:15 pm at The Riverdale Neighborhood House, 5521 Mosholu Avenue, in the Riverdale Section of the Bronx. Email us at [email protected]. Members, sign up for a role at http://BronxToastmastersClub.org.

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