Join Division B Director Paul Terman, Area 23 Director Ann McGuire, and others, for the Tall Tales and International Speech Contests for Areas 21 and 23!
Contact Contest Master Ann McGuire at ann mcguiremaher at gmail
Contact Contest Chief Judge Shaw Bates at shawbeeshaw at gmail
Talk Up Toastmasters is a membership building event sponsored by Toastmasters International every year. If a club gets five new members between February 1 and March 31, they qualify for a special ribbon and discounts in the Toastmasters Store!
See the news from District Club Growth Director Bettyann Peck, DTM, or contact her for more details at cgd@d53tm.org.
This news will be repeated throughout the membership campaign.
Join Program Quality Director Patti Walter and a range of recurring guests from 7:00 pm to 8:00pm on the First Wednesday of each month from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm for a rotating range of topics chosen by you, the members!
Do you have topics you'd like to see covered and discussed? Take our survey, and the Monthly Members Education Program staff will review your requests, and help find subject matter experts to present on these topics.
Division A Director Jackie Kessler and Area Directors Melanie Lee, Devaki Krishnan, and Brenda Palumbo invite you to attend the Tall Tales and International Speech Contests for Area 11, Area 12, and Area 15 online on March 4, 2023
If you are in Area 11, Contact Melanie Lee
If you are n Area 12, contact Devaki Krishnan
If you are in Area 15, contact Brenda Palumbo
for more information.
The contest will be ONLINE, and a Zoom link will be forthcoming. No Link is available at this time.
The Division E Public Relations Team is excited to announce that we are hosting a seminar on how to use AmericanTowns.com and NextDoor.com to publicize your Toastmasters Club and help gain new members!! Lisa Morahan, of the Saratoga Turf Talkers Toastmasters Club will demonstrate how to use AmericanTowns.com to share press releases with local media outlets (such as the Times Union, Saratogian, etc) and how to get the word out about your club on NextDoor.com! Expected duration of the seminar is approximately 45 minutes.
Division C Director Chad Babcock and Area Directors Gurinder Garcha and Debbie Petrelle invite you to join them for the Area 33 and Area 34 Tall Tales and International Contests on March 7, 2023 at 5:30 pm. The contests will be online... No link is available at this time.
Please contact
Gurinder Garcha in Area 33 for additional information
Debbie Petrelle in Area 34 for additional information
6:30 PM: Area 22, Area 24, Area 25 Contests (Combined)
6:30 PM – 9:30 PM 7 March 2023
Join Division B Director Paul Terman, and Area Directors Scott Davis and Ebru Unal, for the Area Contests for Area 22, Area 24, and Area 25! The Contests this year are Tall Tales (3-5 Minutes) and the International Speech Contest (5-7 minutes).
March 7, 2023
Briefings begin at 6:00 pm
Audience welcome at 6:30 pm!
Contact Contest Master Scott Davis at davis_scott_r at sbcglobal.net
Contact Chief Judge at ebru.unal at gmail
Talk Up Toastmasters is a membership building event sponsored by Toastmasters International every year. If a club gets five new members between February 1 and March 31, they qualify for a special ribbon and discounts in the Toastmasters Store!
See the news from District Club Growth Director Bettyann Peck, DTM, or contact her for more details at cgd@d53tm.org.
This news will be repeated throughout the membership campaign.
Division Director Beth Van Kempen invites you to join the hybrid Division E Contests on 11 March 2023 at the William K. Sanford Library in Colonie, NY! Please attend the way you prefer, either in person or online, as Division E competes for the title of best International speaker in the Division this year, and best teller of Tall Tales! Our competitors go on to the District Finals at the District 53 Annual Conference on May 6!
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You can attend in person or online via a Zoom link, below.
Briefings for Judges and Contestants begin at 12:30 pm
Audience welcome at 12:40 pm in person, 12:55 pm online
The Treasurers' Forum is an occasion for club treasurers to talk about their roles as the keepers of the club's financial health. We'll discuss budgeting, the Toastmasters store, the Toastmasters dues cycle and your role in it, and how to support the other officer roles with information and guidance. We'll also talk about your responsibilities as the club's bookkeeper, and how to conduct the end-of-year or midyear audit for your club.
Forum key: D53-Forum
The Treasurers' Forum will meet on: 9/14/2022, 12/14/2022, 3/14/2023, and 6/14/2023.
Talk Up Toastmasters is a membership building event sponsored by Toastmasters International every year. If a club gets five new members between February 1 and March 31, they qualify for a special ribbon and discounts in the Toastmasters Store!
See the news from District Club Growth Director Bettyann Peck, DTM, or contact her for more details at cgd@d53tm.org.
This news will be repeated throughout the membership campaign.
Oft neglected, always necessary, the Sergeant At Arms is an important role in toastmasters clubs, as the keeper of the club's physical property, the doorkeeper and janitor, room set-up person and greeter. Yet the role could be so much more. We'll look at the SAA role in the quarterly forum from several different angles, including their role as the chair of the Social and Reception Committee of the club — the organizer of open houses and contest refreshments, and the first welcoming face to guests and new members.
Forum key: D53-Forum
The Sergeant at Arms forums will meet on: 9/15/2022, 12/15/2022, 3/15/2023, and 6/15/2023
The Club Secretary Forum is a quarterly occasion for club secretaries to meet and talk about the challenges and opportunities of their role. The Secretary of a club is more than a glorified note-taker; with the President and one VP, they're one of the minimum requirements for the officer team of a club. Additionally, their responsibilities for organizing the agenda of Executive Committee meetings and club Business Meetings, and accurately recording the results of those meetings, have power in a court of law. Your role is important to the success of the club!
Forum key: D53-Forum
The Secretary Forums will take place on 9/13/2022, 12/13/2022, 3/14/2022, and 6/14/2022.
Division A Director Jackie Kessler and the Area Directors of Division A invite you to attend the Division A Tall Tales Contest and International Speech Contest on April 8, 2023 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm!
The contest will be held in Hybrid format, meaning both online and in-person. Contestants may compete in either format, and audience members may attend in either format:
online: Zoom link to follow
in person, at:
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If you need to ask questions or wish to give assistance at this event, please contact the following people.
Contest Chair: Jackie Kessler
Chief Judge: Steve Lanning
Your assistance and support, both as functionaries and audience members is welcome.
Talk Up Toastmasters is a membership building event sponsored by Toastmasters International every year. If a club gets five new members between February 1 and March 31, they qualify for a special ribbon and discounts in the Toastmasters Store!
See the news from District Club Growth Director Bettyann Peck, DTM, or contact her for more details at cgd@d53tm.org.
This news will be repeated throughout the membership campaign.
Talk Up Toastmasters is a membership building event sponsored by Toastmasters International every year. If a club gets five new members between February 1 and March 31, they qualify for a special ribbon and discounts in the Toastmasters Store!
See the news from District Club Growth Director Bettyann Peck, DTM, or contact her for more details at cgd@d53tm.org.
This news will be repeated throughout the membership campaign.
8:30 am — set-up crew
9:00 am — contest chairs, tech crew, Division C contestants and functionaries expected for briefings
9:30 am — Division C contests begin
11:30 am — Division D contestants and functionaries expected for briefings
12:15 pm — Division D contests begin
2:00 pm — Division B contestants and functionaries expected for briefings
2:30 pm — Division B contests begin.
Division C Director Chad Babcock and the Area Directors for Division C invite you to the Division C Contests on 1 April 2023! The contestants for Division C's Tall Tales Contest and International Contest will advance to the District stage to compete for bragging rights in the Tall Tales Contest, and a chance at the stage of the International Convention's annual World Championship of Public Speaking!
The contest will be held online at the Zoom link below, and in person at
Division B Director Paul Terman and the Area Directors for Division B invite you to the Division C Contests on 1 April 2023! The contestants for Division C's Tall Tales Contest and International Contest will advance to the District stage to compete for bragging rights in the Tall Tales Contest, and a chance at the stage of the International Convention's annual World Championship of Public Speaking!
The contest will be held online at the Zoom link below, and in person at