Welcome to Speakeasy Toastmasters!

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Club member Nancy Cook ran a speedy 13.1 miles this morning! Sarita Patel from Speakeasy celebrating with Nancy. Even with the quick break for a pic stop! Eversource Hartford Marathon!

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We held our first social hour this year. It was amazing fun. Thank you President Sarita Patel for organizing it.

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Congratulations to Speakeasy members Steve Lanning (11 awards), Jocelyn Johnson (4 awards), Apala Guha (4 awards) and Sarita Patel (3 awards) for winning Toastmasters Triple Crown Awards. Congratulations to Onasheho Toweh and Jocelyn Johnson for completing the Leadership Development and Presentation Mastery paths respectively.

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Congratulations to club members Apala Guha and Denise Mock for winning the Area D45 International Speech Contest and Table Topics Contest respectively, held on February 8, 2022. We can't wait to watch you compete in the Division D contests.

             

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Happy Halloween!

Speakeasy member Nancy Cook runs Boston Marathon 2021

Speakeasy Toastmasters brainstorming at the September 20, 2021 Moments of Truth meeting!

Panel Discussion moderated by Raisa Velthus at a recent online meeting.  Panelists included Steve Lanning, Onasheho Toweh, Sarita Patel and Denise Mock.

 

 

Northampton resident Sarita Patel has her eye on achieving the Triple-Triple-Triple Crown this year from Toastmasters Inernational.  

Participants can earn a “Triple Crown” by completing education level awards that involve giving multiple speeches. Patel has earned three Triple Crowns in this Toastmaster year. She has the most education level awards this year in District 53, which serves parts of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York, and has around 2,250 members in 112 Clubs.

Patel has been a member of Toastmasters since May 2019. On 7/1/21 she assumed the role of Speakeasy's Club President.

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Zoom Style Toastmaster Meetings will be held until further notice in order to keep the spirit of our club and continue the professional and personal growth of our members!  Please join us ! 

Speakeasy Toastmasters is an award winning, open Toastmasters International club serving Northampton, Amherst, Hadley and surrounding towns.  The purpose of our club is to provide a fun and safe learning environment for individuals to improve their public speaking skills, leadership skills, organizational skills, listening skills, and goal setting skills.  Our meetings are composed of:

• Three club members present timed speeches to the Club, working from the TMs Educational programs, and are then given written and oral feedback by an Evaluator.  In addition, everyone in attendance (both Club members and guests) offer written feedback on the speeches.

• Various Club members take on roles (i.e. Toastmaster, General Evaluator, Timer, ah counter, etc.) to ensure meetings run swiftly, on time, and provide a learning experience to all.

• Table Topics®, a fun competition open to Club members and guests in which participants briefly speak on a wide variety of topics in hopes of winning the ribbon that night for the best 2-minute impromptu speech.

Overall, members at our Club, and at other Toastmaster Clubs, learn by doing the various speeches and taking on Leadership roles.  Members set their own goals and work at their own pace to achieve their Toastmaster goals.

Our Club is comprised of many ambitious individuals, and we proudly welcome more people to contribute to our meetings, and to the Club as a whole. The skills that people learn at Speakeasy and other Clubs, are transferable skills that will help improve an individual’s career. 

When?

We meet the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month.The next meeting is on July 19th.

Guests should arrive at 7:00 PM. We will start the proceedings promptly at 7:15pm.

Where?

Who?

Meetings are open and we welcome everyone.  Guests are encouraged to participate in Table Topics. We serve the Western Mass Region and beyond!

News: Newest to Oldest

Speakeasy has qualified as a President's Distinguised Club for the 8th year in a row (14 years over all since 2004).

Speakeasy has been realigned into Division D, Area 45, and Nancy Cook, our Immediate Past President, has been appointed our Area Director for 2021-22. Sarita Patel, our President, has also been appointed Area Director for Area 43.

Triple Crown Awards 2020-2021 were recognized at the recent District 53 conference and pins have been awarded to Sarita Patel (3), Nancy Cook, Jocelyn Johnson, Steve Lanning, Raisa Velthus and Rob Robertson.  

Rob Robertson advanced to the Division Contest in the Humorist Category for 2021.  Rob, Sarita Patel both competed at the Area Humorist Contest and Denise Mock competed in the Area International Contest. Congratulations!

District 53 voted Steve Lanning the "Toastmaster of the Year" in 2020. 

Calendar notes:

We will be electing our new officers for upcoming year in early June.  Our club challenges will be announced and shared in July.

Scroll down to see the Executive Committee (Club Leadership) for 2020-2021

ABOUT OUR CLUB:

Distinguished Club Program (DCP): 

Toastmasters tracks the health of a club through the DCP.  Points are earned by achieving specific goals in the educational program, membership recruitment, officer training, and essential record keeping. 

• If a club achieves 5 or 6 goals, they are a Distinguished Club. 
• If a club achieves 7 or 8 goals, they are Select Distinguished. 
• If 9 or 10 goals are achieved, the club is President's Distinguished.
• Goals must be achieved and recorded at Toastmasters International by June 30th.  
• (In addition to the goals, the club must have a membership of at least 20 or a net growth of 5 if they started the year with fewer than 15 members.)

Our DCP History:

Our Distinguished Club Program standing for this year, 7/1/23 - 6/30/24: 

Will YOU be the one to help us achieve our next goal for 2023-2024?  Please speak to JocelynJohnson, our VP Education (vped@toastofnorthampton.org) as soon as possible to set up your schedule to complete your projects!   We can do this again!

For 2023-24:

1. Four Level One awards - need 4

2. Two Level Two awards - need 2

3. Then Two More Level Twos - need 2

4. Two Level Threes - need 2

5. One Level Four - need 1

6. One Level Five - need 1

7. Four new members - need 4

8. Four more new members - need 4

9. Minimum of four club officers trained during each of two training periods -Need 4 for Summer credit, but going for all 7.

10. One membership dues renewal report and one club officer list submitted on time - 6/26 Officer list-- DONE! DUES report due by September 30th!

NEW Club Officers:  Click below to contact any of our 2022-23 officers:

President - Nora Adebolugan (president@toastofnorthampton.org)

VP Education (VPE) -  Steve Lanning (vped@toastofnorthampton.org)

VP Membership (VPM) -  Jocelyn Johnson (vpm@toastofnorthampton.org)

VP Public Relations (VPPR) - Nancy Cook (vppr@toastofnorthampton.org)

Secretary - Sara  (secretary@toastofnorthampton.org)

Treasurer - Debbi Dreschnack (treasurer@toastofnorthampton.org)

Sargeant-at-Arms -Sarita Patel (saa@toastofnorthampton.org)

Immediate Past President -  Apala Guha (ipp@toastofnorthampton.org)

Want more speaking opportunities?

On the Wednesdays we do not meet, you may attend Mohawk Trail Toastmasters, which meets in Greenfield on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of every month. Check it out! They meet at the The YMCA in Greenfield (451 Main St., Greenfield, MA 01301) from 6:15 to 8:00 p.m. Prospeakers is in Westfield, and they meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 6:00-7:20pm. Toastmasters of Downtown Springfield meets at Tower Square (UMass Center, 2nd floor) on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at noon. All Clubs would appreciate a heads-up if you plan to attend from Speakeasy, especially if you're willing to work a role, or want to give a prepared speech. You may always attend unannounced as a guest, and could participate in Table Topics.

THE BIG PICTURE - Where do we fit?

Besides being a great club, Speakeasy is part of the larger Toastmasters International organization.  Specifically, we are part of District 53, which consists of clubs in Connecticut, eastern New York, and western Massachusetts

Here is a list of some of our members who have chosen to make their profiles public.

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