WAO Toastmasters Club
WAO Club President, Mindy Sherack, CC, CL speaks about her role as AREA Governor for
South 52 (S52) during the South Division's Legacy celebration on
Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Mindy is one of two WAO members that is
serving as AREA Governor this year and the first WAO member to
serve as AREA Governor for S52. You go Mindy!
WAO club members pose for a photo with club mentor and member Sporty King (center)
before he makes his move to his new home in Charlotte, North Carolina.


In October 1924, a group of men assembled by Dr. Ralph C. Smedley met in the basement of the YMCA in Santa Ana, California, U.S.A., forming a club 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. The group took the name
Toastmasters.
Today, Toastmasters International is a non-profit organization which gives its members the opportunity to develop and improve their public speaking abilities through local club meetings, training seminars and speech contests. Toastmasters International includes more than 200,000 men and women in more than 10,000 clubs in more than 80 countries.
Experienced professionals and beginning speakers alike can benefit from our practical, face-to-face learning program. Whether you're speaking to the board of directors, your customers, your co-workers or your kids, WAO Toastmasters can help you do it better. You'll learn and practice in a friendly, comfortable environment with people who are there for the same reason you areto become better communicators.
At WAO Toastmasters, members learn by speaking to groups and working with others in a supportive environment. A typical Toastmasters club is made up of 20 to 30 people who meet once a week for about an hour. Each meeting gives everyone an opportunity to practice conducting meetings, giving impromptu speeches, presenting prepared speeches, and offering constructive evaluation.

SATURDAYS
Wrightwood-Ashburn Branch Library
8530 S. Kedzie Avenue
Chicago, IL 60652
(773) 747-2696
TUESDAYS
Edwin G. Schumacher Memorial Library
Northwestern College
7725 S. Harlem Avenue
Bridgeview, IL 60455
(708) 237-5000
2nd
Saturdays from 10:30am - 12:30pm and
4th Tuesdays from 7:00pm - 8:30pm
of each month.
Meetings are open to the public.
Attendance is FREE!
Come out and be our guest!
We look forward to seeing you at our next monthly meeting.
UPCOMING EVENTS
WAO TOASTMASTERS DUES RENEWAL
AUGUST 1 - SEPTEMBER 28
SUBMIT YOUR $40 DUES PAYMENT
All WAO members are asked to submit $40 in cash, check or money order to renew their club dues for the membership
period of October 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011.
in the amount of $82 by August 31, 2010
($9 August
2010 International Dues; $20 New Member Fee; and $13 August 2010 WAO
Club Dues PLUS $27 October 2010 International Dues and $13 October 2010
WAO Club Dues)
to Cassandra R. Lee, WAO Club Sponsor and Treasurer
P.O. 804546
Chicago, IL 60680
NOTE: Submitting the $82 dollar payment covers the October 1, 2010 renewal dues and
keeps you a member of WAO until March 31, 2011.
WAO TOASTMASTERS CLUB EVALUATION AND HUMOROUS SPEECH CONTESTS AT THE WRIGHTWOOD-ASHBURN CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY
Saturday, September 11, 201010:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Wrightwood-Ashburn Chicago Public Library
8530 S. Kedzie Ave.
Chicago, IL 60652
(312) 747-2696
Cost: FREE (guests are welcomed)
NOTE: All WAO members that renewed their club dues until September 30 and plan to renew for October 1 are eligible to compete.
DISTRICT 30 FALL 2010 CONFERENCE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5 and SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6 AT THE HOLIDAY INN - COUNTRYSIDE, 6201 W. JOLIET ROAD, COUNTRYSIDE, IL
NOTE: More details to follow in the upcoming weeks.