• Affiliated with Toastmasters International, the world's leading nonprofit educational organization devoted to the improvement of individual communication and leadership skills.
• One of more than 9,200 Toastmasters clubs in 70 countries and more than 70 clubs in the state of Connecticut.
• The club was chartered in April of 1996 as an open community club serving West Hartford, Connecticut and surrounding towns.
• The club meets the first and third Tuesday of each month in Multipurpose Room of Hebrew Health Care, 1 Abrahms Blvd, West Hartford CT.
• Members and guests gather for conversation at 5:30pm.
  Business meeting and educational program starts at 5:45 PM prompt.
  Meeting adjourns at 7:15 PM.
• Membership dues are $59 for the first six months and $39 for each successive six-month period.
• The WHTM Club web page URL is http://home.comcast.net/~tm3523/
• Toastmasters International web page URL is http://www.toastmasters.org
• Visitors are always welcome. For additional information:
  • Send your comments and questions to: WHTM < tm3523 (at) comcast.net >; or
  • Call the VP Membership, Jane Philion at 860-561-5232; or
  • Call a WHTM Club Officer http://home.comcast.net/~tm3523/contacts.html

Members have opportunities to:

• Learn and practice techniques of effective public speaking.
• Prepare and deliver formal speeches on subjects of their own choosing.
• Give impromptu talks on assigned topics.
• Gain speaking experience that relates to specific career needs.
• Sharpen their listening/evaluation skills.
• Learn proper parliamentary procedure (Robert's Rules of Order).
• Preside as a meeting chairperson.
• Gain valuable leadership and management experience.
• Gain personal confidence that will help when speaking to one person or one thousand.
• Enter Toastmasters International's Annual Speech Contest, "The World Championship of Public Speaking."