Specialty/Advanced Toastmasters Clubs

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Hobbies, activities, sports - most people have favorite pastimes. Specialty and advanced clubs help promote certain aspects of speech giving, presenting ideas, and entertaining an audience. A special focus can also help build membership. Think about joining specialty or advanced club TODAY to begin to hone your skills in debate, evaluation, humor, leadership, membership building, parliamentary procedure, political discourse, advanced presentations or storytelling!

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Club 500 Debate - Debate Specialty
Discover how to influence people, develop clear arguments, and think on your feet. Club 500 meets from 7 to 8:30 pm on the first and third Tuesday of the month at:
       Cross of Glory Lutheran Church
       5929 Brooklyn Blvd.
       Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Contact: Mike Orr, VP of Education, at (763) 576-9743 or e-mail orrx0012@umn.edu.


Evaluate to Elevate - Evaluation Specialty
At Evaluate to Elevate we provide thorough speech evaluations using a team approach with an evaluation of the evaluators. The extensive feedback helps the speakers develop their speaking skills, and the evaluators develop their listening and leadership skills.

Evaluate to Elevate meets from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on the 2nd Saturday of the month at:
       Rochester Methodist Hospital
       Eisenberg Building
       Employee Dining Room #5
       201 W Center St. Rochester 55902
For more information, contact club president Scott Kruse at scottakruse@gmail.com.
http://evaluate2elevate.freetoasthost.ws


Saturday Morning LIVE! - Advanced Evaluations
Ready for that masters degree level of feedback for your speeches? Then attend the next meeting of Saturday Morning Live! (SML!), an advanced Toastmasters club for members who have earned their CTM/CC.
       At SML! you receive advanced-level feedback for your speech from a team of three members who are experienced Toastmasters. Even the grammarian and timer reports sharpen your speaking and listening skills! All this higher learning is offered in a fun and food-filled environment.
       SML! meets from 9:15 to 11:30 am on the second Saturday of the month at:
       Coldwell Banker Burnet
       7645 Currell Blvd.
       Woodbury, Minnesota
For more information, contact Harvey Bernard, DTM, President at (952) 888-0074 or email harvey@harveybernard.com.

Westside Speakers - Advanced Evaluations
Westside Speakers specializes in team evaluations. At Westside, we believe in the power of evaluations to help you reach new heights as a speaker! Every speech given at Westside is evaluated by a three-person team of experienced Toastmasters with a focus on improving organization, effectiveness, vocal variety, and gestures.
       Come visit us to learn about the Westside team evaluation system, and see how much of a difference it can make for you.
       Meetings are held on the second Saturday of each month from 8:30 to 10 am at Byerly's in St. Louis Park, 3777 Park Center Dr. Light refreshments are available.
For more information, contact Joan Milavitz, CTM, CL, President at (612) 617-9136 or joan.milavitz@target.com.

Humor-US - Humor Specialty
We are one of a select group of Toastmasters Clubs that counts HAs instead of AHs! In addition to the standard Toastmasters agenda of prepared manual speeches, effective evaluations, and impromptu table topics, we offer an opening monologue on current events, prepared and evaluated stand-up comedy routines, tool-time, and improv!
       Whether you want to listen to humor, pursue a career in comedy, or coach others as they find their humorous sides, we provide an effective and supportive venue for pursuing your goals.
       Humor-US meets from 6 to 7:30 pm on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at:
       St. Mary's Hospital
       Conference Room G-21 (Northwest corner)
       1216 Second St. SW
       Rochester, Minnesota
For more information, contact Brian Hinton, DTM at (507) 287-8948 or e-mail brianjhinton@gmail.com  or George Romano, President at gjromano@us.ibm.com.

Humor Mill - Humor Specialty
Are you tired of suppressing your comedic side? Or perhaps you are an experienced Toastmaster looking to add some humor to your speeches. The Humor Mill consists of a group of people with various levels of experience, different goals, and a variety of personality types. We all have two things in common: We are supportive, and we want to have fun while we learn. Stop by and attend a meeting as a guest. Try it, you might like it!
       The Humor Mill meets at 6:30 - 8:00 pm on the second and fourth Monday of the month at:
       934th Airlift Wing Officers Club
       Highway J and Post Road
       Near the International Airport
For more information, contact Arlene Gallegos, President at (612) 438-0886 or e-mail aquallita@aol.com.

Spirit of Leadership - Leadership Specialty
If you are interested in growing as a leader at work, home, or in the community, you will not want to miss a single meeting of the Spirit of Leadership.
       Meeting themes, prepared speeches, and even table topics, are on the subject of leadership. We provide time on the agenda for advanced level speeches with the last speech of the evening a comprehensive educational speech. We meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 6:15 - 8:00 PM in a fabulous meeting room at:
       Plymouth City Hall
       3400 Plymouth Blvd
       Plymouth, MN 55447-1482
See: Spirit of Leadership Brochure and Spirit of Leadership Invitation
For more information contact Cindy Joice at 651-231-8437 or cindy.d.joice@supervalu.com.

Voice of Leadership (VOL) - Leadership Specialty
When you think of leaders, do you think of someone "up there" or "out there?"
       We are all called to leadership in some way, at some time in our lives-at work, in our families, communities, government, etc. When it is your time to rise to the occasion, will you be prepared?
       The mission of VOL is (1) to learn to recognize the call to leadership in our day-to-day lives when it presents itself, and (2) to learn and to develop the skills to rise to the call to leadership. Our resource is the wealth of leadership materials in Toastmasters. Meetings are monthly on the first Saturday from 8:15 - 10am at:
       ProAct Inc.
       3195 Neil Armstrong Blvd.
       Eagan, Minnesota
For moore information, visit www.geocities.com/voltm3670. email jhill@lach.net or contact President President Julie Hill at 651-485-6293.


ID Lighthouse - Leadership Specialty
ID Lighthouse is for Toastmasters who have attained their CTM/CC and desire to further their Toastmaster experience by preparing to be future division leaders. Members meet on the third Thursday of each month from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at:
       MP and L Building
       30 Superior Street
       Duluth, Minnesota.
For additional information contact Lyndah Korpela, DTM, President, at (218) 331-2235 or e-mail l.korpela@mchsi.com.

Crest of the Hill - Membership Building Specialty
Crest of the Hill provides membership-building tools and information with innovative, creative ideas, through monthly presentations on timely topics, to motivate, inspire and empower clubs to grow to charter-strength and beyond. It is our continuing mission to inspire, motivate and nurture future district leaders.
       Crest of the Hill members meet on the first Saturday of each month from 8 am to 9:30 am at:
       Fred Babcock VFW
       6715 Lakeshore Dr. (near 66th and Lyndale)
       Richfield, Minnesota
Breakfast is available for $8.00; meeting only costs $3.00. For more information, contact Mark Forsberg, DTM, President via e-mail  mark.forsberg@culliganwater.com.

Nomads - Membership Building Specialty
Nomads Toastmasters is a Leadership Development Toastmasters club. Our meetings feature Leadership seminars and panel discussions. If you are a Toastmaster who aspires to become a better Leader, Club Officer, or District Leader, Nomads Toastmasters will challenge you to find creative solutions to all types of problems. Nomads uses high performance leadership techniques and provides opportunities for its members to develop leadership skills in unique and challenging projects.
Regular meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm at:
       Park Nicollet
       Performance Development Resources (Stilts Building)
       6700 Excelsior Blvd
       St Louis Park, Minnesota
Visit our webpage: http://www.nomads.d6pages.com/

All Toastmasters are welcome to attend and join our Club. Please contact our VP of Membership, Judy Southwick, DTM (anabel@att.net), in advance so that we can greet you and make sure that you find the meeting room.


Parliamentary Procedure - Parliamentary Procedure Specialty
An important area of communication skills involves the ability to preside over meetings. Parliamentary Procedure Toastmasters Club #1554 is a specialty club where Toastmasters learn how to conduct business meetings and use the correct motions to process business. The subject may be on the serious side, but the atmosphere is endowed with generous laughter and camaraderie. The members are friendly, helpful, and fun.
Parliamentary Procedure meets at 8:30 am on the fourth Saturday of the month at:
       Broadway Village Apartments
       6046 W. Broadway Ave.
       New Hope, Minnesota
For more information, contact Mike Orr, ATMS, President at (763) 576-9743 or email orrx0012@umn.edu.

Political Discourse - Political Discourse Specialty
Are you a critical thinker? Do you want to express your thoughts more coherently and persuasively? Are you willing to listen to ideas that broaden your imagination and perhaps test your tolerance level? At the Political Discourse Club, we welcome speakers of all levels, both the politically correct and the politically incorrect.
       Political Discourse meets twice a month:
       Larpenteur Estates Party Room
              1276 Larpenteur
              St. Paul, Minnesota
              First Mondays , 6:00 to 8:00 pm
              Complimentary dinner served at 6:00
              All Table Talk meeting
       The Woodbury Boiler Bar
              9900 Valley Creek Rd.
              Woodbury, Minnesota
              Third Thursday, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
              Dinner on your own -- ordered at 6:00 pm
              Traditional Toastmasters meetings
For more information, please call Laura Hutt, DTM at lhutt@comcast.net.

Sales and Marketing Executives - Advanced Presentations
In 2006 the Toastmasters Club 2019 Sales and Marketing Executives celebrates their 50th anniversary. This is a club of sales career professionals who are committed to improving their speaking and presentation skills. Sales and Marketing Executives meets from 7:15 to 9:00 am on Friday mornings at:
       Minneapolis Club
       729 2nd Ave S
       Minneapolis, Minnesota
For information, contact Chad Johnson, President, at (612) 925-8744 or via email at chadrelan@yahoo.com.

Southern Minnesota Mentors
Southern Minnesota Mentors is a specialty club focused on meeting leadership, communication, and educational goals. Our membership is open to anyone who either has already achieved a CTM/CC or who belongs to another Toastmasters club, or both.
       The depth and breadth of experience among our members provides a wealth of positive Toastmaster role models. Also there is an educational presentation at each meeting. We encourage every club to send a delegate or representative to these meetings. The information that is presented can be taken back to each respective club.
       The club meets every last Saturday of the month (see our club calendar for details.), from 8:30-10:00am at:
       St Paul's Lutheran Church
       214 3rd St SW (just off Highway 52)
       Pine Island, MN
For more information, contact Brian Hinton, DTM at (507) 287-8948 or e-mail brianjhinton@gmail.com.

Tale Weavers -- Storytelling Specialty
We are a specialty club that combines the art of storytelling with the proven Toastmaster's method. Meetings include:
  • Prepared stories and presentations
  • Impromptu speaking and storytelling practice
  • Gentle and motivating evaluations
  • A storytelling 'mini' workshop
All of this is offered in a fun and motivating environment! We meet the second and fourth Tuesday of each month from 6:30 - 8:00 pm at:
       Minnehaha United Methodist Church
       3701 E 50th Street
       Minneapolis MN
       (about 6 blocks west of Hiawatha Ave).
For more information, contact Stephen Noble, President via e-mail at pregrinen@msn.com.

The Comedy Club
District 6’s first Toastmasters club dedicated to helping Toastmasters bring out their innate humorous abilities. Learn to develop your personal style and incorporate humor in your public speaking. Anyone can be funny--we’ll inspire you to find your talent.
The club meets the first and third Monday nights, 7:00-8:30 pm at:
       Shingle Creek Commons
       4600 Humboldt Avenue N
       Minneapolis MN 55412
Contact Mike Orr, ATMS, at 763 576 9743 or orrx0012@umn.edu for further information.
Guests and friends always welcome.
 
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