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Lincoln-Way Toastmaster Achieves Milestone

A Lincoln-Way Toastmaster for the last two years, and the new Vice-President of Education, Beth Majerszky recently received her Competent Communication designation.

A Lincoln-Way Toastmaster for the last two years, and the new Vice-President of Education, Beth Majerszky recently received her Competent Communication designation.  To receive this accolade, she completed ten speeches that encompassed developing basic speaking skills. Beth will now choose from an assortment of fifteen advanced speaking manuals for her next speeches.

Beth Majerszky, owner of Be Me Coaching, is a professional life coach, retreat leader, and speaker. She enjoys helping individuals discover and lift self-imposed obstacles, so they can achieve their goals, live a life of choice and realize their dreams. She joined Toastmasters to enhance her speaking skills. “Being a member of Toastmasters has been a wonderful experience. The environment is supportive and provides a wonderful forum to practice and enhance your skills.  It’s an amazing group of caring people.”

The Lincoln-Way Toastmasters is a local chapter of Toastmasters International, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping its members overcome the fear of public speaking while enhancing their communication and leadership skills.

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Toastmasters is open to all individuals over 18 years of age. The Lincoln-Way Toastmasters meeting is held at 7:30 P.M. on the first and third Thursday of each month at Lincoln-Way East High School. The meetings follow an organized agenda and gives everyone an opportunity to speak and listen more effectively.

Toastmasters is free to attend and membership fees, should you decide to join, are nominal. If you have any questions, feel free to check out http://lincolnway.easy-speak.org.  Or, you can call Thad Gray, at 815-464-4414.

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