FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
[name area or div
governor]
[title]
[phone number]
[email address]
Toastmasters of [Your City, County] Announces Free Speech Contest
The Toastmasters “Off the Cuff, Off the Wall” Contest
[place], [date] – Members of the [club name] will compete on [date] in Toastmasters
International’s annual fall speech contest. This year’s event has two parts. The first,
“Table Topics,” features off-the-cuff speaking in which contestants will be given a topic
and have up to two minutes to complete a response. They will not know the topic ahead
of time. The second, “Tall Tales,” features prepared three-to-five minute speeches of
exaggerated content.
“The contests are a great way to achieve personal best,” said [area or div] governor [name
of area or division governor]. “And this fall’s competition gives contestants a fun way of
using all the public speaking skills they’ve learned through Toastmasters in a supportive
environment. You’ll witness improvisation at its best in Table Topics and storytelling at
its improbable best in Tall Tales!”
[for area contests]Contestants have already won their individual club contests. First and
second place winners of each category will be announced and awarded special trophies.
First place winners will go on to compete at [the division contest to be held on (date) at
(place).] Division winners representing metropolitan New Jersey, Staten Island, and
Rockland County, New York face off at KnowledgeNet 2.0, District 83’s Fall Conference
on November 14, 2009 at the Woodcliff Lake Hilton in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.]
[for division contests]Contestants have already won their individual area contests. First
and second place winners of each category will be announced and awarded special
trophies. First place winners will face off against other division winners at
KnowledgeNet 2.0, District 83’s Fall Conference on November 14, 2009 at the Woodcliff
Lake Hilton in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.]
The event will be held at [place] beginning at [time]. All are welcome. Refreshments will
be served.
For more information, please contact [name, phone number, email].
About Toastmasters
From one club started in 1924 at the YMCA in Santa Ana, California, Toastmasters has
grown to become the world’s leading organization teaching public speaking and
leadership skills and helping people conquer their pre-speech jitters. Since that first club,
more than four million men and women have enjoyed the benefits of Toastmasters
membership. The nonprofit organization now has approximately 250,000 members in
12,500 clubs in 106 countries. District 83 includes 140 clubs in metropolitan New Jersey,
Staten Island, and Rockland County, New York. For more information, please visit the
District 83 website at www.toastmasters83.org.