• Interested in Toastmasters?

    Toastmasters Area 13, Division E, District 38 is located in the Reading and Kutztown area of Berks County, Pennsylvania.

    Clubs in Area 13 are:
    Reading Toastmasters
    Community Toastmasters
    Kutztown Area Toastmasters
    Carpenter Technology Toastmasters
    WorleyParsons Toastmasters
    Travelers, Under the Red Umbrella Toastmasters.

    For information on any of these clubs contact the area governor , or go to www.toastmasters.org and click on ‘Find a Location Near You’.

Starting the 2007 Season

The 2007 Contest season was about to start and I had been waiting for it for eleven months.  I had the speech I wanted to do ready and was feeling really good about it.
 
 Soon after my first competitions, I realized an important thing about a contest speech.  A good story can get you far, but [...]

The First Area Contest

It was a March morning when I arrived at Wyomissing Library.  After I had arrived, I found there would only be two competitors.  Brian and me.  Apparently, no one else wanted to or could compete in the area contest that year.
 
This was my first Toastmasters meeting at this level, so I had the chance to [...]