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Welcome to Wry Toastmasters of Bellevue, Washington!

Your success in business and community is based on how effective you are. Through participation in Toastmasters, people from all backgrounds learn to effectively speak, conduct a meeting, manage an organization, lead, delegate, and motivate. Lose your fears of public speaking and learn skills that will help you be more successful in whatever path you've chosen in life.

Deliver great presentations
Easily lead teams and conduct meetings
Give and receive constructive evaluations
Be a better listener

At Toastmasters, members learn by speaking to and working with each other in a supportive environment. Toastmasters is the best way to improve your communication skills.

Toastmasters was started by Dr. Ralph C. Smedley in October of 1924 in the basement of the Santa Clara, CA YMCA "to afford practice and training in the art of public speaking and in presiding over meetings, and to promote sociability and good fellowship among its members". Today there are over 200,000 members in 90 countries around the world.

Here is a short list of famous Toastmasters:

Tim Allen Actor, star of the television series, "Home Improvement"
Joe Conley Actor, former cast member of television show "The Waltons"
Peter Coors, President of Brewing Division of Adolph Coors Company
Debbie Fields Rose, founder of Mrs. Fields Cookies (mmmm, cookies!)
James Lovell, former astronaut (missions included Apollo 13)
Walter Schirra, former astronaut
James Brady, Press Secretary under President Ronald Reagan
Sam Nunn, U.S. Senator from Georgia

What can YOU have in common with these people? Membership in Toastmasters to better insure success in YOUR endeavors!

Wry Toastmasters is located in downtown Bellevue, in the great state of Washington, in the beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Our members come from, and we serve, the greater Seattle/Bellevue metro area.

We meet every Thursday from 7:00 am to 8:15 am. Yes, with hours like that, we are dedicated. But we are also a lot of fun. Our regular meeting place is undergoing construction, but we have a temporary home at: You can find us at:

We are open to the public, and guests are always welcome!

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