Nanuet Resident, Aubree Lynn, Wins Second Place in Toastmasters District 83 Speech Contest

Oct. 8, 2011 - PRLog -- Aubree Lynn, a Toastmaster from Nanuet NY, earned second place in the District 83 Table Topics Speech Contest.  The contest for the title of the Best Impromptu Speaker in the District was held in East Hanover, NJ on September 25.   The Table Topic Speech Contest was one of two speech contests highlighting the two-day bi-annual (September 24-25) of Toastmasters International, District 83.  Aubree represented Division E, which covers parts Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Union, Passaic and Cumberland Counties.

Lynn competed against four other Division finalists.  When asked how she felt about competing in the District 83 Speech Contest, Aubree said, “I did not know TM even had competitions, when I compete, I am competing with myself to reach to the best I can be. Winning is telling me that I am stretching and growing. My goal is to be the International winner...all in good time!”  A panel of judges (from Toastmasters) evaluated 5 contestants from Metropolitan New Jersey, Rockland County and Staten Island, all of whom had advanced to the district level following a process of elimination, using club, area and division speech competitions.  Criteria used in judging included speech content, organization, voice quality, and gestures.

Aubree Lynn, who lives in Nanuet NY, is an ordained Interfaith Minister, and the Spiritual Director for the Rockland Center for Spiritual Living (http://www.cslrockland.org), located in in Nyack, NY.  Aubree has been a member of Toastmasters for 3 years.  “Besides improving my speaking skills, Toastmasters has helped me to be a much better leader and my listening skills have improved 100%.  I learn the most by listening to seasoned evaluators,” said Lynn.
 
Lynn is a member three Toastmasters clubs: Rockland Sunrise...which meets at the Dominican College in Orangeburg, NY at 7:30 AM on the first and third Friday of the month; Sunset Toastmasters Club, which meets in Pearl River NY at 7 PM in the Pearl River Library, meeting on the second and forth Monday of the month and Nyack which meets in Nyack, NY at 7 PM meeting in the Nyack Library on the second and fourth Thursday of the month.

Rev. Aubree Lynn is an active member who has served as twice as the president of the Sunrise Toastmasters.  She currently serves as Vice President of Education for Sunrise. In 2009-2010, Lynn served as Club Coach and assisted Sunrise Toastmasters Club to achieve Distinguished Club status for the first time in seven years.

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About Toastmasters International:

Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs. Founded in October 1924, the organization currently has more than 270,000 members in 13,000 clubs in 116 countries. Each week, Toastmasters helps more than a quarter million people of every ethnicity, education and profession build their competence in communication so they can gain the confidence to lead others. For information about local Toastmasters clubs, please visit http://www.toastmasters.org or http://www.Toastmasters83.org.