Speak Easier Club Danvers featured presenters at Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Businesswomen\'s Fall Breakfast, October 21, 2011

1. Toastmasters International
Speak Easier Club Danvers
meets 12 noon to 1pm
on the first and third Wednesday
each month.
Join us at our new location:
Vesey & Company, PC, 185 Centre St
in Danvers.
Visit
www.speakeasier.freetoasthost.com or
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SPEAK EASIER CLUB DANVERS
Featured presenters at Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce
Toastmasters has something for everyone look- Businesswomen’s Fall Breakfast, October 21, 2011
The Gloucester House, 7 Seas Wharf, Gloucester, Mass.
ing to improve their speaking and leadership
skills. “Dedicated to helping community
See for yourself at our next meeting. members gain confidence in public
Visitors are always welcome! speaking, leadership roles and
team work.”

2. Tame Your Fear of Public Speaking ...through practice. Toastmasters International
Jerry McGinn Laura K. Leone
Tile By Design, 120 Andover St., Danvers, MA 01923 Content Marketing Writer
978-750-6650, showroom@tilebydesign.com P: 978-421-5960; lkleone@comcast.net
Tile-By-Design.com twitter.com/laurakleone
Psychotherapist, 2 Enon St., Beverly, MA 01915 linkedin.com/in/laurakleone
978-239-8622, gfmcginn@msn.com laurakleone.com
Jerry is co-founder of Tile By Design, the ceramic, glass, stone and Laurie Leone is a communications professional and content marketing
mosaic tile showroom with a mission to bring beauty and a better writer. For several years, Laurie served as a chief contact for a leading
quality of life to today's homeowners using tile and stone. In addi- business organization just north of Boston, representing the business
tion, Jerry is a trained psychotherapist and in 2003, opened his own interest public before local and state government, organizing net-
private practice in Beverly. His focus there is to help individuals and working events, and writing content for corporate print and online
couples resolve problematic life issues. Jerry is a 10-year member of communications. Laurie joined Toastmasters International Speak Eas-
Toastmasters International and has served as president for the Speak ier Club of Danvers in April 2011 to help her improve her public
Easier Club of Danvers for the past two years. He has attained the speaking and leadership skills. She hopes to achieve the Competent
Toastmasters designation of Advanced Silver Communicator and is Communicator designation by summer next year.
working toward Advanced Gold.
Dr. Michael T. Sobus, PhD
Maureen Michaels Business Coach
Psychotherapist, Divorce Mediator Next Level Business Development
978-927-6396; maureen@maureenmichaels.com 978-278-5541; mike@coachsobus.com
2 Enon St., Beverly, MA 01915 Nextlevelbizdv.com
MaureenMichaels.com
Dr. Sobus has graduate degrees in business, theology and chemistry
Maureen Michaels is a three and 1/2-year member of Toastmasters accompanied by 28 years of practical experience in marketing, inter-
International and has been the Treasurer of the Speak Easier Club of national sales, product development and executive management. In
Danvers for the last two years. She is a psychotherapist and divorce 2008, he founded Next Level Business Development, a business
mediator and has been in private practice in North Beverly for 18 coaching firm located on the North Shore. Mike is an active member
years. Maureen enjoys the “process” of Toastmasters—working on of Professional Business Coaches Alliance where he shares cutting-
her public speaking skills at a pace that suits her, getting “stage time” edge strategies and proprietary business techniques with more than
at every meeting during Table Topics and the nurturing environ- 100 business coaches throughout North America. Mike enjoys public
ment for learning that her club provides. She has completed five of speaking and is a two-year member of Toastmasters International. VP
the 10 speeches required for a Competent Communicator Toastmas- of Education for Speak Easier Club of Danvers since 2010, Mike cur-
ter designation. rently holds the designation of Competent Communicator and is
working toward the Toastmasters’ Storytelling designation..