Adrienne N. Congleton Achieves Significant Milestone as Toastmaster

Online, June 5, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Toastmasters International announced today that Adrienne N. Congleton has achieved Competent Communicator.

"Becoming a Competent Communicator is a great achievement in public speaking," said Lisa Pantano, DTM, Lieutenant Governor of Education and Training, for Toastmasters District 83 (http://toastmasters83.org/). "It requires a certain level of mastery of both communication and leadership skills. Adrienne can really be proud of this accomplishment."

After completing the ten Competent Communication projects, a member is entitled to the Competent Communicator award, and may add the post-nominal CC to their name for Toastmasters purposes. After achieving their CC, the Toastmaster then can go on to more advanced projects. There are 15 advanced manuals in the Toastmasters program, each consisting of five projects. These include projects on sales presentations, speaking to inform, speeches by management, interpretative reading, speaking on television, entertaining dinner speaking, communicating with news media, interpersonal communication, and others.

Club president Gints Gulbis presented Adrienne with a special pin to recognize the milestone. Ms. Congleton joined Toastmasters in 2003 and belongs to Toastmaster Club of Union.

"I was always a very shy and introverted person," said Congleton. "After reading Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, by Susan Jeffers, Ph.D. and other books on the subject of shyness and fear, I realized that I could develop the skill of speaking in front of groups. That's when the light-bulb went off in my head, to join Toastmasters. Becoming a member of Toastmasters and following its step-by-step system, helped me to achieve this first rung on the ladder of skills in competent communication. Being in this organization has increased my self-esteem and my self-confidence both in my career and personal life. I am still shy, but I now know how to handle it. This is a tremendous organization, and I will forever be grateful."

For more information about Toastmasters Club of Union, please visit http://www.ToastmastersofUnion.com or contact Anna D. Banks at [email protected].

About Adrienne N. Congleton

Adrienne N. Congleton, VP Membership of the Toastmasters Club of Union, is a graduate of Caldwell College, and received her certification in Fitness and Nutrition at ICS Learning Systems in October of 1997. She started a walking program early and found that running became a passion for solace and satisfaction. Adrienne has participated in numerous fun runs as well as finishing the New York City Marathon in 5.5 hours.

Ms. Congleton speaks on various topics related to Health and Wellness as part of an empowerment lecture series. She also speaks at colleges, churches, women's clubs and other special interest groups. A firm believer in proper nutrition and physical fitness, she recognizes the need for the awareness of lifestyle changes to the general population. She is an active runner and practices weight training.