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How
Toastmasters Works
At Toastmasters, members learn by speaking
to groups and working with others in a supportive environment. A typical
Toastmasters club is made up of 20 to 30 people who meet once a week for about
an hour. Each meeting gives everyone an opportunity to practice:
Conducting meetings. Meetings usually begin with a
short business session which helps members learn basic meeting procedures.
Giving impromptu speeches. Members present one-to two-minute impromptu speeches
on assigned topics
Presenting prepared speeches. Three or more members present
speeches based on projects from the Toastmasters International Communication and
Leadership Program manuals. Projects cover such topics as speech organization,
voice, language, gestures, and persuasion.
Offering constructive evaluation. Every prepared speaker is assigned an evaluator who points out
speech strengths and offers suggestions for
improvement.
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The Tools You Use
Upon joining a Toastmasters
club, each new member receives a variety of manuals and resources on speaking.
Members also have access to other books as well as audio and video cassettes on
speaking and leading. They also receive the award-winning The Toastmaster, a
monthly magazine that offers the latest insights on speaking and leadership
techniques.
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Toastmasters and Leadership
Leadership cannot be learned in
a day. It takes practice. In Toastmasters, members build leadership skills by
organizing and conducting meetings and motivating others to help them. Club
leadership roles and a leadership development program also offer opportunities
to learn and practice. Just as Toastmasters members learn to speak simply by
speaking,, they also learn leadership by leading.
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Company Benefits
A company's success also depends on communication. Employees face
an endless exchange of ideas, messages, and information as they deal with one
another and with customers day after day. How well they communicate can
determine whether a company quickly grows into an industry leader or joins
thousands of other businesses mired in mediocrity.
Toastmasters provides the tools that enable employees to become
effective communicators and leaders all at a very low cost. Toastmasters
training helps employees:
Toastmasters produces results. Around the world more than three
million men and women of all ages and occupations have benefited from
Toastmasters training, and more than one thousand corporations, community
groups, universities, associations, and government agencies now use Toastmasters
training.
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Community Benefits
Toastmasters has helped many
members in their community service activities. Using the speaking and leadership
skills developed in Toastmasters, people have become more active in business,
churches, and service and charity organizations. Toastmasters members are able
to organize activities, conduct meetings, and speak in public as their
organization's representative. Some even become active in local, state or
national government.
Become a Member
Ready to
join? Follow this link to TMI's
Become a Member page to find out
how!
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Find a Club near
Your Home or Workplace
With more than 10,500 clubs in
90 countries around the world, there is sure to be one near you. Follow the
Find a Club link to search our worldwide index of Toastmasters clubs.
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