What Happens At A Meeting?

The Club Experience

Toastmasters International has put together a virtual experience for those wondering what Toastmasters is all about. Are you required to speak when you are a guest? What is it that you will learn? Is Toastmasters only for professionals? What really happens at a meeting?

In the following clip, Raphaela, takes you through

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Why Join?

Survey after survey shows that presentation skills are crucial to success in the workplace. Many people pay high fees for seminars to gain the skill and confidence necessary to face an audience. Toastmasters provides an option that is less expensive and held in high regard in business circles. This organization has been around for more

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Toastmasters International History

More than four million men and women have benefited from the organization’s communication and leadership programs since Toastmasters began more than 80 years ago.

In October 1924, a group of men assembled by Dr. Ralph C. Smedley met in the basement of the YMCA in Santa Ana, California, USA, forming a club “to afford practice

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The Benefits of Toastmasters

Toastmasters provides the tools that enable you to become an effective communicator and leader in both your professional life and your personal life.

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Month of May Proclaimed by County as TM Awareness Month

This District 65 Officers are happy to announce that the County Executive, Joanne Mahoney, signed a proclamation on April 30th, declaring the month of May to be Toastmasters International Awareness Month. The reasons for this recognition by the county are:

Toastmasters International is one of the world’s leading organizations devoted to communication, public speaking, and

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The Competent Communication Manual

There are 10 speech projects in the Communication Manual.

These projects focus on the basic building blocks of communication skills. If you speak with people who are experts at what they do, you’ll find they all agree about one thing – you perfect your skills by drilling the basics. That’s why you’ll hear of Toastmasters

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The Advanced Manuals

Once a Toastmaster has completed the Competent Communicator Manual for the first time they can either go through the CC manual again or choose to go through two of the following manuals listed below.  The Advanced Manuals are designed to meet the Toastmaster’s specific needs, whether that is to give technical speeches, becoming a story

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Club Officer Roles and Responsibilities

The terms for the officer roles may last one year or six months, depending on the club charter. The Club President may never serve two consecutive terms.  Officer training occurs every six months, two sessions in every year. A club earns points towards a Distinguished Club Award when it sends at minimum 4 officers to

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At Home 3,000 Miles Away :: A Visit to a California TM Club

by Lisa Stuckey, ACB-CL

The values of Toastmaster’s International are stated as follows: Toastmasters International’s core values are integrity, dedication to excellence, service to the member, and respect for the individual.

These values I was able to experience on my recent visit to a Toastmaster’s Club over 3,000 miles away from my own home club.

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Get The Word Out About Your Club!

Looking for ideas on how to publicize your club?

Patrick Olson of Speak Up Toastmasters in Batavia NY put together a DVD to give to guests to introduce the club and Toastmasters.