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About Toastmasters |
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How
Toastmasters works |
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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: |
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Conducting meetings. Meetings usually begin with a
short business session which helps members learn basic meeting
procedures. |
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Giving impromptu speeches. Members present one-to
two-minute impromptu speeches on assigned topics. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 learn
leadership by leading |
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Company Benefits |
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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. |
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Toastmasters
provides the tools that enable employees to become effective
communicators and leaders all at a very low cost. Toastmasters training
helps employees: |
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give better sales presentations |
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hone their management skills |
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work better with fellow employees |
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effectively develop and present ideas |
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offer constructive criticism |
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accept criticism more objectively |
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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 |
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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. |
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About Toastmasters International |
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Toastmasters
International is a non-profit organization governed by a Board of
Directors elected by the membership. The first Toastmasters club was
established on October 22, 1924, in Santa Ana, California, by Dr. Ralph
C. Smedley, who conceived and developed the idea of helping others to
speak more effectively. More clubs were formed, and Toastmasters
International was incorporated under California law on December 19,
1932. |
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Toastmasters
International's business and services are administered by its World
Headquarters, located in Rancho Santa Margarita, California. It employs
no paid promoters or instructors. It has no salaried staff except the
Executive Director and World Headquarters staff, who provide services to
the clubs and Districts. |
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