What Toastmasters Is
Toastmasters International gives you the opportunity
to develop your communication and leadership skills
within a supportive environment of like-minded people.
More-experienced speakers and leaders are role models
demonstrating the fundamentals of verbal communication.
You practice and improve your skills by following
the assignments in the Communication and Leadership
manuals. You get to practice your skills in a wide variety
of roles: as a meeting participant, as a speaker, as
a club officer, and as a leader at some of the different
levels necessary for an international organization of
180,000 members.
Through practice within the "laboratory of communication"
your club provides, you gain confidence in your abilities
in prepared presentations, speaking "on your feet,"
using visual aids and body language, effective listening,
and passing what you learn on to others. The educational
material has been rigorously and professionally prepared,
used by hundreds of thousands of men and women over
the past decades, and improved based on their feedback.
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