- Become a confident speaker in a friendly atmosphere
- Improve your public speaking and leadership skills
- Meet people with diverse skills sets and backgrounds
- Set, plan and achieve goals
- And above all… Have loads of fun!
We meet at the Johnsonville Community Centre and are part of Toastmasters International. Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs. Headquartered in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, the organization’s membership exceeds 332,000 in more than 15,400 clubs in 135 countries. Since 1924, Toastmasters International has helped people of all backgrounds build confidence as speakers and leaders.
How Toastmasters Works
At Toastmasters, you learn by speaking to groups and working with others in a supportive environment. We are a club of around 20 active members who meet fortnightly for 2 hours. Each meeting gives you several opportunities:
Conduct meetings
Learn how to plan and conduct meetings.
- Give impromptu speeches
Present one- to two minute, impromptu speeches about assigned topics. - Present prepared speeches
Present Speeches based on projects from manuals in Toastmasters’ proven communication and leadership programs. Projects cover topics such as speech organization, vocal variety, language, gestures and persuasion. - Offer constructive evaluation
Every speaker is assigned an evaluator who points out speech strengths and offers suggestions for improvement.
Toastmasters Tools
Upon joining a Toastmasters club, each new member receives manuals and resources about how to become a better speaker and a more confident leader. Members also have access to a wide variety of books and educational resources. In addition, you also receive the award-winning Toastmaster, a monthly magazine that offers the latest insights about speaking and leadership techniques.
Toastmasters and Leadership
Leadership takes practice. In Toastmasters, you can learn leadership skills by organizing and conducting meetings and completing projects in manuals. Projects address skills such as listening, planning, motivating, and team building and gives you the opportunity to practice them. Just as you can improve communication by speaking, you can learn leadership skills by leading.
How to Join
Come and visit a club meeting or two or three to get to know the club members and how the club works. When you are ready, a member of the club will invite you to join, or you can ask to join.
