Toastmaster Benefits

Personal Benefits
Is the fear of speaking in front of people holding you back? Do you wish you could speak confidently to a project team? Are you tongue-tied when the big-boss asks you a question in the elevator? Would you like to be able to speak well in front of your club or civic group?
If so, Toastmasters can help you. Each week, you will

• Learn how to speak better.
• Gain practice in giving speeches.
• Learn how to prepare a speech.
• Get practice speaking off-the-cuff.
• Receive immediate & constructive feedback, in a warm, supportive, non-threatening environment.

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:

• give better sales presentations
• hone their management skills
• work better with fellow employees
• effectively develop and present ideas
• offer constructive criticism
• accept criticism more objectively

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.

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.

Founder’s District Vision Statement 2007-2008

Every Toastmaster in Founder's District will achieve an educational goal and participate in a club or district leadership opportunity; thereby achieving his or her speaking and leadership goals.

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Norm Cook, DTM, PDG
International Director Candidate
Founder’s District’s own Norm Cook, is a candidate for the position of Region II International Director, 2008-2010 and requests your vote…

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