Midland Toastmasters, Club 776  Roseville, Minnesota;  Mid-Town, Mid-Week, Mid-West
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[Toastmasters International] [District 6 Toastmasters]

"We work together to bring out the best in each of us, and then we apply to these skills to help others." (from Ralph Smedley, Founder of Toastmasters International)

What is Toastmasters Anyway? - Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organization head quartered in Mission Viejo, California. There are over 180,000 members in 63 countries with over 220 clubs in Minnesota alone. The advantage of joining Toastmasters over taking a course in Public Speaking is that the cost is minimal and the benefits to a persons career, marriage, and ability to form friendships are enormous.  

Members of Toastmasters benefit by developing:

• Improved listening, thinking, speaking and evaluating skills.
• Better meeting facilitation and leadership skills. 
• Better ability to think quickly and clearly on ones feet. 
• Development of team-work, organizational and goal achieving capabilities.

Members learn to improve their delivery in a festive, fun and non-threatening atmosphere by means of:

• Speech manuals that educate and provide some structure.
• Table topics (2 minute ad-lib question-answer scenario).
• Group discussions.
• Feedback from group members via evaluations.
• Participating in group dynamics. 

• This page was last revised: 5/20/02 by John Laird.