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About
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Last Edited:
12/09/05
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The RAT Pack Toastmasters,
Roseville, Minnesota, was
chartered by Toastmasters International (TI) on August 15, 1994 with a charter membership of 20 plus.
We are a community club with membership open to all. Our
membership is made up of professionals from a variety of
occupations, including engineering, training, law, data
communications, software development, just to name a few.
Meeting Logistics (Location,
Time, & Map).
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How Toastmasters works.
At Toastmasters, members learn by speaking to groups and working
with others in a supportive environment. The RAT Pack Toastmasters
club is made up of 15 to 25 people who meet twice a month for an
hour. Each meeting gives everyone an opportunity to practice:
- Conducting
meetings. Meetings usually begin with a short business
session which helps members learn basic meeting procedures.
- Thinking
on your feet. Members present one-to two-minute
impromptu speeches on assigned topics.
- 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.
- Offering
valuable feedback.. 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.
Upon joining Toastmasters, 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
through our parent organization, Toastmasters International. 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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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.
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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.
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About
Toastmasters International.
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.
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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