First Burlington Toastmasters Club will resume our Thursday meetings September 8th.
What is Toastmasters?
Dr Ralph Smedley, A YMCA worker, organized the first Toastmasters Club in Bloomington, Illinois in 1905 To help people who needed to learn how to talk, how to conduct meetings, how to plan programmes and how to work on committees effectively. We learn by active participation by running meetings, giving speeches, evaluating speakers and by giving impromptu talks followed by friendly, positive oral and written feedback provided by other members. The suggestions which we receive are a very important part of our progress in Toastmaster. Effective progress in Toastmasters helps us too become more effective communicators and leaders in meeting our personal and career goals?
Who belongs to First Burlington Toastmasters?
Membership in First Burlington Toastmasters is open to women and men interested in improving their communication and leadership skills and assisting fellow members to do the same. We have found that First Burlington Toastmasters has appealed to a wide audience to business owners, professional educators, politicians, students, salesmen, office administrators and many others.
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When does our Club meet?
First Burlington Toastmasters meet every Thursday night from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm from September through June at Tansley Woods Recreation Centre in Burlington.
Benefits of Membership
- New member package includes the Communication and Leadership manuals and booklets on topics such as speech evaluation and gesture.
- A subscription to the monthly magazine The Toastmaster.
- Speech Evaluations.
- Mentorship program.
- Impromptu Speaking practice.
- Educational sessions on public speaking techniques.
- The opportunity to participate in Speech Contests at many levels.
- The opportunity to serve on the Executive of the club.
