How Toastmasters Can Help You

Your success in business is essentially based on how effectively you communicate. Through participation in the Toastmasters Communication and Leadership program, people from all backgrounds learn to effectively speak in public, conduct a meeting, manage a department or business, lead, delegate, and motivate.

How Toastmasters Works

• As your improved communication skills become obvious within the workplace, increased visibility, recognition and promotion will follow.
• Your improved presentation skills will win you the respect and admiration of your colleagues and employees - and make them wonder what you did to change!
• Leadership skills acquired through participation in Toastmasters will increase your management potential.
• As a Toastmaster you will acquire an increased ability to evaluate, motivate, and persuade, making you more effective as a supervisor or manager.
• Members of Toastmaster Clubs have access to a wide range of educational materials, including books, audio and videotapes, and seminar programs available at reduced cost through the Toastmasters International Supply Catalog.

How Toastmasters Meets Your Needs

• Established in 1924 by Ralph Smedley, Toastmasters International uses time-tested programs that are continually updated to meet participants needs.
• Self-paced programs allow you to progress as rapidly or gradually as your needs dictate.
• The hands-on Communication and Leadership program provides the "how-to" and the practical experience so critical to progress.
• The Toastmasters program is cost effective, especially when compared to seminars charging hundreds of dollars per day. There is a $20 new member fee, plus dues payment of $45.00 every six months to be a member of the Arlington Nooners Toastmasters Club.
• An atmosphere of professional camaraderie makes your Toastmasters Club a unique learning environment -- informal, yet dedicated to learning.
• The Toastmasters program can be tailored to meet your personal objectives. Whether you desire improvement in delivering prepared presentations, impromptu speaking, or greater skill in the use of visual aids, experience and knowledge can be gained in the areas that most interest you.

Toastmasters provides the tools that enable people to become effective communicators and leaders at a very low cost. Toastmasters training helps people:

• 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 or 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.