Benefiting from Toastmasters at Catch a Gideon

January 2nd, 2006 by Endless Aspiration

So why do I consider Toastmasters to be such a great organization? There are two aspects of it that I enjoy. First, you get to see other speakers who have been developing their public speaking skills and are very good at it. So you can learn from seeing what they do and try to incorporate it into your own speaking. Second, for me, I get a thrill from being in front of the room with all eyes on me. The more your up there the more you want to do it. In Toastmasters is all about stage time.

For people that have difficulty with public speaking or starting conversation, you learn that you want to spend as much time at meetings speaking. If your going to dedicate two hours a week to attending meetings, you want to spend as much of that time as possible improving yourself. You can’t be a passive participant, it forces you to get in front of people and speak.

If you are the type of person who can hold a conversation, enjoy meeting people and do not have a problem getting up in front of people Toastmasters can help you too. The next time you watch the news pay attention to how many times anchor or a politician says ah, um, or and ah. These are people who get paid to speak in public and they still make common mistakes that limit your effectiveness in getting your point across. So even if you think Toastmasters is not for you, as long as you enter looking to improve your speaking abilities, there are ways for you to improve.