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What can Toastmasters do for me? How to run a Table Topics Session
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What is Toastmasters?Toastmasters International (TMI) is a worldwide organisation of people helping each other learn public speaking and leadership. Each club aims to have around 20 members, meeting weekly or fortnightly in a regular venue. We practice and develop as speakers and in all the challenges of running an effective meeting. Individual members are the most important people in Toastmasters. We draw the organisation chart from the member at the top down through the club, area, district and TMI Headquarters at the base. Tom Peters, author of "In Search of Excellence", says: "Join Toastmasters. Oral Presentation skills count. Height and hair colour may be in the genes, but public speaking isn't. One good answer to the public speaking problem is Toastmasters. They do a fabulous job of helping people shape up their communication skills." Harvey Mackay, author of "Sharkproof" says: "I've never met anyone who didn't think Toastmasters was super valuable to their career. We gain self-confidence and self-esteem and assertiveness. This makes us better salespeople, better managers, better leaders..."
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