How Can Toastmasters Help You?
Do you want to:
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Be more comfortable speaking in front of groups? Your boss?
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Ace a job interview?
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Ignite your career?
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Learn listening, communication, and leadership skills?
You’ve come to the right place! Since 1924, Toastmasters International has transformed nearly eight million lives through a simple, yet powerful, mission: empowering individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders. Through attendance and participation in club meetings and applying yourself to the Education Program that Toastmasters offers, you will find yourself increasing your self-confidence, becoming a better speaker & leader, and communicating more effectively.
What sets Toastmasters apart isn’t just what you learn—it’s how you learn it. Every meeting is a safe opportunity to:
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Practice both planned speeches and unplanned responses
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Give and receive meaningful feedback
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Step into leadership opportunities
Membership in Toastmasters in one of the greatest and most affordable investments you can make in yourself. For a one-time new member fee of $20 and $60 every six months (clubs may charge additional dues), it is also one of the most cost-effective skill-building tools available anywhere.
Whether you’re looking to advance your career, overcome public speaking anxiety, or develop as a leader, your journey to transformation starts here.
What Happens at a Meeting?
At Toastmasters, every meeting is a judgment-free space where you can practice, grow, and transform. See how a typical Toastmasters meeting turns nervous speakers into confident communicators.
There is no instructor in a Toastmasters meeting. Instead, members evaluate each other’s presentations during the meeting. This feedback process is a key part of the program’s success. Meeting participants also give impromptu talks on assigned topics, conduct meetings, and develop skills related to timekeeping, grammar and parliamentary procedure.
Join Toastmasters - Find a Club
District 55 Toastmasters has over 150 clubs covering South and Central Texas. Currently Clubs are primarily meeting online but we have a combination of online and “live” clubs to meet your needs. By practicing presentations in a “safe” environment, where evaluators are supportive and it’s “ok to fail,” club members improve their ability to inform, persuade, entertain and even inspire.
There are three types of clubs: community clubs that anyone can join, and corporate or restricted clubs (R) where you will need to fit certain criteria (such as working at a specific company), and advanced clubs (A) which focus on certain aspects of giving speeches, presenting ideas, evaluating speakers, or entertaining an audience.
Take a look at all of the clubs in our District, or go to "Find a Club" on Toastmasters International. You can also email us at helpdesk@tmd55.org for assistance.
Join Toastmasters - Start a Club
Our Club Growth Director will be happy to get you started! Email: cgd@tmd55.org
Company Club Benefits
A company’s success depends on effective communication and leadership; 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.
Community Club Benefits
Toastmasters has helped many members in their community service activities. Using their Toastmasters experience, members are better 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.
If you already recognize the value of the Toastmasters program and are ready to start a new club at your work place or in your community, please email our Club Growth Director.
Advanced Club Benefits
Advanced clubs allow members to continue to grow. Advanced clubs focus on taking speaking and leadership to the next level, by using more intense evaluations, and offering advanced leadership opportunities to members. Advanced clubs will have required educational or leadership experience in order to become a member.
