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Having stage fright? Looking for a place to improve public speaking skills? Toastmasters Club of Singapore is the right place for you.

Good news to you! Our open house will be on 24th March 2014 (Monday). Join us to experience the excitment. Join us to experience the training ground full of opportunities and encouragement. Join us to experience the journey to be the great public speaker!

24th March 2014, 6.30-10pm
Sheraton Towers Hotel Singapore
Free of Charge

For enquiries, please contact us at enquiry@toastmasters.org.sg

6:00 – 6:30pm: Registration

6:00 – 7:00pm: Dinner and Networking

7:00 – 7:15pm: Call to Order

7:15 – 7:45pm: Part I – Table Topics

7:45 – 9:00pm: Part II – Prepared Speeches

9:00 – 9:15pm: Break and Refreshments

9:15 – 9:45pm: Part III – Evaluations

9:45 – 10:00pm: Meeting Summary

How Does It Work?

A Toastmasters meeting is a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a no-pressure atmosphere.

There is no instructor in a Toastmasters meeting. Instead, members evaluate one another’s presentations. 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.

Members learn communication skills by working in the Competent Communication manual, a series of 10 self-paced speaking assignments designed to instill a basic foundation in public speaking.

Members also learn leadership skills by taking on various meeting roles and working in the Competent Leadership manual. In our learn-by-doing approach, we don’t lecture members about leadership skills; we give them responsibilities and mentoring to help. Then we ask them to lead.

Why should I join?

The Toastmasters program offers many benefits that help people in all walks of life. As a result of participating in Toastmasters, you will:

Increase your self-confidence
Become a better speaker
Become a better leader
Communicate more effectively

Are you a Public Speaker or Public Communicator?

Often, we hear fellow Toastmasters say that they join Toastmasters clubs to improve their speaking skills, or to overcome their fear of public speaking. Rarely do we hear Toastmasters mention that they want to become a better COMMUNICATOR. With this goal in their minds, many Toastmasters focus their energy, effort and time in improving ONLY their speaking skills, and ignore the needs to improve other areas of human communication and interaction. Perhaps the first question I should ask is “What is communication?” Communication can be briefly defined as the exchange of ideas between people, be it between two people or among a group of people, so as to establish trust and develop relationships. The process of communication involves Active Listening and Reflective Speaking.

Communication = Active Listening + Reflective Speaking

Let’s take a look at this chart, which I call the “Toastmasters Learning Map”. The x-axis represents “My Listening Skills” and y-axis “My Speaking Skills”. At Toastmasters chapter meetings, when we are a speaker, be it project speeches or at table topics, we practice and learn only our speaking skills. When we are the Ur-Ah Counter or Timer, we practice only our listening skills.