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About
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Last Edited:
02/06/03
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Skyline Toastmasters,
Denver, Colorado, was chartered by Toastmasters International (TI)
in March, 1952, with a charter membership of 20 plus. We are a
community club with membership open to all. Our membership is made
up of professionals from a variety of occupations.
Meeting Logistics
(Location, Time, & Map).
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How Toastmasters works.
At Toastmasters, members learn by speaking to groups and working with
others in a supportive environment. Skyline Toastmasters meets every
Monday evening for two hours. Each
meeting gives everyone an opportunity to practice:
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Conducting meetings. Meetings
usually begin with a short business session which helps members learn
basic meeting procedures.
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Thinking on your feet. Members
present one-to two-minute impromptu speeches on assigned topics.
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Presenting prepared speeches. Three
or more members present speeches based on projects from the
Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership Program
manuals. Projects cover such topics as speech organization, voice,
language, gestures, and persuasion.
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Offering valuable feedback.. Every
prepared speaker is assigned an evaluator who points out speech
strengths and offers suggestions for improvement.
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The Tools You Use.
Upon joining Toastmasters, each new member receives a variety of manuals
and resources on speaking. Members also have access to other books as
well as audio and video cassettes on speaking and leading through our
parent organization, Toastmasters International. They also receive the
award-winning The Toastmaster, a monthly magazine that offers the
latest insights on speaking and leadership techniques.
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Company Benefits.
A company's success also depends on communication. Employees face an
endless exchange of ideas, messages, and information as they deal with
one another and with customers day after day. How well they communicate
can determine whether a company quickly grows into an industry leader or
joins thousands of other businesses mired in mediocrity.
Toastmasters provides the
tools that enable employees to become effective communicators and
leaders all at a very low cost. Toastmasters training helps employees:
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better sales presentations
- hone
their management skills
- work
better with fellow employees
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effectively develop and present ideas
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offer constructive criticism
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accept criticism more objectively
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.
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Community Benefits.
Toastmasters has helped many members in their community service
activities. Using the speaking and leadership skills developed in
Toastmasters, people have become more active in business, churches, and
service and charity organizations. Toastmasters members are 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
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About Toastmasters
International.
Toastmasters International is a non-profit organization governed by a
Board of Directors elected by the membership. The first Toastmasters
club was established on October 22, 1924, in Santa Ana, California, by
Dr. Ralph C. Smedley, who conceived and developed the idea of helping
others to speak more effectively. More clubs were formed, and
Toastmasters International was incorporated under California law on
December 19, 1932.
Toastmasters International's business and
services are administered by its World Headquarters, located in Rancho
Santa Margarita, California. It employs no paid promoters or
instructors. It has no salaried staff except the Executive Director and
World Headquarters staff, who provide services to the clubs and
Districts.
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