Published: September 01, 2007
Communication and Leadership: Toastmasters at Work
By Debra Cullifer
We communicate everyday, all day. Our lives are an endless exchange of ideas, messages and information. Toastmasters provide the tools that enable us to become effective communicators and leaders - all at a very low cost.
Toastmaster training helps with:
Better presentations
Hone management skills
Work better with fellow employees
Effectively develop and present ideas
Offer constructive evaluations
Accept evaluations more objectively
Better listening skills
Leadership cannot be learned in a day. It takes practice. In Toastmasters, members build leadership skills when they organize and conduct meetings and motivate others to help them. They also learn by participating in club leadership roles and a leadership development program. Just as you learn quickly by simply speaking, you learn leadership by actually leading.
People love recognition, and Toastmasters provides it. After presenting the first 10 speeches, you are recognized as a Competent Communicator and receive a certificate suitable for display in your office or at home. You also receive recognition for other accomplishments.
Old Town Talkers is a relatively new Toastmasters group, operating in historic Folsom, open to anyone in the greater Folsom area. Contact Bob Cullifer, Club Mentor at 916 718 9770 for more information, including meeting dates.
Old Town Talkers meet in the offices of Landmark Baptist Church, 609 Figueroa Street, Folsom, between Scott and Riley - enter from Scott.
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