Benefits of Toastmasters

Diane Burridge
From guest blogger, and George Sutton Toastmasters member,
Diane Burridge

 
Toastmasters is a great way to keep your mind active and have
fun at the same time.

In Toastmasters you will:

  • Interact with people of all ages.
  • Laugh.
  • Make new friends.
  • Listen to and provide feedback on short speeches covering a wide variety of topics.
  • Give short speeches on topics of interest to you. These can be from your life experiences or can be on subjects that you want to research to gain new knowledge.
  • If you choose to, you can assume leadership responsibilities.

Come check out a meeting… Read Full Post »

A guest blog post from former president of George Sutton Toastmasters, Marty Dickinson.

The first professional speaker I met joined my Toastmasters club in 1997 after I had been a member at George Sutton Toastmasters for two years. At first, I couldn’t understand why a “professional speaker,” with experience presenting to audiences of hundreds of people (…and getting paid for it!!), would want to waste his time with 5-7 minute speeches and hanging around people like me who still got nervous getting called up to deliver 1-2 minute impromptu responses during Table Topics.

In his Ice Breaker speech, the… Read Full Post »