are you a member of Toastmasters?

Hi, I've heard about Toastmasters before. I'm currently in Singapore, where are you residing? Firstly, i would like to ask how much is their monthly fee? I did not join toastmasters but it seems like there are some negative reviews out there. In singapore, the organisers seemed to organised party and then seemed to have discriminated against a certain race or something. I can't really remember the exact detail. However, they had a bad press i think it affected them. Cutie, i think if you want to learn how to speak better or how to carry yourself better in public speaking, there are many sites and many tips for your to look for online. Maybe you can try to give it a search online first? Futhermore, if you want to develop your own style of speaking, then i think you have to try to learn yourself. Go to new parties where you don't know anybody and try to speak to them. i think this is one very good way of improving your speaking skills.

I did try out Toastmasters for a while, but unlike you experience mine was completely different. The team or group I joined in was doing it for a lot of years and therefore, were actually "experts". The experience was too overwhelming for me, a neophyte and a fresh college grad, and the age-gap was so extreme most of them were my grandparents' friends! Though the experience was short, I have greatly learned a lot of things there and some I have been applying myself. I do wish I could find another group with the same age as me so that things would be a lesser awkward. Yet, these days my schedule is too tight, thus, I guess I need to postpone such an endeavor but hopefully wouldn't remain a dream forever. Have a great mylot experience ahead!

Well, I have some acquintances who are member so of the toastmasters club in our areal. I personally know that they are indeed good speakers and are good hosts. Perhaps it depends on what area your are and with kind of member they have. Certainly in our area, they area really something worth listening to. Though I have not joined the club because I have not found the time to do so as I am always busy with work. Well, I do a lot of talking since I conducting training all the time and that's the initial reason why I have the interest on the club. Since there is not time for me, I just practiced on my own, and did a lot of reading on effective presentation as well as practicincing in front of the mirror to see what things in need to improve. Now it has been ten years that i do training and I think, I am fairly good at it already.

I have only heard about the Toastmasters through my dad, who was once a member. He told me how members were not allowed to say "uuhm..", stuff like that, and how you are fined a fee each and every time you do. My dad is already a retired hotel executive but he continues to do a lot of lectures, presentations, and speech-making...for his church organization, during guest lectures in school, for his foundation catering to persons with autism, and many others. He may not be the best speaker/lecturer there is, but my dad is GOOD! No biases here. He is really engaging.

Thanks for informing us about this Toastmaster. Honestly , this is my first time to know and encounter this thing. So now i know there is such thing as this , and am glad it is a non profit organization . I am so sure this can be of great to other people but you quited and there is a payment for this ? I have read somewhere that this is non profit organization so therefor it is for free but it's not. It might be good that you quited for it is so hard to do a thing if you no longer believe on it.