1. This presentation must be customised to your club before it is used

2. Welcome to [insert your club name here] Toastmasters

3. Tonight’s Format • Introduction to Toastmasters1st Prepared Speech2nd Prepared SpeechSupperTable TopicsEvaluationsWhat’s InvolvedQuestionsGeneral Evaluation

4. What is Toastmasters?

5. Facts & Figures • Established in 1924 • More than 255,000 members worldwide • More than 12,700 clubs in 106 countries around the world • 6½ % of all members are from NZ and Australia. 12½ % in Asia. 70% in North America

6. How DoesToastmasters Work? • Learn-by-doing workshop • Fortnightly practice where you will: • Fill meeting roles • Give prepared or impromptu speeches • Take on volunteer leadership tasks • No instructor

7. Your potential is limited only by how many excuses you have.

8. The Educational Program

10. The Communication Track You will learn: • Speech organization • Eye contact • Gestures • Use of humor • Overall delivery

11. What Comes Next? Choose from 15 advanced manuals to learn skills related to specific interests.

12. The Leadership Track You will also learn leadership skillsby: • Serving as officers at the club level and beyond • Fulfilling club meeting roles

13. What Comes Next? • Instruction and practice in: • Developing a vision • Goal-setting and planning • Team-building • Developing plans andstrategies

14. Prepared Speech 1(enter members name, speech # & title)

15. Prepared Speech 2(enter members name, speech # & title)

16. Supper Break

17. Table Topics

18. Evaluations

19. Toastmasters Advantages • Practical presentation experience • A safe place to make mistakes • Mentorship opportunities

20. Features • A self-paced program • Interactive meetings • Table topics • Evaluations • Participation in meeting roles • Small groups • Affordable dues • Opportunities to conduct meetings

21. Benefits • Develop critical thinking skills • Build listening skills • Give and receive constructive feedback • Become more at ease in front of a group • Learn time management skills • Supportive environment • Leadership development

22. Individual Value • Unlimited personal growth • Clear communication • Self-confidence • Positive mentoring • Improved leadership skills • Relationship building

23. “The idea of getting in front of a group, not as Mrs. Fields but as Debbi, made my knees shake. But the Toastmasters group understood. Here’s a place where you can learn, grow, develop – and where other people are doing and feeling the same thing.”— Debbi Fields Rose Founder, Mrs. Field’s Cookies .

24. Well Known Toastmasters Alumni Tim Allen –Actor, star of television series Home Improvement Tom Peters – Management expert and author Hon Annette King – Deputy leader of the Opposition (NZ) Linda Lingle – Governor of Hawaii James Lovell – U.S. astronaut; missions included Apollo 13 Debbi Fields Rose – Founder, Mrs. Fields Cookies Leonard Nimoy – Actor, Spock from T.V. series Star Trek

25. “Toastmasters is the best and least expensive personal improvement class you can go to.” — Linda Lingle,Governor of Hawaii

26. Costs in NZ$ if you join in Apr or Oct $ 500 May or Nov $ 500 Jun or Dec $ 500 Jul or Jan $ 500 Aug of Feb $ 500 Sep or Mar $ 500 Thereafter six monthly dues of $ 500 Payable in March and September

27. Why is Toastmasters the Answer for You? • Low-cost communication and leadership training • Constructive evaluations • Confidence building • Network building • Practical experience

28. Contact Information • Enter contact information here www.toastmasters.org.nz www.toastmasters.org