Toastmasters Meeting? Yes, please.
I liked to define myself as somewhere between an extrovert and an introvert. I would open up to people I was comfortable with, however, to go and mingle with a diverse group always gave me chills. Joining Laxmi Bank Toastmasters Club turned out to be a much-needed opening for me. My sole goal was to […]
How I learned to ace just about any skill from Toastmasters
I joined Toastmasters in February 2018 with one intention — I wanted to become a better communicator. Today almost 2 years later, I am quite satisfied with my steadfast growth. Over the years, I also learned something from this platform that I never thought I would. While attending Toastmasters’ meetings I learned that the basic […]
How does one become better at Toastmasters?
Since its establishment in 1924, millions of people have joined Toastmasters intending to become better communicators. Amidst that glory and dream, many often seem to question – but how does one improve their speaking skills at Toastmasters? I vividly remember the time when I had this question as a new member. I started working on […]
Couldn’t Believe My Ears
Life is incredibly full of surprises, more often through unexpected phenomena. Registering my name to participate in ‘Humorous Speech Contest’ itself was not less than a big joke since I had never seen such a contest, except on YouTube, and further, I had to perform a hilarious speech in English. Moreover, I was going to […]
It grows into you
I’ve been a member of Everest Toastmasters Club for about a decade now and I have immensely benefited from the Toastmasters International program. When I started my career as a water supply engineer in 1988, I did not have the resources to learn the subtle art of communicating effectively and was simply ignorant of Toastmasters […]
An introvert finds a stage
When I first heard about Toastmasters, it was through my father who adoringly mispronounced it as “Ted-masters”. He had been to one of the meetings and could not stop raving about the environment and how well-spoken the people were. I took all of this with a grain of salt, especially when I also learned that […]
Patience Towards A New Direction
Have you ever witnessed a character in a movie or a book who was the embodiment of a stereotypical nerd? What was the character like? Sweet yet shy, someone who was surrounded more by books and less by people? Well, I am the real-life version of all those nerds. And for me, my greatest fear […]
The Reason I Come Back To Toastmasters Every Week
Never had I imagined I would be able to come out of my shell. Toastmasters gave me a platform not only to enhance my communication, networking and leadership skills but also helped me figure out that I had the potential in me to make friends and connect with people. When one of my friends at […]
A Traveling Toastmasters’ Tale
It has just been one and a half years that I have joined a Toastmasters club. Though I had known and heard about it from many of my friends who are Toastmasters, I never took the initiative. A long-time back, a veteran Toastmaster once told me, “Just attend one meeting and you will know what […]
The goal is not to be perfect by the end, but it is to be better tomorrow.
What do you fear? I always felt public speaking was something I feared. For as long as I could remember, the thought of speaking in front of an audience filled me with anxiety and stress. Growing up, I always heard people say how terrifying and nerve-wracking it is to speak in public. I had the […]