How many people here have tried Toastmasters Speaking Club?

How many people have tried Toastmasters Speaking Club?

This is an international non-profit club with over 200,000 members
world wide and it is intersted in only one thing -- making people
better speakers.

People are assigned a variety of duties in Toastmasters, including
giving a prepared speech, evaluating speeches, hosting the meeting,
speaking extemporaneously, etc., etc.

Along the way, they often lose (or greartly curtail) their self-
consciousness and they have a great time! There's a heck of a lot of
praise, a lot of laughter, good times.

If you're interested in attending their meetings, please check at
http://toastmasters.org/ to find a club near you. They are free to
attend for the first few sessions (and cost about 40 dollars each six
months thereafter).

In terms of weight loss, I think Toastmasters might be really helpful
because the training helps you to continue on with your program even
if many others are trying to get you to change. One has to be able to
resist easy panaceas to change one's behavior over time. Also, self-
consciousness might keep you away from the jogging path or the
athletic club, so why not get rid of it?

About the nicest people in the world are in Toastmasters. Oregon even
has about 5 clubs within the prison systems and this has resulted in
substantial reductions in the recidivism rate.

I met my wife in Toastmasters 32 years ago (my poor, poor, better
half!) and both of us appreciate how so many people would benefit if
they participated in Toastmasters too.

This is perhaps the best, most effetive organization I have ever been
a part of.

Give it a try! You'll be pleased you did!

Yours truly,

Caleb

Actually am a member of a local Toastmasters group. Found them on the web
after people had been constantly telling me I should go out and speak about
my weightloss.

It has helped me tremendously with my confidence and coming up with my own
speaking style.

So far I have achieved an CC designation and I am almost finished with the
coursework for my ATM-B designation. All of this in a little over a year
with them...

People have mentioned this program and the Dale Carnegie program ($1500 4
week course) - I like this one because it's cheap and gives me the
opportunity to continually practice and recieve honest feedback.

A saying our club has adopted goes, "We flub in the club so that we can be
sweet on the street..."


Matty
510/254/210
(starting weight/current weight/goal weight)


New Mini-Goals!
Mini-Goal #1 - get my morning jog up 4.8mi by 03/31/07
Mini-Goal #2 - 300lbs total lost by 08/31/07

On Mar 9, 5:05 am, "Matty \(I Weighed More Than Jared From Subway\)"
wrote:
Actually am a member of a local Toastmasters group. Found them on the web
after people had been constantly telling me I should go out and speak about
my weightloss.

It has helped me tremendously with my confidence and coming up with my own
speaking style.

So far I have achieved an CC designation and I am almost finished with the
coursework for my ATM-B designation. All of this in a little over a year
with them...

People have mentioned this program and the Dale Carnegie program ($1500 4
week course) - I like this one because it's cheap and gives me the
opportunity to continually practice and recieve honest feedback.

A saying our club has adopted goes, "We flub in the club so that we can be
sweet on the street..."

Matty
510/254/210
(starting weight/current weight/goal weight)

New Mini-Goals!
Mini-Goal #1 - get my morning jog up 4.8mi by 03/31/07
Mini-Goal #2 - 300lbs total lost by 08/31/07

Matty -- I've never heard that saying. Yesterday we said, "What
happens in Toastmasters STAYS in Toastmasters" but I like your saying
better.

I'll pass it on.

Don't you think that Toastmasters allows you to do deal more
effectively with criticism from others?

Yours truly,


Caleb

On 9 Mar 2007 14:03:03 -0800, "Caleb" wrote:

On Mar 9, 5:05 am, "Matty \(I Weighed More Than Jared From Subway\)"
wrote:
Actually am a member of a local Toastmasters group. Found them on the web
after people had been constantly telling me I should go out and speak about
my weightloss.

It has helped me tremendously with my confidence and coming up with my own
speaking style.

So far I have achieved an CC designation and I am almost finished with the
coursework for my ATM-B designation. All of this in a little over a year
with them...

People have mentioned this program and the Dale Carnegie program ($1500 4
week course) - I like this one because it's cheap and gives me the
opportunity to continually practice and recieve honest feedback.

A saying our club has adopted goes, "We flub in the club so that we can be
sweet on the street..."

Matty
510/254/210
(starting weight/current weight/goal weight)

New Mini-Goals!
Mini-Goal #1 - get my morning jog up 4.8mi by 03/31/07
Mini-Goal #2 - 300lbs total lost by 08/31/07

Matty -- I've never heard that saying. Yesterday we said, "What
happens in Toastmasters STAYS in Toastmasters" but I like your saying
better.

I'll pass it on.

Don't you think that Toastmasters allows you to do deal more
effectively with criticism from others?

Yours truly,


Caleb

I belonged to Toastmasters for several years while I was working. I
was never a shy public speaker, but really enjoyed the extemporaneous
stuff. It also helped me really developed my ability to listen well
-- perhaps the biggest benefit for me.

I never connected it to weight loss, though -- don't think there was
any association there for me.


Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004

On Mar 12, 3:19 pm, Chris Braun wrote:
On 9 Mar 2007 14:03:03 -0800, "Caleb" wrote:



On Mar 9, 5:05 am, "Matty \(I Weighed More Than Jared From Subway\)"
wrote:
Actually am a member of a local Toastmasters group. Found them on the web
after people had been constantly telling me I should go out and speak about
my weightloss.

It has helped me tremendously with my confidence and coming up with my own
speaking style.

So far I have achieved an CC designation and I am almost finished with the
coursework for my ATM-B designation. All of this in a little over a year
with them...

People have mentioned this program and the Dale Carnegie program ($1500 4
week course) - I like this one because it's cheap and gives me the
opportunity to continually practice and recieve honest feedback.

A saying our club has adopted goes, "We flub in the club so that we can be
sweet on the street..."

Matty
510/254/210
(starting weight/current weight/goal weight)

New Mini-Goals!
Mini-Goal #1 - get my morning jog up 4.8mi by 03/31/07
Mini-Goal #2 - 300lbs total lost by 08/31/07

Matty -- I've never heard that saying. Yesterday we said, "What
happens in Toastmasters STAYS in Toastmasters" but I like your saying
better.

I'll pass it on.

Don't you think that Toastmasters allows you to do deal more
effectively with criticism from others?

Yours truly,

Caleb

I belonged to Toastmasters for several years while I was working. I
was never a shy public speaker, but really enjoyed the extemporaneous
stuff. It also helped me really developed my ability to listen well
-- perhaps the biggest benefit for me.

I never connected it to weight loss, though -- don't think there was
any association there for me.

Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004

Chris -- Think one of the ways it helps is to teach people, "Damn the
torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" At least needless social fears don't
hold people back.

And Table Topics is a lot of fun. (For those who haven't tried
Toastmasters, Table Topics is extemporaneous speaking where one is
suddenly given a topic to speak on for a minute and a half. Good
practice for the real world.)

Yours,

Caleb

Keep up the good work!