Toastmasters: Priceless Bang for the Buck

Get your interview game up and join Toastmasters. Now. Not when you get the job, but now as you work towards getting that job.

I’ve been with Toastmasters since January 2008 and if you told me then what I’d glean from the experience, I probably would have thought you were in Fantasyland. But here are just a few of the benefits one receives when joining Toastmasters:

You learn to speak extemporaneously.  Where can you use that? The interview, of course. Through Table Topics, a person learns to speak off-the-cuff in an organized fashion on any number of subjects. And the opportunity in the learning is not only in the doing, but in the observing of others answering questions, too.

You learn to do a presentation in front of a supportive audience.  This not only builds greater self-confidence, but it adds to your qualifications as an employee, regardless of what you do for a living. Your presentations are evaluated by other Toastmasters, which helps you improve your skills. If you’re concerned you’ll be bashed by your Toastmasters teammates, have no fear, because Toastmasters are trained to offer effective evaluations without ripping a person apart. And that’s another benefit:

You’ll learn to become an effective evaluator. Have you ever had a supervisor who only criticizes and rarely offers any positive feedback? This not only brings out the worse in employees, it does little to genuinely improve the department. As an effective evaluator, even if you aren’t a supervisor at the moment, that ability to help others improve by bringing out the best in them will help you shine in your position and your future positions, as well.

And you’ll be in a supportive environment with like-minded people that are all looking to improve in their lives for a variety of reasons. That alone is worth its weight in gold, particularly if you’re unemployed. It will absolutely lift your spirits up and is its own unique Hour of Power.

These are but a few of the reasons why you must check out Toastmasters. There is no better educational bang for your buck like it anywhere and it will help you build in your career both now and in the future. Check them out here:

http://www.toastmasters.org/


To your success,
Rita

We learn best in moments of enjoyment.
~ Dr. Ralph C. Smedley, Founder, Toastmasters