1. What is the mission of Toastmasters?

2. What tools will I use?

3. How are leadership skills developed?

4. What are benefits to the community?

5. How do businesses benefit?

6. What is the cost of Toastmasters membership?

7. Who can join?

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Club Mission
 

The mission of Fast Trackers Toastmasters is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth.

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Toastmasters International Mission Toastmasters International (TI) is the leading movement devoted to making effective oral communication a worldwide reality. Through its member clubs, TI helps men and women learn the acts of speaking, listening and thinking: vital skills that promote self-actualization, enhance leadership potential, foster human understanding and contribute to the betterment of mankind.

Toastmasters International Vision Toastmasters International empowers people to achieve their full potential and realize their dreams.   Through member clubs, people throughout the world can improve their communication and leadership skills, giving them the courage to change.

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What tools will I use?

Upon joining a Toastmasters club, each new member receives a variety of manuals and resources on speaking. Members also have access to other books as well as audio and video cassettes on speaking and leading. They also receive the award-winning monthly magazine, The Toastmaster, offering the latest insights on speaking and leadership techniques.

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How are leadership skills developed?

Leadership cannot be learned in a day. It takes practice. In Toastmasters, members build leadership skills by organizing and conducting meetings and motivating others to help them. Club leadership roles and a leadership development program also offer opportunities to learn and practice. Just as Toastmasters members learn to speak simply by speaking, they learn leadership by leading.

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What are benefits to the community?

Toastmasters has helped many members in their community service activities. Using the speaking and leadership skills developed in Toastmasters, people have become more active in business, churches, and service and charity organizations. Toastmasters members are able to organize activities, conduct meetings, and speak in public as their organization's representative. Some even become active in local, state or national government.  

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How do businesses benefit?

A company's success also depends on communication. Employees face an endless exchange of ideas, messages, and information as they deal with one another and with customers day after day. How well they communicate can determine whether a company quickly grows into an industry leader or joins thousands of other businesses mired in mediocrity.

Toastmasters provides the tools that enable employees to become effective communicators and leaders all at a very low cost. Toastmasters training helps employees:

• give better sales presentations
• hone their management skills
• work better with fellow employees
• effectively develop and present ideas
• offer constructive criticism
• accept criticism more objectively
   

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How much does Toastmasters membership cost?

 

Toastmasters International dues are just $4.50 a month, payable semi-annually.  Fast Trackers club also has $3 monthly local dues.  For just $45 twice a year, you get all of the benefits of Toastmasters!  There is also a $20 induction fee to cover the cost of introductory materials.  Every member receives The Toastmaster, a monthly magazine packed with interesting and beneficial communication articles.
 

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Who can join?

 

Fast Trackers is a community club, open to anyone 18 years of age or older.  Toastmasters International has a comprehensive non-discrimination policy - all are welcome to join us and develop their speaking and leadership skills.  Visit our membership page for more information and an application.
 

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