How Toastmasters Works Members learn by speaking to groups and working with others in a supportive environment. A typical club is made up of at least 30 people who meet once a week for about an hour and a half. Members present one to two minute impromptu speeches on assigned topics. Presenting prepared speeches. Two members present speeches based on projects from the Toastmasters Manual.
Projects cover such topics as speech organization, voice, language, gestures and persuasion.
Offering constructive evaluation. Every prepared speaker is assigned an evaluator who points out speech strengths and offers suggestions for improvement. Meetings usually end with a short business session which helps members learn basic meeting procedures. Toastmasters provides tools that enable members to become effective communicators and leaders all at a very low cost. Around the world more than three million men and women of all ages and occupations have benefited from Toastmasters training.