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Toastmasters is a not-for-profit educational organization which teaches its members communication, leadership, training and management skills, and builds their self-confidence through enhancing public speaking skills. It is the largest and most successful organization of its type in the world.

Toastmasters International was founded in 1924 and now has over 358,000 members and 16,800 clubs in over 143 countries around the world.

People join Toastmasters in order to:

• Develop the public speaking skills to persuade and convince others
• Learn to put their ideas across clearly and with conviction
• Improve their self-confidence before a group of people
• Learn to think quickly and clearly under pressure
• Learn to listen effectively and critically
• Learn to supportively evaluate someone else’s presentation
• Train to become a good leader