Toastmasters, One Thing You Will Surely Learn There

     Toastmasters is a club created in 1927  to help people learn to speak better in public.  I often hear amateur speakers that sorely need to improve their public speaking skills.  I hear them at different functions where they have been invited to speak.  Almost always, they are there to promote some product or service that they represent.

     The number one, first, foremost mistake that these amateur speakers make is to talk longer than they have been invited to talk.  The leader or sales manager asked them to speak for five minutes.  They talked for twelve minutes.  That may not seem like a big deal.  It is a big deal.  It is the kind of thing that causes that person to NOT be invited back.  Mr. Sales Manager has an agenda.  He has allocated five minutes for Mr. Promoter.  When Mr. Promoter drones on for twelve minutes, something else has to be cut short or the meeting has to run overtime.

     This is just one of a dozen mistakes that I witness amateur speakers make at meetings all the time.  These people don't seem to realize that increasing their skill at presenting will increase their income.  Doing what they are doing works reasonably well.  Why do they need to improve?   $$$$$$$$$$ is the answer. 

     Where can a person go to increase their public speaking skills?  In Hendersonville, North Carolina anyone can visit Four Season Toastmasters.  Four Season Toastmasters is a club designed to make you a better speaker and a better leader. These are two skills that will quickly turn into money . http://fourseasonstoastmasters.com/   

     One thing that you will learn at Toastmasters is to speak as long as you said you were going to, not longer.  No one wants to hear you speak for ten minutes when they were expecting a five minute talk.  The sales manager that invited you to his thirty minute sales meeting  certainly does not want a surprise.

     This is one of a hundred skills and lessons that you will learn at Toastmasters.  Many people come to Toastmasters because they have a fear of public speaking.  Many more people come to increase their skill.  There is no easier way to increase your public speaking skill that a visit to your local Toastmaster club.

     Join us, Wednesday morning at eight.   https://www.toastmasters.org/    www.ronclimer.com  http://fourseasonstoastmasters.com/