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Welcome from Tawa Toastmasters

Merrin Groube did a wonderful speech for her ice breaker

Tawa Toastmasters is a welcoming group aiming to enhance our public speaking abilities. Have you thought about joining Toastmasters? We can equip you with the skills to speak confidently in public. Make a positive impression when addressing audiences at work, weddings, and funerals. 

Toastmasters is where leadership skills are developed, and it’s the most adept communicators who rise to leadership roles. Are you seeking confidence in public speaking? Do you value camaraderie? Consider joining Toastmasters. It’s the finest investment you can make in yourself.

Benefits of Toastmasters

Speak with confidence

Work
We can provide you with the skills to excel at public speaking. Speak confidently in the workplace. Secure that promotion and ascend to a leadership position. If you’re seeking a new job, then the nerves experienced during a job interview are akin to those felt before giving a speech. Familiarity breeds control. Numerous members hone their workplace speeches at Toastmasters. Allow experts to assess your speech and enhance its quality.

Home
Speak confidently at weddings and funerals. Make a lasting impression in front of the people who hold the most significance in your life: your family. Contribute actively to clubs and the church. Become a respected member of the community.

Learn valuable skills

1. Learn body language
Learn what to do with your hands. Practice facial gestures and good eye contact.

2. Learn how to write a speech
Write an opening that draws in the audience. Write the body of a speech with a word to represent a paragraph. End the speech so the audience remembers.

3. Excel at impromptu speaking
At a Toastmaster meeting we are called to the front to speak for 2 minutes with no prior preparation.  Great practice for life.

Make Friends

Networking
Tawa Toastmasters attracts people who are striving to better themselves. People who want to succeed in life. These are the people you want to network with.

Toastmasters activities
We have inspiring speeches. We have meals at restaurants.   Funny hats meetings. Good times together is where friendships are made.

Friends
Most people join Toastmasters to be better at public speaking. They stay with Toastmasters for the friendships. If you seek friends you’ll find them at at Tawa Toastmasters.

Understanding comes through communication, and through understanding we find the way to peace
Dr Ralph C. Smedley – Founder of Toastmasters

My Story

Amy Moreland
I joined Tawa Toastmasters recently. My reasons for joining were predominantly to gain confidence in public speaking and networking with others. I was also wanting to get more involved in my local community and joining toastmasters has given me the opportunity to meet others that live locally. Everyone has been incredibly welcoming to the club and helpful in teaching me how the club operates and the different roles.

My icebreaker speech, the first speech that you do in toastmasters, was very nerve wracking but the whole club was very supportive. Maya, my mentor helped me to develop my speech, working through it with me and giving me pointers. Being evaluated by a very experienced toastmaster was invaluable and I have identified areas to work on. Since then I have done 3 more speeches, including participating in the clubs humorous speech competition. Each time I do a speech I gain a bit more confidence and am less nervous.

It has been a great experience joining toastmasters, and I recommend others come along and see what we do. It has helped to build my confidence in public speaking, as well as improving networking skills and meeting a great group of people.

Mark Christian
I work as a programmer, spending my day in front of the computer. I wanted to become a team leader. Realizing that the team leaders I observed weren’t necessarily the best programmers but possessed excellent communication skills, I decided to  attend a Toastmasters meeting.

On my first attempt at participating in a Table Topic at Toastmasters, I was overwhelmed with fear. My knees were shaking, I was sweating on the forehead, and I felt the urge to go to the toilet. After that initial meeting, I was determined never to return. However, Alan reached out to me, encouraged me to give it another try, and so I did. Despite being nervous doiing my first speech, known as the icebreaker speech, I gradually began to find enjoyment in public speaking.

During my teenage years, I used to spend a lot of time playing basketball and often experienced being “in the zone” where time seemed to slow down and everything felt focused. As I grew older, settled into a routine, and gave up sports, I believed that such moments of being “in the zone” were behind me. Therefore, I was pleasantly surprised and thrilled to experience a similar sensation while delivering a good speech — it was like being “in the zone” again.

After completing around 10 speeches, my nervousness gradually faded, and I now genuinely enjoy public speaking.

Dinesh Wickramasinghe
An immigrant to New Zealand, I joined Toastmasters to improve my English. I found the English spoken in New Zealand is different from the English spoken in Sri Lanka. It is important that I have a good understanding of how Kiwis speak.

I found confidence in public speaking to be helpful in getting a job. The nervous feeling that you get at a job interview is familiar from doing speeches at Toastmasters. Something familiar can be controlled.

I also value the friends that I have made at Toastmasters. We have meals. We listen to great speeches. Making friends outside of the Sri Lankan community is important.

I became the President of Tawa Toastmaster. This was a wonderful experience. Toastmaster is where the leaders are made. So true. My confidence in public speaking has helped me so much in life.

I have a good job. I am building a new house. Toastmasters has helped me to succeed in New Zealand.  I truly recommend Toastmasters to you. It will be the best decision you make.

Dinesh W.
An immigrant to New Zealand, I joined Toastmasters to improve my English. I found the English spoken in New Zealand is different from the English spoken in Sri Lanka. It is important that I have a good understanding of how Kiwis speak.

I found confidence in public speaking to be helpful in getting a job. The nervous feeling that you get at a job interview is familiar from doing speeches at Toastmasters. Something familiar can be controlled.

I also value the friends that I have made at Toastmasters. We have meals. We listen to great speeches. Making friends outside of the Sri Lankan community is important.

I became the President of Tawa Toastmasters. This was a wonderful experience. Toastmasters is where the leaders are made. So true. My confidence in public speaking has helped me so much in life.

I have a good job. I am building a new house. Toastmasters has helped me to succeed in New Zealand.  I truly recommend Toastmasters to you. It will be the best decision you make.