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Communication

Are You Going to the International Convention?

Discover all that Toastmasters has to offer.

Bill Brown, DTM

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Toastmasters News

2024 Convention Takes You to Southern California

From Disneyland to dazzling beaches, there are plenty of area attractions.

Paul Sterman

Profile

Meet Shawn Ellis

Keynote speaker for the 2024 International Convention reflects on the value of resilience.

Ruth Nasrullah

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Profile

Matching Missions

An online club and its corporate sponsor mirror one another’s core values.

Stephanie Darling

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Communication

Connecting Through Communication

How you can use your Toastmasters skills to help strengthen society.

Andrew Miller

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A Century of Toastmasters

Toastmasters Behind Barbed Wires

How a group of POWs bonded in a club in WWII Germany.

Laura Amann

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My Turn

Sharing Our Cultural Diversity

Club speeches and interactions can expand our global understanding.

Shubhani Mittal

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Personal Growth

The Keys to a Confident Voice

A voice coach’s guide to unleashing your inner power.

Jillian Mitchell

A Century of Toastmasters

A Look Back at the Golden Gavel Award

An array of illustrious figures have received the honor over the years.

Staff

TEDx event with man speaking onstage while audience watches and laptop and notes open on table

Presentation Skills

Making Your Debut on the Big Red Dot

What event curators and speakers want you to know about the TEDx process.

Jillian Mitchell

2024 Toastmasters Golden Gavel recipient Lisa Sun speaking onstage in white dress with hand on hip

Profile

Lisa Sun Redefines Confidence

The 2024 Golden Gavel recipient has gone from lacking gravitas to owning it.

Ruth Nasrullah

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Communication

Kind vs. Nice Communication

Learn how to deliver an effective and considerate evaluation.

Ben Guttmann

articles

Are You Going to the International Convention?

2024 Convention Takes You to Southern California

Meet Shawn Ellis

Matching Missions

Connecting Through Communication

Toastmasters Behind Barbed Wires

Sharing Our Cultural Diversity

The Keys to a Confident Voice

A Look Back at the Golden Gavel Award

Making Your Debut on the Big Red Dot

Lisa Sun Redefines Confidence

Kind vs. Nice Communication