Welcome to the NES Toastmaster’s meeting, and thank you for your interest in Toastmasters. Toastmasters is the best way to improve your communications skills, lose your fears of public speaking and learn skills that will help you be more successful in whatever path you’ve chosen in life.
The mission of a Toastmasters Club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth.
Toastmasters International, a nonprofit educational organization, has been working for more than 75 years to provide for this need and help people conquer their pre-speech jitters. Toastmasters has grown to become the world's largest organization devoted to developing people's public and interpersonal communication skills.
Since the first club was organized by Dr. Ralph C. Smedley in October 1924, nearly four million men and women have enjoyed the benefits of Toastmasters membership. The organization now has approximately 175,000 members in 8,800 Toastmasters clubs in approximately 70 countries.
How Does it Work?
A Toastmasters club is a "learn-by-doing" workshop in which men and women hone their skills in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere. The NES Toastmasters’ club meets twice per month to learn and practice public speaking techniques. The average club meeting lasts approximately one hour.
Upon joining a Toastmasters club, a member can progress through a series of ten (10) speaking assignments designed to instill a basic foundation in public speaking. Members evaluate one another's oral presentations. This evaluation process is an integral component of the overall educational program. Besides taking turns delivering prepared speeches and evaluating those of other members, Toastmasters give impromptu talks on assigned topics, usually related to current events. Toastmaster members also develop listening and leadership skills, conduct meetings, and learn parliamentary procedure.
The effectiveness of this simple learning formula is evidenced by the thousands of corporations that sponsor in-house Toastmasters clubs. These clubs serve as communication training workshops for employees. Every year, more and more business and government organizations are discovering that Toastmasters is the most effective, cost-effective, cost-efficient means of satisfying their communication training needs.
Toastmasters clubs can be found in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as in a variety of community organizations, prisons, universities, hospitals, military bases and churches.
We would enjoy having you at our meetings. The NES Toastmasters Club meets at NES on the first and third Thursday of every month from 7AM - 8AM. For more information, contact us at
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