Epping Toastmasters Club meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday evening each month at 7.30pm to practice public speaking techniques.

Toastmasters is a non-profit organisation offering a proven – and enjoyable – way to practice communication and leadership skills. 

How does it work?

• A Toastmasters meeting is a learn-by-doing workshop - participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a friendly atmosphere.
  
• Members learn communication skills - by completing a serious of self-paced speaking assignments (starting with the Competent Communication manual).  These assignments are designed to instill a basic foundation in public speaking. Participants learn skills related to use of humor, gestures, eye contact, speech organization and overall delivery. Members can then choose from 15 advanced manuals to learn skills related to specific interests.
• Members also learn leadership skills - by taking on various meeting roles and serving as officers at the club and district levels, and by working in the Competent Leadership manual and the High Performance Leadership program. In our learn-by-doing approach, we don't lecture our members about leadership skills; we give them responsibilities and ask them to lead.
• There is no instructor in a Toastmasters meeting - members evaluate one another’s presentations. This feedback process is a key part of the program’s success. Meeting participants also give impromptu talks on assigned topics, conduct meetings, serve as officers in various leadership roles and learn rules related to timing, grammar and parliamentary procedure.

Thousands of corporations sponsor in-house Toastmasters clubs. Businesses and government organisations have discovered that Toastmasters is an effective, cost-efficient means of meeting their communication training needs.

Toastmasters groups also can be found in governmental agencies, as well as in a variety of community organizations, prisons, universities, hospitals, military bases and churches.