Welcome to Cherokee Toastmasters
What is Toastmasters?
Toastmasters is the leading organization devoted to making effective oral communication a worldwide reality.
Toastmasters helps men and women learn the arts of speaking, listening and thinking – vital skills that promote self-actualization, enhance leadership potential, foster human understanding and contribute to the betterment of mankind.
A message from Kene Iloenyosi, our District Governor
If you read the mission statement of a Toastmasters club, you’ll see that the goal of our program is to help you develop confidence and the habit of “Personal Growth.” Many people want to change their situations instead of changing themselves. Trust me, when you grow, your life situation will change. If you commit yourself to personal growth, your life situation will continue to improve. The key to continuous success in life is continuous growth. Coach John Wooden liked to say that “it’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” Do you know it all? If yes, what else will you learn?
Ask yourself weekly, “what have I learned this week?” “How have I grown this week?” Read books, get a mentor or coach, and develop your communication skills. How can attending our club meetings regularly help you grow? Thought you’d never ask;
- Learn how to speak in front of an audience (speaker)
- Learn how to give constructive feedback (evaluator)
- Learn how to receive constructive feedback (speaker and meeting attendees)
- Learn how to think on your feet (Table Topics)
- Learn how to ask good questions (Table Topics master)
- Learn how to listen attentively (Grammarian and ah counter)
- Learn how to speak within a given time (Timer: Yes, not just the speaker)
- Learn how to run a meeting (Toastmaster of the Day)
- Learn how to eliminate filler words (Ah counter and attendees)
- Learn how to find and tell a joke (Joke Master)
Are you surprised at how much you can learn by just attending club meetings regularly? Guess what? This is not all. When you add planning special events, serving as an officer and more, can you see the growth potential available to you at every meeting?
So, I ask you again, “how are you growing?” May your life situation continue to improve as you grow, and may you be a catalyst for positive change everywhere you go.
Where and When
Keller Williams Realty building, 2nd Floor Meeting Room. 220 Heritage Walk, Woodstock, GA 30188
(Behind Chick Fil A on Highway 92 east of I-575)
Meetings begin promptly at 12:00pm and end at 1:15pm. Every Wednesday. Feel free to bring your lunch if you like!