READY TO BECOME BETTER AT
PUBLIC SPEAKING?
Bonn International Toastmasters in the news!!
We started a series of interviews with members of our clubs. During the upcoming months you can expect brief Q+A statements as well as video interviews on our website and on our social media channels. Here is our first interview – enjoy!
During the next months you can expect various interviews with our members – some are text interviews, others will be…
Gepostet von Bonn International Toastmasters am Samstag, 3. Oktober 2020
Click here to read the article written for our club in the local newspaper (Generalanzeiger).
The moderator Sigrid (to the left) next to the best Speakers of the evening Monica, Julia and Christian.
Welcome to Bonn International Toastmasters!
If you’re like most students or professionals, you didn’t really study public speaking in school. Perhaps you had one or two classes on how to present your work, maybe you even read a book or took a weekend course.
Naturally, after you finished the book or the course, your notes would disappear in a drawer and a few months later you’d barely remember any of that.
But, no matter who you are…
You NEED to communicate your ideas
Sometimes with very little time to prepare. You may have to give a presentation. Or lead your team through a challenge. Or pitch your plans to a colleague. And when that’s all done, you might be invited to give a speech at your best friend’s wedding!
For many members who join Bonn International Toastmasters, the idea of speaking to a crowd seems daunting at first. This is quite normal, most people are afraid of public speaking. In fact, since being founded in 1924, Toastmasters has helped over 4 million people to go from feeling nervous to being confident speaking in front of an audience.
And being confident in front of an audience is only a first step. Pretty soon, you start wondering:
- How could I structure my speech more purposefully?
- How might I engage, inspire, and entertain my audience?
- How can I use my gestures and movements to draw attention to what matters most?
A friendly place to practise public speaking
As the only English-speaking Toastmasters club in the area, Bonn International Toastmasters naturally attracts a diverse membership.
So you’ll meet a lot of new people, from native Germans who are improving their English speaking and presentation skills, to students and expats from all over the world. We meet every week to give speeches and give feedback. In addition, our most experienced speakers are happy to mentor you individually.
Toastmasters’ proven method for teaching public speaking is based on a simple principle: practise, practise, practise. And because the weekly meetings offer a relaxed, supportive, and fun place to practise, you will be surprised how quickly you’ll see your ability to communicate effectively improving!
To get a sense of what an evening at Bonn International Toastmasters is like, you have the option to join our current “hybrid” (live & online) meetings online via https://zoom.us/ and entering the meeting-ID 95136375413 and the password 055043, or you just drop by as a guest at our current live venue “The Thünker”, Emil-Nolde-Straße 7 in Bonn. In case of joining in person at the venue, please send a message beforehand, since our space is limited. Anyway, we meet every Thursday evening from 19:00 to 21:30. Our meetings are completely free to attend, so don’t feel shy!
