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Do you want to...

be a confident speaker?
learn how to speak so your message is heard?
be a better leader?
achieve your personal and professional goals by improving your speaking skills?

Toastmasters is what you are looking for!

Since 1981, the Manitoba Morning Toastmasters Club has been helping people develop their communication and leadership skills.

• What can Toastmasters do for me?
• About Manitoba Morning Toastmasters
• Club News

What can Toastmasters do for me?

Being able to communicate orally can be a valuable skill for success in life and in your career. Communicating your thoughts, persuading others and leading others can be essential to accomplishing your goals.

Becoming a Toastmaster will help you develop and improve your communication and leadership skills. Toastmasters offers a supportive environment for learning to prepare speeches, listen to and evaluate speeches, to "speak on your feet" and to build leadership skills. By participating in a typical meeting, members soon become confident, capable communicators and leaders. There’s no instructors - we all learn by being involved and helping each other.

For a low fee, any adult can join a Toastmasters club and receive the educational materials needed to get started. As you progress, more advanced manuals are available to continually add new challenges. The objective of each manual speech is different, allowing you to practice and learn new  techniques and skills. You work through the manuals at your own pace.

About Manitoba Morning Toastmasters

Manitoba Morning Toastmasters meets Saturdays (except on long weekends) at 10:30 a.m. from September to June, and less frequently in July and August. Please see our meeting locations page for more information. Membership covers a wide cross-section of the community, including students, educators, business people, professionals, and retired people. Although meetings follow a set agenda, the atmosphere is relaxed. There’s always lots of laughter and applause.

If you have any questions about Manitoba Morning or about Toastmasters in general, please e-mail or call any of our contacts. We welcome visitors to our meetings and are always accepting new members. Our Guest Information Package has lots of helpful information for what to expect at your first Toastmasters meeting.

Club News

Our club now has 21 members and has achieved Select Distinguished Club status for the 2010-11 club year. This means that we have reached 7 of the 10 goals set out for us by Toastmasters International, covering membership, educational completions and administration.

Congratulations to the new members of the executive for the 2011-12 year:
President - Matthew Busilla
Vice President of Education - Eu Wern Teh
Vice President Membership - Dan Friesen
Vice President Public Relations - Aaron Petkau
Treasurer - Teresa Cooper
Secretary - James Kautz
Sergeant at Arms - Lydia Kandia