Pines Toastmasters

a great place to start.....

About Pines Toastmasters

We’re one of a number of Toastmasters Clubs spread throughout the world and we cater for the 18+ age bracket (this is basically due to current legislative requirements for working with youth).

People come along for various reasons but probably the most common is simply that they want to overcome the very real fear of speaking in public.

It’s also about learning to communicate effectively.

Wouldn’t it be great if you are asked to be Best Man at a wedding, to be Master of Ceremonies (MC) at an event, or simply to speak or give a toast (or a roast) at a convention or party or the like, and you had the confidence to say "of course I will".

Now you will hear or read about techniques to help with this such as rehearsing a speech over and over, using palm cards, deep breathing just before presenting, imagining the audience has no clothes on etc. No doubt these are great techniques (except maybe the last one) but the one thing that is usually overlooked is simply the basic idea